Editorial August 3, 1929 Issue

"Nothing wavering"

Albert F. Gilmore

In his appealing message to the twelve scattered tribes, James stated many priceless truths. To those whose thought had been quickened by the words and works of the Master, he made a strong appeal to stand firm, secure in the assurance of God's fatherhood and His unchanging love for all His children. He implored those whose thought had been quickened to ask God for wisdom, but to ask in full faith, in perfect assurance, "nothing wavering."

The apostle thus emphasizes the need for firmness, for complete stability in our thought when we approach God both with our supplications and in our affirmations of His presence, His allness and eternal goodness. He pleads for perfect faith,—the faith into which enters no element of doubt, no slightest suggestion of uncertainty,—but with the assurance, the positive conviction, which knows because it understands.

James further defines the character of the doubter, of the one who wavers: "He that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed." The proverbial change-ableness of the wind, now blowing in this direction, now in that, without either certainty of direction or stability of force, perfectly describes the wavering thought—the thought which has no foundation in Truth. But how can thought be stable unless it be fixed on reality, founded in Truth? Christian Science posits all reality in God, divine Mind, and His expression and reflection. Only that which emanates from this Mind can be true or have reality. Accordingly, only the thought which recognizes this supreme fact can be fixed and stable.

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