Wisdom for the Ages
Therefore I tell you, do not
be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will
drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more
than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of
the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet
your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than
they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to
his span of life? 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? Therefore do not be
anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?'
or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these
things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But
seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these
things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about
tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for
the day is its own trouble.
-Matthew 6:25-34

