My question was indeed to clarify. You’re the one that turned this into a scripture circus. As for the Lilies scripture, I know it’s God telling us not to worry, but the meaning goes far beyond that, which as being a gardener, I appreciate.
If it was to clarify, simply, then you would not have accused him of, in YOUR WORDS: “relying on his own arm of the flesh to turn this around and then look to God after.” That’s absolutely no resemblance to what he said at all.