Many have little doubt as to what their motive in life should be. From earliest school days they gradually have formed the opinion that the leaders in business, government, military life, the arts and sciences, and even in social life are to be admired. Intellect and the will to achieve are considered to be highly important. It is assumed that those less gifted will automatically find their way into lesser positions in the ranks of the working world. Many fall short of their expectations and experience disappointment, frustration, unhappiness, want, and sickness. Why should these things be? Why should not happiness and success be within the reach of all?
Christian Science maintains and proves that health, happiness, the joy of attainment, ample supply, harmonious home life, and loving friendships are within the reach of all. It does not, however, offer to secure for a Christian Scientist a coveted physical objective or material riches. Instead, it puts him in the ranks of those who work for God and teaches him to trust God, both for assignment and for supply, as well as for health, happiness, and friends. The key to the Christian Science way is found in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, where we read (p. 454), "Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action."
What are the right motives in living? Jesus' life and teachings set them forth. In Luke we read (10:27), "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with, all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself." This teaching of Jesus' was not mere theory, he showed it to be practical by living it. He felt no sense of separation from God, but instead claimed his sonship, talked with God as naturally as we talk with a human parent, thanked God for benefits to come as well as those already received, and realized that he had no sufficiency except as he was motivated and empowered by God. In effect, he consciously strove to have no mind of his own, but only the Mind that is God. He exemplified what loving God really means. For him, it meant being Godlike, reflecting the power of Love.
