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 Good morning, church. Let's open up our Bible to Matthew 6. As we continue to preach through the Sermon of the Mount. Today we're in Matthew 6, verses 25 to 34. It's a beautiful passage.

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 Of course, as always, if you are in need of a Bible and would like to use one and keep one, feel free to raise your hand and one of our members would be happy to give you a hard copy.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, you are a good, good Father to those of us who were spiritual orphans, left alone, needing to fend for ourselves.

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 But through the power of the cross, through the giving of your Son, you have adopted us into your family.

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 So that now, though we were once poor, we are now infinitely rich in you.

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 And I pray through the preaching, through the reading of your Word, you would convince us once again of that fact.

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 Of how rich we are in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 Give us eyes to see, ears to hear, that you will take good care of us.

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 Help us to have faith, grow our faith today.

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 For your glory and for our good.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 To honor the reading of God's Word, won't you stand if you are able.

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 It's Matthew 6, verses 25 to 34.

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 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.

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 It is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing.

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 Look at the birds of the air.

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 They neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

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 Are you not of more value than they?

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 And which of you, by being anxious, can add a single hour to his span of life?

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 And why are you anxious about clothing?

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 Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow.

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 They neither toil nor spin.

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 Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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 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?

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 Therefore, do not be anxious, saying, what shall we eat?

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 Or what shall we drink?

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 Or what shall we wear?

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

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

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 Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.

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 Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 If you've been following the news, you know that there's been a surprising topic of conversation this past year.

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 One that seems like a very innocuous thing, but has actually struck fear into the hearts of many Americans.

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 And that's egg prices.

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 Because of various factors like inflation or the bird flu, we have seen an all-time high in egg prices at our local supermarkets this past year,

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 with an all-time high this coming this past March at $6.23 for just a dozen eggs.

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 That is an 80% increase from the prices that we saw in March of 2024, and a whopping 285% increase compared to the prices two years ago.

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 It's no wonder, then, that prices have notoriously become a symbol of a lot of American insecurity, strife, anxiety about our money.

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 Okay, well, maybe no more omelets for breakfast for a bit.

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 But that's not the only expense that has gone up.

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 According to a report by JPMorgan Chase, right now, housing affordability is at its historic low.

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 Since the year 2000 to now, the median household income has roughly doubled, but the median home price has tripled,

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 meaning that housing costs are increasing more and more and more each and every year,

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 but our income levels aren't keeping up with that cost.

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 And that gap between our income levels and the housing costs are just increasing more and more each and every year.

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 I hope this doesn't spark a mass exodus away from the greater Boston area,

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 but you guys know this, living in Boston is very expensive.

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 Boston's living expenses like rent and groceries are twice the national average.

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 And in fact, in 2024, according to Nomeo's Cost of Living Index survey,

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 Boston ranked fifth most expensive to live in, not just in America, but in the entire world,

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 behind Geneva, Zurich, New York City, and San Francisco.

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 So, if you're anything like me, you're probably squirming a little bit in your seats,

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 feeling nervous, feeling a little depressed as you hear me rattle off this news.

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 We feel the constant bills and the increased cost of living squeezing in on us, don't we?

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 The landlord is asking for more money next year.

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 The car just broke down.

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 The daycare rate just went up.

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 And even the eggs are getting so expensive.

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 Even if you're blessed not to have to worry about your next meal,

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 we all worry about something, don't we?

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 Whether it's your marriage, your relationships, your health,

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 or maybe it's just the overall fear of death, which undergirds all the other fears.

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 To all our anxiety, Jesus speaks peace to the raging storm within us.

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 When he says three whole times in our passage today,

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 do not be anxious.

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 And he reasons with us.

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 He gives us four different reasons today about why we shouldn't worry.

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 Because worry is unspiritual.

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 It is unnecessary, unproductive, and unfaithful.

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 But the most important reason of all why we shouldn't worry is because

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 we have a Heavenly Father who promised to take care of us.

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 That's the main point of my sermon today.

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 Jesus opens our passage today with the word,

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 therefore, logically connecting this passage with the one that we heard from last week.

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 Because in that passage, Jesus addresses a love of money for those who had it

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 and are storing it away in earthly places where moth and rust do destroy.

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 But in our passage today, which is almost like a part two,

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 Jesus addresses the same issue, a love and trust of money,

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 but only in a different scenario for those who don't have money.

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 For there is an organic connection between greed and anxiety.

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 Because the root issue ultimately is the same.

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 It's a love and a trust, an idolatry of money,

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 just appears differently under different lights, under different circumstances.

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 They're simply two sides of the same coin.

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 And we easily flip back from greed to anxiety very quickly.

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 In their hearts, the homeless can be just as greedy as the Fortune 500 CEO.

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 But the opposite is just as true.

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 The CEO can be anxious over his money just like the homeless.

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 Because even the wealthy are not immune from anxiety.

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 You might expect their crazy high net worth or their mansion in Hollywood Hills

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 to give them some kind of sense of security.

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 But have you ever noticed that sometimes it's really the richest in this world

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 that are actually oddly most anxious about their money?

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 Psychologists have even coined this term for it, calling it loss aversion,

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 which basically means that the more you have, the more you feel that you can lose.

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 So it leads not to greater security, but to greater anxiety.

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 Hollywood star actor Jim Carrey once said,

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 I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything that they would want to do

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 so that they can see that it's not the answer.

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 If you are anxious today about your money, about your finances,

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 getting rich and famous is not the simple answer to get rid of our anxiety.

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 Instead, Jesus holds out for us a better way.

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 For us not to be anxious.

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 And we'll see how Jesus reasons with us.

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 So let's get into the first reason that worry is unspiritual.

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 Jesus says in verse 25,

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 Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

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 What does he mean by this?

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 Literally, the day after, I kid you not,

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 the day after we moved into our new home,

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 Christine and I, we found in our finished basement,

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 in the center of our hallway, about a half inch of water.

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 And after getting some help, getting some plumbers to come over,

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 we identified that it was from this clogged sewage pipe

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 in this tiny unfinished side room that we barely even use today.

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 Though that water was clear on our basement water,

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 we realized that was sewage water.

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 And for a long, long time, until the issue was resolved,

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 my entire life was in that little room.

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 Because that's all that I thought about.

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 I forgot about all the other problemless, livable space that I had in my room

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 because my life, all of my thinking belonged into that tiny side.

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 As Pastor Marshall Siegel shared a similar story,

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 and he preached,

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 anxiety can make it seem like one worry is our whole life.

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 The difficult relationship is our life.

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 The long jaw search is our life.

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 The wait for a spouse is our life.

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 The battle with chronic pain or illness is our life.

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 But it's not.

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 Isn't life more than whatever you're most worried about right now?

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 There even might be times in your life

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 where the budget is super tight,

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 and you're really anxious about that next meal.

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 But even then,

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 when it feels like your next meal is your entire life,

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 life is more than food and clothing.

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 In other words,

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 when we excessively worry about these things,

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 we miss out,

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 miss out on the more in life.

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 Universally,

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 humans have pondered philosophical questions like,

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 what is the meaning of life?

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 Why am I here on Earth?

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 And there have been lots of different answers,

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 lots of different stats at that question.

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 Take Charles Darwin,

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 the scientist who developed the pivotal theory of evolution,

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 and hear his answer,

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 his take on this.

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 That everything about us,

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 everything we do,

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 is only about surviving to procreate,

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 to pass down our genes to the next generation.

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 That's it.

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 Just physical survival.

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 When we excessively worry,

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 we think and we operate like Darwin.

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 We reduce life only down to physical survival.

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 But we know,

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 as children of God,

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 with people who have the Spirit of God living within us,

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 that there is more to life than just food and clothing.

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 For God's children,

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 our lives have deeper spiritual purposes,

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 like glorifying God,

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 enjoying our relationship with Him,

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 to live in the grace that He alone provides.

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 Worry shrinks our world down just to the physical,

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 making us forget about all the deeper,

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 spiritual,

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 eternal truths that give our life ultimate meaning.

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 So in that sense,

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 worry is unspiritual.

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 But while life is more than food,

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 at the same time,

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 Jesus doesn't mean that food and clothing aren't important.

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 The ultimate purpose of our lives is, yes, spiritual,

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 but at the same time,

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 Jesus is not agnostic,

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 who thinks that the spiritual is all that matters,

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 and the physical doesn't matter at all.

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 But He goes on to say that He is going to provide for us.

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 He doesn't say,

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 you should be content with starving,

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 with going cold,

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 but promises,

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 I'm going to take care of you.

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 So,

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 not only is worry unspiritual,

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 but worry is unnecessary.

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 What evidence does He show of that?

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 Well,

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 Jesus tells us to look up.

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 Observe the birds in the sky.

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 They neither sow,

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 nor reap,

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 nor gather into barns.

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 They literally live,

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 hand to beak.

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 But every day still,

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 with nothing in their bank accounts,

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 no rainy day fund,

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 our Heavenly Father feeds them,

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 day after day after day.

