And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye eat, neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
I know we all tend to worry about our weight and exercising and counting calories. That's all well and good, but I think a lot of us put those things before God a lot of times. I believe this scripture is telling us not to worry about those things. Don't worry if the food you want to eat is unhealthy eat it anyways. Don't glutton yourself though, but eat a little bit of it and put it back for later. Don't worry how much weight it's going to put on you or if it's going to kill you, eat it, because the food you put into your body and weight you gain from it is not going to be what takes you out of this world. What's going to take you out of this world is the Lord. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Trust in and hold onto Jesus and you will be healthy, and I'm not talking physically, I'm talking spiritually, because one day after we'll be in a place of glory and the Lord is going to give some new glorified bodies, better than the one we have in this old world. A lot of make New Year's resolutions to exercise and lose a few pounds, but I believe our New Year's resolutions should be to get closer to Jesus. The Lord put this on my heart tonight. I hope and pray someone gets something good out of it, because these words are not mine, they're the Father's, and I'm just typing down whatever He's putting on my heart. May God bless you and Amen.
Matthew 7:32-34: Jesus says, "Do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
I Timothy 6:5-10 There are people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to **FINANCIAL GAIN**. {Like the Prosperity Gospel of Joel Osteen} But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing in the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, **WE WILL BE CONTENT WITH THAT**. Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the **LOVE OF MONEY** is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs!
Perhaps this will help us all understand. It IS copy and paste from the Bible and not my own made-up opinion. The OP is asking about LUKE, Not matthew or timothy. It's important not to look at a single verse, but a few verses either before it or after it. This is not about losing weight. It is about how to live our life. Below is the answer to the OP's question.
Luke 12:22-28
22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? 27 “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. --- Jesus is speaking to his inner circle of disciples, and he has some very direct reasons to banish worry and approach life with a very positive attitude! Jesus has just finished telling a crowd the parable of the rich fool, the story of the man whose whole existence was about gathering wealth. He invested everything in this world and nothing in the next. He focused on increasing his wealth and gave no attention to God. Then one night – suddenly and unexpectedly – the rich fool died, and he lost everything that had occupied his years.
Jesus taught a very different attitude to priorities: “…do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes” (vs. 22-23).
The crowd he had just finished addressing were farmers and fishermen, people who were very poor. How could they not worry about having food to eat or clothes to wear? Jesus’ answer was simple but startling: People were told that Ravens were unclean and not to eat them. However, He said (v. 24) “Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
His point is this: ‘Don’t make your life about possessions. Don’t make your goal even the basic necessities like food and clothing. If God provides for any of his creatures, he’ll certainly provide for you.’
(v.25) Jesus asks “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?” And “Since you cannot do this very little thing (adding even a single hour on to your life), why do you worry about the rest?” (v. 26).
Worry carries no power to help or provide, it is utterly futile, but God has all the power and all the love both to help and to provide. Jesus said:(vs. 27-28) “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. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!”
****Jesus told the disciples our priority is not the things of this world and getting as much of them for ourselves as we can. Our priority is putting God’s kingship, his kingdom, above all else, and trusting him to provide whatever we need. We can live without fear and without worry, for our Father’s care truly is enough.
