Jesus taught that since God cares about the smallest matters, we can be free from fear.
Matthew 10:29-31 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 And even the hairs of your head are all counted. 31 So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Do we ignore Jesus’ teaching that God cares about even the details of our individual lives? If we believed this – how would it change how we live? The surrounding verses indicate that Jesus wants this knowledge to motivate those spreading the Kingdom News to live without fear.
Note: A God who bothers to count the hairs on our head is not limited to caring about the cosmic issues of the universe. Jesus is telling us that if God cares about the details, the small things, the sparrows, then he cares about us too – and everything that happens to us. Jesus doesn’t say we won’t ever have problems (the sparrows fall), but Jesus tells us that God’s concern (love) surrounds us in the midst of problems.
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