Feeding the Birds

“Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?” Matthew 6:26 (New Living Translation)

This morning, I look outside my window and see birds enjoying the small bird feeder we’ve supplied them. They chirp to one another, hop around, and then fly off. In many regards the birds are like us. They are hungry, they care for their nest, and they either hop on the ground or soar high above.

Often, we are restless, wanting what we do not know, hungry for something more. We think, ‘there must be something more to life’ – there must be something that fulfills. We fly here and there searching when the answer is so very near…

Sure, we care about our loved ones, the security of our homes, the economy, the whirling winds of change developing all around us. We see the dark clouds amassing and we hide in preparation of the coming storm.
Like the birds we can sense that dramatic change is near and like them we fear. And yet, we have hope. Hope not in ourselves or in supplied bird feeders or in government hand outs. Our hope is in our Heavenly Father who considers us a treasure. We are worth more than the worlds or eternity or hope itself. God loves you so much that he gave his son Jesus for you.

Yes, we are hungry. Hungry for something more than what this earth can provide. We need, we want, a daily relationship with a living God, a God of majestic power and glory, a God who loves us and cares for us like he cares for the birds; and yet so much more.