But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? The grass-to-disciples argument: the grass that burns in an oven tomorrow is clothed gloriously today. If the Father lavishes beauty on something so transient, the a fortiori conclusion is that he will much more clothe those who are his children and who are not transient. The O you of little faith is gentle rebuke: little faith is not no faith, but faith that is insufficient to carry the weight of the anxiety that the disciples are bearing. The little faith that calculates tomorrow's provision and finds it uncertain is the faith that has not yet rested in the Father's established track record with the transient grass.

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