More Than Many Sparrows

^{Matthew 10: 24-33} 

^{Speak In The Daylight}

²⁴ “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master. ²⁵ It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

²⁶ “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. ²⁷ What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. ²⁸ Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. ³⁰ And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows

³² “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. ³³ But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.

Behold a stark,direct and often-needed reminder that we are in the care of a loving God, who, as he cares so well for the sparrows, certainly cares for us. We need his assurance constantly, for we are weak and falter easily.  This  passage, like the rest of chapter 10 should be a staple in our prayer life. We fret and fear the worst, but for the most part, it never happens the way we imagine, and those false fears drain our energy and block our progress in living an active faith-life. May God grant us the grace to live our faith in the open and experience how God strengthens us to be fearless witnesses.

Bro Rene