Your #1 job

December 1, 2023 | 54 comments

When one understands that their #1 job in life is to express the intelligence, wisdom, love and truth of God, one begins to see that there is no limit to success.

Why?

Because no person, or situation, can keep you from expressing the intelligence, wisdom, love and truth of God.

A boss may nix a project you’d like to advance, but they can’t stop you from coming up with more intelligent ideas that bring profitable results.

An angry family member may bring tension into your home, but they cannot stop you from bringing healing love into that home to dissolve the tension.

You may run out of money to pay bills, but you’ll never run out of wisdom coming from God that enables you to master your finances and turn loss into gain.

Real success is spiritual. It’s about being everything God created us to be—which includes living a Life of unlimited intelligence, wisdom, love and truth.

You can express divine love and intelligence without limit.

Go for it!!

54 thoughts on “Your #1 job”

  1. This is so, so helpful to me this morning, thank you so much Evan.
    I am reading this having just completed studying the Lesson Sermon,
    and this message is very helpful in keeping my thought in the right place.
    The picture above indicates to me that we are plugged into the divine and
    only power of the universe, which is God, and that the Christ is the switch
    supplied to us that turns on that light from within us, and unites us with
    his Spirit and enables to do our true job of expressing the intelligence,
    wisdom, love and truth of God. We only have to switch it on, and leave
    it switched on to see our way forward, and to be in accord with God’s loving will.

    1. Thanks for your comments Maggie. What you said about the switch that turns on the Light within us made me think of the beautiful hymn 600 which has a line that reads.
      “Christ is the light with which we shine, Lit from within by this Love divine, Step out with courage, dare to go….”
      Here’s a link to hear it sung on the CS website hymn page for hymns 500-601, just scroll down to 600 and hit the play button,
      https://www.christianscience.com/additional-resources/churches-societies-and-groups/resources-for-hybrid-services-and-activities/music-for-branch-church-services/hymns-500-601

      1. Thank you Rose for that hymn – I will look it up for I don’t know it that well, but
        it will be helpful for me

  2. Oh yesss, dear Evan, will go for it with great pleasure!
    It is such a blessing for us what you give us with your comforting and healing SpiritView blog!
    And as Maggie says, it is so so helpful also to me, but not only this Morning but a l l day.
    Thank you very very much indeed, Evan, and all SV friends. Looking forward to today`s lively conversation!:)

  3. Yes with this message of Evan sir we can create harmony n heaven all around and become the healers every moment. Really who has stopped us to follow the commandments n Truth ……..,,,

  4. Thank you Evan for this timely message. I’m in the job finding process & I now realize that my only & main job is to express the intelligence, wisdom, love & truth of God! I’m sure the mortal picture of lack & impossibilities will appear as abundant possibilities! God is the source of all good! I need to get my thought in the right place!

    1. The nice thing is that our thought is always in the right place, reflecting and expressing Mind, of which we are a pure and inseparable idea, manifesting divine intelligence and wisdom. Never separate from the God source, we are always living evidence of our oneness, not deprived or forced to struggle. Leaning on the infinite Father-Mother, of which we are an integral part, we are right now complete. I had a nice healing of a physical problem last week when I declared with assurance that nothing could touch my spiritual being, safe and forever distinct from the big lie. God’s presence is within our conscious, constant capacity; we are safe.

      1. Thank you, Evan, and thank you, Will, for sharing your healing. That simple declaration “that nothing could touch my spiritual being, safe and forever distinct from the big lie” is very moving and powerful. Love to all.

        1. Thank you from me, too, William. A lovely quick and simple process that
          brought you healing, because you really trusted in your declaration.

      2. What a wonderful demonstration William E. Thank you so much for sharing it. I like how you refer to a so-called physical problem as the “big lie”.

  5. As God’s ideas,
    Mind’s direct reflection and infinite expression,
    we know it is impossible for snything or anyone to change this fact, howevermuch the lies of false belief
    might whisper (or shout!) otherwise!

    We humbly relax and simply accept the
    permanent facts of being, ever-yielding
    to them with joyful trust!

    Amen

    1. « We humbly relax and simply accept the
      permanent facts of being, ever-yielding
      to them with joyful trust!«  thank you SV FAN!
      Thank you Evan and SV friends, God, the Eternal
      Is present at the doorstep of our heart’,every passing day If we would open the door and let Him/He rin.

  6. « We humbly relax and simply accept the
    permanent facts of being, ever-yielding
    to them with joyful trust!«  thank you SV FAN!
    Thank you Evan and SV friends, God, the Eternal
    Is present at the doorstep of our heart’,every passing day If we would open the door and let Him/He rin.

