Editorial September 2, 2019 Issue

Yielding perfectionism to God’s perfection

Tony Lobl

In my early twenties I recall hearing about, and admiring, Japanese companies that had the goal of bettering even their most successful products daily. I loved learning about this approach to business.

And I was even more thrilled when I learned about Christian Science, which guides us into the same expectancy for improvement in our individual lives. Christian Science reveals, and enables us to prove, that continuous improvement is a natural outcome of understanding and accepting the true nature of God, who the Bible says is perfect (see Matthew 5:48). I’ve had precious moments of understanding this spiritual truth that have brought resolution to tough situations at work and in church, to financial and relationship problems, and to the need for improved health. In this way it has been proved to me that thought uplifted by a spiritual consciousness of God’s perfection brings harmony out in our lives in very practical ways.

Any moment of such consciousness is a precious glimpse of the real and unchanging perfection of divine Principle—a Bible-based synonym for God used in Christian Science. It stands to reason that what this perfect Principle produces is also flawless. The same Scripture noted above that tells us God is perfect says to us all, “Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect” (New King James Version). God’s works include the pure, spiritual nature of every one of us as God’s whole, loved creation.

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