Article December 24, 1949 Issue

PROTECTION THROUGH TRUST IN GOD

BETTY SENNETT

Many are the slogans and varied is the propaganda used to convince mankind that its safety and security are vested in material means and methods. The alert thinker, however, will not be deceived by these claims of mortal mind to usurp the power and protection afforded only by God, his creator, and will realize that his true safety and security come from an understanding trust in the divine Mind.

Prophets and apostles exhorted their people to turn to God, Spirit, for protection and guidance. Why is it, then, that men's thoughts turn to every other conceivable means of protection? Is it not because they think of themselves as mortals, living in a material universe, fearful that there will be a lack of supply and health, or that they may be subject to danger and destruction?

The only solution for the difficulties in which mankind finds itself is the awakening to the fact that man is not a mortal subject to accidents, disease, and deterioration, but an immortal, an idea of God, Mind, and that he is, has been, and always will be tenderly cared for and supplied by a loving and all-wise Father-Mother God. Jesus proved this when he fed the multitudes, healed the sick, and raised the dead. He had implicit faith in God's ability and willingness to protect us and to provide all human needs. Following the example of our Master and placing our trust in God, good, who is omnipotent and omnipresent, we shall understand and prove what Jesus meant when he taught us to pray (Matt. 6:10): "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."

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