IN the statement, "The battle is the Lord's," David ascribed all power to God; he gave all the credit to God. We must learn to take our human footsteps as David did, in accordance with divine Mind, not so-called mortal mind. Our very first step is to decide this question: "Choose you this day whom ye will serve."
The individual who recognizes this fact—discerns it spiritually—realizes his God-given dominion, his power to prove God, good, as all. This God-given spiritual dominion over all the earth enabled Jesus to say, "I and my Father are one." His followers can reiterate this statement with understanding and power; and the "signs following" will be evil overcome and the fruits of Spirit made manifest in daily life. God's man knows his sonship with the Father.
Through our study and application of Christian Science we are finding perfect God revealed in the perfect man and the perfect universe. What we think about a material self is of the mist that arose from the earth; what we know about God and our real selves constitutes our power and authority. With this understanding our vision broadens, our mental horizon widens, until we embrace within our consciousness only that which reflects God.
