No Worries — You Can Feast Today

That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life--whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith? So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.​ Matthew 6:25-34

     No worries. Life is good. For me…that is because God is good. All the time. Thinking and planning ahead for what you will eat, drink, and wear is good resource management. If you know what you are going to eat and drink for the next week you can make one trip to the store and save yourself so much time and money. No waste…or at least less wastefulness with time and money, if you plan your meals and even your wardrobe ahead of time. Jesus was teaching His followers to NOT WORRY—but to just trust God. He will provide all you need. He provides for the bird…and flowers—so why wouldn’t He provide for you, His chosen creation? Paul, too, encourages the believers in Corinth to trust God. He provides.

For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. 2 Corinthians 9:10

     Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you. These are part of the lyrics to an old chorus from the 1970’s. These “things” include the food, drink, or. clothes…even shelter. God provides. 
     What do we learn from Jesus in this passage? Don’t worry about everyday life. 

Friday’s Feast at the King’s Table
   

 Figs are one of the seven healing foods of Israel. 

I love figs and it wasn’t until I was an adult that I realized that figs come from more than Fig Newton packages. Fresh ripe ones are so good. I’m sure that Jesus mouth was watering too, when he anticipated eating a fresh fig. When you are hungry---look for food in season, then ask, give thanks, and receive. Jesus was God---yet He was man and experienced things like we do---hunger. He made the fig tree---yet He cursed it when there was no fruit. See Matthew 21:17-22. You may ask—was this a time of the year that figs were ripe for harvest?  Good question.
      Fig trees actually have fruit at two times during the year. The first crop of the year, called the breba crop comes in the spring about the time when the tree gets its leaves. The fruit is very soft, exceptionally sweet and is usually a delicacy eaten directly from the tree since it does not keep long. In the late summer or fall the common figs ripen on the tree and are harvested before they dry. The fruit has a uniquely sweet taste with a delightful crunchiness of the small seeds inside, which are actually the flower. The fig is the only fruit that has no waste, the skin as well as the flesh with the seeds are eaten. Medicinally figs are good for treatment of asthma, constipation, hemorrhoids, boils, and infections of the stomach, intestines and urinary tract. Additionally in Japan and Europe a chemical (benzaldehyde) found in figs has been found to be effective against cancer. With the highest mineral content of any common fruit, including, potassium, calcium, and iron, figs are exceptionally good for us. Watch for them in your local supermarket and enjoy them fresh.

© 2026 Text, photos, and illustrations by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved. 

Portions from Banquet With The King blog,  April 19, 2017.

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