Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 12:29-30

"And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things." — Luke 12:29-30 (ASV)

And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all those things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

Is that not a sweet word? Your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. There used to be a hymn which was sung a good deal at revival meetings; it had a very sweet refrain, "This my Father knows." If you cannot yourselves understand your case, your Father knows all about it. If you cannot make other people comprehend it, yet your Father knows all that needs to be known.

Whatever you really require, even for the present life, need not be any cause of anxiety to you, believers, for your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. There is no need, therefore, for you to seek what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink.

And do not seek what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor be of a doubtful mind. For all these things in the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you have need of these things.

For you, the immortal, the twice-born, the very bodyguard of Christ, to live for such things as the men of the world live for, is to degrade the peerage of heaven, to bring those who are of the blood royal of the skies down to a gross pursuit. No; let your whole thought, and heart, and life, be spent for something higher and better than these things; and leave the lower cares with your Father.

And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

He knows that you must go and work for these things; but he would not have you fret and fume about them. "Your Father knows." He will provide. It is enough for him to know his children's wants, and he will be sure to provide for them.