Read: Psalm 104:19-35

What You give them they gather
in. -Psalm 104:28

A bird-feeder stands outside the window of my study
where I sit and write. Every day, wonderful wordless
sermons are preached to me from that feeder. The
preachers are my feathered friends, and the message they
illustrate so effectively is this: Dependence on God is
right and reasonable for all of God’s creatures,
including you and me!

Here is the three-point sermon on God-dependence that
the birds live out faithfully:

* Seek God’s provision daily.

* Seek His provision expectantly, for He has satisfied
you before.

* Seek His provision actively, taking responsibility
to gather it in.

The birds illustrate Psalm 104:27-28, “These all wait
for You, that You may give them their food in the due
season. What You give them they gather in.

The Bible is like a table, laden with nourishing food
we need every day: promises, instruction, wisdom,
comfort, and encouragement. Like any good host, God
tells us, “Come and get it!” But we often fail to do
this. We depend on everything but Him and wonder why
our faith is feeble. But if like our feathered friends
we’ll come and feast daily, expectantly, and actively,
our divine Host will provide for all our needs. Depend
on it!
-Joanie E. Yoder

God’s Word provides the nourishment
We need to have if we’re to grow;
But if we do not feast on it,
Vitality we’ll never know. -Sper

GOD FEEDS THE BIRDS
BUT HE DOESN’T THROW THE FOOD INTO THEIR NESTS.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1999 by Radio Bible Class,
Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.

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