Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? MAT 6:30.

When Jesus said in MAT 6:26, "Are ye not much better than they?", He was looking to those who shall indeed reflect the true image of God throughout eternity. The birds die and their existence expires, but when you and I die, if we are one of those to whom faith was granted, we will reflect the perfect image of God throughout eternity. That's why Jesus says, "Are ye not much better than they?"

The Lord sent His own Son, under the covenant of grace from eternity, to take away the penalty of our sins and provide Christ's perfect righteousness to clothe our naked souls. Should you not believe then that He will clothe you, "O ye of little faith?"

When Jesus said, "O ye of little faith," He did not admonish for unbelief! It is not a reproof for unbelief. He recognized the existence of true living faith, but in its infancy. When the Lord gives faith, it is genuine faith, not unbelief, but it is not yet a mature faith.

As we grow in faith, we grow in our dependency upon God. When we are walking in unbelief, in our human nature as a result of the fall, we have no need of God; we do not feel our dependency upon Him. Those who are of little faith are still anxious about those things which God has promised to provide.

They see the desirability of the things God has promised, but they are living in anxiety because they are unable to grasp them with the hand of faith. They cannot lay hold on the things God has promised because their faith is still in its infancy.

Those who have truly become fathers in grace understand what Jesus said in MAT 18:3-4, "And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."

Such fathers in grace understand what it is to become as a little child, eating daily out of the hand of the Lord who will provide every necessity of life. This is why they have no anxiety; they have that childlike faith in their heavenly Father's providing hand.

Verse 4 continues, "Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Those are the fathers in grace who are established in faith. It is against all human reasoning, but as we grow and become established in faith, we become as a little child.

We come to the point where we can look to the Father for all of our provisions. Then we understand what Jesus is saying in our text; we have no anxiety about the things of this life because we trust in the Lord.