‘Before they call, I will answer’
Intuition is one of the more elusive qualities to define, and yet we can all point to a time when we’ve felt it. Some may define it as an inner voice beyond logic.
In Scripture we read, “And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer” (Isaiah 65:24). Doesn’t this sound like those gut feelings we get, and point to God as their source?
Indeed, Christian Science teaches that this capacity to know what we need to know when we need to know it is derived from our oneness with God as His children. The author of “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,” Mary Baker Eddy, writes, “Spiritual sense, contradicting the material senses, involves intuition, hope, faith, understanding, fruition, reality” (p. 298). And she defines spiritual sense as “a conscious, constant capacity to understand God” (p. 209).
Spiritual sense comes from God, the one all-knowing divine Mind, which we each reflect. It reveals what is good and right, showing us the truth about God, Spirit, as good and about ourselves as God’s offspring – not mortal, but wholly spiritual, expressing the wisdom of divine Mind. And it cuts through the foggy views of existence given by the physical senses.
Even when we are feeling our way along the dark corridor of confusion or indecision, we can humbly yield to spiritual sense, which helps us become more acutely aware of God’s leading. God says to each of us in ways we understand, “This is the way, walk ye in it” (Isaiah 30:21). In truth, God, divine Love, is always directing us. This is the Christ, Truth, at work, helping us realize that we are always loved and cared for by God.
We can recognize when it’s God that is guiding by the quiet sense of peace that accompanies God’s messages. As we open our hearts to the spiritual reality of harmony for all of God’s children, the push and shove of anxious decision-making evaporates and a deep, settled calm prevails. We find we have the wisdom to discern the right steps to take and the right timing to take them. Divine Mind is more powerful than any roadblocks that would hamper progress, and is here to bless us each step of the way.
This has been proven true many times in my life. Once, my husband and I were notified that we needed to move out of our apartment very soon. I immediately began praying for guidance, and we found a well-located, bright, and affordable possibility for our new home.
Then, a few days later, we were offered another option that was larger and would have been even more affordable. To all appearances this was the better deal, but I had an uneasy feeling, an intuition not to take it, and we declined the offer.
It turned out this was the right decision, because we found out later that the second option wouldn’t have been available after all. Had we pursued that route instead of sticking with the other place we had found – which ended up meeting our needs beautifully – we would have been back at square one, with our move-out deadline looming.
We can learn to trust the divine intuitions coming from God. As we listen to God’s seamless guidance, we find answers that meet our needs, and we’re protected from making unwise decisions.
Intuition is not selectively bestowed on some and not on others. As God’s offspring, we all have it. Haven’t we all at one time or another felt a clear guiding hand directing us? Understanding what this is and where it comes from makes us more attuned to God’s messages of comfort and peace, which we can then act on. True intuition is the fulfillment of God’s promise, “Before they call, I will answer” – a promise that is reliable and always available.
