THE word "inevitable" may, on the surface, appear to be one of sinister meaning, since it is often linked with fear. It is not uncommon to hear it said, "I fear it is inevitable," and the anticipation is obviously of something which one would, if possible, avoid. We may well ask ourselves why this should be. Is the unpleasant, undesirable, unhappy, impossible of avoidance? May we not expect, instead, that good and beautiful events will naturally occur? The so-called worldlywise may shake their heads, and reply, "That would be too good to be true." But the teachings of Christian Science reveal the fact that the good alone is true; and that spiritual man is ever receiving only what is good, beautiful, and enduring. We should therefore expect to experience not only health and happiness, but success, abundance, and peace. Good, not evil, is inevitable.
In order to have this practical experience of good, it is first of all necessary to give up the false belief in evil as real, replacing it with the spiritual fact that God is infinite good. With this acknowledgment it is seen that His creation must also be good; that all which emanates from the wholly good creator must reflect good. In Genesis we read that "God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him." Man, therefore, is the idea or expression of God. We are told further that man was given dominion. Surely, then, it is natural for us to have all that is needful and right in our human activity—employment, health, happiness. Logically considered, spiritual good is inevitable.
Mental apathy has, for an indefinite period, accepted the despairing statement of Job in times of trial, "Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble." This appears to be true of mortal existence, which is limited to a brief span bounded by human birth and death, and subject during that period to sin, disease, and sorrow. The revelation of Christian Science, given to mankind through the spiritual vision and consecrated effort of its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, finally disposes of this theory. Her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," shows that God's man, divinely created, is not mortal, but immortal. He is the highest idea in the spiritual creation, of which we are told that "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." But could this be true of a man born to trouble and subject to evil?
