Thursday Reflection September 16, 2021

Thursday Reflection September 16, 2021

God’s providential care is for all

Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Matthew 6:26

Greeting friends,

Today I would like for us to briefly observe the birds of the air. I will use the birds that I encounter at Carmel where I live. I don’t know the names of all the birds that I’ve seen here, but I do recall seeing parrots, hawks, vultures and other types of birds.

The first thing I notice is that they begin to sing/communicate at 5 in the morning. You can hear them chirping or singing away. It’s a beautiful sound unless you’re really tired and just want to go back to sleep.

The second thing I notice is that they fly around during the course of the day. Let me put it this way, “they go about their daily business”

Thirdly, I notice that they are provided for. When apple is in season the birds will peck at the apples. When it’s not in season they will find other fruits. To further support this point I’ve seen where a fig tree was growing in the bark of a dead coconut tree. The coconut tree lost its leaves due to a lightning strike so only the bark remain. A fig is growing there because birds would often perch there at times and the seed would fall out of there mouth.

The last thing I notice they go home. There is a flock of white birds that live in a tree not too far from where I live and between the hours of 5&6pm they head back home to that tree after completing their day’s work. This is done every single day.

I mention all of this about the birds to demonstrate how they are cared for. God who loves his creation including birds care for them. They wake in the morning and sing. They carry out their daily business and head home and in all of this they are given the essentials to survive.

Now if God does this for the birds of the air, imagine what He will do for us. God loves you and just like how He takes care of the birds, He will take care of you.

Blessings!

Christopher Euphfa