It is recorded in the Book of Genesis that, because of strife among the herdsmen of their cattle, Abram proposed to his nephew, Lot, that they separate. Abram allowed Lot to choose the land he would occupy. Then we are told that "the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever" (Gen. 13:14, 15).
God instructed Abram, in effect, to uplift and enlarge his vision, promising him that he would be given all the land he could see. The extent of this gift of land depended solely on Abram's vision. This incident takes on added significance through the teachings of Christian Science, which give us the spiritual interpretation of the Scriptures and educate us to think in terms of Mind instead of matter.
In Mrs. Eddy's definition of "eyes" as "spiritual discernment,—not material but mental" (Science and Health, p. 586), we find what constitutes true vision. According to this, real sight is seeing what is eternal and spiritual instead of what is temporal and material. If we spiritually interpret God's promise to Abram and apply it to ourselves, may it not mean that we shall have harmony and abundance to the extent that we comprehend spiritual reality, which includes all good and nothing but good?
