TODAY the general presence of monetary inflation is causing concern to many persons. A serious problem is presented whenever the money of a country is depressed in value so as to make it difficult for its people to purchase the necessities of human life.
All material values are relative—as relative as is the merchandise they govern. For true worth one must look away from matter and material things to God and His idea, the sum of all substance. The priceless worth, as well as the availability of divine substance, was expressed by Isaiah when he said (Isa. 55:1,2): "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness."
Should one be faced with inflation, he can in this, as in any phase of human discord, turn from the false testimony of the material senses to the spiritual facts of being for help, comfort, and guidance. He can virtually "buy wine and milk without money and without price" by engaging in the exchange of a false concept of substance as material for the true concept of substance as God, Spirit, a spiritually mental activity through which the human need is supplied. The spiritual fact is that God is divine Principle, and that He governs His creation, man and the universe, in perfect order. There is nothing in His divine government which can adversely affect the harmony of man's being. Perfect balance between demand and supply is the forever fact under God's government.
