So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows

 More value than many sparrows:  

 

Matthew 10:31

31 “So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

 

Luke 12:7

7 “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

 

            Too many Christians have a low self-esteem. They feel that God doesn’t care for them or else doesn’t have time for their problems. Here’s the good news … time doesn’t mean anything to God. He can take all the time you have left to help you overcome all your difficulties. Some things He does on His own and others He helps you to do. I know that as a math instructor, if I do all the problems for my students and they just watch, they will grow very little mathematically. If they attempt them, they are more likely to solve similar ones on a test. It’s the same with us. If God solved all our problems without us doing anything, we’d never grow spiritually.

            Remember the Andre Crouch song, “If I never had a problem, I wouldn’t know that He could solve them.”

 

If you could hear God speak, I believe this is what He would say:

            "I have said many times My children that you are special unto Me. It is your destiny to do good. It is your destiny to obey Me. And it is your destiny to walk in the power of My Spirit. Do not refuse to walk in your destiny; for I paid a high price for you to obtain it. It is not something that you have to earn. I have given it unto you because you are special unto Me. Do not walk in a lifestyle that is less than your destiny. Your destiny is to walk in the excellencies of My Spirit and to never fail to do My will. You shall succeed whenever you allow My Spirit to have His way. I have not destined you for failure but for success. You shall succeed because it is your destiny to do so. You cannot fail. Do not allow the enemy to persuade you otherwise. It is your destiny to be an overcomer. It is your destiny to lead others unto Me. It is your destiny to walk in white with Me in the Heavenlies. Do not allow anyone to persuade you differently. You are My special ones and you are destined for greatness in Me.”

 

            98. My Heavenly Father cares for even the tiny sparrows. I am of much more value to Him than one of those.

 

 

            So we come to the end of the book. We are now two-thirds of the way through our destiny. The final volume will complete our destiny (at least in the New Testament). There will be around 300 different confessions that we can make concerning our destiny. If you haven’t already, get started confessing them each day. Soon you will see results in your life. If you listen to what you say day by day, you can tell it’s beginning to take hold when you’re not always talking about how bad things are or how awful you are.