Matthew 6:30 Commentary and Bible Study

The key to this lesson is to see that all around us as the work of God. This changes our perspective and enables us to draw many other lessons from nature which we would not otherwise see. The relationship between the Creator and his creation is still apparent, for even in a fallen world he has not abandoned what he has made or ceased to care for it. Therefore although there is death and disease and cruelty at work in our world, Christ can also trace out for us the hand of God at work in preserving and governing all his creatures and all their actions. Though he is so great, he expends much thought and skill on what is of passing significance, so that we can be sure that he will not overlook man who occupies a far greater place in his plan. The grasses of the meadow display their abundant beauty to the world, yet they do not last a moment from man’s perspective. So much labour and skill are expended by God on something that man puts to a very common use. God’s artistry may simply be spent as a way of heating the oven, or of thatching the roof, or providing animal feed and bedding. Nor do people behave wrongly in treating God’s workmanship in this way; the Lord has provided the grass of the field for this very purpose. Nevertheless, there is a lesson to be learnt here, a lesson about God’s superabundant provision in even the simplest forms of life.But God’s care of his creatures is proportional to their significance before him. He does not expend so much effort on something of such minor importance and then fail to clothe the one creature which is made in his image. This is the basis of our confidence. Our God’s behaviour towards us can be predicted to the extent that he is utterly consistent in the way he cares for his creatures. He is sovereign over all that happen to us, and even in a world under the curse he is still in control of all events. Therefore man who is capable of trust and who alone is conscious of his Creator’s work should trust him. The animals and the plants are not able to exercise faith in God and yet he cares for them just because he made them. But the children of God, who have been born again, brought into his kingdom and promised eternal life, look to him with conscious trust that he cannot ignore. In gentle rebuke and in kindness, Christ calls his disciples, ‘you of little faith’. Their problem is that they have little faith. They are able to trust God a little but not as much as they should; they can trust him for some things but not for others. But God is unworthy of such little faith. Our trust should reside in his trustworthiness and his care for us. His care does not apply to only one aspect of our lives and not others. He loves us as a whole and he provides for every need, needs of the soul and of the body. If we have already trusted him to do the greater and to wash away our sins, how can we not trust him to do the lesser and put food on our table and clothes on our back?