Messages From on High
"I am the Way to a True Life in Me"
Message 410
Title: "Be more attentive to how YOU behave, than to the behaviour of those around you!"
(Notebook XLI, pp. 122--130)
Live + Jesus
Wednesday, February 7, 1998
Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,
"He could work no miracle there, apart from curing a few who were sick by laying hands on them, so much did their lack of faith distress Him....." [Mk. 6:5-6] Jesus! Within Your Gospel today, my eyes have fallen on this verse: ".....so much did their lack of faith distress Him." And I have pondered today's first reading, Lord, and wondered if my understanding was correct: that David has been punished for simply counting heads, conducting a census. And in footnotes for 2 Sm. 24:10 it says: "The narrative supposes that since the people belonged to the Lord rather than to the King, only the Lord should know their exact number." And so, David was offered a choice of punishment for his offense! And Jesus, coming alive in my mind then, was the lack of faith on the part of Moses and Aaron when Moses struck the rock to bring forth water. He had been told to hold the stick up.....not to strike. And for this offense, Moses did not enter the Promised Land. [Ref. Num. 20:7-12.] My Lord.....all this has served to remind me of one thing in particular. Your first web site, and how we decided to place a "counter" on it. And then You had said You desired we remove the counter, and we did. Because, Jesus, You said the souls are Yours. This is about hearts, not numbers, You said. My Lord! Do preserve me, us, from even the most minor offense against You! That we not feel the blow of Your Justice! Yet Lord, thank You for Your Mercy, which grants to us Your Justice to cleanse us of our offense.....[I pause.....] My Lord, I have just returned from taking our son to school, and as I have sat down to be with You, You have asked me to reference Vs. 2 of today's Psalm: "Happy the man to whom the Lord imputes not guilt, in whose spirit there is no guile." [Ps. 32:2]
[The Lord speaks.....]
These and all missions I have set forth are Mine! They are not the possession of those in service. The Mission is the Way for you to achieve a True Life in Me. I rise up from within the hearts who serve Me, if they constantly recognize My Presence there.My lambs, DO hear Me. You are not advantaged as the elite, to be in My Company. It is that You are Graced to SERVE in My Company. But be on guard lest you serve your own ego! It is for this reason that I have spoken: Focus on Me. It is *I* Who have drawn you here. It is *I* Who have arranged all that you might serve Me! O! Instruments in the Sweet Orchestra of My Presence among you! Do you know how over-joyed is My Heart when I see you serve one another for My Sake? In those moments, children, do I pour Myself out upon you! That I might fill you all the more! That YOU might serve Me all the more! For, there am I in your midst! There am I among you! It is I serving! It is I being served! It is Me Who is Present! And My Heart swells with Love! And I must gasp for air, for the sheer Joy of it!
And now, I would speak of Sadness which I feel, when you pull away from Me. When you deny Me. When you look just to the side of Me. Let Me tell you something! I have said: Satan, get behind Me! And, dear ones, he has! And he stands there, trying to distract you. Even as you come to ME he tries to distract you. Do you see the glimmer? He has held up a mirror to reflect the light which might enter near him, to attract you, distract you to just an aside of Me. You do not have to travel very far to be so distracted by him. That little glimmer of light is false: the one that draws you from a direct focus on Me. Look and see a Carpenter Who is Lord, not a carpenter who thinks he is Lord! There is SUCH a difference, lambs. And the one who declares the falsehood distracts so many more, by mere voice. By self-opinion. From the mouth of the distracted comes forth a path to Satan, himself.
Focus on Me! Focus on Me! Abide by Me! See Me clearly! Hear My Voice! How are you to be sure. How are you to be sure? I have told you! Worry is not of Me. Doubt is not of Me. Focus on Me! Hear Me! See Me! In My Light, distraction becomes a glaring warning sign. In Me, the beacon of the enemy falls short of a flickering candle about to be extinguished.
DO YOU LISTEN TO ME? DO YOU OBEY ME? PRECISELY? Be attentive to My needs! Recall that it is the Lord your God Who you serve! It is Me, not you! It is God, not the world! It is God, NOT Satan! Be VERY CAREFUL of this! Be more attentive to how YOU behave, than to the behaviour of those around you! Yet, Love your neighbor as yourself. Love your enemy, for in Me, all are one!
Children, I do see you try! But even in trying, I see how vulnerable you are to even minor distractions. I shall help you to focus on Me! Pray My Name often! Yes! Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! It is *I* Who teaches you to pray thus! Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! Do not slight the Power of My Name!
My lambs, may I tell you something? I wince as I see you disobey Me. Because I see you veering from Me. And Oh! I Love you so! So very, very, much! I shall Love you MORE! Until you are Mine! The valley you are in is one you have reached by your own feet. But just as you have walked down into it, you shall rise up from it! By My Grace. By My Love. For, the river in the valley is Mine! All creation is Mine! My Hand reaches down to scoop you up! My Hand is in yours, that we might walk together to climb, up from the valley floor! O! How I care for you, My beloved!
Yes, My beloved! I have called you Mine! You are not a number! You are My heart! You are One in Me! I have searched for you. And I have found you: here! In My Vision! In My Heart! Yes! Here! In Me! Yes! In Me!
Sweet lambs: listen to Me. Obey Me. Love Me. Be in Me. Focus on Me, that you would come to be, and to never leave. Me. Amen. Amen. Amen. In Me. Amen. In Me. I Sigh on you. I Breathe on you. I Look on you. I Cry on you. I Bathe you in My Love! Amen. I cannot suppress My Love for you! I shall stop speaking for this moment! But My Love endures forever! Amen, My Love. Amen. +
(2 Sm. 24:2, 9-14; Ps. 32:1-2, 5-7; Mk. 6:1-6)
With Love, in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
His Sarah
