Who cares about hair?  Well, perhaps you do.    All those ads about shampoos appeal to us.  We want thicker, fuller, beautiful locks.  Both women and men.  Did you know that God cares about your hair? 

I read a sign in front of one of our churches.  “God is watching you.”  That’s rather scary isn’t it.  Nothing we do is in secret.    Yes, I know He is all knowing, all seeing and all wise.  But does that include everything about me and you? 

 “Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin?  Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.”  (Matt 10:29-31)  

It all seems rather humorous if you think about it.  Of course, Jesus was just telling us that God not only cares about sparrows falling but included us and our hair!

When the Lord spoke these words to those early Believers they brought comfort to them.  They believed He truly was the Messiah of Israel as well as the Savior of the world.  He was God’s anointed One.  He was the only one able to keep the commandments perfectly, since humankind is unable. 

Jesus wanted to reassure His followers, that God knew them personally, even to the hairs on their head.  Many of them would be sacrificed in the Roman arenas or crucified on crosses. Once they believed who Jesus was, they could no longer worship the Emperor or the Roman pantheon of gods.  That would have been so easy to do.  Just accept this Jesus as one of the gods and save your life! 

However, persecution only seemed to attract more disciples to this Jewish man who could heal the sick, cause the dumb to speak and open the eyes of the blind.

If knowing that God counts your hairs, does that bring comfort to you?  Do you really want Him seeing all you do, where you go and what you watch on TV. 

If God knows sparrows and hairs, He also knows your heart!