Taking Action To Save A Life - All Life Is Precious
Were my eyes deceiving me? I leaned over the steering wheel to get a closer look. Yes! It was a tiny bird. He was sitting right in the middle of the intersection.
I leaned as close to the windshield as I could, waiting to complete my left-hand turn. I could see him quivering. I was appalled and astonished when no one stopped long enough for him to fly away. No one seemed to care. Cars from both directions drove right over him and each one barely missed hitting him. I knew it was inevitable he would die. I had to take action.
The adrenalin soared through me as I pulled into the middle of the intersection, got out of my car, and raised my hands to stop traffic from each direction. My labored steps seemed to be in slow motion as I met with horns honking and people shouting obscenities, but my focus was not on them. My focus was on the sparrow. I had to save that little bird, and nothing else mattered.
God Protects
I knew if God sees a sparrow fall, He also sees me when I struggle and fall. The Bible tells us that He knows us intimately; even the hairs on our heads are numbered – no matter how many we may lose in any given day
"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows". - Luke 12:7
In Psalms 147, David tells us that God has named every single star (all 40 septillion) in the heavens.
To help understand how many that is, there are approximately 500,000 words in the American dictionary. It would take 80 quadrillion books of that size to list the names of the stars.
If God knows the stars' names, He KNOWS YOUR NAME. He knew you before you were born. His love for you is beyond anything you could begin to comprehend.
"He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name." - Psalm 147:4
Each step I took closer intensified my determination to save that little bird. I bent down and gently picked him up and carried him to safety under a shrub on the corner. As I headed back to my car, instead of honking and cursing, I heard shouts of praise for my good deed. “YAY!” “Thank you.” I felt exhilarated.
Then as clear as possible, I heard God speak to my heart. “How do you feel?”
“What do you mean how do I feel?” I thought. “Isn’t it obvious? I feel wonderful.” I wanted to add, “What an odd question, God should know how I feel.”
But He was asking me so that I would take notice. He was about to teach me something regarding His love for me.
Taking Action To Save A Life
I had a warm sense of His presence like He was smiling at me, “Now you have an idea of how I feel when you fall and I pick you up and take you to safety.”
I was amazed. I had always beaten myself up for the stupid mistakes I had made in my life. Now it was as if God was saying how much He enjoyed being there to help me, to protect me, and to shield me. To pick me up.
Although I have been a Christian all my life, I am constantly reminded of that little sparrow. If you ever have a hard time relating to an intimate relationship with our heavenly Father, think about the sparrow. God wants us to know how much He loves us. Every. Single. Day.
In the world’s current climate, we need this message of love more than ever before.
God Loves All Of Us
God truly loves each one of us – there is no doubt. 1John 4:10 (KJV) states: "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
You can be confident that you are loved, protected, and blessed because of His promises to you. He knows when we fail, when we fall, when we are discouraged … His Word is always there to sustain us.
Watch this video on how God loves us all and protects us, just like the mother eagle cares for her young.