Suppose you went to the grocery store, walked through, saw everything that was there, and walked out without a purchase. You could no doubt name some of the things that you saw, but you wouldn't have anything for your dinner! You would take home nothing but a superficial knowledge of what was in the store. To get the groceries home from that store, you will first select the items that meet your needs, and then you will pay for them—give something in return for value received.
The Bible Lesson is not something apart from daily individual challenges and needs. It supplies the answers we require for each day. We may need to look into it more deeply sometimes to find these answers. But this is its purpose.
Referring to the Bible Lesson In the Christian Science Quarterly. that is read on Sunday in Churches of Christ, Scientist, and studied during the previous week by students of Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy states in the Manual of The Mother Church that it is "a lesson on which the prosperity of Christian Science largely depends." Man., Art. III, Sect. 1.
