From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread. Matthew 8:4. Divine Answer. Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet, for your body what ye shall put on. Yea, take no thought for to-morrow (much less for many years.) Matthew 6:25-34. Casting all your care upon him: for he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7.
The Lord never wants means and ways to help our necessities, though we do, and as long as we take the care upon ourselves and trust upon things foreseen, we cannot experience the paternal care, and providence of God, and are without the least grain of faith. For relying upon God for bread, is the very least degree of faith, or as Luther observes, “The faith of little children”.
If we cannot trust him with our bellies, how can we trust him with our souls and her spiritual and eternal concerns? Faith does every thing, he prays, works, suffers, justifies, sanctifies, and makes us victorious, content, and free from anxious cares.
Commit thou all thy grief
And ways unto his hands,
To his sure truth and tender care
Who earth and heaven commands.
Still heavy is thy heart?
Still sink thy spirits down?
Cast off the weight, let fear depart?
And every care be gone.
No profit canst thou gain
By self-consuming care,
To him commend thy cause, his ear
Attends the softest prayer.