Messages From on High
"I am the Way to a True Life in Me"
Message 382
Title: "Fear. Doubt. These can only grow in a place where I am not present."
(Notebook XL, pp. 142--147)
Live + Jesus
Wednesday, January 7, 1998
Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,
[The Lord speaks......]
This must be told, daughter. Write this Word. You who hear, DO you hear? You who read, do you begin to apply to your life this Life I give to you?My lambs, look into My Eyes. Who is it you are following? Who is it you are listening to? Who are you living in this Life with? Is it Me? Or is it still just you? Are we one? Or are you alone?
Fear. Doubt. These can only grow in a place where I am not present. Yes, even in a heart that travels in My Company, so much can be reserved from Me. It is for THIS reason that I have said: Put down your nets and follow Me. I intend for you to be COMPLETE in Me. And if you continue to cling to your old ways, you will not be one in Me. Realize something. If you give yourself completely to Me, you may STAY precisely where you are, but you will have traveled far, in the Kingdom of Heart. Lambs, this Life is a Journey, but you MUST be willing to trust completely in Me. It is for this reason I have COMMANDED you to Love Me with ALL of your heart, mind and soul. I must COMMAND you to be such with Me, or you would weaken My Word. Even with such a command in place, I do NOT see hearts responding as they should. Longevity and perseverance are fine. But what has been accomplished along the way?
My lambs, I am not trying to be harsh with you. But I look, and I do not see the amount of growth I should see. For I know I have fertilized your garden. My Light shines through you; and if you do not grow, it is because you have capped the Light within you. You have darkened My Being in you with fear, or doubt, or both.
You are not alone. But do not stop to comfort yourself by their example. [I understood that we are not to become complacent by the fear of the apostles displayed in today's Gospel.] For My Word is complete. By the Power of the Spirit they went on to achieve much in Me. By Courage and Perseverance. For My Name. Even to the Death.
Children, YOU have a clearer advantage. You know of Me. You know My Word. You hear My Word at My Sacrificial Banquet. You possess My Spirit! Such advantages do you have! To those who have, much will be expected.
Children, you are in a boat in fear, if that is where you have chosen to be. Because I have already come to you. I have passed by your sinful state and made you whole in Baptism. Do you not comprehend, even a little, the very depths of the Power of this Sacrament? O advantaged ones! Do repent! Do make a choice. To be in Me, or to remain in you. My Light is constantly there for you. To remind you to BE. In Me.
Do you yet understand My repetition? Of BEING? Or have I bored you? Have you yet said "Yes" and not retracted your word? I shall never retract Mine. You are called to a oneness. In Me. Then why seek oneness anywhere else? Children, that place you reserve.....that place where doubt dwells, that place where fear festers, know this: It is YOU who allows it to be. In Me there is no fear. I have told you before: Fear is the measure of your distance from Me. And self-doubt, though normal in the process, should be let go in the victory. And so, doubt is the measure to the Fullness in Me. For to doubt is to diminish your life in Me.
O lambs, I DO come to comfort you. But some things must be learned. Will you? Learn?
Complete. Be. In Me. One. Entire. All. Follow. All the Way. Me. In Me. O lambs! Do you not yet comprehend? Is it for you as well, to SEE to believe? Where have we come in all these years? Nowhere? Somewhere? Or in Me? There is NO division, NO separation! There is ONENESS. In Me. Separation, division, is the snare of the enemy!
I bless you, lambs. But this is not just a healing balm. It is MY BLESSING! God's Blessing! Do you allow the wounds to be healed? Do you allow growth to occur? Do you fear maturity in Me? Maturity in Me is Freedom in Me! Children, you WILL be full in Me eventually. I have told you My Kingdom is with you NOW. Why do you refuse the Royalty you are? CHILDREN OF GOD! BE IN ME! I repeat! CHILDREN OF GOD! BE IN ME! FOLLOW ME! NOW! I COMMAND you to Love Me WHOLLY, COMPLETELY. I COMMAND you. So, where is there room for choice? If you Love Me, obey My commandment.
O! Lambs! Does My Word yet live within you? Does it germinate yet? Does it grow? Do you see the wholeness here?
Do NOT let fear keep us apart. Let Love conquer! No doubt but Trust. In Me. In Me. In Me. Now. And forever. Amen. +
(1 Jn. 4:11-18; Ps. 72:1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk. 6:45-52)
With Love, in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
His Sarah
