Wise… Or Sharing?

MON., NOV. 12, 1984, 6:17 AM
ANAHEIM, LARRY’S

Your knew, o son, that I would have a comment or more on the text and the sermon that you heard yesterday (to which you were led). It stimulated much thought and led to a sharing of some of your Teachings, so it was clearly worthwhile. My thoughts and yours were intermingled as you compared it with Teachings past, so, fear not… if some of what I say this day is like unto that which you thought, it’s still I. Don’t try to prove otherwise.

The major point of the story is a good one, and I recommend it to those who are outside My fold… even on another path. Be ready and available when My call comes, for I have need of thee. I called you this morning, and there is no good place to do this writing, but you had your pad and your pen and your personal readiness and willingness, so you are adapting in relation to comfort in writing (as you have done before, certainly). You must be always ready for opportunities that are ultimately service to Me, even as they appear to be less dramatic.

When you have accepted My hand, however, it is NOT a call to come or be excluded. I chose you, and I shall not let you stray away. You cannot be excluded, except by an enormous act of will on your part. I will never close the door and say you shall not enter. In this sense, I am countering My story, told as Jesus.

Is it wise to be prepared, and foolish to be unprepared? Of course. When you are one that is prepared is it wise not to help others who are not prepared and yet who want to come to Me? It may be wise, but hence I call upon you to do the foolish thing… listen to your spirit, which is tuned to mine, and share, showing love and concern for others rather than intelligent concentration on your own well being. You see, it is story of “wisdom” (though not in a true spiritual sense), which then leads to the admonition to be foolish rather than wise. It is a formula for being first, which must be countered by “the first shall be last, and the last, the unprepared and therefore the unwise, first.”

It is a story which teaches a bit directly, and a lot more indirectly or obliquely. I am not averse to such teaching. And let Me offer another strange lesson from the story. You needn’t have your lamp lit all the time, wasting oil… which translates to – you needn’t be acting as a visible evangel all of the time, but can be a “regular professional”, serving in non spiritual ways (even as everything you do is, finally, spirit manifested). BUT you must be ready to light and trim your lamp when the time is right. In the midst of this secular convention you shall have opportunities to “light your lamp and show the way.” Await these, but in the meantime function as a good professional.

You see, Scripture can conflict with Scripture. It was not wise for the father to prepare a calf for the return of his prodigal son. He should have shut the door and left the son to moulder in his unwise, foolish wasting of substance and life. Instead he welcomed the prodigal back, just as you shall welcome Matthew back and he shall finally come. It often is not wise to share, but I say, SHARE. Give of yourself as I gave of Myself.