Editorial October 5, 1940 Issue

Expectation

Evelyn F. Heywood

"My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him," wrote the Psalmist. This is no qualified or divided waiting; this is no hesitant or doubtful expectation. Spiritual sense, unequivocal in its reliance upon God, knows of no ambiguity or withdrawal. Undeterred by the arguments of material evidence, by physical symptoms or mortal witnesses arguing for the expectation of evil rather than good, of disaster rather than triumph, spiritual sense calmly waits on God, and in its expectancy receives courage and strength in every encounter with the enemy.

He who waits on God does not anticipate swift and easy victories, but because of the task he has undertaken, because of the goal he has before his thought, he remains undeterred by the pitfalls which present themselves. In the joyousness of his expectation of good, he is aware, even in the midst of the severest trials and temptations, that waiting upon God does not mean inertness, still less retreat; it means always a nearing to his goal.

Mary Baker Eddy, when she called mankind to arms against the mounting materialism and intellectual skepticism of her day, knew that ahead of her and her followers was a battle which would be stern and often fierce. Nevertheless, she never wavered in her expectation; she never doubted the ultimate vindication of her Cause and the establishment of her Church. She waited upon God and pressed forward with absolute confidence in the final outcome.

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