His Eye Is On The Sparrow

Early in the spring of 1905, Civilla Martin and her husband met Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle.  Mrs. Doolittle had been bedridden for 20 years and her husband was confined to a wheelchair.  Despite being so afflicted they bought comfort, inspiration, and encouragement to all they met.  One day Mrs. Doolittle was asked the secret to her bright hopefulness and her response was, “𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆.”  This simple, beautiful expression of great faith inspired the hymn, “𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄.”

He watches me!  He watches you!  How incredibly comforting are those three unassuming words.  Wherever you are, no matter what you are doing, the Father is watching you. 

In John 1:48 Nathanael enquires of Jesus, “𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆?”  𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎, “𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆, 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖.”  𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂!  I saw you praying under your fig tree.  I’m watching you.  I saw you as you picked up groceries.  I saw you when that tear slipped down your cheek in the car.  I saw you in that meeting, talking with your friend, driving to work.  In every situation 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂! I see you.  My eye is upon you.  I’m watching you.

Your loving Father sees you in all your wonderful potential.  Washed clean and beautiful by the blood of Jesus.  He sees you in your good moments and in your bad.  You are never invisible or too small and insignificant – the ever-watchful eyes of your Savior are upon you!  He sees you.