Matthew 6:28-30 “And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?”

I personally have found it interesting and very intriguing that in His sermon on the mount, Jesus spoke and dwelt on three issues extensively and the rest of the sermon, though just as important, He did not give as much time to. The first and primary section of this sermon was the beatitudes, where Christ told us what a true believer's character is. The second issue was on teaching us how to pray. The third major issue on which he spoke was to deal with worry and anxiousness.

Oh how we as humans tend to worry! We worry that we are not the epitome of the true believer, showing the way to Christ. We worry that we do not pray in the right way. We worry about worrying too much! How much anxiousness can we find in our own selves? Yet despite our worry, God provides. Maybe it would be better to say then that this third important issue what Christ dealt with was God's provision. Then we would have the personality, the prayer, and the provision of one to whom Christ is all and the world is a passing thought. What does it take to trust God to keep His promises? Have we become so jaded by our own faithlessness and the faithlessness of others that we forget that God never fails to uphold His end despite our inability to do the same? Daily Christ gives us the answer, morning after morning we are faced with the proof of His grandeur and glory, his grace and giving! He shows us the flowers that bloom in the gardens. In the spring they show off their finery, in the summer they bless us with their fragrance, in the fall they give their petals to cover the earth and protect their seeds, and in the winter the seeds begin to change to bless us the next spring. If the very grass we walk unthinkingly on cries out about the splendor and reliability of our Creator how can we ignore it? We are daily reminded of His blessings in our lives and yet we persist in worrying, in being faithless, in trying to change our “deal” with God. There is no proviso, no fine print in our declaration and acceptance of Him. It is all or nothing, it is all and nothing. All of us or none at all, all of us and nothing left out with no going back.

Where are we in our walk? Where does our worrying and fretting fit in with Christ? Where do we truly stand? Our Rock is the most solid foundation to build anything, let alone our very lives, upon. Let us do so with all haste, with all determination, and all reliance. He is able and He is capable.

And are we yet alive, and see each other's face?
Glory and thanks to Jesus give for his almighty grace!

Preserved by power divine to full salvation here,
again in Jesus' praise we join, and in his sight appear.

What troubles have we seen, what mighty conflicts past,
fightings without, and fears within, since we assembled last!

Yet out of all the Lord hath brought us by his love;
and still he doth his help afford, and hides our life above.

Then let us make our boast of his redeeming power,
which saves us to the uttermost, till we can sin no more.

Let us take up the cross till we the crown obtain,
and gladly reckon all things loss so we may Jesus gain.