…as if there was only one of us to love.” * Isn’t this why we love God so deeply? We turn to Him in prayer, with trust that our needs will be met. We know we are each loved by God. Over and over the Bible promises us that all good comes from God to His creation, including man, at all times and in all ways. And this meets apparent individual needs.
David wrote many of the Psalms, knowing and expecting God’s protection and love to be present in his life. He had no doubt. Moses knew at the burning bush that he had a tremendous task ahead of him,- which was based on his faithfulness to right, his courage, generosity, humility.- loving and honoring God.
Consider the individual relationship of the woman healed of an issue of blood to Christ Jesus. It was Jesus’ love for God and his trust in God’s love for him and each one that brought healing to that individual life. And he wonderfully assured her that it was her faith that healed her. Individuals matter.
The truth is that, in fact, as we turn to God, our divine Principle, Love, we experience healing. And Mrs. Eddy takes the chapter on “Prayer” in Science and Health (p. 1-16) to show us that as man knows and understands his relationship to God, he finds healing.
Though it seems that God comes down to man, in fact it is man’s true spiritual nature that turns up to and naturally loves God, knowing that God is the true source of man’s existence. We are never outside of that Love. We feel our ourselves individually blessed, benefitted, protected and healed. One with God, we are blessed by God.
We feel cared for and loved by our heavenly Father-Mother, individually and collectively, because God is Love. Mrs. Eddy assures us, in one of her best-loved promises, “Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need.” Science and Health p.494. The presence and power of God, the All-in-all, is what always meets the human need.
She further explains, “It is not well to imagine that Jesus demonstrated the divine power to heal only for a select number or for a limited period of time, since to all mankind and in every hour, divine Love supplies all good.” Ibid.p 494
This tells us that every human need that has ever been met has been met by divine Love. That is a very profound, life-changing idea for the student of Christian Science! It is our recognition of this sublime statement that brings life, joy, expectancy of good, healing and correction to our individual experiences. If we understand and expect that divine Love is the source of our good, how great should be our expectation of good.
Divine Love met David’s need as he understood God. Divine Love met Moses need as he understood God. Christ Jesus knew his individual relationship to God met all human needs.
Be careful, then, to trust this promise. Strive to keep your opinions and fears aside, and instead begin to trust this assurance. All is God. All that is real is God’s.
Our individual needs have always been met by divine Love. And they always will be met by unchanging, everywhere always present, omnipotent divine Love. For all there really is, is divine Love.
What a holy moment when this understanding graces our consciousness. Watch it blossom! How deeply grateful are we for this revelation of God’s promised care?
- William Barclay’s Book of Luke
Thank you so much, Pam, for this inspiring article as well as the other ones on this blog. I will be focusing on TRUSTING God’s promise to meet all of our human needs.