HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW (part b)

His Eye Is on the Sparrow

If he can make an iron axhead float, then what can He do for me? If He can make a donkey speak, then what can He do for me? If He can raise Himself from the dead, then what can He do for me? Many times in my life, I have wrestled with the knowledge of the greatness of God. If God is so great, then why would He care about me? He is so busy keeping His creation going. He is so busy keeping us from destroying ourselves. Yet, He still takes time to be concerned about our every need.

I raise my eyes toward the mountains.
Where will my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
The Lord is my portion; therefore, I will put my hope in Him.
Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition
with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought,
will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
(Psalm 121:1, 2; Lamentations 3:24, Philippians 4:6, 7)

I guess it must be exhaustion, but over the past two weeks I have been thinking about why God would be concerned about me. I have wondered what it is about me that makes God care about my every detail. I may not fully understand that about God, but I do know that I am glad for it.
In 2 Kings 6:1-7, we have an example given to us that demonstrates God’s concern for even the smallest of details. In this passage, we find the prophets of God under the leadership of Elisha. They have decided to move the place where they meet with Elisha to a larger place. They decided to move their assembly area right next to the Jordan River. While they were cutting down trees along the Jordan, one of the prophets lost the axhead he was using. The axhead fell into the Jordan. To most of us this may not sound like too big of a problem. We would simply just go down to the local hardware store and pick up a new one. At that time, an iron axhead was a costly tool, too expensive for the members of the prophetic company to purchase. Having lost it, the borrower faced the prospect of having to work off the value as a bondservant. This would have seriously cut into his calling as a prophet of God. God showed His concern for the welfare of His servant by having Elisha throw a stick into the place where the axhead sank and thus making the iron float.
If God is concerned about my welfare, then:

Why should I feel discouraged? Why should the shadows come?
Why should my heart feel lonely and long for heaven and
home when Jesus in my portion?
My constant Friend is He:His eye is on the sparrow,And I know He watches me.

In Awe of God,
Aaron Hodges