Going to God for Solutions

For a long time in my old professional career before I came to this church, and somewhat in my personal life at that time as well, I was the guy people came to to solve technical problems. I didn’t really seek out that identity, it is just the way things worked out, and once I realized people were coming to me troubleshoot their problems, I began to take it seriously, and started to read a lot more about computers and design and other things to make sure I was able to answer those questions well.

When I came to Plainfield, the practitioner I worked with for many years taught me that we must go to God for all answers, and to no longer rely upon that old human thinking. So I began to listen constantly with spiritual sense for the inspiration that comes from God only, and learned to prove that I am hearing the right voice through demonstration, and I was quite happy to find that the government of all things is on God’s shoulders, and that He will direct me in all my ways, as the Bible says.

That said, I have noticed once in a while that the temptation comes in to either provide a solution to a problem before God gives it to me, or to feel personally responsible for what is ultimately God’s work and order of events. Even things as seemingly small as writing emails must be done in God’s good time and with His Words, and to let myself be pressured into humanly pushing through is a sign that I am not keeping my thought quiet and focused on God only. How much better it is to follow what it says in James 1:4, “But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”

I am so grateful for Christian Science, and for the constant reminder to wait on God and to trust in Him alone, and to know that “the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.” (John 14:10)