And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!(Luke 12:22-24 ESV)
Jesus is in the process of telling us some important principles - foundational truths of the life of faith. Anxiety and faith are in opposition to one another. Life is much more than the necessities of life. Even the birds know that. Their little bird brains are big enough to realize that God will provide - even the ones like the ravens who are scavengers. They don't worry like the rich farmer did about not having big enough barns; they depend on God to feed them. We need that kind of brain, that kind of mindset - that we can trust God and not worry.
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