I once heard a music student discussing an assignment to write a musical composition and orchestrate it. A Christian Scientist, he said that he "just removed himself and sat back and let God do all the work." Does God write a sonata, or sing a solo, or drive a car, or find a job? Of course not!
God is the source of all action and volition, as the one divine cause, but He creates man to be the effect, or expression, of Himself. If we deny our individual identity, we are in effect engaging in a form of self-annihilation, and we may lose our grasp of man's function and individuality in God's creation.
Do we understand and accept the spiritual fact that all real qualities are God derived? Our individual identity is composed of Godlike qualities, and we learn to actively acknowledge and express these qualities. Man's purpose is always to be God's witness, the evidence of all that the great cause has brought forth. Man is not a passive but an active being. Isn't it important, then, for us to perform well, to express continuously the qualities that represent God? We should acknowledge that we are here to glorify God—to glorify good.
