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?
Behold the fowls of the air - in Matthew 6:28 'observe well' х katamathete (G2648)], and in Luke 12:24, "consider" х katanoeesate (G2657)] - so as to learn wisdom from them.
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? - nobler in yourselves and dearer to God. The argument here is from the greater to the less; but how rich in detail! The brute creation-void of reason-are incapable of sowing, reaping, and storing; yet your heavenly Father suffers them not helplessly to perish, but sustains them without any of those processes: Will He see, then, His own children using all the means which reason dictates for procuring the things needful for the body-looking up to Himself at every step-and yet leave them to starve?