Article September 11, 2017 Issue

God’s perfect governance

Jacklyn Williams

When we’re in need, we can turn to God and seek His help to deliver us from whatever challenge we may be facing. But when we do this, do we truly expect that the problem will be resolved? Or are we left wondering if we can really depend on prayer to bring results? Do we start to think that our prayers could be unheeded because they’re faulty or because we’re undeserving? Are there lapses in God’s goodness?

The beneficial effects of prayer are never in doubt when we have a genuine understanding of God. Christian Science, which is based on the teachings of Christ Jesus, explains the nature of God and our relationship to Him as His spiritual image and likeness. Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer of Christian Science, wrote of winning her “way to absolute conclusions through divine revelation, reason, and demonstration” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 109).

“Absolute conclusions.” That means certainty. We can know that because God is all-good, omnipresent, all-powerful, all-intelligent, there is no possibility that something could interrupt or derail God’s ongoing governance. And because man is created in God’s image, spiritual and complete, he has no capacity to cause or experience harm.

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