Friday,
July 22nd
Jesus
said, "I, if I be lifted
up will draw all men unto
Me".
John
12:22
I am the Lamb of God who
takes away the sins of the
world. No-one need be lost
who looks for release and
salvation, however dimly.
In suffering have I identified
with the souls of all -
of each and every child
of the Father - down the
ages. And in their salvation
am I irrevocably bound.
Here is both My agony and
My joy.
As it is with Me, so is
it with those who call Me
Lord and obey My word, who
follow where I lead and
who fold to themselves,
at my behest, the care and
the well-being, yes and
the salvation of those I
give them. It is I who save,
yet oftentimes I work through
the hearts and minds and
lives of those who call
Me Lord, My loving and loved
ones who already inhabit
the Kingdom of the Father.
So are the faithful drawn
into My life-giving work
of salvation in and through
Me. And they must not fear
if that path is strewn with
difficulty and with pain,
even to the end. The disciple
rejoices to be as his master,
the faithful loving committed
disciples seeks to identify
in love and in service with
his master and to accomplish
either in life or by death
and which is required of
him.
The loneliness of My suffering
on the Cross was borne to
save the world as nothing
else in the world ever could.
Yet My loving committed
children, as they are lifted
up in faithfulness to Me,
unite in my great loving
work of salvation with Me,
with the Father, and with
all who have so witnessed.