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 There are 50 billion birds

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 on this planet,

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 right here,

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 right now.

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 Can you imagine

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 the number of berries,

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 and acorns,

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 and insects

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 that are needed

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 to feed so many?

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 50 billion birds.

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 And yet,

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 for thousands upon thousands of years,

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 our Heavenly Father

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 has fed them

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 day after day after day.

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 Don't just look at the birds,

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 but look at all the earth.

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 See how the planet is teeming,

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 bursting with life.

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 Because there are not just

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 a hundred thousand,

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 not just a million,

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 but there are

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 8.7 million different animal species

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 that are on this planet

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 right now.

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 Our God is the source of life.

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 God is not a dull minimalist.

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 When He sets our creation up,

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 He sees,

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 and we see our full display

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 of His desire

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 and His ability

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 to sustain life.

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 And if the Lord

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 is sustaining

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 8.7 billion

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 different animal species,

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 and we are more important

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 than all of them,

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 based on what we know

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 from the creation narrative

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 of Genesis 1-3,

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 that we alone

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 are made in the

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 imago Dei,

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 the image of God,

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 then how will He not

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 also feed us,

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 protect us,

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 provide for us

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 as our Heavenly Father?

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 So look to the birds,

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 look to all the earth,

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 and see that worry

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 is unnecessary.

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 But when you observe

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 the birds,

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 it's an important fact

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 to see that it's not

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 that the Lord

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 supernaturally

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 sends His angels

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 to spoon-feed

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 each and every bird,

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 but the birds

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 actually have to go

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 out from their nests,

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 leave their trees,

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 and go scour

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 the land for food.

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 So in what sense

00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:28.080
 does our Heavenly Father

00:17:28.080 --> 00:17:29.320
 actually feed them?

00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.779
 It seems that Jesus

00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:32.940
 draws heavily from

00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.880
 Psalm 104,

00:17:34.360 --> 00:17:35.240
 which we read

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:35.720
 for our call

00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.620
 to worship this morning,

00:17:37.600 --> 00:17:38.240
 where the psalmist

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:39.460
 extols the Lord

00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:40.740
 as the sustainer

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.600
 and provider

00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:42.940
 for all creation.

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 It's in His

00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:47.000
 sovereign providence

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.960
 that He provides

00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:48.779
 everything that

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:50.019
 these birds need

00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:51.039
 to live.

00:17:52.620 --> 00:17:53.799
 He grows the trees

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.680
 to give them homes,

00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:56.000
 He plants the bush

00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.900
 to give them berries,

00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.460
 He causes the sun

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:58.900
 to rise

00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.860
 to wake them up.

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 There are a million

00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:02.619
 things that need

00:18:02.619 --> 00:18:03.480
 to go right

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.419
 for these birds

00:18:04.419 --> 00:18:05.299
 to be able to go out

00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:06.000
 and find food,

00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:07.359
 from the fine-tuning

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:08.299
 of physical forces

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:09.339
 like gravity,

00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:11.279
 down to the sustenance,

00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:11.859
 the sustaining

00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:12.639
 of their little,

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.139
 tiny,

00:18:13.399 --> 00:18:14.279
 four-chambered hearts

00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.200
 to cause them

00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:15.559
 to beat.

00:18:17.179 --> 00:18:17.879
 So yes,

00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:18.679
 the birds need

00:18:18.679 --> 00:18:19.240
 to go out

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:20.480
 and find their own food,

00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.460
 but it's only

00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:22.379
 because of the work

00:18:22.379 --> 00:18:23.200
 that the Lord

00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:23.899
 has done

00:18:23.899 --> 00:18:25.200
 can they do so.

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 In the same way,

00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:29.960
 our lives

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:32.340
 are not a banquet

00:18:32.340 --> 00:18:33.200
 where every single

00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:34.279
 blessing is handed

00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:34.940
 down to us

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:36.080
 on a silver clatter.

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 We wake up early,

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.960
 we labor late,

00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:40.759
 we sweat

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:42.019
 for that next paycheck,

00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:44.799
 yet how easy it is

00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.620
 for us to slip

00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:46.400
 into the illusion

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:48.279
 that we need

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:49.660
 to fend for ourselves,

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.559
 that we're alone

00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:51.380
 in this world,

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 that we are

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.980
 our ultimate providers,

00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:58.160
 so we fight

00:18:58.160 --> 00:18:59.100
 tooth and nail

00:18:59.100 --> 00:18:59.900
 anxiously

00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:00.720
 to secure

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.400
 our own futures

00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:02.500
 because no one else

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.840
 is looking out for us.

00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:06.680
 And then when

00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.220
 that paycheck

00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:08.080
 does come,

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:10.380
 we think we did it,

00:19:10.860 --> 00:19:12.140
 we earned it,

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:15.559
 but the Apostle Paul

00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:17.180
 asks in 1 Corinthians 4,

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 what do you have

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:20.559
 that you did not receive?

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 If then you received it,

00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:26.879
 then why do you boast

00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:28.939
 as if you did not receive it?

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:32.039
 What have you done

00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:33.179
 to earn your health,

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:34.199
 friend?

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:37.579
 Or your intellect?

00:19:39.179 --> 00:19:40.739
 Or all your financial

00:19:40.739 --> 00:19:42.959
 and educational privileges

00:19:42.959 --> 00:19:44.819
 that literally billions

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.899
 on this planet

00:19:45.899 --> 00:19:47.599
 have no chance

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.059
 of receiving?

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:52.440
 even the very gift

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.899
 of life,

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.859
 have you earned

00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:54.679
 any of this?

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.839
 So yes,

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.599
 work hard

00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:58.500
 to put food

00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:59.419
 on your plates

00:19:59.419 --> 00:20:00.059
 and clothes

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.799
 on your back,

00:20:01.179 --> 00:20:02.559
 but never think

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.099
 it is done

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:04.259
 by your strength alone.

00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.720
 For as John Piper said,

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.779
 God is doing

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:09.279
 10,000 things

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.059
 in your life

00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:11.000
 right now,

00:20:11.179 --> 00:20:12.200
 and you might be aware

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.839
 of only two

00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:13.480
 or three of them.

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 And if the Lord

00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:17.440
 is doing 10,000

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.039
 more things

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.839
 in your life

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:19.539
 that you are not

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.120
 aware of,

00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:22.240
 why do you worry?

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:25.319
 If God is sustaining

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.660
 8.7 billion

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.339
 or million

00:20:27.339 --> 00:20:28.339
 different animal

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:28.779
 species,

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.200
 and he promises

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:31.000
 to sustain you,

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:32.240
 why do we worry?

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:34.819
 If God

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.700
 is not worried,

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:37.220
 why do we worry?

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:40.440
 If you are not

00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:40.880
 convinced

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.620
 why we shouldn't

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:41.900
 worry,

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.500
 and also look out

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.160
 to the fields,

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.680
 see the lilies,

00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:47.480
 see how beautifully

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.299
 they are clothed.

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 And while Jesus

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:51.100
 is making a similar

00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:52.160
 point with the lilies,

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.259
 compared to the bird,

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:54.100
 he is actually making

00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:55.339
 a more emphatic

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.140
 point of why

00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:56.940
 we shouldn't worry.

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:57.900
 He does so

00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:59.360
 in three different ways.

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.220
 First,

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.720
 the humble flowers

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.360
 of the field,

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.839
 they are even

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.680
 more transient

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.680
 and seemingly

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.960
 more insignificant

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.700
 than the birds.

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.840
 The average lily

00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:12.600
 blooms only

00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:13.860
 one to two weeks

00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:14.880
 out of the entire

00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:16.060
 calendar year,

00:21:16.320 --> 00:21:17.299
 so it is no wonder

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.080
 that they are here

00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:19.019
 in the fields one day

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:20.279
 and unapologetically

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.660
 thrown into the oven

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.460
 tomorrow.

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.140
 Yet the Lord

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:26.060
 adorns them

00:21:26.060 --> 00:21:27.380
 with incredible

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:28.539
 beauty and care.

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:30.920
 You know,

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.580
 if you were to

00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:32.580
 direct an animated

00:21:32.580 --> 00:21:32.880
 movie,

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.560
 if you were to

00:21:33.560 --> 00:21:34.420
 build the world

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.299
 from scratch,

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.360
 you just

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:37.519
 wouldn't pay

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:37.939
 that much

00:21:37.939 --> 00:21:38.740
 attention to

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.679
 one small

00:21:39.679 --> 00:21:40.199
 part of the

00:21:40.199 --> 00:21:40.639
 background

00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:41.479
 and one

00:21:41.479 --> 00:21:42.339
 small tiny

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.879
 scene.

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:45.019
 But in the

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.679
 abundant,

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.740
 overflowing

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.419
 care

00:21:47.419 --> 00:21:48.819
 and design

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.319
 of our

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.819
 good Heavenly

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.119
 Father,

00:21:50.219 --> 00:21:50.979
 that's exactly

00:21:50.979 --> 00:21:51.939
 what He does.

