The Bible Speaks to You February 1, 1964 Issue

[The above is substantially the text of the program released for broadcast the week of January 24–30 in the radio series, "The Bible Speaks to You," heard internationally over more than 850 stations. This is one of the weekly programs prepared and produced by the Christian Science Committee on Publication, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.]

RADIO PROGRAM No. 95 - Why Doubt Your Ability?

INTERVIEWER: Many people seem to doubt their own ability. In his book called "The Believer's Unbelief," Roy Pearson explains why in these words: "One of the commonest forms of doubt originates in the conviction that we cannot do the things that most need to be done. The world is too big for us. ... Our lives are too weak, too insignificant, too unimportant." (Copyright, 1963, by Roy Pearson.)

Now from the standpoint of Christian Science, how can the individual overcome doubts and frustrations and that terrible feeling of inadequacy which seem to limit our abilities to grapple with the problems of today?

SPEAKER: If we consider ability and capacity to be mere personal possessions, something that we have or do not have, something that we have developed or have failed to develop, then we are not taking into account man's spiritual resources. What is often needed is to get outside the problem, to look beyond mere human ability to a higher basis for the solution. When we simply look to our limited human capacity, we often get too involved in the problem. But when instead we turn from the problem and look to God for our intelligence, we are inspired with the ideas which give us the answer. Christian Science recognizes that God is the one all-knowing Mind, the source of infinite intelligence and wisdom. It recognizes that God imparts such qualities as resourcefulness, discernment, inspiration, intelligence, to man.

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