Article October 5, 1998 Issue

DEPEND ON GOD FOR YOUR EMPLOYMENT

Sandra L. LeCompte Scott

At a time when I found it difficult to rely on ordinary circumstances to provide for me, I learned a valuable lesson about trusting God. My income as a substitute teacher seemed undependable. I often wondered, "Will I be called to work today? Is someone else getting the jobs?" To me it seemed to be a precarious and untrustworthy source of supply.

One morning I was feeling very low as the time slipped by without a morning call to come in to work. The Bible verse "Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed" came to mind (Ps. 37:3). This verse tells us there are some conditions that need to be met for us to receive the blessing—we must trust God and do good. We can't just sit idly by. Science and Health states: "Trustworthiness is the foundation of enlightened faith. Without a fitness for holiness, we cannot receive holiness" (p. 15).

Reasoning that the best good I could do begins with prayer to God, I threw myself into my "prayer work." This particular morning, I included in my prayers the understanding that God as divine Love, our Father-Mother, is our completely trustworthy Parent. We, as children of God, reflect and express complete trust and willingness for Him to direct our actions. Knowing that God, good, directs our lives, we can see that good is expressed in the ability and opportunity to do good for others. And the good we do for others blesses us as well. I knew that God made no idle children. There is no lack of work, because God's image, His spiritual idea, can always do what He created each idea to do. We can trust that God, Love, is giving us spiritual understanding. As the psalm continues, "Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass" (verse 5).

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