Most of us know these six little words: “On your mark, get set, go!” They’re what runners hear at a track meet before a race begins. And swimmers hear something similar at a competition. First, get in your starting position, and last, begin running or dive into the pool. But what about that middle part, getting set?

“Get set” is the part that I love the most. Especially when the race I have to run isn’t in gym class. (I’m not much of a runner!) For me, it could be something like cooking a meal, or even praying. It could be almost anything. Taking that moment to “get set” is doing what the textbook on Christian Science, which is called Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, tells us to do. It says, “. . . pause,—wait on God . . .” (Mary Baker Eddy, p. 323).

What are we waiting on God for? Good ideas, healing ideas. Ideas about how good God is and how capable, strong, and intelligent we are, because we are God’s children. When we “get set,” our “go-ing” is always so much happier and easier—and without detours!