Messages From on High - "I am the Way to a True Life in Me"
Message 831Title: "And so, the act of washing feet. Is it purely symbolic? Or is it magnificent teaching?"
(Notebook 52, pp. 9--16)
Live † Jesus
Holy Thursday, April 1, 1999
Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,
[Jesus speaks.....]
How difficult it is to be served. Who among you would allow Me to come to you? And yet, this manner of service is necessary; that you would have the ability to receive. I wash your feet. I give you everything you need. I bow before you to serve you, My lambs; but would you receive My Offering? My Act is simple. My Act is sweet. My Act is Love. Let Me write upon this page, the Thoughts of My Heart.I have come to serve you even as I serve My Father. I have seen a need for you, and so I have reached out to call you into My Service. As I have said yesterday, the wage within My ranks differs, and it is contingent upon your service. But My Ways are not your own. And so, the ones who I draw nearer to Me should become willing to serve as I have served. O lambs! THIS is the very purpose of your vocation! To serve as I have served! With eyes fixed upon My Father!
I could stand and preach and preach and preach. But if I do not LIVE, I am nothing. And if I do not live what I preach.....the Good.....I am dead. And for you who sin, this death can lead to your destruction, if you do not live all you preach, all you say you believe.
Now, I ask you this: Is death destruction? Or, is dying a process of Life? See? It is to do with where your heart is. And your heart must come to be in progression in Me, or you are lost. Proximity of your vision is the most important thing. Constancy is an outpouring of a True Life in Me. By this I mean, the balance in your life. All things in you should come to converge in Me. Because you are being in Me. See?
And so, service. I have taken the lowest position, and ask you to do the same. Do not stand upright and defend your position: render it to God, and bow low. And yet, you must become willing to take the seat to be served. For in this moment there is the tender most intimacy. A true act of Love. The washing of feet. The rendering of humble service. The act of receiving with humility, as well. Do not take advantage of your position. Give the advantage to God and thank God for your position.
My lambs, hear Me speak to you. THIS is service, My Speech. For, I have already commanded you, and you should obey. But some, many, do not. And My Heart breaks, and I would reach out to you once more. I would not lose you, child. God stoops from Heaven to speak to you. God would serve you well. Would you receive this Act of Kindness? Would you LIVE in Me as an act of service? As an act of reception of My Word?
I say, intimacy. Holy intimacy of God serving man. Of man being served. Of man serving God by serving man. See? The focus is on God. God in one another. One another in God. It is not about position in society. The only truly upright position is My Own. You are upright because I have raised you up to walk to Me. Do you see this? Do not apply all to physical position, but come to see it as a position of your soul before Me, before man. See? Heart to heart. What has changed?
Do not avoid your acts of service. For what you have done for the least, you have done so to Me. But even in a worthy service, your focus must be on Me. I do not count the quantity of your deeds, but the quality. Quality of heart.
A bird serves singing. He speaks to his brother birds. He praises Me, and you are privy to the psalm of praise. O how much more is your praise impressed on My Heart! O! How much more is your pure act of service rendered and received by Me.
Now I speak to My priests as you serve My priestly people. Do not preach unless it is My Word. Do not give bad example by the way you live. As you bow to serve, it is to lift up My people, even as you raise Me above My Altar. For in Me is the Church and the Church is all mankind in Me. One Flesh. My Body. Do not lead My little ones astray. That you are lost yourself, is not to be considered an excuse. Why are you lost? Where is your focus. You preach basics to My people, then do as well, and live your words to them. You shall be held accountable for every lamb lost to the slaughter who YOU have led astray! So, DO bow low in your service, lest you be lost, yourself.
My people, pray for My priests. Be a priestly people in support of My priests. The evil one lurks. He longs to devour every one of you. Prayer shall be your shield. But your own words can serve as arrows for the evil one, and the points with which they strike are filled with venom. Venom to strike at the heart of My Church. Do not pull the arrow in the bow, by the casual or intentional use of your tongue against My priests. Help them to serve you by silent prayer. Truth, yes; but Truth rooted in prayer. A prayerful tongue is in Love. Always in Love. Love bowed in service, even in the face of betrayal.
And so, the act of washing feet. Is it purely symbolic? Or is it magnificent teaching? Teaching has worth in the lesson received. The lesson received can only be received in an open and pliable heart. A pliable heart to be changed by the lesson taught. The lesson lived, the lesson taught. By bowing low. Focus on God. I would make you clean. I would make you whole. Come, follow Me. Amen. †
(Ex. 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps. 116:12-13,15-18; 1 Cor. 11:23-26; Jn. 13:1-15)
With Love, in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
His Sarah
