More Warnings to Christ-Followers

Just to kind of reset remind you where we are we are and have been for some time now about a year and a half in a study of the life of Christ. And we are actually toward the end of his life within the last three or four months of his life. But we're in a section of Christ's life where there is a lot of material in the gospels, even though it's a brief period of time. The gospel of Luke in particular devotes a lot of material to this time in our Lord's life. It's a time that's often called by those who study carefully the New Testament and the life of Christ called conflict and instruction because it is a mixture of those two infacies in our Lord's ministry where there's a lot of conflict with the religious leaders that's escalating and growing as he heads toward the cross. The Pharisees are now determined to kill him. They've taken the gloves off. There's no courtesy at all. They are looking to kill him. Any opportunity they would have to do that. They'll do it. And so that's happening. That kind of conflict is increasing and growing. But Jesus is also taking time to focus on his disciples and train them. So instruction is a very important part of this time in our Lord's life. And that's what we're seeing in Luke chapter 12 where we are tonight. Verse 1, just remind you, verse 1 says, a great crowd of many thousands had gathered around Jesus. And remember this is different than the Galilean ministry where he was drawing great crowds earlier. This is now in Judea, the area around Jerusalem, the southern part of the country where the Pharisees are stronger. And that's the reason the opposition is so much more intense. But Jesus is still drawing huge crowds for various reasons. Obviously some of them true followers, some of them just interested in seeing the sparring that's going on between Jesus and the Pharisees. Large groups of opponents who are in the crowd, Pharisees, scribes, others who are seeking to discredit him. So a lot of that's going on too. And then some who are just curiosity seekers, you know, that they've heard about him. They've heard about miracles. They just want to see what this is all about. So a lot of that kind of thing is going on. And as Luke says, they are trampling on one another. There's an intensity. There's an excitement about this crowd and what all is going on. But Jesus is still taking the opportunity to train his disciples. What we're going to see tonight is a number of issues. Hopefully that he he does warn them about the first one of which is greed in verses 13 through 21. Jesus warns his disciples about greed. Look at the warning and how it comes out in verses 13 to 15 verse 13. Someone in the crowd said to him, teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. You can almost see this crowd, a huge crowd of thousands of people around the Lord Jesus and a man kind of elbows his way through the crowd gets close enough to speak to Jesus and raises this question. Tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me, kind of blurts out this request quite possibly. Jesus who had just talked about his disciples facing persecution and being drawn into the Jewish council, synagogues, in other words, the Jewish legal system. He had talked about the fact that they would face that kind of opposition and difficulty. And maybe it was that mention of being drawn into the council and the synagogues and the legal system that generated this thought in this man's mind. Oh, I got a legal question. I got something to settle in the courts. So let me ask you about this, Jesus. Totally out of place. You can tell this is just a personal agenda type issue. Tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. Now, this is a request which Jesus responds to with a warning about greed. So, you know, Jesus knew people's hearts. He could see into their hearts. So really what this man is asking is a very greedy request. Here's the way inheritance worked in Israel is if you're familiar with the Old Testament, you know, the elder brother would get two thirds and the younger brother, if there were two of them, would get one third of the inheritance. Which side of the equation do you think this man's on? Probably the one third. I mean, he's wanting Jesus to intervene and even out the playing field here, get me some more money. You know, I want a little bit more of this deal than what I'm when I stand to get. And so Jesus response in verse 14, Jesus replied, man, who appointed me a judge and an arbiter between you? Does that sound a little bold, little rude, maybe? How does that come across to you? What do you think Jesus is getting at here? Blunt? Yes. He is blunt. Okay. That's not at the top of God's list of things to settle. Is it? Okay. Anything else? Come to your mind that you think Jesus wasn't why Jesus was there. Jesus has precious few weeks left. And basically what he's saying, I didn't come to be judge duty, you know, to settle small claims court type things. I'm not here to do that. That's not my purpose. The reason God sent me. Jesus had a razor sharp focus on what he was here to do. And that focus is becoming sharper the closer he gets to the end of his life. It's a focus that we would do well to emulate, to know what God wants us to be focused on, what he wants us to do. But Jesus says, that's not what I'm here for. I am not here to settle these kind of claims and hold court. Can you imagine if Jesus did that? There are thousands of people around him. Can you imagine? Oh, I'm next. I'm going to get in line here and I'm going to get my case settled. So Jesus says, no, no, we're not going to go there. But he does use this as an opportunity to warn his disciples for 15. Then he said to