It is comforting to know that God directs man. God, divine Mind, is the source of every true thought, the impeller of every right action, and Mind produces only good. We often perceive divine direction as a right idea, a clear intuition or perception, even a distinct vision, of what we should think and do.
Christ, the spiritual idea of God, of Truth and Love, lights a clear path for us. The first step on that path is always the movement of thought. Our lives change as our thoughts and beliefs change. Matter is itself the subjective state of mortal thought. When Christ, Truth, unfolds the spiritual facts of being to human consciousness—the omnipotence of God, good, and the perfect health and holiness of man in God's likeness—sin, disease, and decline disappear. The outward change is the objectification, or manifestation, of the inward transformation that takes place as we respond to Christ.
God gives of His goodness impartially to all. But people differ in the degree of their receptivity to God and His Christ. We need sincerity, a desire for good, a yearning to know Truth, and moral courage. Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, among others, were responsive to God's direction, and the world was illumined by their lives.
