The affluence of divine Love, with its tender provision for man, is demonstrable in human experience. The teeming universe about us points to the underlying bountifulness of being.
The Bible repeatedly illustrates the outpouring of Spirit to save and bless spiritually-minded individuals. One such illustration concerns Elisha and an impoverished widow. The prophet asked her, "What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house?" (II Kings 4:2.) Elisha thereby awakened her to acknowledge that she already had a pot of oil. After she had obediently gathered vessels in preparation for the forthcoming deliverance, what joy and thanksgiving must have welled up in her heart when the pouring-out of the oil filled the vessels!
Each of us has certain recognized capacities and talents. It is equally true that each of us has capacities and talents that seem buried or dormant. The development of these talents, both visible and invisible, is the business of the earnest, working Christian Scientist. This development comes not from accretion but from the humble acknowledgment and demonstration of the unseen reality of good.
