Challenging your highest sense of right

[bruce]

In this week’s lesson we have the exchange between Jesus and the jews, which starts with the blessing “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Who wouldn’t feel encouraged by this? But then the jews argued with Jesus, and were so intent with their position, which they felt was right, that they were ready to kill. How messed up is that! But it made me ask myself how I would react if my highest sense of right was challenged. In Science and Health it states “to understand God is the work of eternity”, so no one can say that they have got it all together. So, the tests and challenges come, and how much better it is to let the experience reveal what is enduring and what is passing. A well known Christian song goes “He draws me aside to be tested and tried, but in the valley He restoreth my soul”. In the valley of humility and receptivity, there is restoration to the soul, a positive learning experience that draws us closer to God. Instead of reacting stubbornly, how much better it is to love the experience that causes us to reconsider our position, to turn to our Father for the answer, to love the messenger that brings a higher way, and confidence that God will reveal what is right. This opens the door to the promise given in Colossians “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.”

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