them, watch out. Be on your guard against all kinds of greed. Life does not consist in an abundance of possessions. Actually, even if Jesus had settled the dispute with this man, it would not have really solved things because there's a deeper issue here. Jesus puts his finger on the issue in this man's heart, which is greed. And if you give him an equal inheritance, that's still not going to be enough because greed always wants more. That's the meaning of the word. The word greed literally means the Greek word means a desire for more. And that's what what greed really is. So Jesus warns his disciples and warns the crowd. Be on your guard against all kinds of greed. Greed becomes a craving that is not satisfied. A craving that no matter how much you get, you still want more. That's what greed will do. And Jesus warns his disciples that things cannot satisfy. Things will never satisfy the deepest needs of the human heart. He says it this way, life does not consist in an abundance of possessions. Now, the difficulty that we face, especially in our part of the world, is that greed tells us just the opposite is true. Greed shouts at our hearts that the more you own, the happier you will be. Greed tells us that you will be secure if you have a large enough bank account. Greed tells us that joy, real joy is found in a new car or a new home. Greed tells us that a sense of worth is found in the amount of possessions you have, kind of clothes you wear, having a membership in the right organizations or clubs or whatever. That's what greed tells you. Those are the status symbols of life. And so that's what life really is. Possessions, things. That's what greed tells you. Jesus says, that's a lie. That's a lie. Life does not consist in the abundance of possessions. So it's a warning about greed. And then Jesus gives an example of greed, verse 16, he told them this parable, parables a story and illustration that is designed to highlight a truth. So he tells them the story that's read it in verse 16. The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, what shall I do? I have no place to store my crops. Then he said, this is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones. And there I will store my surplus grain. And I'll say to myself, you have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink and be merry. But God said to him, you fool, this very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself? Jesus warns about the danger of greed. And the example here is a man who Jesus tells about in this story. Now let's try to figure out where do you see this man's greed? Do you see his greed in when his crops produce plenty? Does that indicate greed? I see in some heads. Pardon me? The way he's stacking it up? Okay. Don't... pardon me? No mention of sharing. No mention of sharing? Okay. All right. The words, I or my are found 10 or 11 times in this passage depending on your translation. So obviously there's no thought about other people. He's just thinking about himself, what I have and what I'm going to do with it. No thought of sharing. But don't confuse greed with the amount of possessions. That's not greed. God sometimes blesses people with possessions. And with a multitude of possessions, some people. There's nothing wrong with that. That does not necessarily indicate greed. Sometimes God blesses people that way because he knows in their hearts they will be wise stewards of it and use it to advance his kingdom. Certainly not true with this man. But when his crops bring forth plenty, that's no indication of greed. When someone has a lot of this world's possessions, that's not an indication of greed. Maybe an indication of God's blessing. Maybe an indication of wise management and stewardship. It may be an indication of hard work. So that's not necessarily the indication of greed. Is the fact that he decides to build bigger barns? Is that an indication of greed? That one's a little more difficult. What do you think? The Lord blesses all the stuff he has said, but like, is it good? Okay, Lord bless him. Will he have some place to put it? What do you think? Any other thoughts? Should have gone to the Union Mission. Should have gone to the Union Mission? Okay. All right. Yes. Who much is given, much is expected. That's for sure. But does the fact that he's building bigger barns indicate greed? Not necessarily does it. Okay. All right. Now we're going to step further. The reason why he's building bigger barns may indicate greed. The fact that he's going to build bigger barns just shows that he's probably a good businessman. I mean, he's planning. He's thinking ahead. He's trying to be careful about what he has. Certainly nothing wrong with that. The Bible indicates planning is a good thing. He's trying to plan for the future. Take good care. Not waste what he has. Nothing wrong with that. That's not necessarily indication of greed. What is the indication of this man's greed? I mean, Jesus obviously is using him as an example of greed. He's just talked about greed, warned about it, and then he gives us an example. What is it in this man's activities or his words or whatever that indicates greed? There's lines that are very important and there's a way back. Probably not the big cities they know. Okay. Had the wrong focus. He was a miser. Okay. Storn it all up for himself. I think all of these are strands of what Jesus is getting at here. It really is focused upon what the man says, which reveals his heart. What's in the heart comes out through our words. Jesus said, and in verse 19, he says to himself, you have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and be merry. Does that sound like the philosophy that Jesus just said is wrong back