Article August 6, 2012 Issue

God doesn't withhold good

Thomas C. Asher

When we feel we lack something, are threatened by limited resources, sometimes human reasoning has us phrasing and rephrasing familiar questions. For instance, How did I get in this mess? Can I really expect to find appropriate work? How can I impress this employer? When will the economy recover? Perhaps we sense that endless analysis of our situation isn’t very productive, but there doesn’t seem to be a practical alternative.  

Christian Science encourages us to back off unneeded repetitive questioning and give thorough attention to biblical answers. Scripture reveals a God who generously provides for His creation, a God who is pure love itself and cannot neglect His children. We read:

• “God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in
all things, may abound to every good work” (II Corinthians 9:8).