Why those who seek God have not more readily found Him has been a world-wide question. His mercy has been implored for centuries. What is it that still appears to separate men from Him? Surely, since God is good and our loving Father, He would not willingly withhold from us His goodness.
To-day, Christian Science is reassuring untold multitudes that we are not separated from God; that we can understand Him and avail ourselves, day by day, of the present good that He gives. It reveals that God has placed no obstacle between us and Himself; and, further, it makes plain those things that appear to have shut us out from His presence and His universe of health and harmony. It shows us that there is a way to gain our God-given dominion and freedom, to communicate unhindered with Truth, and learn to pray the prayer that is always answered.
As God is good, evil, the supposed opposite of good, is all that can claim to hide Him from us. Consciously to draw near to God, it is necessary to recognize the evil in human thought that is claiming to act as a barrier to conceal God from us. To detect how evil belief operates in human thought is to win more than half the victory in conquering the belief in it. When we see the way out of evil, it is easy to escape from it. Truth, or God, is everywhere; and only the false beliefs of a material universe prevent us from recognizing this fact.
