Thursday, December 15th
Jesus
said, "God is spirit
;
and they that worship Him
must worship Him in spirit
and in truth"
John
4:24
Countless of the Father's
children worship and serve
him in the simplicity of
their humble lives. They
are near to His heart; He
dwells in their simple,
dedicated lives, tending
them in growth and maturity
and leading them along the
eternal way. There are many
children of the Father in
all races and nations and
faiths who, impelled and
contained by love and enlightened
by Our Holy Spirit, attain
to truths and understanding
of things of the spirit
that they already are seen
to be possessed by and infused
with eternal life. But many
there are who become confused
and confounded in the way
because they turn aside
from the direct following,
and substitute an image
of The Divine which seems
to them to suit their person
and their limited aspirations.
They worship what they create
in a fashion which demands
neither growth nor self-giving.
As they serve only their
own interests, failing to
offer themselves to the
holy, they neither grow
nor mature And we minister,
tend, and help along the
way, as we are able, through
the occasional openings
of unselfish actions. Some
there are, few by comparison
though a growing number,
who exclude Our enlightening
Holy Spirit, become hardened
along the way and walk in
the darkness of their own
fashioning to hide the sad
and sorrow state of their
deprived, contorted lives.
It is a charge laid on all
the Father's faithful committed
children to pray in Me for
these, his wayward ones,
who court perdition, And
it is given them to love
them into His Kingdom.