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.839
 Secondly,

00:21:54.959 --> 00:21:55.539
 Jesus says

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.579
 that they don't

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:58.059
 toil or spin.

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.519
 And compared

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.159
 to the birds,

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.679
 they don't even

00:22:00.679 --> 00:22:01.459
 lift a single

00:22:01.459 --> 00:22:01.899
 finger.

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:04.400
 and yet

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:04.800
 they are

00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:05.460
 clothed

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.300
 by God.

00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:08.720
 In the

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.019
 ancient

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.440
 Near East,

00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:10.100
 spinning was

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:11.040
 often the

00:22:11.040 --> 00:22:11.900
 most time

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.360
 consuming

00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:12.960
 chore in

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.380
 the house,

00:22:14.560 --> 00:22:15.019
 requiring

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.980
 hundreds upon

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.680
 hundreds of

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.700
 hours to

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.320
 just generate

00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:19.540
 one single

00:22:19.540 --> 00:22:19.900
 garment.

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.259
 In fact,

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:22.200
 historical records

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:23.080
 show that

00:22:23.080 --> 00:22:24.200
 women at the

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.700
 home were

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.540
 constantly

00:22:25.540 --> 00:22:26.660
 spinning thread

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.259
 when they

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.800
 weren't doing

00:22:28.800 --> 00:22:29.900
 other chores

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.280
 or other

00:22:30.280 --> 00:22:30.580
 work.

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.540
 The

00:22:32.540 --> 00:22:33.080
 lilies don't

00:22:33.080 --> 00:22:33.580
 do this.

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.400
 And in

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:35.519
 fact,

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:35.780
 they don't

00:22:35.780 --> 00:22:36.259
 even do

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.740
 anything.

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.320
 They do

00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:37.820
 less work

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.160
 than the

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.620
 birds.

00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:39.800
 And yet,

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.380
 God

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:41.240
 beautifully

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.160
 clothes them.

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.720
 How much

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.080
 more will

00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:44.600
 He sustain

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:44.840
 you?

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.120
 Thirdly,

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.560
 He makes

00:22:48.560 --> 00:22:49.620
 the astounding

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:51.160
 comment that

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:52.120
 even Solomon

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:52.780
 in all his

00:22:52.780 --> 00:22:53.720
 glory was

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.300
 not fully

00:22:54.300 --> 00:22:55.160
 arrayed like

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.560
 these.

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:57.880
 Compared

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.360
 to one of

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:58.900
 the richest

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.780
 men in

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.680
 really all

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.139
 of human

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:01.480
 history,

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:01.920
 a man

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.399
 who had

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:03.420
 a thousand

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.899
 wives,

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.379
 fourteen

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:04.799
 hundred

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.480
 chariots,

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.139
 twelve

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:06.720
 thousand

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.139
 horses,

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.039
 and earned

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.619
 and generated

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.099
 thirty

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:10.160
 thousand pounds

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.579
 of gold.

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.859
 Every single

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.039
 year,

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.480
 the rough

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.200
 equivalent

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.859
 now is

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.559
 one point

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.339
 four billion

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.160
 dollars a

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.420
 year.

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:18.859
 And yet,

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.899
 Jesus declares

00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:20.700
 these common

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:22.319
 lilies are

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.180
 more beautifully

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.839
 clothed.

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.680
 This is

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:27.339
 absolutely a

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.200
 remarkable

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:29.119
 flex by

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.440
 God.

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:32.539
 my case

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:32.899
 in point,

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.420
 in prepping

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:33.759
 for the

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:33.980
 sermon,

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.599
 I found

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.099
 out that

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:36.180
 there was

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.799
 a t-shirt

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:38.299
 that sold

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.759
 for

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:40.000
 four hundred

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.680
 thousand

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.240
 dollars.

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.680
 I immediately

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.299
 got upset.

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.359
 And so I

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:47.980
 looked it up

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:49.359
 and I got

00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:49.899
 even more

00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:50.379
 upset

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:52.119
 because it

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:53.079
 looks like

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.920
 a regular

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:55.099
 black t-shirt

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:56.779
 with some

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.119
 diamonds,

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.500
 of course,

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.259
 thrown on it.

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:59.779
 But if you

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.439
 wore that

00:24:00.439 --> 00:24:01.259
 four hundred

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.119
 thousand dollar

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:03.259
 t-shirt and

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.819
 walked by me

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.159
 in the street,

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.779
 I wouldn't even

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.599
 bat an eye

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.159
 at you.

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.219
 There is no

00:24:08.219 --> 00:24:08.939
 way that even

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.799
 this four hundred

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.459
 thousand dollar

00:24:10.459 --> 00:24:11.319
 t-shirt could

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:12.099
 compare to the

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.719
 beauty of the

00:24:12.719 --> 00:24:13.839
 common lily.

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:16.220
 because if you

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.839
 zoom,

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.019
 you zoom into

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.579
 that shirt,

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.319
 you're going to

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.279
 see still,

00:24:21.959 --> 00:24:22.839
 lifeless threads

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.319
 of cotton.

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.439
 If you zoom

00:24:25.439 --> 00:24:26.220
 into the

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.539
 lily,

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:28.299
 you'll see the

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.679
 amazing design

00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:30.599
 of our

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:30.839
 Heavenly

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.199
 Father.

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:33.660
 We see

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.539
 its dynamic

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.140
 cells

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:36.420
 bustling

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.259
 with activity,

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.920
 chloroplasts

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.880
 capturing sunlight,

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.580
 converting it

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.080
 to energy,

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.360
 mitochondria,

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.140
 the powerhouse

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.640
 of the cell,

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.860
 empowering the

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.600
 processes of

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:45.940
 life,

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.539
 nutrients

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.480
 being shuttled

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.100
 around by

00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:51.440
 complex networks

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.220
 of membranes.

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.819
 Look inside

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.480
 the nucleus

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.880
 and you'll

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.819
 find in its

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:58.539
 DNA 36,000

00:24:58.539 --> 00:25:00.180
 protein encoding

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.580
 genes.

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.740
 in a code

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.600
 so complex

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:03.480
 and beautiful

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.059
 that we're

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.580
 only just

00:25:04.580 --> 00:25:05.539
 beginning to

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:05.940
 start to

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.640
 understand it.

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.559
 Do you know

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.059
 that the lily

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.740
 is famous

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.840
 among scientists

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:12.319
 for having

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.860
 one of the

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:14.759
 largest genomes

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:16.100
 out of any

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.559
 plant?

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:18.620
 In fact,

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.400
 it's actually

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:20.600
 30 times

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.180
 longer than

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.640
 the human

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:22.039
 genome.

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.080
 If you were

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.720
 to stretch out

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.279
 the DNA

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.340
 of a single

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:27.740
 cell from

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.480
 end to end

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:30.180
 while a

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.880
 single human

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.380
 cell would

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.280
 contain six

00:25:32.280 --> 00:25:33.020
 feet of

00:25:33.020 --> 00:25:33.220
 DNA,

00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:33.560
 which is

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:33.920
 incredible.

00:25:34.020 --> 00:25:34.340
 We're talking

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:35.000
 about a

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.220
 microscopic cell.

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.300
 If you stretch

00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:37.720
 out the

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.720
 instructions of

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.000
 life,

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.140
 reach out to

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:41.260
 six feet.

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.280
 But a

00:25:43.280 --> 00:25:43.860
 cell from a

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.700
 lily contains

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:46.040
 almost 200

00:25:46.040 --> 00:25:47.620
 feet of

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:47.900
 DNA,

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.980
 almost half

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.640
 of a football

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:49.980
 field.

00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:52.940
 No room

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.880
 or laboratory

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.780
 could ever

00:25:54.780 --> 00:25:56.080
 replicate this

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:56.740
 kind of living

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.240
 pathos.

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.480
 truth.

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.859
 With all

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.420
 our degrees,

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.279
 all our

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.640
 money,

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.259
 all our

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.900
 human intellect,

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.640
 this is

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.339
 beyond the

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:03.920
 best that

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.779
 humans could

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.460
 ever generate.

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.799
 So,

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.700
 why worry?

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.339
 If the

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.460
 Lord feeds

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.400
 billions of

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.920
 birds and

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.920
 He intricately

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:17.380
 clothes the

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.779
 lilies,

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.099
 if He says

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.620
 that He will

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.299
 provide for

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.099
 you just as

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.599
 He provided

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.120
 for them,

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.920
 worry is

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.740
 unnecessary.

00:26:28.800 --> 00:26:29.440
 In between

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.000
 these examples,

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.600
 we find our

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:31.620
 third reason of

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.279
 why we

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.840
 shouldn't worry

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.240
 because He

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.900
 asks in

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:35.060
 verse 24,

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.000
 which of

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.500
 you by being

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.240
 anxious can

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.640
 add a

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.440
 single hour

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.840
 to His

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.400
 span of

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:39.720
 life?

