Daily Practice April 27, 2026 Issue

An answer to lawlessness

Tony Lobl

An armed police officer was threatening my friend, demanding a bribe in a country known for its corruption. Scenarios of this sort face individuals all around the world. Maybe they’re not all this extreme—a government bureaucrat says he has lost someone’s paperwork and demands fines they don’t owe. Or someone is defrauding the government by claiming benefits not due them.

What can we do? My friend chose to pray instead of conceding to the lawless demands. As a student of Christian Science, he knew that there is a spiritual law we can turn to, no matter what we are facing. In fact, each of us, standing on spiritual ground, can refuse consent to the very concept that lawlessness can exist or that we can be subject to it.

Why? Because spiritual law is the law of God. This law is forever established, always operating, all-authoritative, and wholly beneficial to one and all. As a psalm puts it, “The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one’s life” (Psalm 19:7, New English Translation).

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