ON many occasions students of Christian Science seeking deliverance from a situation that seemed inadequate or incomplete, have found comfort and guidance in the statement of our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, given on page 307 of her work "Miscellaneous Writings": "God gives you His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they give you daily supplies. Never ask for to-morrow: it is enough that divine Love is an ever-present help; and if you wait, never doubting, you will have all you need every moment."
Spiritual ideas are the wellsprings of Christian Science practice, where the method is always spiritually mental. To awaken from the dream of mortal existence should be our true objective. The Psalmist wrote, "I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness." Awakened thought includes a keen sense of spiritual values, an ability to distinguish between the true and the false, to reject the spurious, and accept and express those spiritual ideas which God gives us, and of which our Leader states that in turn they give us daily supplies. Since true ideas emanate only from the one source, divine Mind, it follows that it is divine Mind which provides for and protects its idea, or reflection, man.
In the Bible there are given many instances where thought was spiritually awakened, instances which serve to illustrate the operation of Mind's law of provision and protection. Moses brought forth water from the rock to satisfy the people's thirst (Exodus 17:6). Elijah was fed by the ravens at the brook Cherith (I Kings 17:6). The demoniac was healed and clothed (Mark 5:15). And on a certain occasion Jesus directed Peter to take the tax money from a fish's mouth (Matthew 17:27). These are outstanding examples of God's provision for human needs. Today, students of Christian Science are finding numerous conclusive proofs that God can set for them "a table in the wilderness."
