“If that is how God clothes the grass of the field…will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?” Mt 6:30
In Matthew 6:25-34 Jesus speaks about worry and universal things we worry about. “What shall we eat?” “What shall we drink?” “What shall we wear?” These are worry questions that motivates the vast sea of humanity in an energetic pursuit of self-provision. Jesus said “…the pagans run after these things…”
As Jesus speaks about worry, He delivers His marvelous words about God tending to the food needs of birds and clothing the lilies in splendor. He asks “Are you not much more valuable than they?” With all this evidence of God’s care, it doesn’t make sense to worry. Thus the groan and the statement by Jesus directed to worriers “…O you of little faith…”
It is interesting in Scripture to see how God frequently bolsters faith by reminding His people of His past, miraculous deliverances …the striking down of the firstborn of Egypt; the parting of the Red Sea; bringing water from a rock. Jesus teaches in this passage, the bolstering of our faith based on God’s, present, observable provisions in nature.
So, if you are endeavoring to rise above the life of “little faith” … a life characterized by worry, ponder nature around you and be reminded by the cross that God’s care for you far surpasses his care for birds and lilies.
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