In the fourth chapter of II Kings is related an incident the meaning of which is revealed by spiritual understanding gained through the study of Christian Science. This is the story of the widow who, when faced with the creditor's threat to take into bondage her two sons, appealed for aid to the prophet Elisha.
A student of Christian Science, who was preparing to take an important forward step, was faced with the necessity of seeing sufficiency as ever present, in order to complete her demonstration. Divinely guided to this Bible story, she studied it in the light of Christian Science and found therein the needed spiritual inspiration and direction.
First, there is the prophet's significant question, after he had listened to the widow's story of want and woe, "What hast thou in the house?" Human thought may read in these words merely a desire on Elisha's part to arouse the woman to take inventory of her material possessions, but they may contain for us a deeper meaning. In this connection we can consider our Leader's rendition of the last phrase in the twenty-third Psalm, "I will dwell in the house [the consciousness] of [love] for ever," as given on page 578 of her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures."
