The Bible Speaks to You January 17, 1970 Issue

[The above is an abbreviated, postproduction text of the program released for broadcast the week of January 9—15 in the radio series, "The Bible Speaks to You." Heard internationally over more than 1,000 stations, the weekly programs are prepared and produced by the Christian Science Committee on Publication, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 02115.]

RADIO PROGRAM NO. 406 - Deciding How Best to Serve

with contributions from Jack Krieger, William Pead

[The participants are Jack Krieger, a Christian Scientist, and William Pead, who is not a Christian Scientist.]

Pead: We who face the draft today have a difficult decision—how best to serve. It affects our family, our education, our entire future. There are many concerns involved. We get conflicting advice and opposing viewpoints from our family, church, friends, and fellow students.
Krieger: What are some of the alternatives open to you?
Pead: First, of course, is to enlist. You have a choice of the service you feel is best for you. Secondly, the individual who waits to be drafted also has some choice—to show his abilities, what he can do. Thirdly, one can declare himself a conscientious objector. A number of people I know feel this way.
Krieger: Certainly it is very much an individual decision, and I don't think there is any rule of thumb we can follow. For example, it requires that we examine our motives and pray for divine guidance in making our decision, prayer that helps us arrive at doing what is most nearly right under the circumstances.

Christ Jesus said (Matt. 7:7), "Ask, and it shall be given you." When we prayerfully ask God to purify our motives, to remove our fears, to give us the humility and unselfishness needed to make wise decisions, we can expect such prayer to be answered.
Pead: This is what you mean by prayer then?

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