My father will come for us

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God Luke 12:6NIV

Some year ago, there was this account of the collapse of a school building. It was the gigantic kind of structure and some pupils lost their life in the rubble. Now there was the account of these two boys of five years who have only three months difference between them. Divine providence preserved them from being hit by any of the boulders but then they were trapped in a far side of the collapsed building in such a way that no one could hear them no matter how loud they shouted.

One of the boys sensing their predicament began to cry bitterly but his companion tapped on him and said, “Hey, stop crying. Don’t worry. My father will come and bring us out”.

The weeping boy just found solace in what his companion said and became quiet.

The account went further that those outside used tractors and whatever they could afford to try to rescue those they could trace. After two days they concluded that there will be no more survivors and so they retired to their homes. One man continued to dig with fork, hammer and shovels. Other adults tried to explain to him why he should give up the search for now and let the government authorities take their time to clear the rubble and perhaps, ”they may find the corpses of the remaining children”.

He ignored them and kept working alone. Every morning he will return to that rubble and continue to dig and shove aside every piece of block on his away. 

It was on the sixth day that he heard a voice from one end of the rubbles call out, “Daddy, keep coming. We are here”.

The sound of his son’s voice motivated him and he kept working even to the late hours of the night. It was about 11pm that he was able to create a little space that could take the boys. He reached out his hand and brought the little boys out. As he took both of them in his sweating arms, his son told his friend, 

“I told you my Daddy will come”  

These are gloomy days, no matter which part of this earth you are living; many people are depressed and worn out physically and emotionally. This year people have been beaten from one storm and tempest to another. It is only natural that everybody should feel this way.

Yet, the believer in the Lord Christ has something to take from the text we have here. The question that nags every heart now is, “Will God do anything to help me through this?”

There is something about the imagery the Lord Jesus Christ decided to use in that story; sparrows are not costly birds and their economic worth is to say the least, insignificant. Five birds for a penny; no one would want to waste money or medicine or even time on one of those birds because they are not worth it. Yet, the Lord chose to use that imagery because He knows how we see ourselves. He knows that we often think very poorly of ourselves.

It is not that God sees us as cheap sparrows but when we get depressed and start to wonder why things are not working out for us, we often conclude that it is because nobody would want to waste time on us because, we are not rich, we are not influential, we are not popular, we are too old for any man to want to marry us or we are… we are …. We are ….

Too sad that most thoughts we hold about ourselves is like the worthless sparrows. But the Lord Jesus Christ tries to heal this negative mindset by saying, “You are worth more than sparrows”.

It is also important to get a very important lesson from that text; God is not looking at us because of what we are worth. That is not so. Unlike man, who relates with other men based on what they are worth, God looks at us based on who He is. 

It is very important you get this right at this moment; we don’t have anything to give to God but He has everything to give to us. This relationship is like one of those fairy tales of a rich prince and the poor maiden. The earlier you accept this, the better it will be for you. God loves you and is out to bless you because of who He is.

Let us go back to the story of the two boys that were trapped in the rubble; the boy calmed his companion and reassured him because he knew what kind of father he had. They were able to draw hope from that assurance that the kind of father he had will never give up until he was found

What is your idea of the God we serve? The Christian has a God that has proven Himself as trustworthy and it will be for our interest to hold such view of Him. This created hope for those who have waited patiently and witnessed God’s deliverance. Hope is a life giving and saving factor. The bible said that hope does not disappoint us. All through that confinement, those little boys were able to remain alive because of the hope generated in their hearts because of the kind of father one of them had.

It is necessary that we must borrow from those boys now. God is not coming to save us or help us because we are very good and obedient children; God is not going to heal us because of the financial worth we are to him or the wonderful services which only you can give.

He is a good God that loves His children. He is love personified.

It was in 2015; precisely 7th of July that I personally sent out messages to PNUR partners that were around Port Harcourt City that I was going to die. Pastor Ifeanyi Nwokedi came and suggested that I should be taken to the hospital, so it will not be said that they did not play their part. Doctors could not say what the problem was and I could see the effect of this was getting to my wife and children

I called to my wife and children and said, “I can see that you are very worried. So I want to leave the house and go to a prayer camp. If you continue to worry about me, you may die before me. I have heard from my heavenly Father that He will come for me”.

I give God glory that he actually came for me I have been preaching ever since

We should draw strength from the truth that our God is love personified and will not surrender us to the will of the devil. From wherever you are reading this now, I want you to know that God will come for you.

Take a look at this scripture;

Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.  But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me." "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! Isa 49:13-15NIV

The Lord called out that they should shout out for hopeful joy, without minding where they were, but Zion felt differently. She felt that God had forsaken and forgotten about her. Perhaps the present state of things around you says that there is no way God would waste His precious time to come for you.

The Lord went on to state why it is not possible that He could forget her. He uses an imagery only maturity and science can understand. Mothers’ breast start producing milk when they have new babies. When the milk accumulates it makes the breast heavy and could be painful unless the mother fed her baby. The baby sucking the milk makes her mother find relief. God is saying that He will not be able to rest unless he takes care of you.

He went on to say that if for some reasons the mother is able to forget the baby at her breast, God will not forget you.

Amen!

What a word of hope. It is a deep assuring word and it is from no less a person than God. 

Can you say out loud, GOD WILL COME FOR  ME! 3x

Even as you welcome this word and celebrate God’s faithfulness, I want you to think about millions of depressed people all over the world. I want you to prayerfully share this post through whatever means you can afford in  as many ways  you can.

Your heavenly Father will surely come for you.

#Godcaresforus

Emma your brother emmanjnwosu@pnurnigeria.org