What am I looking at?

Years ago a dear friend told me this story about her little grandson, who was a student in a Christian Science Sunday School. He was practicing riding his new bike in the driveway when he lost his balance and fell over. He went running to his mom, and she scooped him up in her arms. But when she looked at his skinned knee, the little boy said, “Mommy, don’t see what you’re looking at.”

What did he mean? This young student of Christian Science was asking his mom not to get caught up in examining the scratches on his knee but to do as he had learned Christ Jesus did—to be so clear about what was spiritually true, regardless of physical appearances, that healing resulted. After the boy’s mom had cleaned up his knee, he was right back outside riding his bike, without fear and without pain. His knee healed quickly.

Jesus’ life and healing works so fully proved that material evidence is unreliable everywhere and in every circumstance.