It’s All in Your Mind

] J ] prayer in less than one week by supplying twenty outfits. Now, they were not brand new, but they were more than acceptable and they didn't cost her husband one penny. Of course. her husband was now angry because those who had given her the clothing would think he was too cheap to buy her any clothes. Sometimes one isn•t able to win a battle either way. In verse twenty-four, Christ talks about birds. They do not sow grain. they do not reap grain, and they do not build storehouses. Now notice that the parable is still continuing. The parable of the rich fool was about surplus and building more storehouses. And so Christ says to the disciples, "I would like to talk to you about the birds. God feeds them. Are we not better than birds?" Christ didn't die for birds! In verse twenty-five, Christ talks about growth. Can you, by thinking. increase your physical height? If this were possible. many of us would have done this years ago. We would love to be taller. It really isn't any fun being a shorty. But Christ said God has ordained our height. We may be able to change our width after we have reached our God-given height. but we cannot change our height. In verse twenty-seven, Christ talks about flowers. "~ lJu li1in, » He said. Certainly flowers have no cares; they have no anl(ieties. The flowers to which He refers grew sporadically; they grew anywhere. But they had some use, for the flowers gathered moisture and then the grass grew around them. This presented double beauty, grass and flowers. All of these arguments end in this phrase. 11 0 ,µ o/. /iJJh /oil.It-." Now this cannot refer to an unbeliever. An unbeliever has no faith. Christ speaks of little faith here, but at least faith is present. I believe Christ is talking about His disciples who were thinking about life, home, food, and clothing. We are not to be concerned with these things. Those of His disciples who were concerned were not people of great faith. They were people of little faith and doubtful minds. The moment you and I as believers have anxious minds, we have little faith. Many believers would immediately say, "Well, I'd rather have little faith and be materially comfortable than to have great faith and have nothing."' Most believers I know live in am<iety. What are you amdous about? Verse twenty-nine says, "Juk Ml ye wha1 fJ£. AhoJL ml, o.,. wiwl rJL JuJ1 d,;,,,k. .. " Many believers are more concerned about food than they are about Christ. We live from one meal to the next. Notice it is God's norm to feed the birds, to be concerned about our growth, to see tliat there are beautiful flowers in the field. This is God's least function in the creation. What produced the anxiety in the rich fool? First, selfishness. If you as a believer have little faith, you will find your mind at variance. You will be a double-minded believer. You will be an anxious believer. Check yourself. Much of your anxiety concerns your home. your clothing, your food, and its basis is selfishness. Second, the rich fool was totally self-centered. He talked and communed with his own soul. 27