Article June 10, 1944 Issue

Developing Latent Abilities

LEONARD LAWRENCE COWAN

That every earnest Christian Scientist desires to do his full part always, and especially now when the United Nations are called upon to put forth their greatest endeavors in the war effort, is true beyond cavil, but the way may not always be clear to him. He asks himself, "What special abilities do I possess, and how can I recognize them?" As in all things, the correct answers are found in the pages of the sacred Bible, and in the light which Christian Science throws upon them.

Christian Science emphasizes the fact that God, divine Mind, is the source of all intelligence, power, strength, and activity. Nothing exists except God and His reflection. Man is the idea of God and as such reflects and exercises this ever-present, always available intelligence and power. Man has no power, activity, or intelligence of his own, but by reason of his relationship to his Maker he enjoys all of God's qualities. Divine Mind possesses all the power, all the intelligence, and all the activity there is. There can be no limitation to God's power or activity. Man, acting under divine decree, must and does reflect ability, power, and intelligence in measureless degree.

Knowing these spiritual facts, we can prove that fear, timidity, or other forms of erroneous thinking cannot deprive us of the opportunity or willingness to obey God's direction. Obviously, all men do not have the same talents. One may be more expert in an art than his neighbor, but, in turn, the latter may possess a skill not enjoyed so completely by another. But whatever the ability may be, in its true essence it is evidence of the power and intelligence which come directly and only from divine Mind. Individual skill in science, industry, mechanics, law, music, and other arts with which men are endowed is not accidental; instead, it indicates in some degree that man is the reflection of Mind, God.

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