In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord Jesus teaches His followers not to be anxious about life’s needs—what they will eat, drink, or wear.
Speaking to ordinary people who lived day to day, He points their hearts toward the Father’s faithful care. This truth still matters deeply because worry touches every part of life today.
The Lord calls us to replace anxiety with trust in the One who rules over all things and knows what we need.
Matthew 6:25-34
Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?
31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Devotional
Jesus begins by pointing to creation itself. The birds of the air and the flowers of the field do not worry, yet the Father feeds and clothes them beautifully. If He cares for them, how much more for His children?
Worry cannot add a single moment to our lives, but trust deepens our peace. The problem with anxiety is not that we think too much about life’s necessities, but that we forget who provides them.
The Lord does not call us to carelessness, but to confidence in our Father’s goodness. He reminds us that unbelievers chase after material security because they do not know God.
Those who belong to Him, however, are invited to seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, trusting that all else will be added in His time. This is not a promise of luxury but of faithful provision. The Father never neglects those who make His priorities their own.
Every day brings its share of concerns, but Jesus says, “Do not be anxious about tomorrow.” Grace is given one day at a time. Our task is to obey in the present, trusting that tomorrow’s needs will meet tomorrow’s mercies.
When our hearts grow restless, we can look again to the cross and remember how far the Father’s care has already gone. The One who gave His Son will not forget us now.
Prayer
Father, thank You that You are faithful to provide for every need of Your children.
Forgive me for the ways I let fear and worry control my heart instead of resting in Your care.
Teach me to notice Your provision in small, simple ways, and to trust that You know what I need even before I ask.
Help me to seek Your kingdom first, putting Your will ahead of my worry.
Calm my heart today and fill it with the peace that comes from knowing You are near.
Give me grace to trust You again tomorrow, whatever it holds.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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