Editorial February 4, 1961 Issue

"Certainly I will be with thee"

John J. Selover

Moses, as he tended the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, came to a desert place near Mount Horeb. There he heard the call of God, which appointed him to deliver the Israelites from Egypt. Moses marveled at the call and voiced a feeling of his inadequacy for so great an assignment. But his spiritually inspired thought was conscious of the deific assurance (Ex. 3:12), "Certainly I will be with thee." And so it was throughout the ensuing years of his career.

What was the "I" that was to be with Moses? And what is this "I" which is really with us all today? Christian Science declares that it is the infinite, omnipotent, omnipresent Mind—or the "I AM" as God defined Himself to Moses. The I AM that is present with us is the I AM that asserts perfection and goodness to be universal. It declares health, wisdom, love, strength, and understanding to be qualities of God, which are reflected by man and always demonstrable in human affairs. Certainly these qualities are available to all.

God is not with wrongdoing or wrongdoers, but He is with our steps which are taken in a right direction. That His love is present is evidenced when we are truly loving, and we can always be loving. God's wisdom is evident when we abide by His will as we intelligently order our ways in harmony with that which is good.

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