Good Morning Garden

Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you (Matthew 6:33).

The principle that Jesus expressed in these words is the basic law that underlies all answer to prayer. Many people know this in theory but are confused about putting it into practice. They think, “I will ignore this problem and think about God instead.” Here there is a subtle mistake, because they are really thinking of their problem as existing in one place, of God as existing in another, and of themselves as going in thought from the first place to the second place. This, of course, is by implication to reaffirm the existence of the problem in its own place, and such a belief will not heal.

What we have to do is to seek the Kingdom in the very place where the trouble seems to be. We have to know that in Truth and reality it is not there, because God is there. When we succeed in doing this, the difficulty disappears.

To find the Kingdom of God in the midst of our troubles, we need to understand that all things come to us by God’s will. Yes, even our troubles are a part of God’s presence in our lives. When we look for the blessings buried in pain, when we thank God for all that is happening in our lives (good and bad) and when we seek out God’s presence in our troubles, then we are living in God’s kingdom. When we accept God’s sovereignty over all, we are then living in God’s kingdom as God’s children. That is how we live in our gardens, even in the midst of our greatest heartaches, challenges and tragedies.

Seeking the Kingdom,
Z gardener