Article January 3, 1942 Issue

The Voice Within

KATE W. BUCK

A Clear promise from God, speaking through the prophet Isaiah, has been of inestimable value to countless seekers who are striving to follow the guidance of Truth: "Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left." The phrase, "a word behind thee," may perhaps be taken to indicate a compelling urge to go forward. On page 390 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy makes this convincing statement: "Truth will at length compel us all to exchange the pleasures and pains of sense for the joys of Soul." It is this divine compulsion that leads us to recognize God as the only Life, whereby we discover that our spiritual origin is immortal Truth; then do mortal beliefs vanish.

When one is honestly willing and eager to live the highest good one knows, he will be led in the right way. We are far too apt to look for counsel to personalities and human opinions, until we become bewildered by the differing arguments and conflicting advice. Jesus is our pattern, and this was never his way of seeking and finding true directing. He looked to God, knowing that only from God, divine Mind, could there come inspiration to all who sincerely desire to yield themselves to the absolute control of Spirit. Every move, under God's guidance, is forward and Spiritward. We cannot look out and in, nor can we go forward and back, at the same time; yet this is what mortals frequently try to do. Choosing whom we will serve, and that God alone, we learn to seek the kingdom of God within, and not elsewhere.

In accordance with the command of the Master, our Leader writes (Science and Health, p. 15): "In order to pray aright, we must enter into the closet and shut the door. We must close the lips and silence the material senses." Much depends upon spiritual receptivity if one would gain a knowledge of God's allness and oneness. The treasured message, "Be still, and know that I am God," shows us the way to become conscious of God's presence with us.

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