Article September 10, 1955 Issue

WHAT IS OUR CONCEPT OF WORK?

EDITH BAILEY

When the earnest prayer of the Psalmist (Ps. 51:10), "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me," becomes our prayer, we are ready to express a spiritually-elevated concept of work. Our ability to achieve success is thereby assured. How important, then, to purify and spiritualize our concept of our professional and business activities, or of our service in the church, in the home, and in the community. If work is motivated by a sense of pressure from within or by demands from without, then it becomes drudgery. True work includes sharing the good which Mind, God, imparts to us.

Recognizing our God-given ability to reflect Mind's activity enables us to perform every task more harmoniously, more lovingly, more efficiently, and blesses all who come into our thought. The certainty of this fact gives us patience to await the inevitable reward of right doing. We are inspired by the wonderful statement made by Mary Baker Eddy in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 454), "Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action."

True service, which is clearly explained in Christian Science, was exemplified by Christ Jesus. Certainly Jesus' concept of work was evidenced in the multifarious services he rendered to bring the Christ to suffering humanity. He was not concerned with position, place, or greatness. He declared (Luke 22:27), "I am among you as he that serveth." He did not consider his work as burdensome, fatiguing, or as impossible of fulfillment. Reflecting the glorious power of Mind, he exemplified in living and teaching Mind's supremacy.

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