Reasons for Banishing Vexatious Care
W. Burkitt. Luke 12:22-28 And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat; neither for the body… 1. It is needless; "your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of these things"; and will certainly provide for you; and what need you take care, and God too? Cast your care upon Him. 2. It is fruitless; "which of you, by taking care, can add one cubit to his stature?" We may sooner, by our carping care, add a furlong to our grief, than a cubit to our comfort. All our care, without God's help, will neither feed us when we are hungry, nor nourish us when we are fed. 3. It is heathenish; "after all these things do the Gentiles seek" (Matthew 6:32). The ends and objects of a Christian's thoughts ought to be higher and more sublime than that of heathens. 4. Lastly, it is brutish, nay, worse than brutish. The birds of the air, the beasts of the field, the ravens of the valley, all are fed and sustained by God, without any care of their own, much more His children. Has God a breakfast ready for every little bird that comes chirping out of its nest, and for every beast of the field that comes leaping out of its den, and .will He not much more provide for you? Surely, that God that feeds the ravens when they cry will not starve His children when they pray. (W. Burkitt.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. WEB: He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.