Biblical reference: Psalms 102:7
"I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop."
How many times have we felt like the "lone sparrow" ? Alone and empty and as if no one cared if we lived or died or even existed at all! How many times have we wished that there was just one person out there in
the not-so-big-after-all-world that would just love us for who we are and not what we have or do not have here? There is and His name is Jesus Christ! He is there waiting for you to come to Him, not intruding into you life, just waiting in the wings, loving you and caring about you. You see, Jesus doesn’t go where He is not invited to go. He doesn’t barge in and say, "I am taking over now that you have messed things up royally". He waits patiently and lovingly for you to see that you need Him as much as He needs you!
When you have gotten all you think that you have wanted out of this world, like fame, fortune and wealth and still find that it isn’t enough. When you finally realize that something is still missing ....Jesus will be waiting for you! When you discover that you never succeeded in getting all the fame fortune and wealth you wanted out of this world and still discover you are still missing
something....Jesus will be waiting for you. When you have tried everything known to man to fill that void within you and still haven’t filled it....Jesus will be waiting for you. When the love you receive in
this world from family, friends, children or spouse still isn’t enough and isn’t the love you are seeking....Jesus will be there waiting for you.
You can not exist in this world by just feeding the body with the food of the world. You also need food for the soul! That food is the "bread of Life" and the drink is the "Living Water" of Jesus Christ and His
Word. That love you so badly crave and seek is the Love of Jesus. It is like a plant. You cut off one of it’s stems that has leaves on it and it will die. Why? Because it is cut off from the mainstem and root of the
plant. Without the nourishment that comes from the main plant and it’s root, eventually it withers, turns brown and dies, separated and apart from the main root and stem. Jesus is our sustainer of life and the
nourisher of our souls. Without Him we are nothing more than that stem that lies on the ground and eventually withers and dies. But you have to choose whether you want to be like that stem that is separated from the main plant and it’s root that will eventually wither and die or become part of the main plane and it’s root (Jesus Christ) and grow and
flourish and live forever.
When you are feeling empty and that space in your heart says, "I need more, I need to find what is missing and fill it". That is the Lord tugging at your heart. He is trying to reach out to you and say, "Here I am ! Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden and I will give you rest. I will fill that empty space in you with Love and mercy and pardon. I will always care for you. Won’t you come? Won’t you let me show you what
it is like to be really loved, really cared for ?" All the pleasures and things of this world will never fill that void within you - none of it! Jesus wants to have you become a part of Him and be fulfilled, but you
have to choose.
Years ago, I watched a movie called "Cabin in the Sky", made in the 40’s,that starred a woman by the name of Ethel Waters. This movie was about faith, hope and Love even in the face of tremendous odds and
slavery. Ethel waters was a black woman and the movie was about slavery. In that movie the slaves suffered all forms of cruel and abusive treatment, yet in spite of it all they kept their eyes upon the Lord. In
the night after all the cruelty from their owners and working all day picking cotton; they still praised the Lord in word and song! If anyone had a reason to feel like hating God and rejecting Him and His love, the
slaves did! But Did they? No! In fact quite the opposite! They praised and worshipped Him all day long! They worshipped Him in the fields and in all forms of strife, clear into the night until they fell asleep. They knew that the Lord was their sustainer and Giver of Life, even if their own physical life ended here..it would go on in His Kingdom. In the movie, Ethel Waters sang a song that I loved from the moment I first heard her sing it. the song was called,"His eye is on the sparrow." and it has been an inspiration and a source of encouragement all my life.
Listen to the words:
Why should I feel discouraged?
Why should the shadows come?
Why should my heart be lonely
And long for heaven and home?
When Jesus is my portion,
My constant Friend is He........
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches me.
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know he watches me!
I sing because I’m happy.
I sing because I’m Free!
For His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches me!
So what is the point of this? The point is that no matter what our life’s situation is..if we have the Lord in it He will always care for us and watches over us. No amount of wealth, fame or pleasure in the
world or the lack of it will ever do for you what Jesus can! None of the things of this world will ever fill the void inside you like Jesus Can! But He can’t do that unless we choose to let Him. How can we do that? Simply by answering that call He is giving you through the tugging you have in your heart. If Jesus keeps his eye on the smallest of the birds of the air, don’t you think that He will keep His eye on you and care for you? You have to take that first step, make that first move towards Him. Once you do then He will change your live forever! What does this all mean? When you take that first step in Jesus, it doesn’t mean that all the strife, all the tragedy, all the problems and all the sorrow, will cease to exist. No! In fact it will give you more of it! How? Because you are now part of Christ and His Kingdom - the world, man and satan will constantly be there badgering, tormenting and tempting you to turn away from God. This means that your new life is on the "Narrow
Road"(the road to heaven) and one that is filled with thorns and stumbling stones. The "Broad Road" (the road to hell) is far easier, but the price you pay for choosing that road is far more costlier. When you
die with out God in your life, come Judgment Day , God will say to you, "Depart from me, for I know you not". You will forever be removed from God and His love. If you chose the "Narrow road", it means that He is
there with you and walking beside you through it all.
Jesus never promised us that life would be easier or less complicated. All he promised was Himself as the ultimate price for the sin of mankind, and to give us Salvation as the gift and eternal life as the bonus. Jesus said in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me." Jesus also said in John 11:25, "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live." We can be dead in our souls, but Jesus can bring us back to life. He can create in us a new being that is born of the spirit and that has been washed in the Blood of the Lamb (Jesus). What a Joy! What a relief! Jesus will take you just as you are right now ! What ever you are into, whatever condition that you are in. If your marriage is in shambles, your kids are in rebellion and won’t
listen to you or if you are into drugs, alcohol, promiscuous sex or witchcraft - Jesus will take you just as you are! He wants all your sin and all your shame. He wants to remove it from you and make you a whole new person in Him. He doesn’t want you to wait until you "clean up your act" before coming to Him...He wants you in the precise condition that you are in - RIGHT NOW!
He paid the ultimate price for our sin and we can be redeemed through His great sacrifice and shed blood! "Won’t you give Me a chance to show you true love and mercy?", says Jesus. "I long to love you and bless you. I long to have you in my Kingdom with me and share in the Wedding Supper Of The Lamb. Will you not answer My Call, My Invitation? Will you not let Me show you that My Eye is on you as much as it is on the
sparrow? Please come to Me! I miss you! Today may be the very last day of your life and you will never get this opportunity again to receive my gift of Salvation and eternal life. Won’t you accept my gifts to you?
Did you know that My Father and I cry every time a child doesn’t answer our call? Did you know that We hurt as deeply as any parent that has lost a child there on earth? You are a Child that my Father created out of Love and because He loved you, He gave you free choice to chose to return to us or to go your own way into eternal condemnation. We love you and We will wait for your decision."
