Each day the student of Christian Science endeavors to realize that his steps are ordered by the Lord so that he has the work that is best for his progress, and is placed where he will be of the most service to Principle. All are learning that God will use at all times whatever is available for His service. When this is realized there is not much temptation to be troubled by the problems of place and work which present themselves for solution. These experiences are then viewed with the knowledge that they are but opportunities to test and prove one's understanding of God's presence and power in everyday life.
Because Mind is all-knowing and ever present, this Mind, which is infinite must include the solution for every problem relating to the progress and unfoldment to humanity of Mind's highest idea, man. Man's relation to God, divine Principle, is a positive, unchanging, spiritual fact. If we were always on guard against any suggestion which if accepted would make us forget man's true relation to the Father, we would always be better prepared to see what belongs to the idea of divine Love, and better able to claim the good at hand and eternally bestowed upon the sons of God. We are told in the eighth chapter of Romans that "we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ."
Who has not at some time found himself wondering just why he is in a certain place and what he can do to progress and be of service in working out his salvation? Christian Science teaches us that because man has his being in infinite, ever present Mind he is never out of his place, and the scientific fact is that one can reflect, manifest, and express God wherever he is. No doubt the priest who passed the man who fell among thieves on his way from Jerusalem to Jericho thought it would be out of his way if he helped the one lying wounded by the roadside. Perhaps the Levite thought he had no time and that it would be going out of his way to help the one stripped of his raiment and half dead. However, the good Samaritan must have felt it was very fortunate that he had found the man who had been maltreated and bruised for he not only did all he could for him but, we are told in the tenth chapter of Luke, he "set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn" and gave instructions for him to be well cared for.
