Luke 12:27-28
Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory did not clothe himself like one of these. But if God so arrays the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O men of little faith!
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Jesus is telling us, as He did so often and in so many ways, that we should not be anxious for anything. Not for food, not for clothing, not even for our life! The Lord God did mighty, powerful miracles to set His people free from the bondage of the harsh taskmasters in Egypt so long ago but we need to understand that there is no taskmaster more harsh today than the flesh and the cares of the world that it carries!
 
In the Sermon on the Mount, both in the gospels of Matthew {Mat.6:25-26} and here in today’s verse from Luke, there is a real focus on the freedom we have been given. We know that the Lord has promised that He will take care of all of our needs because of His love for us. {Php.4:19} It always comes back to His love and our need to trust in it. Once again, as in Egypt, the bonds of slavery have been broken in order to set us free.

As a lovely hymn written in 1922 by Helen Howarth Lemmel says, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace!” We are indeed now set free to worship!
 
We are instructed to give thanks in and for all things. {1Thess.5:18, Eph.5:20} We were created to be a people of praise. {Is.43:21} And as we all should know the Father seeks those who will worship Him in spirit and in truth! {Jn.4:23} Moses told the Pharaoh repeatedly that he was to set the people free so that they could serve God. {Ex.8:20}

The god of this world, Satan {2Cor.4:4} continues to use all of his wiles to blind the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ. The constant pressure to buy, to own stuff—worldly things that the enemy says will make you happy and satisfy you—as we are surrounded by advertising and peer pressure is exactly what Jesus warned about in the parable of the sower and the seed! “And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.” {Mat.13:22}

God has freely given us the great riches: The light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ, is our treasure carried about in these earthen vessels. {2Cor.4:6-7} We are the temple of God! {1Cor.3:16} We have to let that light shine!

Jesus made it abundantly clear that no man can serve two masters. He said that we will all 'love one and hate the other, hold to one and hate the other'. {Matt.6:24} And as Joshua said so long ago as God's people were headed for the land of the promise,’choose for yourselves today whom you will serve.' {Jos.24:14} As we rejoice in the freedom we have, purchased by Jesus at so dear a price on the cross, we need to remember:
 
“Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. And the slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.” (John 8:34-36)
 
WORSHIP THE LORD IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH