Article December 4, 1976 Issue

Supply from Spiritual Ideas

CHRISTINE CAROL WEINER

When Moses led the children of Israel through the wilderness, God provided manna to feed them when their food supply had been exhausted. Each one was told to gather what he could eat for that day and not to try to store extra for the following day. It is recorded, "He that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack."^{Ex. 16:18;} Supply was equal to demand. Furthermore, those who were disobedient and tried to gather extra manna for the next day found that the manna spoiled and could not be used. However, each morning fresh manna was supplied to meet their needs for that day.

Here is a wonderful example of how our needs are met daily by God. We do not need to wonder how or why or to let anxiety for tomorrow creep in. We need to trust that God's law of invariable supply was in operation yesterday, is operating today, and will provide for all our needs tomorrow.

Today's newspapers often report unemployment and lack. Christian Science assures us, however, that God's law of invariable supply always meets every legitimate need and we can prove this. It teaches us not to ask God to give us material things—a successful business or a good job—but to pray for an understanding of spiritual reality. We pray to understand that in the perfect spiritual universe of God's creating—the only real universe—supply always meets demand. We seek the understanding that God's qualities, His wisdom, intelligence, spiritual power, and spiritual understanding, are already present and that we reflect these qualities without limit. Knowing that we do reflect infinite intelligence and wisdom, we're guided to use our resources wisely.

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