Does the fact that someone “knows” of a need necessarily translate into that someone “caring” and “doing” something about that need? No! Not at all! Look at how many people, organizations and government entities know of needs around them but do absolutely nothing.
In His “Sermon on the Mount,” Jesus definitely wants us to know that “your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him” (Matt. 6:8). But Jesus also wants us to know that your Father goes the next step.
Jesus tells us to “Look at the birds” and realize that “your heavenly Father feeds them” (6:26). If God feeds the birds, don’t you know that all of your basic necessities “will be added to you” (6:33)! If earthly fathers “give good gifts” to their children, “how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him” (7:11)—not just physical things like “bread” (6:11), but forgiveness of sins (6:12-14) and entrance into “the kingdom of heaven” (7:21). Thank God that we have a Father who both knows and cares!