Always Employed

There is much discouraging economic news lately. (One of the few positive stories has been that here in St. Louis, a pasta factory is working double shifts, sometimes 7 days a week to keep up with demand.) There can be a lot of uncertainty keeping up with bills, economizing, saving for college and retirement, knowing what to spend and where to save for another day. There are many who are doing without, having lost house or job. The question begs, are we all alone in our quest to cope with the economic downturn?

It struck me with such force this morning that we are not at risk. Is such a claim irrational? Not if you put your hand in God's and realize that there is only a divine economy. Sometimes we pray for God to take troubles away, thinking that the troubles are reality and the healing is possible, but out of reach, likely, but mysterious, possible, but we don't know how to be worthy. Or even worse, we think we are in a deep hole and it's too late. Poppycock! (Nonsense!)

I have found we feel stuck down we think that evil expressed as economic downturn, marital problems, fear of lost job or house, is real. Actually, it is not real. It is an out of focus picture or perspective presented by what the Bible calls the carnal mind. This picture is not our thinking at all. We have dominion over it. We must reject it and see that when we do this the law of good, Christ, operating on man's behalf, destroys this false perspective and its accompanying troubles.

We are not at risk because there is only a divine economy, which is governed by divine good, governed by the Mind of Christ. In Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, it says that "Every function of the real man is governed by the divine Mind." It's no stretch to see that every detail of the real economy is literally governed by the law of the Mind of Christ. God-good, being all, there is only one economy. An economy governed solely by good can only be good.

And, that my friends is the economy we are at work in. In that economy, we are active for God's purpose. We are active for good. We are gainfully employed. Our efforts are blessing mankind. Those efforts are fruitful. Despite any material perspective we are safe and prosperous today and tomorrow. This week, we shall see that how God-good is employing us. We will actively embrace the work that Love has provided us. We will be blessed, incredibly blessed.

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself." Christ Jesus