You are of more value than many sparrows - nobody takes care of sparrows as God does. He keeps track of each one and either causes or passes on each bird's death. God has our hairs numbered - the average person loses about 70 hairs each day. Some fall out, some break, and new ones are replacing them all the time. God is also aware of the plus or minus 70 hairs we lose every day. Not only does God have our hairs numbered, but He is also aware of the plus or minus 70 hairs we lose every day. "The very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows"

"29 Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? 

"And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will. 

"30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 

"31 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows." - Matthew 10:29-31 (New King James Version)

Many of us have read over this astounding statement and not considered what it implies.

How many sparrows are there in the world? 

There are just 35 different species of true sparrows or Old World sparrows worldwide, and many other species — mostly finches — are similar. 

But no one really knows how many of them there are; they are estimated to number in the multiple billions.

Some individual flocks are thought to contain as many as 20 million birds! 

Nobody takes care of sparrows as God does!

He keeps track of each one and either causes or passes on each bird's death. 

Men do not have minds that can keep track of such "insignificant" details, but God does — and He does not consider such information trivial.

By the way, this answers the old philosophical question: "If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

The answer is "yes" because God hears it just as He knows every sparrow that falls to the ground.

And we think that He sometimes ignores us! 

As Jesus goes on to say, "Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows" - (Matthew 10:31). 

This is a classic understatement. 

God has called each of us to be His very son or daughter and to rule with Him over the universe for eternity, and we think that He fails to keep track of us? 

Unlike His care of sparrows, He does not just cause or pass on our deaths — He causes or passes on everything we do and that is done to us. 

We have no valid reason to doubt His watchful care over us.

Jesus informs us in Matthew 10:30 that "the very hairs of your head are all numbered." 

This, too, is flooring! 

Have we ever wondered how many hairs we have on our heads? 

Encyclopedia Britannica found a hair expert to estimate it: "On a human head, the average total number of hairs is between 100,000 and 150,000."

For those of us who are losing ours, the figure is, of course, much lower, but many others with full heads of hair more than make up the deficit. 

To be conservative, we can say that the average head holds 120,000 hairs.

If we are to believe Scripture — and we do — God has numbered them all. 

We should add in the fact that the average person loses about 70 hairs each day. 

Some fall out, some break, and new ones are replacing them all the time. 

So not only does God have our hairs numbered, but He is also aware of the plus or minus 70 hairs we lose every day.

At this point, we probably feel rather small compared to God, and we should feel insignificant and unworthy in His presence. 

It is vital for us to see the incredible difference between God and us, for only when we see Him in this proper perspective can we truly say that we know the true God and truly appreciate Him and His care for us. 

If we do not see ourselves as a little speck of inconsequentiality compared to Him, we are not getting the right picture. 

He is everything; we are nothing. 

Unless we do not realize and acknowledge this, we have too much pride. 

We are puffing ourselves up (see I Corinthians 4:18; 5:2).

Richard T. Ritenbaugh

theberean.org

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUMULR_J6nA

His Eye Is on the Sparrow - Lynda Randle

lyrics

Why should I feel discouraged
And why should the shadows, shadows come
But why, why, why should my heart, my heart feel lonely?
And long for heaven, heaven, home, yeah, yes
When, when Jesus, Jesus is my portion
A, a constant friend, constant friend is He
Oh, oh-oh, his eye is on, his eye is on the sparrow
Oh yes, I, I know He watches, oh, over me, yeah, hey

I sing (I sing)
I sing because (because)
I'm happy (happy)
Hallelujah
I sing (I sing)
I sing because (because)
I'm free, I'm free (free, free, free)
I know, I know His eye (His eye)
His eye is on (is on)
Is on the sparrow (sparrow)
Oh, yes, it is
I know (know)
I know (and I know)
He watches like the Lord over me

Songwriters: C.D. Martin / Charles Gabriel / Gene Bartlett

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