“Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?”
The Comparison
Jesus names a specific, practical illustration here, worth examining directly, fowls of the air, genuinely provided for without this described, anxious accumulation, worth holding as this movement’s own needed picture, provision genuinely available without requiring the comparative striving this whole book has honestly named.
Notice are ye not much better than they, worth holding as Jesus’s own direct, comparative argument, worth examining what it might mean to actually trust this comparison, not with other people, competitive and anxious, but with these birds, worth applying as needed reassurance for your own provision.
This is worth applying against however much your own anxiety about provision has assumed you must therefore, personally, strive comparatively harder than these described birds, rather than Jesus’s own direct argument, this same, genuine provision available to you, without this described, anxious striving required.
Consider today this specific illustration, fowls of the air, genuinely fed without anxious accumulation, and receive Jesus’s own direct argument, are ye not much better, worth trusting as genuine, practical reassurance for whatever anxiety currently drives your own comparative, provision-focused striving.
Choose Contentment
- Consider this illustration, fowls of the air, as genuine reassurance for your own provision.
- Notice whether anxious striving has driven more of your own comparison than genuine trust.
- Practice today trusting this argument, are ye not much better, releasing anxious accumulation.
Prayer
Lord, the fowls of the air neither sow nor reap, yet you feed them. Let me trust that I am much better than they, releasing anxious, comparative striving today. Amen.
Carry this today
Genuine provision is available without anxious, comparative striving, following this direct example.