Too many people waste years waiting for opportunity to knock at the door of their lives, not realizing that bountiful good lies within their grasp now. Christ Jesus said, "The kingdom of God is within you." (Luke 17:21) And this is just where opportunity is too.
This kingdom of good, this absolute reign of God, divine Principle, is not dependent upon people, places or events. It is intact -- within reach of human consciousness. It is attainable through spiritual understanding.
Christian Science, which follows the words and works of Christ Jesus, shows one how to overcome the belief that he lacks opportunity. Through the study of this Science he finds that man is actually the child, the spiritual reflection, of God, divine Love. This realization helps him to turn radically away from the discouraging human picture of inactivity or frustration. It encourages him to accept the spiritual fact that God, divine Mind, is ever active, and that man, His image, must also be continuously and happily engaged in meaningful, worthwhile activity.
In the Christian Science textbook, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, asks, "Shall we plead for more at the open fount, which is pouring forth more than we accept?" (page 21) Instead of mourning our lack of opportunity,we can rejoice in the constant unfoldment to us of all we need for a full, joyous life from our inexhaustible, divine source. Opportunity can never really be absent. As the Bible assures us, "God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." (II Cor. 9:8)
As one confidently claims his God-given right to satisfying purpose, joy, and achievement, he will find more and more occasions for being about his real business of reflecting God, good.
There are no closed doors to one whose consciousness is enlightened by spiritual understanding, eternal Truth. Because God has created His child as His own perfect expression, we know that we can reflect the divine intelligence and goodness in any human circumstance. No matter how despairing or desolate our circumstances may sometimes seem, they can be turned completely around, and we can be restored to our normal state of activity, joy, and purpose.
Finding out who we really are, beginning to grasp the glorious fact that in our true, spiritual being we are now the beloved, constantly cared-for expression of our heavenly Father, gives us the confidence and initiative we need to express more of good, more of God, in everything we do. This is where success lies.
Someone may say, "I've had occasions to lead a useful, productive life, but I let them slip by and now it's too late."
But it isn't too late! Mrs. Eddy writes, "Tireless Being, patient of man's procrastination, affords him fresh opportunities every hour." (Christian Healing, page 19) Think of it -- every hour!
Nothing brings opportunity to our door quicker than the desire to be useful to God and to our fellowmen. We don't even have to take a very long look about us today to see how desperately needed our efforts are. Endless opportunity abounds. We have only to take Jesus at his word that all good is already ours.
