MATTHEW 6:26 "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"

Do you see the picture He is painting for us, the reasoning, the logic He uses to set our minds at ease? We can see how He takes care of them.

MAT 6:28-29 tells us, "And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."

Here you are worried about whether the Lord is going to put clothing on you. He points out that even a little flower in the field is arrayed with glory by God. Oh ye of little faith, can't you trust the Lord? He has given you your body and clothes to put on it; He gives you food to feed that body.

All anxiety is unbelief which is a grievous sin. ISA 59:1-2 says, "Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear."

It is caused by unbelief, a lack of trust in the Lord, hearts filled with anxiety, and minds filled with perplexities being at our wit's end serving the god of self. Therefore, He will not hear us.

All anxiety is from our turning to human reasoning rather than serving the Lord; we are not trusting the Lord. It is the cloud of sin of unbelief that separates us from God so we go on in a fog of confusion and anxiety.

The world will continue to sink in confusion and perplexity because it will not turn to the Lord; they will not hear, they will not trust, they will not believe in the Lord.

Anxiety is unbelief, and without faith we cannot please God. That is an important point to understand. HEB 11:6 says, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

We must believe that He is a rewarder, that He will provide our needs. We must come to Him in faith believing He will provide our meat, raiment, shelter, and the other necessities of life.

We must come to Him in faith believing that He is God, that He does take notice, that He will even clothe the lilies and give the fowls of the air their meat, and we are of more value than they are. We must believe He will reward us with peace in our hearts if we diligently seek Him.

The Lord says in ISA 26:3-5, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength: For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust."

The Lord wants our heart; He wants our whole heart, not a divided heart. He doesn't want us to look to Him only as a place to escape the just rewards of our sins. He doesn't want us to be heaven-seekers to escape hell.