January 31, 2016

If This Were To Fail

If  This  Were  To  Fail  I  Will  Not  Incarnate  Again





Uranda   September 12, 1946 (2:30 p.m.)  Summer Session



Sometimes I wonder how many have even started to touch the Spirit of our Master's meaning in His parable of the ninety and nine. The ninety and nine were safe in the Fold but there was one on the mountainside. There was one not in the Fold and the Good Shepherd went out into the darkness of the night, went out into the teeth of the storm, across the deep ravines, regardless of the brambles that tore, regardless of the cold, regardless of the jagged rocks, regardless of the fact that there was no path; for human beings had forgotten that there was a Way between the wild wilderness and the Fold, but He made a path, and the portrayal of the parable pictures the Good Shepherd returning with the sheep that had strayed. Back from the wilds, back across the ravines, over the jagged rocks, through the brambles, back through the storm, over his shoulder He carried His sheep, safely into the Fold to rest with the ninety and nine. He came back with the sheep.


If I observe correctly, the world has not yet been saved; the storm still blows, the brambles and the jagged rocks are still there and the wayward sheep is still far from the Fold. This world is that sheep that has strayed; this world has not yet been saved. Unless we, or someone else, lets the Christ Body be made manifest, so that the job may be finished, how can that parable be fulfilled?


The Master, insofar as this world is concerned, through His Body on earth, through those who turn to Him, is still out in the storm. The Good Shepherd is still out there in the wilds of the mountainside because that sheep is not yet back in the Fold. Unless there are those who do let the work be finished, of what avail is that which He said and did, of what avail the scourging crown of thorns, of what avail the agonies of Gethsemane of what avail the enduring of the Cross, of what avail the Victory over death and the coming forth from the Tomb, if He cannot bring His sheep back with Him? Of what avail shall all that be if the sheep perish and goes into oblivion in the wilds of the mountains and the storm? Humanity has come too close to the day of oblivion already, and knows it not. If there is to be fulfillment, it must be soon. If there is to be fulfillment by reason of my Ministry, it must be through you and through those who work with you in this Ministry; for only as this that is established does succeed can you or any other of the children of men have the privilege of my presence with you in this outer world.


If this were to fail, I will not incarnate again. Not because I would refuse to do so, but because it would not do any good. This is humanity's third great opportunity as it is known by man, and I can conceive of no greater joy than to be a part of the Good Shepherd who brings the sheep back into the Fold, that that parable may be fulfilled in absolute Reality, but we must let God do the works; we must so love Him that He can finish the work, for He is a finisher of things, regardless of human beings.


© emissaries of divine light


1 comment:

Lucille said...

It is easy to see that the world has not yet been saved---that the lost sheep is still out there on the mountainside; but it's just as easy to see what needs to be done individually, and collectively, to bring the sheep back into the Fold. This is not an impossible feat---there can be no failure here, and there will not be, because we love the Lord---we love Him more than words can even express---and so "we let God do the works." I feel such an urgency in Uranda's beautiful and powerful message here, which I for one cannot ignore. He says, "Humanity has come too close to the day of oblivion already and knows it not." He said this in 1946 but how much closer we are to it today. Uranda's Ministry of the Spirit of Truth prevails; it will not fail---his Spirit is known, his Presence felt, he is very much with us in this day and we with him---always. I take his message to heart and I take it seriously. I am very thankful for all that he brought to my awareness so that I would do in this day what the Lord expects of me. Thank you, David, for this Post.