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.920
 Jesus is

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.440
 saying that

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.279
 worry is

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.800
 unproductive.

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.340
 It doesn't

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:47.340
 accomplish a

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:48.279
 single thing.

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.740
 Because even

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.620
 before creation

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.440
 began, the

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.740
 Lord knew the

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.819
 precise day

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.259
 and time

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.519
 that He

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.920
 would enter

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.539
 this world.

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.160
 And He

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.660
 knows the

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.400
 precise day

00:26:59.400 --> 00:26:59.779
 and time

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.039
 that He

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.380
 would leave

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:01.099
 it for a

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.680
 better one.

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.460
 No amount

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.140
 of worry can

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:06.339
 lengthen our

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.059
 lives, even

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.980
 just for an

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.599
 hour, He

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:08.960
 says.

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.480
 Therefore,

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.620
 knowing worrying

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.380
 is one of the

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.539
 most unproductive

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.140
 things that we

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.519
 can do.

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.460
 We should

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.859
 then channel

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.640
 that anxious

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.599
 energy instead

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.980
 through prayer,

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.039
 as the

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.839
 Apostle Paul

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.640
 exhorts us in

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.599
 Philippians 4,

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.200
 when he says,

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:25.279
 do not be

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.860
 anxious, which

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.500
 is the exact

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.380
 same phrase in

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.819
 the Greek as

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.299
 we find in

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:28.819
 our passage

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.160
 today.

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.259
 Do not be

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:31.240
 anxious about

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.440
 anything, but

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.279
 in everything, by

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.840
 prayer and

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.700
 supplication, with

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:36.080
 thanksgiving, let

00:27:36.080 --> 00:27:36.960
 your requests be

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.900
 made known to

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.259
 God.

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.660
 I'm reminded of

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.580
 something from

00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:43.740
 Pastor Mark

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.940
 Detter, who

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:46.140
 commented that the

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:47.519
 older he gets, the

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.900
 more convinced he

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:50.660
 is that his

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.640
 daily time of

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.580
 prayer is the

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.780
 most important

00:27:53.780 --> 00:27:54.560
 time of his

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:54.759
 day.

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:57.460
 Because that's

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.259
 the time he's

00:27:58.259 --> 00:28:00.120
 most certain is

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:01.140
 least wasted.

00:28:03.020 --> 00:28:04.020
 Other things he

00:28:04.020 --> 00:28:04.480
 might do in

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.259
 pastoral ministry

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.020
 might come to

00:28:06.020 --> 00:28:07.580
 not, but that

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:08.980
 time in prayer is

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:10.180
 the most productive,

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:12.280
 least wasted time

00:28:12.280 --> 00:28:12.820
 in his day.

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:16.339
 And when we

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:18.000
 pray, the peace

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.859
 of God, as

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:19.559
 Paul writes, the

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.399
 peace of God

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:21.819
 will guard our

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.460
 hearts and our

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:22.779
 minds.

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.779
 The peace of

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.159
 God, which

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:26.019
 surpasses all

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:27.000
 understanding, he

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:28.079
 says, will guard

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.899
 our hearts and

00:28:28.899 --> 00:28:29.419
 our minds.

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.299
 In Christ Jesus,

00:28:31.439 --> 00:28:32.000
 our Lord.

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.419
 So let's learn to

00:28:34.419 --> 00:28:35.379
 humble ourselves

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.399
 before him,

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.599
 casting our

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.799
 burdens, throwing

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.740
 our burdens onto

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.039
 him.

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:40.799
 Why?

00:28:40.919 --> 00:28:42.079
 Because he cares

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.619
 for us.

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:47.039
 Then skipping

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.619
 ahead to the

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:47.960
 end of the

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.779
 passage, Jesus

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.639
 urges his

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:51.139
 disciples not

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:52.119
 to worry about

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.539
 tomorrow.

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.119
 He says,

00:28:54.199 --> 00:28:54.679
 tomorrow will

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:55.659
 be anxious for

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:56.939
 itself, making

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:58.379
 tomorrow grammatically

00:28:58.379 --> 00:29:00.119
 the subject, the

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.740
 doer of the

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.099
 action.

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.919
 And this shift

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:03.740
 is significant.

00:29:04.939 --> 00:29:06.220
 We're no longer

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.299
 the doer of the

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.019
 action, but Jesus

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:09.079
 is inviting us to

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:10.619
 step out of the

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.319
 driver's seat,

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.919
 let go of our

00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:13.779
 need for control,

00:29:13.939 --> 00:29:14.700
 and let tomorrow

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.740
 drive itself.

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:17.460
 Let tomorrow worry

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.019
 about its own

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.559
 anxieties.

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.599
 For just as

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.319
 Corrie ten Boom

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.279
 has powerfully

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.460
 stated, worry

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.359
 does not

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.399
 empty today,

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:28.500
 worry does not

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.399
 empty tomorrow

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:30.299
 of its sorrow.

00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:31.799
 It empties

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.720
 today of its

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.139
 strength.

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:37.619
 How unproductive

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:39.039
 is worry.

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:41.659
 Of course, Jesus

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.739
 is not denigrating

00:29:42.739 --> 00:29:43.699
 all future

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.159
 planning.

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.639
 It's often good

00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:46.779
 and wise of us

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.699
 to exercise the

00:29:47.699 --> 00:29:48.500
 sermon that God

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.699
 has given us to

00:29:49.699 --> 00:29:50.639
 plan for the

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.099
 future.

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:52.939
 But once you set

00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:55.039
 a plan, why

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.459
 worry?

00:29:57.459 --> 00:29:58.719
 The Lord has

00:29:58.719 --> 00:30:00.399
 promised us new

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:02.000
 mercies for each

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:03.259
 and every new

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.559
 day.

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:05.919
 tomorrow's

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.679
 mercies will

00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:07.579
 rise to meet

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.179
 tomorrow's

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:08.539
 troubles.

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.440
 Next week's

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.579
 mercies will

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:13.399
 approach and

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.879
 conquer next

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:16.079
 week's troubles.

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:19.359
 worry not even

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.419
 in the midst of

00:30:20.419 --> 00:30:21.579
 hardship because

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.480
 all that it does

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.299
 is zap you of

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.839
 the strength that

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.839
 you need today.

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.859
 And we need all

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.460
 the strength that

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.179
 we can get,

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:28.919
 don't we not,

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.259
 because life is

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.259
 hard and each

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.399
 day is filled

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:33.019
 with its own

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.399
 trouble.

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.339
 The rest of

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.879
 this passage,

00:30:36.939 --> 00:30:37.899
 it strikes a

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:39.299
 remarkably optimistic

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:41.699
 tone, but this

00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:42.139
 verse is

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.659
 important.

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.659
 This verse 34

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.799
 grounds us back to

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:47.099
 real life, reminding

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:48.000
 us that for

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.919
 Christians, we are

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:50.960
 not immune from

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.639
 all trouble.

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.700
 In fact, there

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.700
 are those who do

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:57.079
 struggle financially

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.399
 and they lack

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.720
 food and clothing

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.599
 even to the point

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.159
 of death.

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:04.379
 But that doesn't

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:05.119
 mean that Jesus

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:06.659
 is being unfaithful

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.440
 to his promises,

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.039
 but that we can

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.960
 throw this passage

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.980
 all together.

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:12.180
 Because the point

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:13.399
 of what Jesus is

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:14.339
 saying is not for

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.119
 us to think that

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:16.299
 will never suffer

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:17.419
 or never even

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:17.839
 die.

00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.179
 That would

00:31:18.179 --> 00:31:19.739
 stretch his promises

00:31:19.739 --> 00:31:20.719
 way too far.

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:23.339
 But the point of

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.979
 this passage is

00:31:24.979 --> 00:31:26.219
 for us to live

00:31:26.219 --> 00:31:27.299
 with the absolute

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:29.259
 assurance that our

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.279
 good Heavenly

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.579
 Father will take

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.799
 care of us.

00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:34.359
 That he, as we

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.039
 just said, will

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:36.279
 work all things

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.559
 for our good.

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:39.799
 God will not

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.960
 live with a

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:42.440
 childlike confidence

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.919
 that we will not

00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:45.839
 go a day without

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:47.859
 food unless the

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.559
 Lord wills it.

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.859
 That we will not

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:53.259
 go cold unless the

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.079
 Lord wills it.

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.700
 That we will not

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:58.480
 die a second sooner

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.759
 than God wills it.

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.419
 No amount of

00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:03.399
 worrying can change

00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:04.399
 any of that because

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:06.559
 worry is unproductive.

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:11.159
 We come to the

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:11.919
 final reason of

00:32:11.919 --> 00:32:12.639
 why we shouldn't

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:14.159
 worry because worry

00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:14.879
 is ultimately

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:16.200
 unfaithful.

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.879
 At the end of

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:19.379
 verse 30, Jesus

00:32:19.379 --> 00:32:21.480
 gently rebukes his

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.779
 disciples for worrying

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.619
 for their little

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.099
 faith.

