God Guides

RINNIE SLINGLUFF

The alert student of Christian Science is able many times to draw from the incidents of everyday life conclusions that are helpful to him in his progress Spiritward. One such incident in the experience of a student helped to make clearer the true relationship which exists between God and man.

In a home where some children were trying to be helpful, a little one was being ordered about promiscuously. Finally, becoming confused, she sat down and said, "I want my orders to come from daddy." These orders kept her busy for some time. The work assigned to her was considered of little importance by the older children, but the little one kept to her own work, singing as she skipped about; and when the task was completed she said, "Thank you, daddy, for my job."

In this incident is pictured the joyous confidence with which the student of Christian Science may go about his work when he has turned resolutely away from listening to personal opinions and human outlining. Whatever the condition that may seem to confront us, be it a sense of illness, lack, or a business crisis, we shall lose nothing by taking time to go to our Father alone, asking Him to guide us in our individual work, knowing that the ability and strength for the work are in reality already supplied.

God's children, Mind's ideas, never conflict. Innumerable rays of the sun may find their way into a garden, but each may be regarded as warming and lighting a distinct spot. Just so, when we listen solely for the voice of God to direct us, we shall be able to work in perfect unity, with no desire to plan for a place for ourselves or for others, though personal sense may have tempted us to think that we were fitted for a certain place, or that we knew best who should do a certain work.

The work we have to do may seem less important than that given to others; but if we begin each day with an honest desire to glorify God in all that we do, from sweeping a floor to giving a Christian Science treatment, we shall find progressive joy in our work and a way opening for greater opportunities. Mrs. Eddy has written in "Christian Healing" (p. 19), "Tireless Being, patient of man's procrastination, affords him fresh opportunities every hour." If we are "faithful over a few things," we may find in the most humble position a sequence of steps leading toward the achievement of much good.

When we are confronted with a problem, do we allow false belief to toss us mentally to and fro in search of a solution; or do we with confidence thank God for providing an opportunity for us to prove that our Father is in direct communication with His image and likeness at all times, and that what He knows and desires, His child can understand and perform with gladness "because," as Jesus said, "I go unto my Father," the source of all intelligent activity?

As students of Christian Science, we owe a debt of gratitude to our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, for her life so consecrated to God and to her fellow-men that she was ready to receive the revelation of Christian Science, through which all may learn how to approach God as Father of all, and receive His good and guiding commands.

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