And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Our Lord hammers this warning three times over because worldly cares so easily snare us. The sin is not prudent thought but disquieting, tormenting care that splits the mind and lodges the heart on earth. He commands it as Sovereign and speaks it as Comforter to those who will hear.
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Commenting on Matthew 6:25-34
And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory,.... This is a certain truth, to be affirmed in the strongest manner, and to be believed, that not only men and kings too in general; but even particularly Solomon, the richest and most magnificent of all the kings of Israel, whose grandeur, and glory, exceeded all the princes of the earth; that...
Verses 28,29. The fourth consideration is taken from the lilies of the valley. Watch the growing of the lily. It toils not, and it spins not. Yet night and day it grows. With a beauty which the most splendid monarch of the East never knew, it expands its blossom and fills the air with fragrance. Yet this beauty is of short continuance.