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Protection, Divine, Promised: Nature's Luck?
While driving to a speaking engagement in Southern
California, a pastor passed through San Juan Capistrano. The
line "When the swallows come back to Capistrano" immediately
came to his mind, and he began humming that old song. He
recalled that for more than 150 years those golden-breasted
birds have spent their summers in the eaves of the old mission
located there. They always arrive on March 19 and leave on
October 23, never missing those dates. Not once have they
varied over the years. Even leap year does not change the times
of their coming and going. And the swallows invariably start out
before daylight on their southern flight.
Now, how would you explain this unusual phenomenon? Nature's
guidance? Luck? Coincidence? Well, let me tell you. The swallow's
Creator has put within those little creatures an instinct that tells
them with uncanny accuracy when to head south and when to return.
Their survival depends on this innate sense of timing. What
meticulous care God exercises to guide the swallow and all the
fowls of the air! But consider how much greater value we are to
God than these tiny birds. The One who has so marvelously
provided for our feathered friends is certainly interested in
many who is made after His own image. How can we help but sing,
"For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me!"
