The Needs Of People

MAY 27, 1979, 3 PM

The message of yesterday morn affirmed that an early morning is the time which the Lord purposeth for me, so here I am in mid-afternoon. The higher value is to take the instruction, whenever it cometh… and it also is interesting to seek the Lord, the Spirit at another time. In the spirit of rhythm, the constant is commendable, but variations also are beautiful.

(The above paragraph was written by Bob Russell as he waited for the Spirit…)

What do people need? My son, how many are the questions with this as the core! Many people do earnestly seek to discover what others need… and then to meet these needs. Futile, sometimes, are the efforts, when what is most needed is… stop, listen, acknowledge your Lord, be whom you should be. But I glory in the efforts some of My servants make… often in My name.

You shall not meet all the needs of people, o son. You have some tasks to do which are part of a greater rhythm. You will not be acclaimed loudly for your presentations (and this is one of your smaller needs), but you will see and feel the accomplishment, even when it is small.

This morning you challenged, in a way, the Apostle Paul. You challenged the notion that good and bad are opposed to and at war with each other, and that good should win. Good for you! The Scriptures are true, yes every one. Yet there is also error, or at least the need for new and different thinking. The Scripture is a rhythm, and therefore it must have its challenges as well as its clear truths. Absolute goodness loses its virtue and reality, if it has nothing with which to contrast. Hear, o son, My will and ways and await the opportunities to interject and illuminate. This shall be fun to see as it unfolds. You shall be a delight to Me.

The needs of people that you shall fulfill are needs to think more clearly… in ways that shall facilitate real understanding. You shall not be famous, but what you do shall please Me. What more can you ask?

The Model. You are anxious for the Model, and you shall experience unease in presenting the old ones. But do so anyway, and with enthusiasm. You can announce that a New One is on the way, but, in the meantime…! Actually, since you and I are doing this together you cannot just wait for a complete gift… (unlike grace). You must expound what you have and wait, with twinkling eye and anticipation, for you will find it a happy amalgam of “So, that’s it” and “What a revelation!”

Examples of rhythm abound and you, o discerning son, shall see many. Resist the temptation, in many settings, to be the teller. Use your abilities, and they are considerable, to get people to see and explain their own “examples” This is a need that people have, and you shall help fill this.

O, I am pleased with this development. Things are happening, and I am working. Together the rhythm is created. Is… but also is created. Changes, but never ceases to be.