Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 10:29-31

"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father: but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows." — Matthew 10:29-31 (ASV)

Here is a sermon against fear, and sparrows are the text. Those birds are of little worth, and you are of far greater value than many of them.

God observes the death of a sparrow, and He much more notes the lives and deaths of His people.

Even the least part of His children’s bodily frame has been registered. The very hairs of their head are counted and catalogued; and down to the smallest detail, all their lives are under the arrangement of the Lord of love.

Chance is not in our creed—the decree of the Eternal Watcher governs our destiny, and love is seen in every line of that decree.

Since we will not suffer harm from men by their arbitrary conduct, apart from the will and permission of our Father, let us be ready to bear with holy courage whatever the wrath of man may bring upon us.

God will not waste the life of one of His soldiers; no, not even a hair of his head. If we die in God’s battle, we live in the grandest sense, for by loss of life we gain life.