A Prayer to Consider the Wildflowers - Your Daily Prayer - March 12
A Prayer to Consider the Wildflowers
By Lia Girard
Bible Reading:
Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. — Luke 12:27 (NIV)
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Have you ever been completely amazed by a flower? Or just blown away by how their petals scatter in an unbelievably perfect pattern without any human intervention?
Indeed, humans are woven into God's creation, but I like coming back to Luke 12:27 and remembering that the way he feeds, grows, designs, and dresses the flowers, trees, mountains, skies, and seas is an inconceivable miracle beyond our human ability. The way nature simply trusts the sun, waits for the rain, and surrenders its fruit, branches, and leaves, shows us so much about God’s intent for the condition of our hearts.
In his quintessential message - which Matthew calls the Sermon on the Mount, and Luke calls the Sermon on the Plain - Jesus delivers foundational truths not only for his generation but for generations to come. I love Luke 12:27, which asks us to consider how the wildflowers grow. It lands in the middle of a passage subtitled in various Bible translations as simply “Stop Worrying,” or “Do Not Worry.” I wonder if this urgent call is couched in this soft analogy because it shifts our minds away from material things. Instead, it lifts our eyes to the natural world around us, which is always providing. In fact, Jesus gets very specific in this sermon, stating in Luke 12:15 that “...life does not consist of an abundance of possessions.”
I often go for walks simply to listen for the voices of flowers. Of course, they're not audible, but it seems the way they sprout, shrivel, climb, lie low, and burst into glorious colors is an invitation to witness the life God desires for each of us.
In Luke 12:27, Jesus uses King Solomon as a worldly example of extreme wealth. He no doubt amassed an excess of opulence that some might even idolize. Yet I can't explain why in a breath of scripture we all just get it. We get what Jesus is saying. He compares Solomon to the quietest, most vulnerable, and tender thing - that’s right beneath our feet. And the flower becomes our teacher. Jesus always knew what people needed to hear and still does. And why is that? Because God made your heart, and he understands your worries.
So in Luke 12, he also explains that birds don't build barns and storehouses... yet they are fed. He tells us that flowers don't worry about having all the right outfits or impressive clothing... yet their faith is beautiful. He challenges his disciples, calling them “ye of little faith!” as a wake-up call of sorts. It reveals that even those who walked closely with Jesus and gave up their lives to follow him still struggled to live by faith.
Worrying steals our joy, and God knows this. So he lovingly warns against it. He asks us to instead see how his marvelous provision sustains us.
If you're worrying today about your paycheck, your groceries, your health, your marriage, your children, or anything else you hold extremely dear, please know this: God sees. He knows. And it's even more important to him that he provide what you truly need. He hasn’t promised a life here on earth without pain, sickness, or death. But you will have peace to endure, and joy for eternity if you surrender to his beautiful plan.
You’re allowed to release all that’s worrying you. God is asking you to give it to him. Why not also ask him to help you live with the faith of a wildflower? Or the freedom of a bird? His message is clear: when we seek God first, he will show us that He supplies what’s truly needed.
Let’s Pray:
Lord, thank you for the beauty and wonder of your creation. Thank you that even a flower can show me who you are. Help me not worry about all the things the world says I need and instead trust you to supply what you know I need.
Help me lay down some of my striving to make room in my life to see how wildflowers grow. To appreciate that you are the sun, moon, and stars. To remember that what I hold in my two hands or my simple home is all because of your provision, not my doing. I'm so grateful for this life. And for your word that challenges me to not just say I have faith ... but live in a way that demonstrates my faith. Show me, grow me, lead me.
I love you, God, Amen.
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Lia Girard is a seasoned writer and voice artist who formerly served as the Faith Editor for Crosswalk.com. She is the author of Wisdom at Wit’s End: Abandoning Supermom Myths in Search of Supernatural Peace, and enjoys spending time with her husband and grown children or walking in the woods with God.
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