in verse 15? Life does not consist in the abundance of things you possess. What this man is saying is, I've found real life now. That's where the greed comes in. And you pointed that out very well in your answers. It was his attitude toward what he had, not the accumulation of it, and not the wise storing of it and planning for its efficient use. It was his attitude toward it that showed greed, right? I've really got life now. My life is full because my barns are full. That is the philosophy of greed. Jesus has just said, life does not consist in the abundance of possessions. Nothing wrong with having abundance of possessions. If you have it, certainly nothing wrong with using it wisely. That's good. Those are good things. But when you adopt the attitude that, ah, now I really have life. Now my life is full because my barns are full. That is showing something in the heart that Jesus says is wrong. That's where the greed really is. Notice what Jesus says about the danger of this in verse 21. This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God. What is how it will be? Well, at verse 20, we skip that. But God said to him, you fool. Fool. This very night your life will be demanded from you then who will get what you've prepared for yourself. This man is called a fool because several reasons. Several reasons why he is a fool and why Jesus uses him as an example of the danger of greed. On your outline, the first one is a wrong view of himself. He has a wrong view of himself. He says in verse 19, I will say to myself, you have plenty of grain laid up for many years, take life easy, eat, drink and be merry. What does that say about his view of himself? It's going to live a long time. Okay. So he's presumptuous, isn't he? He's presuming on the future. No worries. No concerns because he thinks he's got enough to take care of him. He's got enough material stuff to take care of him. So he feels like he doesn't have anything to worry about. What else is wrong about his view about himself? He's number one. Self-sufficient. Self-sufficient? What is this man's most important possession that he hasn't even recognized? His soul. His soul. Evidently, he was a very wise farmer but a very poor judge of what really value was. His most valuable possession is his soul because it's the only possession that he will have for eternity. He's going to leave behind everything else anyway. That's what Jesus says to him in verse 20. What God says to him, you fool, this very night your life will be required of you, then who will get what you've prepared for yourself. There's a sense in which I think Jesus is saying, you're going to have people fighting over your inheritance just like the guy who came to me a moment ago. I want more of it. I want more. And that's what he says to him. He says, he's the most important possession that he did not take into account. That's his soul. Never thought about that. He's evidently a careful businessman. He's thinking about the future. He's going to build bigger barns to store all of his stuff. Make sure he uses it wisely. But he never thought about his soul. The only possession he will take with him into eternity. And what Jesus is saying is anybody who lives that way is a fool. In other words, you can be a very smart person and you can be a very wise businessman or woman and be a fool. Because the one thing that you take into eternity with you, you never gave any thought to. How foolish is that? The most important thing, the most valuable possession you have, you never gave any thought to. And so we're reminded that only that which is eternal is of infinite value. Everything else is going to be left behind. God doesn't give you one carry on bag to take to heaven with you. God doesn't let you put a bunch of credit cards in your pocket where you go and take them with you. There's just nothing you can do about it. It's all left behind. All left behind. For someone else to fight over. If they have the same heart of greed that you might have. So very clear and powerful warning. He had a wrong view of himself. Secondly, he had a wrong view of others. How does he have a wrong view of others? What do you think his life philosophy says about a wrong view of others? It seems to be very selfish. Doesn't make a better sense. It seems to be very selfish. Doesn't think of others. It seems to be so very selfish and worthy of himself that he doesn't think of them. Anyone else who buys a book and falls in the hands to get all the work. Okay. It makes you wonder if maybe he really didn't live by the philosophy I don't need anyone else. I can do this on my own. Self-sufficiency. He may have very well been at the root of his life philosophy. He does seem to be very selfish. Does seem to be very self-sufficient. He's not thinking of others as was pointed out earlier. It's all about him. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. Over and over again. He's not thinking about other people. He's not thinking about how God could use him to be a blessing to others. It's just all about him. Again, there's nothing wrong with what he has done and having the wealth. Nothing wrong with that at all. But he's obviously centered only on himself. He must have had to have. This big in operation. He had to have people working for him. Okay. It doesn't appear that these images are for the death of even a farm. Okay. No indication that he's giving thanks to God for blessing him. Now again, I want to be fair to the guy. He's not reading some things into the story. We don't know if we're hearing everything. But the way Jesus tells the story certainly would lead you to that conclusion. Well, I think the second time I've been there, together these days. