Waiting for the Birds

 Our daughter gave us a bird feeder with a camera for Christmas.  Today, we finished assembling the feeder, charging the camera, and installing the feeder on the side of our house.  Glen and  I both have the app installed on our phones, and both the app and camera are functional.

The view from our bird feeder

Our great temptation is now to watch the camera and wait for the birds.  The feeder is full of food; the birds just don't know it is there yet.  But we are so excited to see them; we want them to come and eat right now!

I can't help but chuckle at myself for being so impatient with the birds.  It causes me to think about people I have known and prayed for over the years. I want them to come to know the Lord, right now! 

You see, The Lord has prepared everything for us.  He "giveth to all life, and breath, and all things" (Acts 17:25.) He has secured our salvation by the life, death, and resurrection of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.  He waits for us to take advantage of the wonderful life He has created for us.

Not only that, but He continues after our salvation to meet our needs and provide everything we need to "grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."

What we need is there; we only have to accept it through faith.  We have to fly to the bird feeder and take advantage of what has been placed there.  I pray that each time I see a bird happily feasting on the seed we have provided, I remember the abundance our Lord has provided for us.

This makes me think of one of my favorite hymns, "Day By Day."

Day By Day

Lyrics by Carolina Sandell

Day by day, and with each passing moment,

Strength I find to meet my trials here

I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.

He, whose heart is kind beyond all measure,

Gives unto each day what He deems best,

Lovingly its part of pain and pleasure,

Mingling toil with peace and rest.

Every day the Lord Himself is near me,

With a special mercy for each hour;

All my cares He fain would bear and cheer me,

He whose name is Counsellor and Pow’r.

The protection of His child and treasure

Is a charge that on Himself He laid;

“As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,”

This the pledge to me He made.

Help me then, in every tribulation,

So to trust Thy promises, O Lord,

That I lose not faith’s sweet consolation,

Offered me within Thy holy Word.

Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,

E’er to take, as from a father’s hand,

One by one, the days, the moments fleeting,

Till with Christ the Lord I stand.

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, 

and cometh down from the Father of lights, 

with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." 

James 1:17