Eating, Drinking, and Wearing Something Nice

Mat 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than clothing?

Christ continues in this verse with his ordering of the universe between the physical, social, and spiritual. The word translated here as "life" is psuche, a common word in Greek meaning "life," "soul," "consciousness," and "a sense of self." It is living in both the physical and spiritual sense, the idea that a living body is animated by spirit.

"Take no thought" is the Greek word merimnao, which means "to care for," "be anxious about," and "to meditate upon." For me, it comes down to Christ saying "don't worry about this." The things he doesn't want us to worry about very simple of idea of eating, drinking and putting on clothes.

However, Christ draws a line between the physical that matters, our lives and our bodies, and the physical pleasures of life, food and clothing. We let our concerns, especialy about food and clothing, grow well beyond what we need to keep alive physically. Our pleasure in them creates a bridge between our physical needs and social desires.