Friday, January 4, 2013

Trivial Pursuits

January 4 is Trivia Day! I love trivia: random little bits of knowledge about subjects ranging from pop culture to science to history, and beyond. My wife and I enjoy playing trivia games with friends -- or even just sitting at home together, bragging about our useless knowledge, and delighting in learning new facts.

But celebrating Trivia Day? How about this: I'm worshiping God this morning, in the knowledge that nothing is too trivial for Him. That nothing escapes His watchful and caring eye. This morning, I'm celebrating that His eye is on the Sparrow, as the hymn says:

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. (Mt. 6:26-29)

Today I'm celebrating the fact that God, the Creator and Keeper of the Universe, knows me better than I could ever know myself. God told Jeremiah (1:5), "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

God knows even the most trivial aspects of our lives, and He reminds us daily of His love. His love for us is so great that nothing about us escapes His notice. Your every freckle, the way your nose wrinkles when you smile... God sees it all, and as your Creator and Father, loves ever inch.

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. (Luke 12:6-7)

Praise God that nothing is too trivial for Him. That, as small as we are, He knows us, and loves us, and always will! 

 

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