We may have many priorities: solving a problem, finishing an assignment, finding healing. But Christ Jesus showed us that there’s one aim that should trump them all, and he illustrates it in a parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field” (Matthew 13:44).
The kingdom of heaven, the spiritual reality that’s full of harmony and goodness, is certainly something we’d all want to attain. Jesus told us it’s right here, at hand – the only reality. But to discern the good that God is giving us, Jesus also taught that we need to be willing to see beyond what the material senses are showing us, beyond their limited perspective.
This week’s Christian Science Bible lesson on “Reality” gives us great insights into how to strive to understand and see more of spiritual existence, as Jesus did. And here we’ve collected an assortment of articles from the archives of The Christian Science Publishing Society that illustrate what it means to figuratively “sell all we have” to claim the kingdom of heaven as ours, as well as the healing and progress that come from doing so.
In “Don’t get squeezed into the world’s mold,” the author shows how we don’t lose anything by living life from the basis that divine Spirit gives us – but we gain greater freedom from limitations.
The writer of “Solid ground” shares how a solely intellectual knowledge of God can’t bring whatever stability we yearn for in our own lives or the world, but as we wholeheartedly accept the spiritual perfection of life, healing follows.
“Got joy?” describes how we can turn to God and away from materiality – without delay – to find a contentment that doesn’t fade.
As the author of “Focusing on the right answers” writes, we don’t need to get caught up in the problems we’re facing, no matter the scale. As we pray – accepting only God’s kingdom as real and present – harmonious resolutions appear, and we progress.
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