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'From the ends of the earth'
Our prayers for the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls must have an effect.
As much of the world turns to prayer for the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls taken captive by the extremist group Boko Haram, we find a biblical basis for expecting the girls’ safe return. Isaiah 43:6 reads, “I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.”
As the global community deeply, sincerely, actively continues to pray for the captive girls, that prayer must have its effect. Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science and of the Sentinel, writes in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: “The ‘still, small voice’ of scientific thought reaches over continent and ocean to the globe’s remotest bound. The inaudible voice of Truth is, to the human mind, ‘as when a lion roareth.’ It is heard in the desert and in dark places of fear. It arouses the ‘seven thunders’ of evil, and stirs their latent forces to utter the full diapason of secret tones. Then is the power of Truth demonstrated,—made manifest in the destruction of error” (p. 559).
Christ Jesus, the master Christian, told his followers: “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). No choice there—we are all made free as the children of God, and not only can we express that freedom for ourselves; we can demand to see it proven worldwide. “Knowing the truth” means consciously, consistently, and continually claiming all mankind’s inseparability from God; it means being open to divine Love’s presence and power revealing the safety and the human adjustment that is needed.
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About the author
Patricia Gantt Reiman is a Christian Science practitioner in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
