The words of the Master, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you," have for centuries been giving their message of hope to humanity. The message has been understood with varying degrees of success according to the spiritual understanding of the reader, but now Christian Science has come with its practical teaching to elucidate the real meaning of this saying to those who may have found it difficult to understand how this seeking after righteousness is followed by "all these things" being added unto them.
To meet the human needs of to-day instead of the antiquated method of barter and exchange of goods money is used, and in this way money is a symbol which stands for the equivalent of the common necessities of everyday experience. The possessor of money is therefore able to satisfy his daily needs, and without money or its equivalent it may not seem possible at the present time to obtain the necessary food, shelter, and clothing needed by humanity.
The teaching of Christian Science that God is the source of supply, and that source of supply is therefore inexhaustible and is available to every one who understands the nature of supply to be spiritual and not material also shows how the practical application of the words of Jesus above referred to can be utilized. In seeking first "the kingdom of God, and his righteousness" the student is, in effect, turning away from matter to Spirit, away from a sense of material possessions to the true understanding of the nature of infinite, ever present good, which is always available to the seeker after Truth. As this understanding grows clearer, the seeker will find that his sense of possession has also changed, and instead of having a selfish and narrow sense of supply it will gradually dawn upon him that all that he possesses belongs to God, and he will find that in this realization he has gained a better understanding of what God is and therefore of what man is for man has nothing that God has not already given him. "Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine."
