In his "visions of God," the prophet Ezekiel heard a voice saying to him out of the "brightness round about," "Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee." How often has the seeker after God in this age and time yearned for the privilege which the ancient prophets had—the privilege of direct communion with the Father, and of voicing a "Thus saith the Lord."
Although for many centuries the Christian world has found a certain amount of satisfaction and comfort in such verses in the Bible as, "The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth," and "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble," and the assurance of the Christ, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world," still mankind, uninstructed in Christian Science, have had only the haziest notion of the import of the words. "How can God be in the United States and in Europe at the same time?" asks the little child, who has already begun to make an image of an anthropomorphic God—a gigantic man away off in the skies, to whom prayers must be said at night. "With so many millions of people in the world, all praying to Him for help, how can God be expected to hear my feeble cry?" moans the sufferer from heartache or physical ills. "What can the Almighty know about my business affairs? How can He prevent a mortgage foreclosure, for instance?" asks the business man cynically. Back of the questioning, the moans, and the cynicism, however, is the great human longing expressed by Job in the lament, "Oh that I knew where I might find him!" and by the psalmist in the words, "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God."
Now since man is, as we are told in the Bible, the image and likeness of God, since he is in reality nothing less than a reflection of the one Mind, it stands to reason that this universal longing to "find" God is perfectly legitimate. It must originate in the desire of divine Mind to be expressed. This desire, by reflection becomes in man the longing to see God—good— manifested, and individually to experience good. But it is not possible to conceive of God, the Almighty, as desiring anything which He cannot or does not fulfill. "Unfathomable Mind is expressed," says Mrs. Eddy in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p.520). "The depth, breadth, height, might, majesty, and glory of infinite Love fill all space." The satisfaction of man's longing to see God, good, manifested is therefore already provided. We find the key by means of which we enter into this satisfaction, in the beatitude, "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled."
