Take No Thought - Take Thine Ease

Narrator: Chris Genthree
 •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 10
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Notice the striking contrast between verses 19 and 22 of Luke 12.
"Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”
This is what one man said to his soul after he laid up a great store of earthly goods. He thought of the future, made his plans accordingly, carried them out, and then relaxed into self-indulgence with great satisfaction, but forgot God, who called him a fool.
"Me no thought for your life, what ve shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.”
This is the word of the Lord Jesus to His disciples, so that they would not be filled with anxious care about their earthly needs. He gives several reasons why they should not be troubled about these things: God cares for the fowls, and the disciples are more important than the fowls (vs. 6-7), and if they are ever so anxious, it is still beyond their power to make certain provisions—they are not able to do that which is least (vs.: 25-26). He clothes the lilies and the grass of the field, and they are better than such (vs. 27-28), and after all, their Father knows what they need (vs. 30), and it is the Father's good pleasure to give them even more—the kingdom (vs. 32).