…shall not be careful in the year of drought

[JPalmer]

2. Jeremiah 17
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

When I read “and shall not be careful in the year of drought” it gave more clarity to this statement from I Timothy 6 in the Responsive Reading:

19. Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

I was wondering what that “time to come” would be, as though it was a fixed point of prophecy or something, but then the statement from Jeremiah put it into perspective. Mortal mind is constantly trying to tell us that things are decaying, declining, and dying. The “drought” appears as so many different suggestions, but they all have the same antidote: Trust and hope in God!

I thank God that Christian Science gives the ability to not “be careful in the year of drought” by providing the tools and methods to be certain I am thinking and acting correctly, as God directs. I can be certain that these methods are practical by seeing that even when the going gets hot, the leaves are green and the fruits keep coming.

What a blessing it is to be a member of this church! Thank you!

[Gary]

This is such an important point. The “year of drought” comes to each of us in different ways. Whether it appears as a lack of money, lack of joy, lack of purpose, lack of a job, lack of companionship, or lack of health, the list could go on and on.
I looked up the word “careful” in Websters 1828 dictionary, and the first two definitions were “anxious” and “solicitous.” Interesting.
This means that the man who trusts his welfare to God is not going to get anxious about an apparent lack and he is not going to solicit someone else to try to get what he thinks he needs. Learning to trust in divine Love, divine Principle, divine Life for our needs, our God provides them. Sometimes I am surprised to find God providing my need in a totally unexpected way. Other times I find that what I thought I needed, I did not need at all.
This is the beauty of getting human will and material wants out of the way. A good and infinite God knows no lack and does not leave any of His creation without everything we need. We just need to open our eyes to this fact and trust Him only. This is the basis of Christian healing. Life can’t get any better than that.
It is one of God’s promises that we can count on. It is also a warning not to make a god out of anything or anyone else. “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

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