Paul surely condensed the wisdom of the ages into twelve short words, when he said, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." He was writing to the church at Philippi, but his message is as vital and important to us now as it was when he first declared it. To bring out the full spiritual meaning of Paul's message to us, we might express his thought in these words: Strive earnestly for that spiritual understanding of divine Mind to be in you "which was also in Christ Jesus."
Jesus, as the great divine Metaphysician, directs us to seek the proof of the truth of the spiritual law of being in the demonstration of Truth. "By their fruits ye shall know them," he said. His answer to John's disciples when they asked him, "Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?" was, "Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them." Examining these demonstrations of divine power to which Jesus himself refers, we find a condition of thought always manifested which may be described as confident expectation of the immediate operation of the law of God, good, to correct any seemingly inharmonious condition.
The first so-called miracle John records was the turning of water into wine at Cana of Galilee. The picture of Oriental life he gives is doubly valuable, for the reason that it presents Jesus' mother, Mary, as the possessor of a fine spiritual perception, while it shows Jesus—the master Metaphysician—in that perfect demonstration, through understanding of spiritual Truth, which made him the dominant figure in every earthly situation which confronted him. Mary's words to her son were, "They have no wine." His reply was, "Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come." At what might have been considered a rebuff, or even a denial of her own implied request, Mary never for an instant lost her calm sense of assurance. Her spiritual understanding is indicated by the direction she gave to the servants, "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." She held the mental attitude which expressed her confident expectation that the need would be met.
