| In Luke 12:6-7, Jesus makes a couple of analogies in | | | | there are probably more sparrows than there are |
| order to give us confidence that God will always be | | | | humans. Yet the Bible tells us that not a single one of |
| able to take care of our every need. Christ does this | | | | these sparrows is forgotten by God, and He knows |
| by illustrating that God is both all-knowing (omniscient) | | | | the whereabouts and every movement of each one. |
| and all-powerful (omnipotent). | | | | Then Christ tells us that we should not be afraid, |
| He first tells us that even though five sparrows are | | | | because we are each worth far more than a |
| sold for two pennies, not a single sparrow in the world | | | | sparrow. |
| is forgotten by God. In other words, in the grand | | | | Then Jesus tells us that the very hairs of each of our |
| scheme of things, sparrows wouldn't seem to be very | | | | heads are all numbered. It has been estimated that a |
| important. After all, how many sparrows must there be | | | | full head of hair contains between 120,000 and 150,000 |
| in the world? There are over 40 known species of | | | | individual hairs. However, God doesn't have to estimate |
| sparrows, and the population of most species is | | | | this number, because He knows the exact number on |
| astounding. For example, many countries in the world | | | | every head in the world. God knows the placement of |
| have millions of the house sparrow alone. Furthermore, | | | | each hair, and the location of each head in the world. |
| this doesn't include only larger countries like the U.S., but | | | | Again, if we are each much more important than a |
| also smaller (and more northern) countries like the | | | | single hair to an all-knowing and all-powerful God, then |
| Netherlands. Therefore, it's probably safe to assume | | | | we indeed have nothing to fear. |
| that there are billions of sparrows in the world. In fact, | | | | |