The original curse included a curse of my time

There was a curse of our time

Gen 3:17 And he said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you.

Gen 3:18 It will produce weeds and thorns, and you will have to eat wild plants.

Gen 3:19 You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed.

So has this curse been removed, or are we still living under this curse?

Are we still supposed to be fighting weeds and thorns, and do we still have to work hard all our lives to make it produce enough?

What does Jesus do with this curse?

This surely seems to have been the practical reality in my life, and in the lives of most people. But what is the scriptural truth here? What happened in the New Testament with this curse?

Mat 6:25 "This is why I tell you: do not be worried about the food and drink you need in order to stay alive, or about clothes for your body. After all, isn't life worth more than food? And isn't the body worth more than clothes?

Mat 6:26 Look at the birds: they do not plant seeds, gather a harvest and put it in barns; yet your Father in heaven takes care of them! Aren't you worth much more than birds?

Mat 6:27 Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it?

Mat 6:28 "And why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow: they do not work or make clothes for themselves.

Mat 6:29 But I tell you that not even King Solomon with all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as one of these flowers.

Mat 6:30 It is God who clothes the wild grass---grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have!

Mat 6:31 "So do not start worrying: 'Where will my food come from? or my drink? or my clothes?'

Mat 6:32 (These are the things the pagans are always concerned about.) Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things.

Mat 6:33 Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.

Mat 6:34 So do not worry about tomorrow; it will have enough worries of its own. There is no need to add to the troubles each day brings.

It seems to me that Jesus calls us to no longer focus on getting the soil to produce something, but to focus on knowing God's will – seeking His Kingdom, and what He requires of me. God will then let the earth produce that which I need.

So what changes?

Does this mean that we don’t have to work any more?

I think not, because if we look at Jesus’ example, we see that he never stopped working. However, I think there is a change in priority that takes place. Survival is no longer the focus. God’s will becomes the focus, and survival is then guaranteed.