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.
"Take no thought for your life, what ye 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 were more important than the fowls (v. 4), and if they were ever so anxious, it was still beyond their power to make certain provisions —they were not able to do that which was least (vv. 25,26). He clothed the lilies and the grass of the field, and they were better than such (vv. 27, 28), and after all, their Father knew what they needed (v. 30), and it was the Father's good pleasure to give them even more—the kingdom (v. 32).