Fascinating Animal!
Sometimes when I’m daydreaming or thinking and looking out my window oftentimes I see squirrels running along the top of my fence or running along a branch in a tree or just leaping from one branch to another. I could sit and watch them for quite a while if I let myself do it. But when I’m thinking about what my next blog will be or what the Lord is going to lay on my heart, I catch myself watching the squirrels play.
It seems that squirrels are always busy doing something whether it be looking for something to eat or finding nuts and looking for a place to store them in a tree or in my yard. Nevertheless, they rarely stay in one place for long, without a care in the world. Wouldn’t it be great to have nothing to care or worry about? Is the life of a squirrel something we really want to pattern our life after?
In the sermon on the mount, Jesus tells us in Matthew 6:26, “Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they?” (NASV) God loves His creatures enough to make sure that they are fed. Even though they do not sow, reap, or labor, they still must search out food in order to survive, but not to worry; our “heavenly Father feeds them.” Even though we are “of more value than they,” animals do have value to God.
God gave animals the instinct to survive in this world. God gave us knowledge and a mind to choose what we will do to live and survive in this world. Even though this world is a cruel world and occupied by cruel and wonderful people, He also gave us a mind, and with that mind we are to use it to make choices. With that choice, God showed Adam and Eve what to eat and what not to eat. Since the beginning of the world, we have been making choices. I chose to accept Christ as my Savior back in 1984. It was then that I realized after 37 years, that I had been living my life as though I knew what was right.
God showed me that I was NOT living a life worthy to Him. I was much like the squirrels. Oh I realized I had to support the family I had, but it was more about me and my family. I realized I was destined for a life in hell if I did not put my faith and trust in Christ and accept Him into my heart as Lord and Savior. You see, this is why God gave us a mind. We must make the choice!
How about you? Have you made the right choice for your life? Are you living your life without a care in the world? Jesus said it so simply in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.”(NASV) You see, only you and I have that ability to know where we will spend eternity. The squirrels weren’t given that choice, but God says we don’t have to worry about them because He will take care of them. God’s purpose, when he created us, is for us to have fellowship with Him. He made that opportunity as simple as putting our faith and trust in Him. If you’ve not made this choice today, won’t you do it now? All you have to do is recognize that you are destined for eternity in hell without Him and you need to ask Him into your heart right now and mean it.
Bob Lankford 