Yielding humbly to God's guidance, a Reader in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, is able to serve with assurance and poise. A deep-toned peace comes to the one who knows that reading in a branch church is effective only as it is God-directed.
There can be no weak or feeble moment for man, because there is no lapse in Principle's harmonious government of man.
Consistent humility has the effect of eliminating either personal pride or inadequacy in reading. Whether as a Reader or a member of the congregation, we each need to see that the one reading is not, in spiritual fact, a vulnerable, inexperienced, or limited mortal but the wholly able, immortal expression of God, possessing by divine reflection the authority and truth of His Word.