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.799
 When he addresses

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:27.139
 them, oh you, oh

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.859
 you of little

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.259
 faith.

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:32.139
 About five times

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.859
 in the Gospels do

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.679
 you find Jesus

00:32:33.679 --> 00:32:35.179
 gently rebuking his

00:32:35.179 --> 00:32:36.740
 disciples using the

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:38.259
 same exact phrase.

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.740
 You see, Jesus has

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:42.960
 never, ever rebuked

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:44.160
 his disciples for

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.880
 their lack of

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:46.680
 ability or

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.700
 intellect or

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.680
 resourcefulness or

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.200
 preparedness.

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:51.380
 But he has rebuked

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:52.579
 them for their

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.299
 little faith.

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:56.559
 For their lack of

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:58.279
 trust that God can

00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:00.000
 and will provide and

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.019
 protect his

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.420
 children.

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:04.300
 even after they've

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:05.180
 witnessed supernatural

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:06.880
 miracle after miracle,

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.900
 they've seen with

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.980
 their own two eyes

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:11.060
 Jesus turning water

00:33:11.060 --> 00:33:13.279
 into wine, feeding

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:15.140
 5,000 plus with five

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:16.039
 loaves and two fish,

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.600
 and then doing it

00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:19.240
 again by feeding 4,000

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:20.759
 plus with seven loaves

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.960
 and a few fish.

00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:25.460
 Yet they doubted.

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:28.340
 They questioned if

00:33:28.340 --> 00:33:29.380
 God can protect

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.160
 and provide for

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.340
 them.

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:33.880
 Are we not in the

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:35.000
 same boat, brothers

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.500
 and sisters?

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:38.319
 We do well to

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.620
 believe that Jesus

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:42.120
 Christ has provided

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:43.559
 for us the spiritual

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.880
 bread of his flesh,

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.680
 the drink of his

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.500
 blood, the clothing

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.340
 of his righteousness.

00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:51.340
 But often when it

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:52.539
 comes to actual

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:55.100
 physical food and

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:56.319
 clothing, we

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.419
 struggle to believe.

00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:00.279
 That's exactly what

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:01.219
 Martin Lloyd-Jones

00:34:01.219 --> 00:34:02.259
 observes when he

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:04.059
 says, I once heard

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:05.519
 a man use a phrase

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.439
 which affected me

00:34:06.439 --> 00:34:07.699
 very deeply at the

00:34:07.699 --> 00:34:08.599
 time and still

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.940
 does.

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:11.119
 He said that the

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.099
 trouble with many of

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:13.119
 us Christians is

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.819
 that we believe on

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:15.779
 the Lord Jesus

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:17.199
 Christ, but that we

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:19.019
 do not believe him.

00:34:20.339 --> 00:34:21.179
 He meant that we

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:22.619
 believe on him for

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.440
 the salvation of

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.239
 our souls, but we

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:25.079
 do not believe

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:26.440
 believe him when he

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.279
 says such a thing

00:34:27.279 --> 00:34:28.219
 like this to us,

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.239
 that God is going

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:31.299
 to look after our

00:34:31.299 --> 00:34:32.219
 food and drink and

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:33.099
 even our clothing.

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:36.119
 How easy it is for

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:38.039
 us to lack faith that

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:39.179
 God will provide for

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.539
 us.

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.400
 If we lack faith,

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.699
 we'll be like the

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.299
 Gentiles.

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.799
 As verse 32 goes,

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.400
 for while the

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.440
 Gentiles seek after

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.179
 all these things,

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.480
 your heavenly father

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.339
 knows that you need

00:34:51.339 --> 00:34:51.519
 them.

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.519
 God is unfaithful.

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:55.780
 Again, worry is

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:57.639
 unfaithful because

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:59.719
 it's the behavior of

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:01.440
 godless Gentiles.

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.579
 Worrying is to be

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.719
 expected from the

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.920
 spiritual orphans in

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.400
 this world.

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.519
 Worrying is uncharacteristic

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:11.360
 of the child of God.

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:15.460
 Every time that I've

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.039
 met up with my

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:18.180
 parents these past

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:20.420
 three years, they

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:22.420
 without fail give my

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.260
 wife Christine and

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:25.620
 me two dozen baked

00:35:25.620 --> 00:35:26.059
 eggs.

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:29.519
 I made the silly

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.920
 mistake of saying out

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.960
 loud that I like them

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:33.180
 three years ago, which

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:34.940
 somehow translated in

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.800
 their minds that I will

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:37.000
 always like them and I

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:38.360
 will always never get

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.900
 sick of them.

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:43.099
 But because of their

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:46.140
 love for us, every

00:35:46.140 --> 00:35:47.680
 time I see them rain or

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:49.900
 shine, whether the

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:51.019
 egg prices are through

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.980
 the roof or not,

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.539
 they're always greeting

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.740
 us with two dozen

00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:55.700
 baked eggs.

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:58.180
 And those eggs are

00:35:58.180 --> 00:36:00.480
 just a small part of

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.960
 the strength I get from

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.840
 the support of my

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.840
 loving parents.

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.320
 They don't get to

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:08.019
 visit a ton, but when

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.900
 they're home with us,

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:11.099
 even when I feel like

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:12.699
 life is crazy and I

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:15.059
 feel like there's just

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:16.340
 so many things to do

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:17.960
 and so many things to

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.900
 worry about and I feel

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:20.159
 anxious and distracted,

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:24.059
 I feel a sense that

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.940
 everything is going to

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.639
 be okay.

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:29.139
 Like I'm not alone in

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:30.599
 this big scary world,

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:32.780
 but I have people that

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:34.059
 are on my side to

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:35.780
 support me, cheer me

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.880
 on, root for me.

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:40.400
 I know how privileged

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.720
 we are to have the

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.920
 support of loving

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.760
 parents and I know

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.820
 that some of you

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:47.119
 don't have that

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:48.019
 opportunity and that

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.360
 blessing.

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:52.539
 But this church family,

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.740
 brothers and sisters,

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:57.160
 we all share in a

00:36:57.160 --> 00:36:59.920
 greater love, in a

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:01.200
 greater protection and

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:02.680
 greater support from

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:04.280
 our heavenly Father,

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:05.640
 Father, a Father who

00:37:05.640 --> 00:37:06.680
 does far more than

00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:07.540
 just bake off two

00:37:07.540 --> 00:37:09.680
 dozen eggs, but a

00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:10.940
 Father who provides

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:13.060
 lovingly every single

00:37:13.060 --> 00:37:14.280
 thing that we need.

00:37:17.560 --> 00:37:19.140
 So knowing that you

00:37:19.140 --> 00:37:20.500
 have this kind of

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:23.420
 heavenly Father, don't

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:25.640
 be anxious, but

00:37:25.640 --> 00:37:28.120
 instead seek first the

00:37:28.120 --> 00:37:29.260
 kingdom of God and his

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.640
 righteousness.

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.480
 We come to the

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:32.120
 pivotal verse 33 in

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.579
 our passage.

00:37:34.299 --> 00:37:35.359
 Do you notice how

00:37:35.359 --> 00:37:37.500
 much of what Jesus

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.819
 is saying today is

00:37:38.819 --> 00:37:40.519
 about our vision?

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.420
 Continuing that theme

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:43.219
 from last week.

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:46.039
 Look at the birds,

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.719
 look at the lilies,

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:49.219
 and unlike the

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:50.460
 Gentiles who only look

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.239
 after their food and

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:53.460
 clothing, you look,

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:55.420
 seek for the kingdom

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.539
 of God and his

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:56.940
 righteousness.

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:59.720
 In fact, the central

00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:01.300
 verb in this passage,

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:03.220
 do not be anxious, in

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:04.280
 the Greek, it literally

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:06.099
 means not to be

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:08.079
 double-minded, but it

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.619
 means to be single-minded,

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:12.400
 undistracted, focused on

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:13.619
 just one thing.

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:16.619
 It's the same word that

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:18.059
 Jesus uses when he

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:20.179
 addresses Martha in

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:21.460
 Luke 10, when she's

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:22.700
 troubled about many,

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.360
 many things.

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:25.780
 Remember there,

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.960
 Jesus and presumably

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:28.579
 his 12 disciples

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.960
 drop by Martha's

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.220
 house.

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.460
 Some of us get

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:33.260
 stressed when one

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:34.140
 person drops in

00:38:34.140 --> 00:38:35.660
 randomly, but let

00:38:35.660 --> 00:38:38.400
 alone 13, not just

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:40.160
 any 13, but the very

00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:42.240
 Son of God, and his

00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:42.940
 super-important

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.880
 capital-A

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.400
 apostles.

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:48.300
 No wonder Martha

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:49.260
 feels the need,

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:51.620
 then, to cook the

00:38:51.620 --> 00:38:51.880
 bread.

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:53.880
 Cut up fruit.