  7. This is so true. I’ve witness this over and over again in my career as an engineer. My first job in this field, I wanted to stay for the entire career, but that didn’t last. It was just the first step in well traveled experience over many different projects. Now that I am in retirement from this work. I look back back and see the path more clearly and know that I could have never chosen that path myself only God could have worked it out as it manifested. That is the undeniable awesomeness of His guidance.
    Thank you, Evan. Your post are so insightful.

  8. This is a great “enlightened” topic and the light bulb lit with God’s power
    is perfect in helping us see our True individuality in Being. The confused
    wires on the left may seem to have been our journey in “getting there”, but
    in reality we have always been and are connected with the One Power that is
    Love and our Life. I am reminded of Hymn #269..
    “Our God is Love, unchanging Love, And can we ask for more?
    Our prayer for Love’s increase is vain; ‘Twas infinite before…
    Our God is Mind, the perfect Mind, Intelligence divine; Shall mortal man ask
    Him to change His infinite design?
    The heart that yearns for righteousness, With longing unalloyed, ..
    In such desire sends up a prayer That ne’er returneth void…
    O loving Father, well we know That words alone are vain, ..
    That those who seek Thy will to do, The true communion gain.
    Then may our deeds our pure desire For growth in grace express, ..
    That we may know how Love divine Forever waits to bless”.

    With our home in Mind, our light is always ON to accepting this Love/

      1. Awww, Thank you, dear Uta! I find all of the hymns, your comments and
        everyone’s here, along with the articles, an immeasurable comfort. I found
        the hymn pages that Rose shared delightful, the articles J shared, William E’s
        healing… Everything including and following Evan’s great prompt, so warmly
        uplifting in thought. Such blessings are shared here. So lovely!

        1. Thank you, dear Carol, I agree totally with what you say here! I read with interest this wonderful, healing and comforting Blog as well! ♡

          1. Two thoughts on light I’ve come across:

            “Light can be seen even in the darkness
            The light from stars on a very dark night
            The light from a lighthouse in the midnight hours
            The light from a candle in a darkened room
            The light from a fireplace on a cold winter evening
            And the light of God’s love can cut through our darkness”.
            – Author unknown … and…
            “I believe in Christ like I believe in the sun –
            not because I can see it, but because by it
            I can see everything else” – C.S. Lewis

  9. Thanks a lot Evan for this comforting post. Our real employment is to express God like qualities I.e love, wisdom, intelligence, purity, discipline & so on. So we are forever employed by God. No situation or condition can ever stop us from expressing those qualities Thanks to all other contributors

        1. Hi “J”, utmost thanks! You know, the first link did not work on my smartphone. Here on my big computer it works – both of your links -. Much thanks and love to you. 🙂

          1. I’m glad both links work for you Uta! XO 🙂 They both opened on my laptop, but on my iPhone it gave me a message that I had 1 of 3 free articles, etc. I’m sorry it’s not consistent sharing for mobile devices. Wishing you and the rest of the SV fam a wonderful weekend!

          2. Just FYI, I read the first article from your link to the Monitor. And then the next two that popped up on site (short versions). And now I can’t read this one from your link because I’ve read my three free ones and I am locked out. I should have stopped! But I was not aware that I only got three

  10. Thank you , Evan and all.
    I recently read an extraordinary article – “the children of light” by Mark Sappenfield, 2013 February Christian Science Journal. (Hoping one of the tech savvy SV viewers will provide the link.)
    Within the article the author cites a thought that came to him in response to prayer – “You are the star with the key, you are the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations, you are the river that flows from the throne, clear as crystal.” Man as God’s active, harmonious, perpetual expression. So awesome!

    1. Thank you for the link.
      And as I am replying to you, thank you for your comments – they are always very insightful and clear.

  11. Thank you so much, dear Joyce and William E.! A very good article. (It is only Dec. 2nd,
    and I’ve already used up the One Free content allotted by the Journal and Sentinel
    archives for the month.. LOL Oh well..)
    This morning’s CS Daily Thought was so relevant to looking out the window today. It says,
    “The land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of
    the rain of heaven; a land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God
    are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.”
    – Deuteronomy 11:11, 12
    It is so foggy here this morning. It is like being in a different place and not being able to
    see – a lot like mortal mind’s limitations – not being able to see the hills, or even close
    yard. Everything is white, like a blizzard white-out and was dangerous out by the road
    with two cars coming towards each other, with very limited vision.
    Fog and mortal mind’s deceptions are both the same … so limiting and until the light of
    Truth can be shone upon them, like the sun coming out, little by little, dispersing the fog,
    we must be content to just visualize the hills, etc. as they Really are, even though we
    cannot see them, but Know that they are there. The True picture can not be seen
    with the fog of mortal mind, seemingly “little minds”, but only through the One Mind/God.

    1. Thank you Carol: the” True picture” , no matter what many obstructions we meet each day, the good Spirit brings us
      Back home safe.

