Saturday 15 Jul 2023

July 15: Matthew 10:24-33

Key Verse: Matthew 10:29
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.

Devotion:
No matter how much you tell people God is going to watch over them, they will have doubts and fears until the day when Christ steps forward and helps them out of a difficult situation… We can show people how God has looked after people throughout the bible and they may get scared of what God can do. We can tell people all God has done for us and they will have doubts. Even when Jesus told the disciples they would be looked after they had doubts – hence these words being spoken to them.

It is our nature not to trust what people say because of the amount of lies we face in this world we live in; the lies come from people we are told to trust and believe and even a few church leaders! But, no matter what goes on in the world around us, God never changes and will always be there for us. I love the words Jesus used here in describing the birds as being looked after by God.

We see birds as a symbol of freedom because they can fly high above the dangers we face on the ground. They can fly away when danger approaches. These birds are worth so little in our eyes and yet God looks after them all the time. A tiny young bird flew into my house the other week and I helped it to gain some energy and fly off back to the parents who could feed it properly.

God wants us to be like that fledgling, trusting in Him to protect us and to give us the right people and the right time to sustain us in our everyday lives. God can and does use many people to fulfil His will; and if we are willing He is able to use us for so much more too!

Points to Ponder:
Do you doubt your worth sometimes?

Do you know God is by your side right now?