30-33 "If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.
I have a Bamboo garden and while the bamboo is filling in the area I have scattered Wildflowers. Every spring I rush out to the bamboo garden to look for flowers or new shoots from the bamboo. Each spring I find that they pop out of the ground with out my help. In verses 30-33 Jesus is telling us God will attend to our needs just as He does to the Wildflowers that appear unseen until just the right moment. He also is telling us that God takes pride in us because we are His special creation. We need to relax and not be so preoccupied with trying to get what we want so that we will be open to and receive what He knows we need. By focusing on God's Kingdom and God's Righteousness He will provide for our needs. When we worry about missing out on the Good Life we end up missing out on the Best Life which only our Father in Heaven can provide.
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