Approaching a range of high mountains that extended across their pathway as far as the eye could see, some motorists amused themselves by speculating at what point they would enter and cross the range, for their destination lay many miles beyond the mountains. Each had a different opinion, but none was correct, for they entered a mountain pass that could not be seen from a distance. As the motorists proceeded on their journey, through valleys and up the mountainous inclines, one student of Christian Science pondered how like the approach to human problems was this experience. To those uninstructed in God's loving goodness and ever-availability, this approach might be made with grave apprehension and doubt, while to those instructed in the sacred teachings of Christian Science, human problems are actually opportunities to prove God's never-failing care and provision.
Centuries ago, St. Paul wrote to the Corinthians: "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." Do we always remember this? Or do we, instead, approach the seeming problems with fear and trepidation, believing that some great evil is real and unavoidable; that conditions loom upon the horizon of human life which God cannot prevent or destroy? Do we believe material sense testimony and think it to be actual?
The motorists, despite the visible testimony which presented insurmountability, serenely continued on their way. They knew that there was no need to draw back, hesitate, or delay their journey. On the contrary, they were undisturbed and joyous, for they knew the seeming impassability to be but an illusion of the so-called physical senses They knew that they must keep going, and that the way would unfold as they continued along the highway They knew, also, that in the present day of intelligent consideration of human affairs, they could expect to be blessed with modified grades, easy curves, and safe provision all along the way. Being students of Christian Science, they had supreme confidence in the continuous unfoldment of good. They needed only to keep going.