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He's very temporal. He doesn't speak that. I think that's the problem with the three. It's read as a temporal organ. He's really dying to the most full of the limbs. Yeah. The problem with that is you're still dead. I mean, you know, either you're thinking about how you're going to tell your child. I was reminded of the 3DS and 2DS. We could get the readers of the lab. Basic character of the story. I was talking about, you know, who knows what happens to men, the gathers, and the insoles. And that's what you get to leave it to someone else. You can also be a fool. You know, if you're the man who's being gone, they're giving you a room for the volume. But if you store it well, they can do it all the time. If you store it well, they can do it all the time. And it all the time. And if you're the one who's gone, you're going to get this too of meaning in chasing after the men. And that's that the simple thing, simple, oversharing, you're willing to get what you can see. You're chasing after something. Which all leads me to the 3rd wrong view that he has, wrong view of God. Wrong view of God. He does not, in any way, thank God for what he has. And even if he has been a hard worker and he's been a true businessman and he's managed well and he's been very diligent. If you have a biblical world view, you realize all of that comes from God too. Because God could easily lay us flat on our back and make it impossible for us to do any of that. I mean, God gives us the health and the strength and the opportunities that we enjoy in this life. But there's no indication that he ever recognized that or was thankful to God. And there's also no indication that he asked for God's direction in how to use what God had blessed him so abundantly with. So that's what Jesus is saying. And by way of this illustration, this man, the danger of greed is that it comes out of a wrong view of yourself, of others, and of God. It's a totally wrong world view. Marty, do you want to say something? Exactly. God always blesses our efforts and gives the increase for sure. Okay, that's the warning about greed to his disciples. Any other comment? Question there before we move on to the second warning that Jesus gives. Okay, the second warning is a warning about worry. And this is going to sound familiar to Matthew 6. But remember Matthew 6 is in the Galilean ministry. This is different, different location, different crowd. Jesus is in a sense repeating the sermon, which comes straight out of the sermon on the mount, but it's not the same sermon. It's not the same occasion, not the same time, but he takes the same things he had said up in Galilee and says them down in Judea. It's going to sound very familiar, but let's talk a little bit about worry and what Jesus says about the danger of worry, the caution that he gives about worry. First of all, verse 22, let's talk about what worry is. Verse 22, Jesus said to his disciples, therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or about your body, what you will wear. Notice the caution about worry there. Skip down to verse 29. He says, and do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it. Same word in our English versions, two different Greek words, two different words entirely, which indicates. Two different kinds of worry. Jesus really is talking about two different things, and we miss it in our English translations, but there are two completely different words, which have completely different meanings. The first one in verse 22 means to be divided or distracted. To be divided or distracted. Literally, the word means to be torn apart. What a description of worry. The idea here is someone who is stewing and fussing because pressure has gotten to him, and they're just not sure how they're going to get everything done or how everything is going to work out. It's being torn apart, divided from within, distracted by what's going on around you right now. That's worry. That's one kind of worry. The second kind of worry, the second word literally means to be in doubt. And the word, quite literally, was used in New Testament times of being tossed like a ship at sea. So being in doubt, being tossed about, be wildered as to how things are going to turn out, which you can see is focused more on the future. The idea of being held in suspense, lifted up on this wave, not sure what's going to happen, but down we go. That kind of suspense tossed back and forth, being in doubt, is the idea about your future. And so these two words really give us the two main thrusts of worry and help us understand what worry really is, as though we really need an explanation. We all live there, no doubt. Worry has two faces. One is distraction about the presence, a present, and the second is being in doubt about the future. Being distracted in the present, torn apart, wondering how we're going to accomplish everything, we need to get done, or how it's all going to work out. That's one kind of worry. Second kind of worry is being in doubt about the future. Being tossed back and forth about what's going to happen in the future. That worry, either kind, is incredibly draining, isn't it? When you are literally being torn apart inside because of distraction about the present, or in doubt about how the future is going to turn out, that's incredibly draining. I love what Corey Tenboom once said about worry. She said, worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. That's very true. It does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. Either distraction about the present or worry in doubt about the future will absolutely drain you. That's what worry is. It's one of those two kinds of attitudes. Questions there? Comments about what worry is. Yes, well? swamp there is two simple questions. Here comes the next one who was having a experiencing in space. Did that happen today? Yeah, James speaks right into someone's name. That's Menschen? He says, Vinimana likes wisdom, let him ask of God, but let him ask in faith nothing wavering for he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and toss. Let not that man think that he should receive anything from the Lord, that man is unstable in all these ways. James said, unstable in all these ways. Why? Because he's torn apart about what's happening now and he has no clue about the future so concerned on endowed about the future. He's unstable. He's unstable. It's a great illustration of the very thing Jesus was talking about. That's what worry is. What do we worry about? Jesus puts his finger on the two kinds of things that we worry about in verses 22 and 25 and 26. Two of the major things at least that we have a tendency to worry about. Verse 22, therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life. What you will eat or about your body, what you will wear. If you're going to put that into a category, what's that talking about? What kind of things do we worry about there? Somebody said something. Basic needs, okay? All right, very good. Anything else? Jesus is talking about basic needs of life, is it, or material provision? What am I going to eat? What am I going to wear? It's a kind of thing that we have a tendency to worry about. How am I going to get what I need? Okay? That's one of the things that we worry a lot about. I think man's words are going to be written in the way. Oh, that's pretty good. Men worry about what they're going to eat, women worry about what they're going to wear. Okay. Would you agree with that? Most of us men don't worry about what we're going to wear, that's for sure. Do you think there's a contrast of worrying about where your next garment will come from or where your next garment will come from? Most of you are disengaged in the fall of the weekend. Yes, I think it is, especially in that culture. Yeah, in that agrarian type culture, I think this is more of the worry about, okay, I had enough food for today, and we're going to have enough remora. I've got some clothes for today, but they're going to wear out. Where am I going to get my next set? That's more a worry in a subsistence kind of culture where you go from day to day. But we still have a tendency to worry about it, but in other ways, how do we worry about it? How do we worry about material provision? Am I going to have a job next year? Am I going to have enough money to retire on? Is my house going to be okay? What am I going to do with my car breaks down? Okay, those are all material provision kind of things about the future, aren't they? So they're very similar things. We just live in a different culture. It's not necessarily what we're going to eat, what we're going to wear. Those things are easier for us, but it may be our house, our car, our portfolio, our financial picture for the future, or you know those kind of things. My job, those are the kind of things we worry about. Pardon me? Certainly. Certainly have to think. No, and that's a great point because Jesus is going to talk about birds and flowers in just a minute. And many people misunderstand that. Jesus is not saying you just sit back and don't worry about it and let God just plop it in your lap. He's not saying that. He's not saying that. We do have to think about those things, but as we give thought to how we will live our lives, we do so. We're supposed to do so in a trusting spirit of, I'm going to do all that I can do and be wise and diligent in my efforts. Trusting God at the same time. Yeah, flip side to the previous parable. Yeah, it's the attitude toward God that is the problem, not the fact that the man worked hard. And it's in trusting God and not worrying about our future. It's not that we don't think about our job or think about our house or we give attention to those things, but we do so trusting God. We're not torn up inside about how that's going to happen. Certainly. Very specific. Yeah. One thing that works with God is that God is not always asking God for our needs and things that we do for His sake. Right. Right. That's true. Most of what we worry about never happens. But worry is the feeling like, but it might. It might happen. You know, that's what we struggle with. We don't have to worry about food, clothing, so much nothing. There are people in our country. We worry about what they're making. Certainly, certainly are. Yeah. For sure. What? The Bible pages that we should make the vision. Oh, yeah. Storing that food. Certainly not. Yeah. It's that fretful being torn up inside about it. It's not just a calm patient trusting God diligence in what He's given us to do. That's great. That's fine. The stewardship is commended over and over again in the Bible for sure. Yes. Yes. Yes. For sure. Okay. So the one thing we have a tendency to worry about is material provision. Notice the second thing that Jesus talks about that we have a tendency to worry about versus 25 and 26. Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Some translations say a single qubit to your height. Actually, the most literal translation of it, which makes no sense to the average English reader, is who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your height? Or a single qubit, a single 18 inches to your life? Jesus uses a mixed metaphor here. The idea really is how can you add 18 inches to your to the span of your life? And it really is as though your life is laid down in a time sequence, you know, in a line. And it goes for 70 years, let's say, and you think you're going to do something that can tack 18 inches onto the end of it. Okay. What we worry about quite often is not just material provision, but what? The future. The future. What's going to happen in the future? And that's what Jesus is talking about. How am I going to get 18 more inches on the end of my life? You know, worry about the future. Verse 26, since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? Okay. We have a tendency to worry about the future, things that are beyond our control, things that as, as Dale said, probably are not going to happen, but we worry that they might happen. And there are all kinds of examples of that, a lot of which we've already talked about. What's going to happen to my house? What's going to happen to my car? What's going to happen to my job? Even if everything's okay now, we worry about what will happen in the future, and things that are beyond our control. So we have a tendency to worry about that and get all upset, torn up inside, or stomach tightens up, and we're concerned about the future. Okay. Two things that we worry about. Material provision and the future, Jesus says. How can we conquer worry? Let's talk about that for just a few moments in our time. It's just about up. So we'll just get started on this. The first thing we can do to conquer worry, to overcome worry, is to take God's perspective. Look at verse 23. For life is more than food and the body more than clothes. Okay. Do we really believe that? Because that's exactly what Jesus has said back in verse 15. Life does not consist in the abundance of possessions. There was real life. What life really means is much more than food, much more than clothes, much more than what we have materially. Do we really believe that? Life is much more than a bank account. Life is much more than a house than a car than our wardrobe, than status, than degrees, than attainments, than promotions. Life is more than that. Life is so much more than that. And when we have the perspective that life is all about those things, you're going to live a worried lifestyle. Because there are a lot of those things you can't control. So we have to take God's perspective. Life is not that life does not consist in the abundance of those things. We have to be concerned about those things. We live with those things. Yes. But life is so much more than that. Life is about your heart relationship to God. And what that means in regard to your character. Life is more about making a life than making a living. So we have to take God's perspective. And then let me just say this before we close because it's been touched on and we need to kind of wrap it up with this life. Also, or how we conquer worry has to do with trusting God's provision. Look at verse 24. The examples Jesus uses. Consider the ravens. They do not so or reap. They have no storeroom or barn yet. God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds. The verse 27. So you got birds. Okay, you got flowers here in verse 27. Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spend yet. I tell you not even Solomon and all this splendor was dressed like one of these. This is how God closed the grass of the field. Which is here today in the Mars. Throwing the fire. How much more will it close you? You have little faith. And then verse 30. Third illustration. Pagans. Pagans. World runs after all these things. And your father knows that you need them. Okay, life is not life is not the abundance of professions, possessions, but life is also not just quitting your job and saying, well, God will take care of me. God knows that you need things to sustain life. And by using the illustration of birds and flowers, he's not saying that they do nothing. Birds do work to provide for their needs. And God has built a process into plants to provide for their needs. It's a God built process. It's not like they just do nothing and God does everything. That's not that's not what Jesus is talking about. What he is talking about is there is the way God has has made birds and plants is they use what God has given them to accomplish what provides for their needs. What he's saying, I think, is not just quit your job, sit back just I'll take care of you. You don't need to do anything. Just watch television all day and I'll provide your needs. He's not saying that. What he is saying is use what I have given you. Use your mind. Use your hands. Use the skills that I've given you. Use what I've given you, like the bird does, like the plants do. And just trust me to use those things to provide for your needs. I think that's what he's talking about. It's not it's not indolence here. It's not laziness. It's discipline. It's focus in using what God has given us. That's that's how we trust God's provision. Okay, our time is up. We need to stop. So we'll pick up there next time. Okay. It's pray. Father, help us to trust you and not worry. Help us to be diligent. Help us to use what you've given us and not just expect you to bless our laziness. But father, I pray that you'll help us in the midst of dealing with with current issues and the future that we will not fret that we will not be doubtful, but we will trust you doing our best to provide for our needs by your strength and in your grace. Trusting you to care for us beyond what we have the capacity to do. Pray, Father, that you help us to be wise, but help us also to trust you when needs arise that are beyond our capability to provide for beyond our financial means to provide for. Help us to be willing to trust you and not worry about how they'll be provided. Thank you for the Lord's, for Jesus teaching to His disciples and to us. May we take it to heart in Jesus' name. Amen.