On some of the coins of the United States of America is the inscription, "In God We Trust." This declaration should serve as a helpful admonition; for we should look to God for daily guidance, especially when, through the study of Christian Science, the nature of God is intelligently understood. From time immemorial mortals have professed faith in a Supreme Being but, generally speaking, it has been a blind faith, savoring somewhat of ignorance and superstition such as Paul found when he declared: "Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD." Then he added, "Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you."
In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 587) Mrs. Eddy gives a graphic and comprehensive definition of God in these words: "The great I am; the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise, all-loving, and eternal; Principle; Mind; Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth; Love; all substance; intelligence." The understanding of God as herein defined enables us intelligently to place our confidence and trust in Him so that claims of sin, sickness, disease, poverty, lack, fear, and unemployment are seen to be no part of His creation. Thus they can be destroyed in the consciousness of him who knows God as infinite good, as boundless, limitless Love. The power of divine Love heals and blesses mankind, and as we place our trust in God, we can prove daily that "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." In this way we are continuously guided, sustained, provided for, and protected, for Love which is exhaustless gives, and gives, and keeps on giving. Love never withholds any good. The Psalmist declared, "The Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly."
The mental attitude expressed in the phrase, "In God We Trust," is one that renders "unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." Trust in God turns thought away from matter as substance, as having intelligence or power to create or destroy. It enables one to realize that substance cannot be measured in terms of dollars, nor true riches found in the accumulation of material things. The student finds that by placing his trust in God as the Giver of all good, the all-sufficient source of supply, he proves that the only durable and lasting substance is in spiritual understanding. He confidently knows that divine Mind is at all times supplying him with spiritual ideas which are truly substantive, and that those ideas are not governed by circumstance, person, place, or condition, but ceaselessly emanate from God, divine Mind, supplying all that is needed for every accomplishment, every occasion, every emergency.
