Article August 27, 2018 Issue

When God meets human need

Sue Holzberlein

Most mornings I like to go for a long walk in the woods. I find it to be a wonderful time to pray without the distractions of home or office and a great way to express God-given dominion, strength, and alertness.

Earlier this year when I was on one of these brisk walks on a cold, snowy morning, I was thinking about this statement Mary Baker Eddy made in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: “Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need” (p. 494). How is it, I mused, that divine Love, God, can meet human needs? Does God know my human needs?

Then I began to reason like this: Since God is infinite Spirit and created all, all that truly exists is spiritual. Can there be any unmet need in Spirit, God? No! The Bible tells us, “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” (I John 1:5). To me, this means there is no lack in divine Love’s entire being. Can there be a need that is outside of God? No! There is no “outside of” infinity, no “outside of” God.

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