      1. Thank you, Pp! Yes, how True!!! and Beautiful!!!
        “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle”
        – Francis of Assisi

  12. What wonderful SpiritView community this is! Thank you all, and thank you “J” for your loving reply regarding the links.

    Evan, these last 2 days I read and pondered the spiritual views you gave us for this weekend more deeply.
    Decades ago I didn’t have a good relationship with my sister because of a mutual inheritance. But shortly I could forgive her and myself. And this week she sent me an Advents wreath with 4 candles, which is a custom here in Germany. Am very grateful for this!

    And I am very very glad and grateful for the last two passages of the above very helpful topic. It contains such a wonderfully comforting and healing divine Truth.
    “Real success is spiritual” – therefore it has nothing to do with matter or human thinking.
    “It is about being everthing God created us to be – which includes living a life of unlimited Intelligence, wisdom, Love and Truth.” Such a glorious divine outlook for us all! Thank you very much, dear Evan, for the loving assurance, that we can express divine Love and Intelligence without limit!
    Such a spiritual and great abundance of God’s love to his children and all creation.

    Have a wonderful weekend everybody!♡

  13. Oh, Uta, I am so happy for you with your sister and your mending of your bond after
    all of those years! That is wonderful! Forgiveness is a great healer. I had a very nice
    Thanksgiving card from a rather estranged inlaw this year that was also a dear blessing,
    despite the fact I’ve been trying, although not insisting to try to be more loving and
    welcoming to them, so I do know the joy with a healing such as that card and greeting
    she had sent, and the warm feeling it can bring. I could never quite understand how
    things such as you mentioned can seem to divide in such a way, especially when one
    passes and those left quibble over materialism.
    But I guess it is all just part of evil that likes to portray itself as real and can sometimes seem
    to be very stubborn and unrelenting. Materialism and the whole me/me way of thinking
    often presents itself with such seeming power, obstructing the joy and harmony that is
    really everyone’s to experience. Things sometimes seem very unfair, but in God/Love’s
    eyes, we are all equal and children of God’s Goodness.

  14. Thank you, dear Carol for your inspired, lovely comment!
    You are right, things s e e m quite unfair.
    Oh Carol, can we be very grateful for the Truth we learn in Christian Science, t h a t God, Love sees and knows and created us as His/Her image, as the very good likeness of our divine Father/Mother who is the all encompassing Goodness itself!♡♡♡

  15. Yes, dear Uta! I love what you write here, we Can be so grateful for the Truth! Things
    as you wrote sometimes s e e m unfair to us, but to GOD – everything is divine and
    there is no discord or unfairness.
    God glorifies the days with the sun of light
    Paints the clouds for comforting shade
    Tiptoes through the night with a sprinkling of stars
    And creates everything Good that is ever made. (Just came up with that) : )
    Can we follow in these God-given treasures and send our expression within our gifts
    of Love, like the three wise men and most of the multitudes gifted sweet Jesus
    with reflections of Peace. Are we able to share just a little of God’s spiritual joy?
    In keeping with Evan’s topic, can we (as Maya Angelou) so declared,
    “Let nothing dim the light that shines from within”.

    1. “Are we able to share just a little of God’s spiritual “

      “we can express divine Love and Intelligence without limit!”

      Thank you Uta
      Thank you Carol
      Thank you all
      Thank you Evan!

  16. Dear Carol, just to mention this; actually we are able to share God’s spiritual Joy, because G o d expresses in us His joy! Lol

    1. Indeed, Uta. As in Hymn # 164, “Joy to the world, the Lord is come” etc. … Both the
      Christ and God. Lovely!

  17. Thank you Evan and all! What wonderful articles to dip into also. …Doing my best to put God first and realise I’m His effect and not a mortal ego.
    ‘ for I am His and He is mine, forever.’❣️

    1. Very lovely, dear BarbaraUK! Yes, it is GOD who electrifies the Soul with such angelic
      expressions that bring such Peace and contentment. It is GOD who lights our way through
      divine grace and beauty with a world surrounded by His/Her creation.

      1. Wow Carol, what a very lovely divine comment you are presenting us so nicely!
        As I had to pray for better, more divine thoughts, this comment of you is very refreshing and helpful! Thank you very much indeed!♡

        1. Sweet, Uta… Thank you for always your such kind words. Here are
          two more thoughts on light:
          “There are two ways of spreading light
          To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it” – Edith Wharton
          ( I am just reflecting the harmony here. There is so much to reflect!) and…
          “The stars are the streetlights of eternity” (Not sure who had said
          this, but it certainly expresses infinity… the endless divine thoughts
          that are always there for us when we tune in to them).

        2. Wow what an inspiring conversation and thank you Evan for starting the inspiring message today ! Your SV is akwsys what I need at the moment .

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