00:38:54.640 --> 00:38:55.820
 Offer clean water

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.320
 to wash.

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.880
 Sweep the floor.

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:59.039
 Tidy the main room.

00:38:59.160 --> 00:38:59.880
 Arrange the seating.

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.780
 Add oil to the

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.059
 lamps.

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.700
 Oh, there's so much

00:39:02.700 --> 00:39:03.039
 to do.

00:39:05.660 --> 00:39:06.539
 But out of the

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.460
 corner of her eyes,

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:09.180
 she sees her

00:39:09.180 --> 00:39:09.860
 sister Mary.

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:12.220
 And she's just

00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:12.880
 sitting there,

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:15.320
 chilling with

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.599
 Jesus.

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:19.400
 As her chamber

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:21.260
 fills and builds,

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:23.480
 she then pumps

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:24.900
 off and vents to

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.160
 Jesus.

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:26.760
 Lord, do you not

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:27.200
 care?

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:29.420
 Do you not care

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:30.340
 that my sister has

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:31.079
 left me to serve

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:31.420
 alone?

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:33.160
 Tell her then to

00:39:33.160 --> 00:39:33.559
 help me.

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:39.099
 Jesus gently

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:40.539
 corrects her.

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.900
 Martha, Martha,

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.900
 you are anxious.

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:46.260
 You are anxious.

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:48.519
 In trouble about

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.400
 many things.

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:52.139
 But one thing

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:53.019
 is necessary.

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:57.220
 Jesus today

00:39:57.220 --> 00:39:58.500
 sees how anxious,

00:39:59.139 --> 00:39:59.760
 distracted,

00:40:01.220 --> 00:40:02.480
 busy-bodied we are.

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.920
 The company

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:07.220
 is starting to make

00:40:07.220 --> 00:40:07.660
 layoffs.

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:10.400
 My kids need money

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:11.079
 for college.

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:13.259
 The rent is

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:13.960
 getting higher.

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:16.079
 My parent is sick.

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:17.059
 School loans

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:17.619
 are due.

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.840
 The roof is leaking.

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.440
 And the eggs

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:21.940
 are so expensive.

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:25.099
 Lord, do you

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:26.440
 not care about me?

00:40:28.819 --> 00:40:29.900
 Hear Jesus

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:31.079
 speak to you.

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.900
 Child,

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:33.960
 child,

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:35.900
 you are anxious.

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:37.500
 In trouble

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.840
 about many things.

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:41.019
 but one thing

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.860
 is necessary.

00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:45.460
 That one thing

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.579
 should be to seek

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:47.780
 the kingdom of God

00:40:47.780 --> 00:40:49.200
 and his righteousness.

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:52.740
 At the risk of this

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.460
 merely becoming

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:54.400
 a slogan,

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.800
 let's talk about

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:56.820
 what this phrase

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:57.760
 actually means.

00:40:59.059 --> 00:41:00.480
 We already read

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:01.820
 an example of this

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:03.280
 a couple passages ago

00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:04.780
 in the Lord's Prayer.

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:06.539
 Where the prayer

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.820
 starts not off

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.180
 with,

00:41:09.180 --> 00:41:09.740
 give me

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:11.019
 my daily bread.

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.620
 But how does it start?

00:41:12.700 --> 00:41:13.360
 It starts with,

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:15.260
 hallowed be your name.

00:41:16.220 --> 00:41:17.500
 Your kingdom come.

00:41:17.600 --> 00:41:18.400
 Your will

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:19.300
 be done.

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:22.600
 So we are to

00:41:22.600 --> 00:41:23.880
 prioritize first

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.340
 not

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:26.160
 food and clothing,

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:27.380
 not our physical

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:27.960
 survival,

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.000
 but

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:31.400
 to seek

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:32.160
 first

00:41:32.160 --> 00:41:33.100
 living under

00:41:33.100 --> 00:41:34.120
 the kingship

00:41:34.120 --> 00:41:34.940
 of God.

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:37.300
 of course

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:37.840
 whether you

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:39.119
 like it or not,

00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:39.780
 we all live

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:40.639
 under the sovereign

00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:41.099
 reign

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:42.679
 of the king.

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:44.679
 But seeking

00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:45.780
 first the kingdom

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:46.380
 of God

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:47.400
 means to live

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:47.860
 in a way

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:49.039
 that you recognize,

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:49.900
 rely,

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:50.720
 rejoice,

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.599
 and revere

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.639
 God as your king.

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:55.240
 Then we live out

00:41:55.240 --> 00:41:55.599
 then

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:57.039
 the fifth

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.539
 beatitude

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.139
 to hunger

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:58.659
 and thirst

00:41:58.659 --> 00:41:59.280
 for righteousness.

00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:00.340
 And we make it

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:01.000
 our deepest

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.639
 wish

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:02.900
 to be holy,

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:03.900
 to be righteous,

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:06.259
 to grow

00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:06.739
 in

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:07.839
 obeying

00:42:07.839 --> 00:42:08.480
 all of his

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:08.940
 commandments.

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:11.099
 So seek

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:12.099
 first the kingdom

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.659
 of God

00:42:12.659 --> 00:42:13.339
 and his righteousness.

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.259
 And then

00:42:14.259 --> 00:42:15.639
 all these other

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.559
 things will be

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:17.159
 added to you.

00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:18.119
 Just like

00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:18.500
 the king

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:18.980
 Solomon,

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.519
 he prayed

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:21.119
 for wisdom

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:21.659
 and all these

00:42:21.659 --> 00:42:22.259
 other things

00:42:22.259 --> 00:42:22.799
 came along

00:42:22.799 --> 00:42:23.079
 with it.

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:23.839
 If we seek

00:42:23.839 --> 00:42:24.599
 first the kingdom

00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:25.059
 of God,

00:42:25.319 --> 00:42:26.299
 all these other

00:42:26.299 --> 00:42:27.420
 things will be

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:28.539
 added to you.

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:30.960
 But what's

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:31.400
 the greatest

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:32.380
 evidence of this?

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.739
 We already see

00:42:34.739 --> 00:42:35.420
 evidence of this

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:36.599
 in creation,

00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:38.179
 in the lilies,

00:42:38.279 --> 00:42:38.880
 in the birds,

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:41.079
 but the greatest

00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:42.400
 evidence we have

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:43.159
 of the care

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:43.800
 of our heavenly

00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:45.239
 father is in

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:45.719
 the giving

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:46.599
 and sacrifice

00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:47.599
 of his only

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:48.279
 son.

00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:51.360
 In another

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:52.239
 lesser to

00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:53.039
 greater argument,

00:42:53.219 --> 00:42:53.940
 the apostle Paul

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.719
 writes in Romans

00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:55.519
 8.32,

00:42:56.679 --> 00:42:57.619
 He who did not

00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:58.519
 spare his own

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:59.039
 son,

00:42:59.139 --> 00:43:00.039
 but graciously

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.920
 gave him

00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:01.119
 all.

00:43:02.199 --> 00:43:02.980
 How will he

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.519
 not also

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.519
 graciously with

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:05.219
 him give

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:06.159
 us all

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:06.780
 things?

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:09.300
 If our

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:10.280
 heavenly father

00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:11.380
 has given

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:12.360
 his very own

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:12.539
 son,

00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:13.099
 he's done

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:13.739
 the hardest

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:14.960
 thing possible,

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:17.360
 sacrificing

00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:18.199
 his son,

00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:18.780
 how will he

00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:19.280
 not also

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:19.759
 with him

00:43:19.759 --> 00:43:20.360
 graciously

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:21.059
 give you

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.440
 all that

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:21.940
 you need?

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:22.820
 If he's

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:23.579
 already proven

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:24.559
 his generous

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:25.300
 love for

00:43:25.300 --> 00:43:25.599
 you,

00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:27.880
 how will he

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:28.280
 not also

00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:28.599
 give you

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:29.099
 the lesser

00:43:29.099 --> 00:43:29.780
 things like

00:43:29.780 --> 00:43:30.360
 food and

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:30.720
 clothing?

00:43:32.660 --> 00:43:33.059
 For the

00:43:33.059 --> 00:43:33.539
 good news

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:33.760
 of the

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:34.720
 gospel is

00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:35.180
 that though

00:43:35.180 --> 00:43:35.980
 Jesus Christ

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:36.780
 was rich,

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:37.900
 yet for

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:38.519
 your sake

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:39.240
 he became

00:43:39.240 --> 00:43:39.940
 poor,

00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:40.760
 so that

00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:41.740
 you,

00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:43.579
 you,

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.559
 by his

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:45.180
 poverty,

00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:46.320
 might become

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:47.140
 rich.

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.260
 This is one

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:49.480
 of the

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:49.820
 greatest

00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:51.119
 one-verse

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:51.820
 pictures of

00:43:51.820 --> 00:43:52.340
 the gospel

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:52.840
 finding

00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:53.260
 scripture.

