THAT all Jesus' work was done by reflecting God is clearly illustrated in his thoughtful statement, "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work" (John 5: 17). It was this vital concept of his oneness with God, his inseparability from Him, that enabled Jesus to be so effectively and effortlessly about his Father's business.
What a burden is lifted from the Christian Scientist in business who knows that he is neither in business for himself nor employed by a mortal, but that in reality he is employed by God to reflect His qualities! This reflection is not vague or ephemeral; it is the very substance of work, and so the Scientist gives it the specific, keen, and accurate attention which is scientific prayer.
In the human scheme of things it is usual for an individual to approach his work with two or three qualifications which he feels he has developed. But the Christian Scientist, whatever his work, brings to it the fullness of his greatest asset—his understanding of God. The spontaneity of Spirit, the wisdom of Love, the integrity of Truth, the vitality of Life, the stability of Principle, the intelligence of Mind, the restfulness of Soul, expressed daily, hourly, are all part of his understanding of himself as the reflection of God, and they are necessary to his sense of the wholeness of being.
