The Law of Supply

Mankind is ever busy making laws. With each added invention, custom, or condition there arises a new law or series of laws to handle the situation. The benefits from these laws are in direct proportion to their right animus and the obedience accorded them. Proof of this is given daily in the various regulations laid down for handling the vast and increasing traffic in our large cities. The regulations are designed for the protection of all who come within their reach. One who is promptly obedient to the signals given in accordance with the regulations finds himself in a position of safety, however dense the traffic. But if one ignores these rules and signals, he becomes a menace to himself and others.

The laws of men are at best but symbolical of the divine laws of "the one Mind which makes and governs man and the universe," to quote Mrs. Eddy's words on page 539 of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." Thus there is constantly operating a divine law of supply, which benefits all in proportion as it is obeyed; for this law of supply makes demands of one, even as do the traffic regulations.

The first requirement of the divine law of supply is obedience to the First Commandment, as set forth in the Bible,—"Thou shalt have no other gods before me." One must turn his thoughts in the right direction—that is, toward God—and realize that good is omnipresent. Assumption of the absence of any good thing is a step in the wrong direction, and may prove harmful not only to the disobedient one, but to his household, his community, or even his nation.

Perhaps the temptation comes to cut corners in the hurry to reach one's destination or demonstration; to drive a close financial bargain a little closer than true integrity permits; to make a purchase at less than honest value; or to take advantage of some one who is not mentally alert. In his haste one may not notice, until later, that such procedure accumulates a train of followers, such as greed, dishonesty, and so forth, with which he has no real desire to be identified.

The need for haste to secure anything, or to get anywhere, should be watched. God made all; and His creation, man, is even now in the midst of the abundance of good. Suggestions of greed, dishonesty, and ingratitude are not to be found in the midst of this abundance. Moreover, we have the words of Jesus that divine Mind, the creator of man, is never partial. The Master said that God "maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."

It is not true that the child who remains at home in the father's house receives less than the one who wastes his share in riotous living. In the parable of the prodigal, the son who was unwise suffered from the belief of lack, while his brother rested in the consciousness of plentiful supply. When the prodigal turned his thoughts back to righteousness, he found his way again to the father's house. He had believed that he had used up his entire supply; but he learned that he had only exhausted a false material sense of substance,—the real supply having been present all the time. His seeming loss and limitation had not affected his father's abundance, his brother's, or his own. The supply which he had asked for himself was fleeting; the supply which he was willing to partake of with the humblest servant was ever present and available, when sought in the right spirit.

When one is ready to turn from the desire for material substance, he begins to recognize that supply is available wherever he may be. Through earnest study of our Leader's writings, together with the Bible, the way is opened to the Father's house, and one rests in the consciousness of an abundance that benefits all alike.

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