It's seems fairly certain that which we can see, touch, smell and hear will ever be more real to our reasoning mind than any promise of spiritual peace, love and joy...doubtless because we can see, touch, smell and hear it. And a promise, after all, is just a promise to the reasoning mind.
It was a slow awakening for me to realize that seek ye first the kingdom of heaven gave me a sense of peace until I heard the rest of the sentence, and all these things shall be added unto you. Invariably, the desire for the kingdom of heaven was lost in the immediate thought after I heard the rest of the sentence...lost in the thought of diamonds and dollars. Security in a word. Material security. Security that I could hold to...depend on...use as collateral if and as needed.
It was (and is!) frustrating to me whenever I hear that sentence, that thoughts for my personal security trail right along behind. Try as I do to not go there, there I go. It's like the old "try not to think about a camel" routine.
I wonder if that's precisely why and all these things will be added was made contingent to seek ye first.
Maybe it is that once we can truly seek first the kingdom of heaven, we can have no thought for any other things...the kingdom of heaven being our physical, mental and spiritual all-in-all. In that realization, there are no other things to be added unto us. (In a perfect world, she thinks cynically.)
Hey! Here's a thought: Now. Now is our perfect world.
There is no kingdom of heaven in tomorrow when things will be added unto. The instant we turn our grateful heart to the kingdom of heaven, we're home. Shut the door, light the fire, say our thank you, and be at peace. I'm going with that.
Thank you.
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