Luke 12:4-7
Heal Thy Soul
4 “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Our LORD is divine and His divine providence sees all things...He sees and even concerns Himself with the smallest of things that we deem insignificant...Even the smallest of things are noticed by God, and they are not forgotten...
Man worries and forgets about different things and (maybe) not about these small insignificant things the God will always remember, like the fallen sparrow...Man fears illness, bad health, surgeries, and disease...Many also fear aging and their bodies becoming weak...We regard illness, disease, aging as evil...Jesus says man fears those things that can kill the body...I would think that there are many prayers concerning our bodies breaking down, aging, and needing fixed...God sees these things and listens to these prayers...But Jesus teaches us more than the body and asks us to look at our souls...He teaches us what we should fear, is a diseased soul...We should fear the One who can throw us into hell, because of a bad soul...Jesus teaches us that the soul is more important than the body...
How often do we pray for a stronger, healthier soul?...Heal thy soul O' LORD...