The River of God

The Bible says, “There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God.” (Psalm 46:4) That statement gives a picture of our dear God, who is the infinite divine Mind, pouring forth right thoughts and ideas like a stream, or river.

In this time, where the media is pouring forth all that it is saying, and doing so aggressively, even then there is this river, this rushing stream of right thoughts from God, counteracting the negativity and filling the mental atmosphere with God’s Truth! Hymn No. 80 says, “There is a river pure and bright, Whose streams make glad the heavenly plains; Where, in eternity of light, The city of our God remains.” What a comfort that is — no matter what error tries to suggest, “the city of our God remains,” steadfast and unmoved!

A few years ago I had an experience where the idea about this river helped me immensely. A group of us were working on a project at church, but we did not know what steps to take, or just what we needed to do. I remembered this statement about the river of right thinking from God, and I found myself saying, there is an answer, even though I didn’t know what the answer was. There was a moment of silence, and after that someone else had an idea to try, which led to finding a way to complete this project, step by step.

This was proof that, no matter what situation we are in, God is sending forth His guiding light, His right ideas that will always be there if we look for them and ask Him for them. There is always this river, pouring forth good thoughts — and in practical form — that are always there to help us, when we turn to Him in sincerity.