Article August 9, 1982 Issue

Stillness and strength

GLORIA ELAINE MARLATT

During periods of turbulence, people may become alarmed, especially when political instability, coupled with violence, occurs. Evil actions would strike at the heart of the human sense of order by perpetuating turmoil and confusion. At such times we can turn to I Kings and remind ourselves of the incident when Elijah was confronted with the earthquake, wind, and fire. He found that God was not any part of this violent activity. Rather, God's ever-presence was revealed in the "still small voice" of omnipotent Truth.

When we feel overwhelmed by the machinations of error, we can seek quiet comfort in God's gentle reminder, "Be still, and know that I am God." Ps. 46:10. God, the great I am, is the only power and the only cause; thus in reality all that can ever occur is the action of God, infinite good. In the divine atmosphere there simply is no room for anything else to exist. God, the ever-present All, is not in matter or any material occurrence. Inharmony is never caused or created by God. God's law and order are ever present; they prevail over all mortal mind's fallacious claims to power.

The great commandment given by Moses in Deuteronomy 6:4, 5, and declared by Christ Jesus the first of all the commandments, See Mark 12:29, 30 . emphasizes the absolute allness of God. Abiding in the spiritual understanding of God's allness, we find the courage and strength to meet every challenge. God's supremacy, power, and absolute control are not a matter of human conjecture or blind faith. God's allness is the primary law of being. Obedience to the divine demands is achieved as we keep our thought on God and firmly abide in the orderly harmony of His kingdom. Simultaneously we need to reject all the lies whirling about and claiming reality. It is imperative to maintain consistently that there is but one cause, one creator, and one creation: God and His kingdom. And that is simply all there is! Anything else, no matter how big or how violent or how persuasive, is never real—only an illusion of mortal mind.

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