My son in Corona, California, has an unusual timepiece in his back yard. Early every morning a group (we're talking hundreds) of loud, squawking, obnoxious, caustic, big, black crows flies from the east to the west across a reserve behind their subdivision. Then 5:00 every evening, that same group of crows retraces the route back to their favorite roosting place in a grove of trees. They truly are southern California commuters. You can tell the time of day from this strange, noisy activity.
Isn't God's creation orderly? Dependable? Just think, not only the animal world, but the seasons, climate patterns, rock formations, plant life, and other sciences have God's stamp all over them. All of the "-ologies" we study in school are God-created entities. A good friend taught geology for years at a local high school. He once said, "The more I learn about science, the more I believe in God." I remember that comment whenever anyone tries to lure me into disbelieving God's omnipotence in creation. But...that's for another post.
Back to those crazy birds. Their behavior leads to a familiar Bible passage about God caring for us. It's so familiar it threatens to become a cliche, causing us to overlook the power of its teaching.
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" (Matthew 6: 26-27)
A rough paraphrase of this verse applied to the daily migration of those crows might be something like this:
if God cares enough to instill survival instinct in these dumb, loud, annoying, stupid birds, surely he will take care of my _____________________ (insert whatever problem is plaguing you today).
Specifically, this passage speaks to:
- God's timetable
- God's dependability
- God's provision
Where do you and I need to trust?
- Family life
- Relationships
- Spiritual life
- Health
- Work
- Life's direction
- Finances
God will honor your sincere prayer for guidance in any of those areas. It is his promise.
"...neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us [you] from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8: 38-39)
"I [you] can do everything through him who gives me [you] strength." (Philippians 4: 13)
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