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? (Matthew 6:26)
In this portion of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is teaching about worry. The reason He makes it clear why we are not to worry is the fact that He has promised to meet our every need. Now don’t confuse the word worry with concern. To be concerned is to be moved to action through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Worry, on the other hand, keeps you from moving at all. It simply paralyzes any meaningful forward progress.
Jesus is pointing to the birds and their lack of any worry whatsoever for their daily needs to be met. The birds neither sow, reap, or store away in barns, yet their heavenly Father feeds them and meets their every need. And because we are much more valuable than the birds as image-bearers of the Most-High God, worry simply makes no sense at all. Here is something to think about from an anonymous writer:
“Said the robin to the sparrow,
‘I should really like to know,
Why these anxious human beings
Rush about and worry so.’
Said the sparrow to the robin,
‘Friend, I think that it must be,
That they have no heavenly Father
Such as cares for you and me.’”
Only by pressing into the presence of our Lord Jesus each day, will our lives begin to reflect the attitude of the birds. Worry will be as far as the east is from the west as we look to Jesus knowing that He has promised to meet our ever need and He has always made good on every one of His promises. You have His Word on it! Oh, let the next bird you see be a reminder that God cares for you completely and you will never be left with any unmet need. You have His Word on it.
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 