How then can you say to me, “Run like a bird to the mountains?”Come out 11. 1
And? It is curious that the scriptures set the example of birds and warn Christians. The positive example is well known, it was Jesus himself who taught us a beautiful lesson in mentioning them. In Matthew 6. 26, he says: “Look at the birds of heaven: they do not sow, they do not harvest, and store in barns; However, the heavenly Father feeds them. Don’t you have much more value than them? Then Jesus teaches us that when our hearts are distressed, the best diva?And? Maybe a green space where you are? You can look closely at a bird that flies and is sustained by the Father. By the way, Jesus might have referred to God as Creator, but it seems to me that he really wanted to focus on a loving and caring care of the father for his son, so he preferred “Father.
- I remember a time when I was still living in Australia and my heart was a little scared.
- I left home and went to the bus stop to wait for the ride that would take me to work.
- Then I realized that there was a dirty and crumpled piece of bread in the middle of the busy avenue.
- What caught my attention in this part of the country was the low flight of a brave little bird between the cars.
- Wanting to have his breakfast.
- At that precise moment.
- I remembered the promise of Mt 6:26 saying that the Father sustains us as he sustains the birds of the sky.
- I wondered how God was governing all events so that that piece of bread was there right now.
- There.
- So that his little bird could feed.
- Jesus’ question is: “You are not much more valuable than the birds.
- ” Of course.
- Only humans were made? Image and divine likeness.
- So on that day creation was a great testimony of the Father’s provision and care for me.
- I think we make mistakes when we don’t obey the words of Jesus: “Watch the birds in the sky.
- ” Familiarity with birds bothers us.
On the other hand, the Bible also uses birds as an alert for knots and Psalm 11. 1 and?Proof of that, in him and? It is said that with bird watching you run the risk of resorting to “escaping our problems”. Do you must have seen any birds?When is the danger? Following. It may also be our temptation to imitate them in this act of disbelief, so be careful in your observation, right?, examples and alerts!
There is an example in scripture itself for Psalm 11. 1, the Gethsemane event. The Evangelist Luke is the only one who gives us more detailed information about why the disciples slept in this anguish when they should have prayed with Jesus. The text reads: “When you got up from prayer and went back to the disciples, did you find them asleep, overwhelmed by sadness?”(Luke 22:45). Do you see what they have done? The sadness was so great that they preferred to sleep without facing the pain they felt, that is, they resorted to evasion. Do I dream? What to face the réalité. ET?It’s better not to think about your problems and pretend they don’t exist. If you? You really want to be happy, they say, don’t think about them!
Let us not be so critical of these disciples, because we do not act that way either. Every time you? Avoid thinking or talking about your problems or trying to ignore them, right?Are you looking for someone to ask you for the loss and humiliate you?Is it much harder than giving sound indifference?Tell your loved ones about the new diagnosis?It’s much harder than hiding it. Avoiding looking at bank statements in times of financial crisis gives us false security. The examples might continue, but the point is?even Jesus’ followers fought to deal with a crisis situation. We’re no different.
Now, look, what does Psalm 11. 1 tell us and? That was david’s advice in his crisis. David said, “How can you then say to me, Run away like a bird?” This advice has been given to us to this day. Some say escape is “solution to our crisis” “Get away from your problems. “Others say optimism is the best way, “everything will get better, think positive. “There is also the option of fatalism “what will it be”. Can we still cite stoicism?” Master your feelings or they dominate you. “These tips have always existed, but by treating our hearts correctly, they postpone our problems and make us more anxious. So what should we do right now? Just like David.
First, he faced the facts: “Look! Do the Imipio prepare their bows, put the arrows against the ropes so that, from the shadows, they can shoot them at right angles?(Verse 2). Instead of resorting to sleep, David invites us to?(face it) the facts as they happen. Jesus Himself did not hide the harsh reality from his disciples. He said, “In this world will ye have afflictions?” (Jn 16,33). If we don’t give a real diagnosis to our disease, we won’t find a cure. I would say more: in times of emotional crisis, we have to deepen our souls to find the root of so much anguish and then treat it. When we move to the surface, can we find? Fear? Unbelief?Pride? Anger and other sins hidden there. We must consciously manage and mature the problems around us. Try to avoid them with rage. ? solve a lot.
Second, he had a divine perspective on his affliction. Speaking of the Lord, he says that his eyes examine the children of men. Does the Lord try the righteous? (v. 4. 5). Thinking biblically about suffering does not prevent our suffering, but it changes the way we suffer. Did David realize that one of the divine goals of the crisis he was facing was God’s provocation?”The Lord proves the righteous. ” In other words, like with Jo, and?The challenge is what will reveal the truth of our faith?Which one? Wonderful here and think, who apparently is God?Absent from our crises, but David says that “his eyes observe and examine the children of men. “He is present and aware of what we are facing. As Derek Kidner said in his commentary: isn’t divine stillness true, inertia, but concentration, and is it his patience?it is an opportunity for the righteous and the wicked to demonstrate what is good.
Finally, David saw the Lord: “For the Lord is just and loves righteousness; Will the right one see your face?(Verse 7). Not only must we face reality, we must face the Lord. We must resort to it in these moments of anguish before any other option. The reason David can say in verse 1: Do I take refuge in the Lord?and?explained in verse 7: is it so?” “love justice” and the “position will see your face. “David knew the Lord as revealed in the scriptures, and it was through this knowledge that he could trust him. Much of our disbelief and despair during hours of anguish come from the fact that we do not know the Lord. Do we need to contemplate the Lord today with the eyes of our hearts?(Ephesians 1:18). Do we need to understand who he is? And how it works. We must marvel at his attributes, more than that, we must relate to him through Christ Jesus.
What is your crisis?What does the Bible say about this situation?, What is the Lord to you?Are you present or absent from everything?
Do you know how answering these questions biblically will certainly help us?Even in the worst moments.
Look at the birds, but be careful.