Gems for the Week
August 19
"Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall
on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head
are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more
value than many sparrows."
(Matthew 10:29-31)
"Two sparrows sold for a farthing." A farthing was an infinitesimal coin; yet two sparrows, dressed and spitted, were sold in the markets for this amount. They were used as food by the poorest of the people. Nevertheless, God took note of every sparrow's fall.
"The very hairs of your head are all numbered." Nothing is too insignificant for God to note, and His care extends to the minutest detail of our lives.
"Of more value than many sparrows." God cares for all His creatures, but man has a special place in His heart, and is valued above all other animate beings. (Harry A. Ironside - Notes on Matthew)
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August 20
"But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."
(2 Peter 3:18)
It is said that there was a little boy who was constantly falling out of bed. No matter what the parents did, the boy could not sleep without rolling out of bed. Finally one night an uncle came to stay in the house, and in the middle of the night there was the usual thump and cry and Johnnie was on the floor again. In the morning the uncle teased him about it, and asked him how it happened that he was so frequently falling. The little boy thought a moment and then replied: "I don't know, Uncle, unless it is that "I stay too close to the place where I get in."
When you have believed in Christ, saturate yourself with this Book - the Bible. See that your children and those committed to your teaching get thoroughly saturated with the Scriptures. It is their armour plate for life.
(Donald Grey Barnhouse - Happy Though Poor)
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August 21
"Go to now, ye that say, today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow." (James 4:13,14)
It ill becomes the saints of God to boast of what they will do tomorrow, next month, or next year. We do not know what tomorrow will bring; but we know Him who knows and controls all the tomorrows, and we can without fear leave the future in His hands. (Selected)
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