Luke 12:7 –  “In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered.   Do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.”

As I prayed, read, and pondered the Word of God today, I was awed by God’s attention to the smallest detail.  There are no secrets with God. We may fool others and hide behind masks, but God sees, hears, and knows. That is either comforting or tormenting.

I thought about the words of Luke 12:7 and laughed, then cried, and rejoiced. “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.”   I envisioned a scene in heaven’s computer room where the data keeper said, “Alert, hair number 121 just fell out.”  

Am I being silly?   Yes, but the minute details of our lives and bodies are recorded by God.   That is how much He cares for us.   That is revelatory of the Omniscience of God.   That is so inspiring and challenging that I can barely breathe.   This All-Knowing One is My God! He is my guardian! He is my Shepherd!

We fret over stuff without realizing who we serve.  If we knew Him for who He really is, we would live without fear, doubt, or any thought of lack. 

Luke 14:33 crushed my heart. “So therefore, no one of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.”  Don’t take that as a call to poverty, but as a surrender of ownership!  Everything we possess must come under His Lordship, including ourselves.  What is the worth of our souls? What is the worth of our relationship with Him?

Luke 13:23-24 contains a deeply disturbing question and answer.  Are there just a few being saved? The narrow door, few find.  I surrender all! Lord, take all I have, and all I am or can be, and own it.   I want no will of my own but to do your will.  I understand (in part) how demanding and consuming that can be. I trust You. Therefore, I surrender to You.

LORD, thank You that You care so much, You even number the hairs on my head!