Article May 21, 1932 Issue

Exercising Faith

JOY E. R. ZINT

Exercise is defined, in part, as, "Habitual activity or practice. ... Exertion for the sake of training or improvement." This word, then, indicates the keynote of harmonious living, and is of vital importance to us.

In Hebrews we read, "Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby." When the experiences of depression, sorrow, sickness, sin, or lack of supply along any line seem grievous, and we wish these experiences to cease, then the "exercise," the regular, habitual performance of right thinking—in other words, the using of our understanding of Christian Science—will yield "the peaceable fruit of righteousness." It will destroy the error by establishing good in our consciousness.

When we faithfully exercise our understanding of Christian Science we enlarge and appreciate it. Knowing as we do that all understanding comes from God, and as an answer to prayer, should we ever declare or admit it to be a poor understanding? What God gives is adequate to meet every demand made upon it. God does not bestow a limited, restricted, inadequate understanding of His own being and creation. To know God is a natural, spiritual state of thought; and the utilization of this knowing is essential to normal activity. The fullness and beauty of spiritual understanding unfold to us as we make constant application of this priceless revelation; and through this activity the vision clarifies, thought amplifies, and we discern and are able to demonstrate man's oneness with the Father, infinite Mind.

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