Choosing Trust Over Worry: God's Daily Provision

``God doesn't care about your spiritual life. He cares about your life. All of it. Spiritual or not. Do you know that's who you are to God? That as much artistic care that he devotes to what's basically grass to make it look fancy, that he sees you as worth far more of his attention and care, that you matter so much to him, that he's watched over you and preserved you to this day. He wouldn't have done that if he didn't intend to feed you and give you clothes. [00:14:56] (36 seconds)  #GodCaresAboutYourWholeLife

In other words, Jesus isn't actually saying nobody should worry. If we look closely at it, that's not actually the argument he's making. He's actually saying there are lots of people who would be foolish not to worry. Because instead of entrusting themselves to a loving father who knows and is able to supply all their needs, they've entrusted themselves to a cruel master. We called him Mammon last week. Right? Stuff. Who isn't looking out for their needs, ultimately will only leech from them, and then he'll disappear at the moment when they need help the most. [00:17:34] (40 seconds)  #RejectMammon

Actually, the first thing he says is, aren't there twelve hours in the day? In other words, you're trying to get me to worry about stuff that could happen down the road. We have a day to live right now, and this day has enough of its own troubles. Let's trust God with today's troubles. So by the time Jesus' life on earth was complete, he had trusted his father for food when there was no food, for vindication for when he was misunderstood. He trusted his father for life when he submitted himself to death. [00:30:10] (39 seconds)  #TrustTodayNotTomorrow

Even if we humans were just another dime a dozen organism in creation, like these birds or like these flowers that are tossed one day, we should be able, even if that were true, we should be able to look to our left and right and say, well, okay, God gave food and drink and clothes to all of us and significant creatures down here. But since in reality, we humans are even way more important to God than these things, than than birds and flowers are, how much more certain is it that God's going to provide what we need? That's the argument Jesus is making, lesser to greater. [00:13:59] (41 seconds)  #GreaterValueThanBirds