But Jesus, because He loves us, won’t let us live in that lie. Today He compares us to a flower or a blade of grass, and from God’s perspective this is exactly how impressive our work is in comparison to His. As we read in Isaiah 40, ‘All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever’ (Isaiah 40:6-8). It is comforting to remember that when Jesus—the Word of God made flesh, who will stand forever—looks out onto the creation, when He looks out at the flowers and the grass, He sees beauty, and He loves that beauty. And more amazingly, He includes us in that beauty. He includes us in the beauty and blessedness we have received as a gift from our Creator. But, ultimately, despite our real God given beauty, our inflated ideas of our own importance and accomplishments are merely a coping mechanism for the anxiety and worry Jesus tells us to banish today, and when that pride metastasizes in our souls, we begin to forget that we are fragile creatures and not the Creator. To live in the reality of our true station, we must free ourselves for hard, honest work without the fear and gloom and anxiety that possesses people and weakens them for the tasks Christ has set before us. Once we fully recognize and daily remember that we are the creatures and God is the Creator we don’t have to worry about saving the earth or finding ultimate fulfillment in our temporary occupations; no, we can recognize that all our earthly endeavors gain their value when we offer up our work to the God who created this world, saved this world, and will one day resurrect this world. We will be free from anxiety and fear when we remember that our moment in the Sun is truly as brief as the blooming wildflower on the side of the road, but we can strive in that briefness to showcase the beauty God has put inside of us; we can show that beauty to the world, and remind all men that their Creator loves the beauty, truth, and goodness which will soon bloom everywhere and forever in resurrection glory. That future is ours; how then could we ever worry?