Today many are struggling with what appear to be insuperable problems of lack, hunger, and distress. Is relief from fear and uncertainty to be found? Is there something that will restore a sense of plenty in place of scarcity? Is there balm for the world's heartache? Assuredly there is.
Christ Jesus came to alleviate suffering, do away with want, console sorrow, inspire hope, and redeem the human race from its false beliefs through spiritual understanding. He loved to speak of his Father's tender care and ample provision for His children, for he knew that a correct understanding of God, Love, will alone solve all mankind's difficulties.
The loving Father of whom Jesus spoke has not deserted mankind, leaving them to plead for succor in vain. For the despairing ones there is a benison. In the sixth chapter of Matthew's Gospel, God's loving provision is repeatedly emphasized. Here Jesus said to his listeners (verse 8), "Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." Thus he indicated that spiritual supply is always at hand, awaiting our acceptance. Mary Baker Eddy correlatively writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 7): "God is not influenced by man. The 'divine ear' is not an auditory nerve. It is the all-hearing and all-knowing Mind, to whom each need of man is always known and by whom it will be supplied."
