AT some time and in some way many of us have asked the question, "What doth the Lord require of me?" It is the attitude of every true Christian Scientist when confronted with any situation, individual or collective. Customs are always changing, but in every age the problems of humanity are much the same. In the days of the ancient prophets there were idolatry, controversy, and corruption in human society, just as there are in our time. The prophet Micah indicated an enduring solution for these difficulties when he said, "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?"
Christian Science illumines this statement and gives each individual the inspiration needed to understand the spiritual requirements of divine Principle, Love, and to obey them. e, but divine revelation is safe and sure. One of the important and powerful facts given to us by revelation is that divine Principle is always perfect, spiritual, loving, and just, and that, as the reflection of divine Principle, man in God's image also is always perfect, spiritual, loving, and just.
In order that we may do justly it may be helpful for us to note these dictionary definitions of the word "just": "Conforming to the spiritual law; righteous before God. . . . Violating no right or obligation; fair; impartial. . . . Exact; accurate;" and as synonyms, "Equitable, upright, honest, true, normal." These comprehensive statements cover every requirement of justice and admit of none of the dubious pranks of so-called mortal mind. It must therefore be clear to any thinking individual that in order to do justly, one must think spiritually, and claim his birthright as the reflection of the one divine Mind. Only by so doing can one realize that he belongs to the company of the immortally just, represented by the prophets, the disciples, and other loyal followers of Truth and Love who obeyed the divine commands, and who thereby, in some measure, fulfilled our Master's characterization, "Ye are the light of the world."
