With a mental vision so discerning and a love so universal that he fully comprehended every urgent human need, Christ Jesus by deed and word sought to still the oft-recurring fear of insufficient food. How profoundly we need the Master's certainty of omnipresent abundance just now! His understanding that God is the source of all real substance must be ours also. Only thus will continually successive eras of plenty replace apparently grave lack of foods. Nought but the substantial nutriment of continuous spiritual ideas can satisfactorily supply and maintain a ceaseless flow of essential nourishment to nations and peoples.
In view of the apparently critical situation of semistarvation prevailing in many countries, and of a much reduced diet forced upon other populaces, is it not necessary for each one of us to understand the divine truths contained in Christ Jesus' admonition: "Seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. . . . But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you"?
The fear of being deprived of those things one deems essential for his welfare urges an insistent demand and desire to possess them. Men have toiled long and often in vain to ensure for themselves that which is considered substance in matter. They have fought wars, ransacked countries, stolen territory and goods to amass fortunes and great estates. Yet, fear of their possible loss —even when gained—remains. Ignorance of the universal nature of good produces fear and evil. Fear is always bondage. It is a mental state which shuts out the very good which is so much desired.
