Article March 31, 1934 Issue

Supply

SVEND PONTOPPIDAN BROBY

To many the problem of supply appears to be a difficult one to solve. Throughout the world today there are thousands being cared for through charity because through fear, lack of faith in God, and other elements, the normal ways of earning a livelihood seemingly have been withdrawn. Everybody will admit that such a situation is far from desirable, and many recognize that it is also unnecessary. It is dawning on humanity that something is radically wrong with its thinking. when great numbers are deprived of food and clothing, or forced to accept charity, while the world is filled to overflowing with everything necessary for the human race.

Our Master and Way-shower, Christ Jesus, once said, "Beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." He also said, "Ye cannot serve God and mammon." And then he gave us that beautiful illustration of how to take no anxious thought about our food or our clothing. He asked us to consider the fowls of the air, how they are fed, and the lilies of the field, how they grow and are clothed. And he summed up the situation in these words: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

Evidently, our need is to come to know what constitutes the kingdom of God and His righteousness. On page 410 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy writes, "The Scriptures say, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God,' showing that Truth is the actual life of man; but mankind objects to making this teaching practical." No one familiar with the New Testament will dispute the fact that Christ Jesus proved supply to be ever present; in other words, he made practical the fact that God is the Giver of all good. When he needed money to pay a tax he sent Peter to take the money out of a fish's mouth. When in the wilderness, he fed the multitude from a scant supply of bread and fishes. And when sending out his disciples to heal the sick, he said that "the labourer is worthy of his hire." In a word, he never doubted that God is the source of supply, and that in knowing this our supply is assured.

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