View this superb explanation of "Seek ye first the kingdom of God" by Jordan Peterson, an academic who here has risen above the limits of academia!
Then imbibe this gem attributed to Mary Baker Eddy:
"Be this the stars of our night, that God is Love, that every step of goodness is a departure from material sense and self, and the entrance into man's spiritual selfhood." (ESSAYS AND OTHER FOOTPRINTS, aka The Red Book)