Seek Ye First

Most truth students know the Bible passage “Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Yet although many believe they sincerely seek the kingdom of God, they do not experience the added things. Why? Joel Goldsmith’s book Seek Ye First illumines the inner, true meaning of that familiar Bible passage in unique way that will elicit a resounding “A-ha!” in those who have struggled to understand it.

Goldsmith says that we do not experience the fruitage of the biblical promise because we hold onto erroneous concepts of God and prayer. We pray to God for things or we try to attain them through mental work. Before we can experience the grace of the “added things,” he says, we must first correct our concepts. Goldsmith proceeds to re-educate the reader on the nature of God and the nature of prayer as he masterfully goes through the spiritual principles and practices revealed in The Infinite Way.