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.539
 That though

00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:56.400
 Jesus was

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:57.340
 king in

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:57.620
 heaven,

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:59.180
 he humbled

00:43:59.180 --> 00:43:59.900
 himself by

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:00.380
 becoming

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:01.120
 flesh,

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.340
 not by

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:02.960
 being born

00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:03.760
 as royalty,

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:04.800
 but as a

00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:05.579
 carpenter's

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:06.320
 son in a

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:06.760
 manger.

00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:09.260
 And then

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:09.840
 though he

00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:10.660
 did not

00:44:10.660 --> 00:44:11.300
 deserve this

00:44:11.300 --> 00:44:11.900
 at all,

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.300
 because he

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:12.900
 never sinned,

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:13.280
 but he

00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:14.460
 was mocked,

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:15.559
 spit upon

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:15.980
 wit,

00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:16.920
 and nailed

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:17.280
 to the

00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:17.720
 cross.

00:44:19.720 --> 00:44:20.480
 For the

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:20.900
 forgiveness

00:44:20.900 --> 00:44:21.760
 of our

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:22.240
 sins,

00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:23.059
 for those

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.360
 of us

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:23.700
 who were

00:44:23.700 --> 00:44:24.320
 spiritually

00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:25.019
 bankrupt,

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:26.220
 he were

00:44:26.220 --> 00:44:26.660
 dead in

00:44:26.660 --> 00:44:27.099
 our sins,

00:44:27.200 --> 00:44:27.440
 that we

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:28.300
 were unfaithful

00:44:28.300 --> 00:44:28.599
 in our

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:28.960
 doubt,

00:44:29.059 --> 00:44:29.340
 in our

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:29.619
 worry,

00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:30.240
 he took

00:44:30.240 --> 00:44:30.800
 our

00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:31.579
 place.

00:44:33.280 --> 00:44:33.519
 Because

00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:34.200
 unlike the

00:44:34.200 --> 00:44:34.700
 birds,

00:44:35.260 --> 00:44:35.740
 he went

00:44:35.740 --> 00:44:36.079
 hungry.

00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:37.420
 Unlike

00:44:37.420 --> 00:44:38.079
 the lilies,

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:38.660
 he went

00:44:38.660 --> 00:44:39.320
 naked,

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:40.539
 so that

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:41.599
 poor and

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:41.940
 wretched

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:42.760
 sinners like

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:43.280
 you and

00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:44.079
 me might

00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:44.880
 be clothed

00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:45.579
 and fed

00:44:45.579 --> 00:44:46.240
 in this

00:44:46.240 --> 00:44:47.200
 life and

00:44:47.200 --> 00:44:48.099
 more fully

00:44:48.099 --> 00:44:48.500
 to the

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.960
 life to

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.260
 come.

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:52.260
 Do you

00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:52.559
 see,

00:44:52.740 --> 00:44:53.280
 brothers and

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:53.519
 sisters,

00:44:53.720 --> 00:44:55.240
 how incredibly

00:44:55.240 --> 00:44:56.300
 rich you

00:44:56.300 --> 00:44:56.740
 are?

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:59.019
 Satan,

00:44:59.300 --> 00:45:00.400
 he tries to

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:00.940
 make you feel

00:45:00.940 --> 00:45:01.320
 poor.

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:02.740
 He does.

00:45:03.720 --> 00:45:04.780
 By squeezing

00:45:04.780 --> 00:45:05.639
 you tight with

00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:06.599
 the bills in

00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:06.920
 life,

00:45:07.340 --> 00:45:08.019
 by making you

00:45:08.019 --> 00:45:08.860
 compare your

00:45:08.860 --> 00:45:09.280
 life with

00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:09.900
 other people

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.320
 in this

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:10.680
 world,

00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:11.660
 by depressing

00:45:11.660 --> 00:45:12.019
 you with

00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:12.440
 news,

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:13.539
 by how

00:45:13.539 --> 00:45:14.220
 expensive the

00:45:14.220 --> 00:45:14.840
 eggs are.

00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:16.240
 But if you

00:45:16.240 --> 00:45:17.039
 think that you

00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:17.680
 are poor,

00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:21.000
 Satan has

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.559
 convinced you

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:22.099
 of a lie.

00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:25.000
 Because,

00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:25.579
 brothers and

00:45:25.579 --> 00:45:25.799
 sisters,

00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:26.339
 you are

00:45:26.339 --> 00:45:27.719
 unimaginably

00:45:27.719 --> 00:45:28.179
 rich.

00:45:29.839 --> 00:45:30.559
 You have

00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:31.079
 been blessed

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:31.960
 with every

00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:33.219
 spiritual blessing

00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:34.919
 by the power

00:45:34.919 --> 00:45:35.259
 and the

00:45:35.259 --> 00:45:36.000
 glorious riches

00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:36.579
 of his

00:45:36.579 --> 00:45:37.000
 grace.

00:45:38.460 --> 00:45:39.159
 You are

00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:40.059
 adopted into

00:45:40.059 --> 00:45:41.019
 his family,

00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:42.000
 set to

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:42.879
 receive an

00:45:42.879 --> 00:45:44.099
 unfathomable

00:45:44.099 --> 00:45:45.219
 inheritance

00:45:45.219 --> 00:45:45.599
 and have

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:45.779
 you.

00:45:47.539 --> 00:45:48.239
 Though you

00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:49.519
 have nothing

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:50.159
 else in

00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:50.480
 life,

00:45:50.659 --> 00:45:51.000
 if you

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:51.699
 have Christ,

00:45:52.439 --> 00:45:53.099
 you are

00:45:53.099 --> 00:45:54.359
 unimaginably

00:45:54.359 --> 00:45:54.739
 rich.

00:45:57.279 --> 00:45:57.839
 The

00:45:57.839 --> 00:45:58.539
 inverse of

00:45:58.539 --> 00:45:58.859
 this is

00:45:58.859 --> 00:45:59.119
 true.

00:46:01.739 --> 00:46:02.399
 If you

00:46:02.399 --> 00:46:03.019
 don't have

00:46:03.019 --> 00:46:03.459
 Christ,

00:46:04.839 --> 00:46:05.319
 you own

00:46:05.319 --> 00:46:05.759
 the world,

00:46:05.919 --> 00:46:06.079
 you,

00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:07.659
 my friend,

00:46:07.980 --> 00:46:08.339
 you are

00:46:08.339 --> 00:46:08.839
 of the

00:46:08.839 --> 00:46:09.259
 poorest.

00:46:11.739 --> 00:46:12.459
 If you're

00:46:12.459 --> 00:46:13.079
 here today

00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:13.819
 and don't

00:46:13.819 --> 00:46:14.399
 know the

00:46:14.399 --> 00:46:15.139
 riches that

00:46:15.139 --> 00:46:15.579
 are found

00:46:15.579 --> 00:46:16.599
 alone in

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.460
 Jesus Christ,

00:46:17.819 --> 00:46:18.460
 consider this

00:46:18.460 --> 00:46:19.119
 a free

00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:20.379
 invitation to

00:46:20.379 --> 00:46:21.619
 become rich.

00:46:22.779 --> 00:46:23.339
 Oh, so

00:46:23.339 --> 00:46:23.900
 rich, richer

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:24.219
 than you

00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:24.659
 could ever

00:46:24.659 --> 00:46:25.119
 imagine.

00:46:27.179 --> 00:46:27.879
 Once you

00:46:27.879 --> 00:46:28.799
 receive Jesus

00:46:28.799 --> 00:46:29.299
 Christ as

00:46:29.299 --> 00:46:30.059
 your Lord and

00:46:30.059 --> 00:46:30.719
 Savior and

00:46:30.719 --> 00:46:31.960
 treasure, you

00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:32.319
 will have

00:46:32.319 --> 00:46:33.460
 enduring riches

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:34.839
 that go beyond

00:46:34.839 --> 00:46:35.539
 any life

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:36.219
 circumstance,

00:46:36.359 --> 00:46:37.179
 any financial

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:38.059
 season.

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:39.539
 Because the

00:46:39.539 --> 00:46:40.000
 rest of the

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:40.299
 world, they

00:46:40.299 --> 00:46:41.279
 get high when

00:46:41.279 --> 00:46:41.759
 things go

00:46:41.759 --> 00:46:42.139
 well.

00:46:42.799 --> 00:46:43.119
 But they

00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:44.259
 plummet to

00:46:44.260 --> 00:46:44.800
 the depths

00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:45.760
 when things

00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:46.300
 are tough.

00:46:48.220 --> 00:46:48.800
 Augustine

00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:49.600
 rightly said,

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:50.960
 fear is a

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:51.500
 response of

00:46:51.500 --> 00:46:51.860
 the human

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:52.380
 heart when

00:46:52.380 --> 00:46:53.460
 it's one

00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:54.360
 thing is

00:46:54.360 --> 00:46:54.780
 threatening.

