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.

In this portion of the Sermon on the Mount, MAT 6:24-34, the Lord is dealing with the issue of faith. He is teaching us that we are not to be anxious about tomorrow; we must trust Him.

Jesus uses the fowls of the air as an example of where our confidence ought to be; then He shows us our frailty using the grass as an example. He is building the foundation for the message of faith. He is teaching us to look to the Father, who takes care of the lesser things in His kingdom; therefore, how much more will He take care of the greater?

Now He comes to the point of our text, "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. If God takes such care to clothe the grass of the field, and knows we are nothing but grass which is here today and gone tomorrow, He will certainly clothe us.

When we look within ourselves, our faith falters because we are not looking outside of self unto the righteousness of Christ. Therefore, the Lord Jesus says, "O ye of little faith." If we see our spiritual nakedness as a result of sin, we will see how much we need the robe of Christ's righteousness. Outside of Christ's robe of righteousness, we see how we stand before God, "...wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked," REV 3:17.

The admonition in "O ye of little faith," is that we are still looking at ourselves. If we come before the mirror of the law and see how totally naked we are in the eyes of God, we will see our need to turn to Him to be clothed in His blessed robe of righteousness. Our text says, "...shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?" He wants us to look away from ourselves and look to Him and His robe of righteousness

As Jesus admonishes against anxiety about the things of this life, He teaches the need for becoming established in the faith to see the faithfulness of our heavenly Father in His tender Fatherly care for all His creatures. When He gives us to see all of this tender care, the admonition is to look to the Father in the face of the Lord Jesus Christ to find the clothes we need for a naked soul.