A few years ago, I took over a business project for my husband that others had failed to accomplish. I began by making constant calls to a man who was manufacturing a machine for us. This machine, which we desperately needed, should have been ready months earlier, but we still didn't have it. Productivity and profits were hanging in the balance, and time was running out.
Over the next two days, I left numerous messages for the manufacturer, but he didn't return my calls. By the second night, I felt hopeless. At that point, I realized that I had been trying to solve the problem by my own efforts instead of relying on God's direction. Humbly, I began to pray.
This sentence from Science and Health occurred to me: "The intercommunication is always from God to His idea, man." Science and Health, p. 284. Here was my answer. I needed to hear what God was saying to me more than what this man had say. Right away, my view of the problem began to change, and I felt less anxiety about the outcome. I knew that this situation was no exception to the fact that "God is . . . a very present help in trouble." Ps. 46:1.
