Only Sinners Have Bank Accounts

“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?... Therefore do not be anxious.” So many people read this as though He had said, “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?... Therefore do not have barns.” Too many people confuse Jesus' statement of fact, “humans do not gather into barns,” with his command, “ do not. Clearly Christ is talking about being anxious, and the whole reason that He mentions barns is to help us see that humans, of all creatures, should not worry. The birds are taken care of and they are not greatly valued (relative to us) and they do not store for safekeeping. How is it that we worry when we are greatly valued and have so many graces like barns and banks? Therefore, keep the barn, keep the bank account, and lose the anxiety.