We are living at a time when material power is increasing as never before. For this reason, it is well to think about power, to consider what it is, whence its source, what it accomplishes, how it acts. And, most important of all, we must find out how we can help to bring all mankind under the authority of the directive power of Spirit, God.
Power is the ability to act; it is also exerted energy, force, might. Manifestations of power, such as that generated by electricity, steam, and other sources of mechanical energy, have no right direction except as mankind apply intelligence to bring that power under control for useful purposes. Men will continue to direct material power in this way until they no longer seem to need physical power, because divine power will have been fully demonstrated.
Christ Jesus proved that power belongs to God, not to matter. In the Lord's Prayer are these words (Matt. 6:13): "Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever." Christian Science insists that the only power is the might of good and that this power operates as law. God acts through law, and it is through His law that power as well as right direction is manifested. Right direction always accompanies genuine good, for right direction is inherent in the wisdom, love, intelligence, and integrity that are elements of good. Reflecting such elements, one will never make mistakes, will never fail to express the will, or law, of God.
