Do Not Worry
Jesus names life and the body as greater than food and clothes, then points to birds and lilies as cared-for creatures. Worry adds nothing, and God’s clothing of grass makes his care for people more certain.
T25herefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 28And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
The repeated warning forbids anxious speech about food, drink, and clothing. The Father knows the need already, so the answer is to seek first the kingdom and his righteousness, with all else added.
31Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Tomorrow is left to tomorrow, because each day carries enough trouble of its own. Concern is narrowed to the present day.
34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.[’’]