Spirit and actually can draw on Divine Power and use It for definite purposes.

We have limited ourselves all too often by thinking that nature’s laws extend only as far as we can see. Always, the laws of nature have existed universally if they have existed any place. We could not say that our horizon is the end of space just because it is as far as we can see. There are unlimited horizons, and as we begin to move toward our present horizon, we discover it moves back, and it keeps moving back as we go forward. What we all need is the courage to keep moving into new horizons.

We are just beginning to learn that all the laws of the Universe are real and dynamic and creative and that they can be used for definite purposes. We have at last found a key to the greater possibility – and this key is faith.

We have come to realize that even faith acts like a law. Jesus did not break the laws of nature or of God when he used faith. He merely complied with the higher Law of his being. He did not deny that the paralyzed man needed to be healed; what he did was to use his faith to heal him. He did not say that the multitude was not hungry; rather, he fed them. He did not say that they should not pay a tax to Caesar; he found the money with which to pay the tax. He could not have used his faith as he did if he had not been completely convinced that it was natural and right that God should help us. If we were as sure of our position as he was of his, we could then expect to receive the same answers.

The question naturally arises: Why is it that we are not sure of our position? The answer is simple enough. We have not yet learned to try our faith. We have not experimented with it enough. We have not prepared our minds to accept the simple proposition not only that all things are possible to God but that it is also possible for us to cultivate the faith that a Divine Power can and will meet our human needs. Paul boldly proclaimed: “Our faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.”