Anxious

Matthew 6:31–34 ESV

31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Therefore… Jesus just attached this passage to His previous subject.

Do not be anxious —

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body - clothes

God clothes the grass

Repetition

Pagans Consider These

Matthew 6:8 ESV

8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Your Father Knows What You Need

Matthew 6:32 ESV

32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

The call is to live lives different from the world...beyond the material and devoted to the eternal.

Go After God

Matthew 6:33 ESV

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Psalm 37:4 ESV

4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

1 Kings 3:11–14 ESV

11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, 12 behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. 13 I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days. 14 And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”

Solomon’s prayer for wisdom

Book End

Matthew 6:34 ESV

34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Worry not about tomorrow, concern yourself with honoring God today and His will

James 4:13–14 ESV

13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.