A
little bird showed me
Learning from the garden birds
There are several references in Scripture about praying constantly, and so forth, and we wonder how we can do that and get on with everyday tasks at the same time. |
Looking
out of the window
I was watching a little flock of a dozen or so small birds. This group
of garden feeders had come to snack in a tall bush by my bedroom window
once. Although they had found a good place to alight to feed they never
once focused all of their attention on what they were doing but constantly
looked around to check there was no danger. I thought about this spectacle. There birds were doing something
important—feeding—yet they never forgot the other important thing that
they needed to be doing at the same time. A good job because their very
lives depended on it. God calls us to do many important things and we busy ourselves about
these and many more besides. But we must be so careful, like these birds.
We must be sure that our attention does not get so caught up in these
things—even these necessary things—that we stop doing our other
important business which is prayer. There are several references in Scripture about praying constantly, and
so forth, and we wonder how we can do that and get on with everyday tasks
at the same time. But these birds show us how. They have to look for
danger constantly but they get on with feeding, bringing up young, washing
and drinking etc. all at the same time. So must we. Today make a new commitment to “pray continually” as the Bible
exhorts us to do in 1 Thessalonians ch5 v17 and “Devote yourselves to
prayer, being watchful and thankful.” Colossians ch4 v2 |
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