00:46:57.080 --> 00:46:57.820
 But if

00:46:57.820 --> 00:46:58.960
 Christ is

00:46:58.960 --> 00:46:59.740
 your one

00:46:59.740 --> 00:46:59.980
 thing,

00:47:01.420 --> 00:47:03.080
 if you

00:47:03.080 --> 00:47:03.460
 make it

00:47:03.460 --> 00:47:03.960
 your one

00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:04.540
 thing to

00:47:04.540 --> 00:47:05.120
 seek after

00:47:05.120 --> 00:47:05.560
 the kingdom

00:47:05.560 --> 00:47:06.080
 of God

00:47:06.080 --> 00:47:07.100
 and his

00:47:07.100 --> 00:47:07.540
 righteousness,

00:47:07.720 --> 00:47:08.040
 then we

00:47:08.040 --> 00:47:08.800
 can find

00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:10.340
 this rare

00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:10.940
 jewel of

00:47:10.940 --> 00:47:11.280
 Christian

00:47:11.280 --> 00:47:11.760
 contend,

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:13.340
 as Jeremiah

00:47:13.340 --> 00:47:13.820
 Burroughs

00:47:13.820 --> 00:47:14.159
 writes,

00:47:15.240 --> 00:47:15.760
 though I

00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:16.300
 have not

00:47:16.300 --> 00:47:16.659
 outward

00:47:16.659 --> 00:47:18.059
 comforts and

00:47:18.059 --> 00:47:18.420
 worldly

00:47:18.420 --> 00:47:19.460
 conveniences to

00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:20.139
 supply my

00:47:20.139 --> 00:47:20.820
 necessities,

00:47:21.900 --> 00:47:23.420
 yet I

00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:23.940
 have a

00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:24.519
 sufficient

00:47:24.519 --> 00:47:25.480
 portion

00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:26.320
 between

00:47:26.320 --> 00:47:27.340
 Christ and

00:47:27.340 --> 00:47:28.220
 my soul

00:47:28.220 --> 00:47:30.139
 abundantly

00:47:30.139 --> 00:47:30.980
 to supply

00:47:30.980 --> 00:47:31.240
 me,

00:47:31.400 --> 00:47:32.280
 satisfy me

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:33.139
 in every

00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:33.840
 condition.

00:47:36.119 --> 00:47:36.659
 If I

00:47:36.659 --> 00:47:37.500
 have but

00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:38.260
 Christ with

00:47:38.260 --> 00:47:38.920
 me, I

00:47:38.920 --> 00:47:39.140
 have

00:47:39.140 --> 00:47:39.540
 enough,

00:47:41.380 --> 00:47:41.780
 he is

00:47:41.780 --> 00:47:42.580
 bread to

00:47:42.580 --> 00:47:43.000
 the hungry,

00:47:43.560 --> 00:47:44.460
 water to

00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:45.000
 the thirsty,

00:47:45.180 --> 00:47:45.660
 a garment

00:47:45.660 --> 00:47:46.000
 to the

00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:46.300
 naked,

00:47:46.920 --> 00:47:47.360
 health to

00:47:47.360 --> 00:47:47.800
 the sick,

00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:48.760
 and life

00:47:48.760 --> 00:47:49.160
 to the

00:47:49.160 --> 00:47:49.500
 dead.

00:47:53.100 --> 00:47:53.900
 Let me

00:47:53.900 --> 00:47:54.660
 have Christ

00:47:54.660 --> 00:47:56.040
 and I

00:47:56.040 --> 00:47:56.540
 can want

00:47:56.540 --> 00:47:56.920
 nothing.

00:47:58.340 --> 00:47:58.740
 He is

00:47:58.740 --> 00:47:59.280
 all in

00:47:59.280 --> 00:47:59.620
 all,

00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:01.000
 and in

00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:01.500
 him I

00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:02.200
 have all.

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:05.800
 Christ is

00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:06.200
 your one

00:48:06.200 --> 00:48:06.460
 thing.

00:48:08.260 --> 00:48:08.560
 If you

00:48:08.560 --> 00:48:09.080
 seek the

00:48:09.080 --> 00:48:09.480
 kingdom of

00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:09.960
 God and

00:48:09.960 --> 00:48:10.120
 his

00:48:10.120 --> 00:48:10.560
 righteousness,

00:48:11.960 --> 00:48:12.520
 then whatever

00:48:12.520 --> 00:48:13.160
 season you

00:48:13.160 --> 00:48:13.680
 go through

00:48:13.680 --> 00:48:14.620
 right now

00:48:14.620 --> 00:48:15.360
 or in the

00:48:15.360 --> 00:48:15.660
 future,

00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:17.160
 this good

00:48:17.160 --> 00:48:18.020
 portion will

00:48:18.020 --> 00:48:18.620
 never be

00:48:18.620 --> 00:48:19.360
 taken away

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:19.720
 from you.

00:48:21.480 --> 00:48:22.320
 From this

00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:23.020
 time forth

00:48:23.020 --> 00:48:23.500
 and forever

00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:23.840
 more.

00:48:26.060 --> 00:48:26.700
 Brothers and

00:48:26.700 --> 00:48:26.960
 sisters,

00:48:27.180 --> 00:48:28.220
 let us not

00:48:28.220 --> 00:48:29.080
 be anxious

00:48:29.080 --> 00:48:30.260
 because we

00:48:30.260 --> 00:48:31.040
 have a good

00:48:31.040 --> 00:48:31.380
 heavenly

00:48:31.380 --> 00:48:33.200
 father who

00:48:33.200 --> 00:48:33.420
 will take

00:48:33.420 --> 00:48:33.680
 care of

00:48:33.680 --> 00:48:33.940
 us.

00:48:34.780 --> 00:48:35.000
 Let's

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:35.200
 pray.

00:48:38.260 --> 00:48:39.560
 Lord,

00:48:39.640 --> 00:48:40.300
 we believe

00:48:40.300 --> 00:48:41.540
 help our

00:48:41.540 --> 00:48:42.040
 unbelief.

00:48:42.680 --> 00:48:43.040
 Lord,

00:48:43.120 --> 00:48:43.880
 we believe

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:45.060
 help our

00:48:45.060 --> 00:48:45.760
 unbelief.

00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:48.140
 We want

00:48:48.140 --> 00:48:48.720
 to do all

00:48:48.720 --> 00:48:49.400
 things in

00:48:49.400 --> 00:48:49.920
 faith.

00:48:50.620 --> 00:48:51.100
 No matter

00:48:51.100 --> 00:48:51.740
 what season

00:48:51.740 --> 00:48:52.360
 that comes,

00:48:52.520 --> 00:48:52.900
 no matter

00:48:52.900 --> 00:48:53.820
 what obstacles

00:48:53.820 --> 00:48:54.380
 are in our

00:48:54.380 --> 00:48:54.680
 way,

00:48:55.340 --> 00:48:55.740
 we know

00:48:55.740 --> 00:48:56.120
 that we

00:48:56.120 --> 00:48:57.340
 are stupid

00:48:57.340 --> 00:48:58.080
 rich in

00:48:58.080 --> 00:48:58.300
 you,

00:48:58.560 --> 00:48:58.880
 Christ.

00:48:59.600 --> 00:48:59.960
 We are

00:48:59.960 --> 00:49:01.160
 unimaginably

00:49:01.160 --> 00:49:01.540
 rich,

00:49:02.500 --> 00:49:03.040
 set to

00:49:03.040 --> 00:49:03.720
 receive a

00:49:03.720 --> 00:49:04.280
 glorious

00:49:04.280 --> 00:49:04.740
 inheritance.

00:49:04.739 --> 00:49:06.419
 thank you,

00:49:06.559 --> 00:49:06.679
 Lord,

00:49:06.739 --> 00:49:07.019
 that you

00:49:07.019 --> 00:49:07.879
 have reversed

00:49:07.879 --> 00:49:09.539
 our entire

00:49:09.539 --> 00:49:09.919
 lives,

00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:10.799
 our fortunes,

00:49:11.759 --> 00:49:12.559
 by giving

00:49:12.559 --> 00:49:12.979
 us the

00:49:12.979 --> 00:49:13.339
 greatest

00:49:13.339 --> 00:49:13.979
 blessing

00:49:13.979 --> 00:49:15.579
 of heaven.

00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:15.939
 There is

00:49:15.939 --> 00:49:16.939
 nothing more

00:49:16.939 --> 00:49:17.439
 for you to

00:49:17.439 --> 00:49:17.679
 give.

00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:20.319
 We look

00:49:20.319 --> 00:49:20.739
 to you,

00:49:21.519 --> 00:49:22.059
 we depend

00:49:22.059 --> 00:49:22.579
 on you,

00:49:23.259 --> 00:49:23.699
 and we

00:49:23.699 --> 00:49:24.339
 seek you

00:49:24.339 --> 00:49:24.759
 first.

00:49:25.739 --> 00:49:26.279
 In Jesus'

00:49:26.479 --> 00:49:26.839
 name we

00:49:26.839 --> 00:49:27.119
 pray.

00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:27.779
 Amen.