10 February 2021 – Mike Gibson, Life Church Petersfield

God cares for you

One of the great truths of the Bible is that God cares deeply about our lives. He cares about the small, even insignificant, things that happen in our life that just niggle and worry us. He also cares about the big issues of our lives and everything in between. Well, to be honest, all of our situations are small compared to God.

There is a verse in the Bible that expresses to us just how much God cares for each one of us. In Matthew chapter 6 and verse 26 it reads ‘Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?’, (Jesus’ words). So even the small (seemingly unimportant) birds that fly around in the sky and are seen by us every day, are known to God and he cares enough to feed them. How much more value is each one of us compared to these small birds. Of course, God sees them also as important.

My wife and I were out for our daily walk this morning and we passed a tree with a robin sitting singing its little heart out – a cheery sound in these complicated days we live in. Yet it reminded us that if God cares for this little robin then how much more will he care for us.

So, no matter what your own circumstances are or how you are feeling or what situations you are struggling with right now, please remember this simple and profound truth that GOD CARES FOR YOU.