Today we hear much of atomic power, power politics, and aggression. It is well to understand what we mean by power, and what we credit with having power. Power may be defined as the ability to act or influence, and it may be potential or expressed. Christian Science teaches that there is one power, the divine Mind, or God, and that there is no real power in material things or thoughts. The ability to act belongs to God, not to error; and God does not surrender His power, either voluntarily or involuntarily, for He is conscious only of Himself and His creation. The power of God is expressed by His ideas.
The student of Christian Science, when confronted by suggestions of evil power in the national or international field, is not afraid of destructive tendencies. In his textbooks, the Bible and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, he finds an abundance of spiritual ideas with which to counteract these suggestions. He helps the world situation by conquering his fears and beliefs in substance matter and by realizing the omnipresence of Love.
Christian Science explains Mind as good in essence, supreme in power. Furthermore, this Science reveals that there is only one Mind and that it includes all which is real and substantial. The ideas of divine Mind express the qualities of that Mind and cannot be separated from their origin. These ideas are as permanent as the Mind which conceives them. They reflect Life, eternal Love, which is unfailing; divine Truth is their strength. They are governed by Principle and have the beauty and wholeness of Soul, the substance of Spirit.
