If The World Can Help It No Leader Shall Arise
Death of Joseph — Birth of Moses — Leadership
Uranda May 4, 1953 Class
Those who have turned away from my Ministry are greater in number than those who remained—and I loved them and served them as I love and serve you. Even though there is such sadness and sorrow at times in the pattern of Ministry, even though we see human beings go down needlessly and suffer needlessly, and throw away the richest and greatest blessings in life, we have to remain steady, unmoved, no matter who it is, no matter how much such a person is loved, no matter what great potentiality rests in that person. By reason of such things, I have seen things that I have built in Ministry torn down and destroyed until I had to begin again out of the ashes, out of the ruins. Several times in my Ministry that has already taken place. I trust it will never be again. But it is not a pleasant thing, and to hold steady when it appears that there is no hope, there is no possible way, is the important thing, because if you do hold steady it will open one way or another; and I would this morning that you deeply realize this point, and if sometime in the future, you, yourself, come under pressure or you are ministering with someone who is under pressure, remember, be patient and hold steady, hold steady and let it work, because merely because someone else violates, betrays, and undertakes to destroy, we cannot betray God's trust in us.
If the world can help it, no leader shall arise to serve the children of God. That has been true down through the centuries, and every leader who has come through to the point of actually doing something in the world has had to face this fact—that the consciousness of the world, the prince of this world, or the patterns of the world, so function, and they have the backing of millions and millions of Christians, millions and millions of good, sincere people—if the world can help it, no leader shall arise and become known on earth to the children of God. Pharaoh always does his best, no matter what ruthless action he thinks he has to take in desperation, he does his best to see to it that there shall be no leader for the children of God on earth. The children of God have been without a leader, any true shepherd, so much in the past, down through these thousands of years, because of this very fact. And when our Master Himself was on earth and began to reveal the reality of that leadership, they crucified Him—the same old determination of Pharaoh and Herod, there shall be no leader for the children of God.
Leaders for the opposition, yes. Leaders of all kinds for Pharaoh and Herod, the children of this world. Set out to be a leader for the children of this world and the way will be opened before you for wealth and fame and position. But set out to be a leader in the cause of our God and if you do not stay centered, do not hold faithful and true to the Truth, you will never reach the point of leadership, not if the world can help it. And we are here to save the world, a world of human beings who will do everything in their power to prevent the manifestation of leadership which would make their own salvation possible. It is the sad fact.
We have been up against this for twenty thousand years. I have been on earth in many bodies, in many forms, in many places, and worked through many things in order to help clear this pattern. I think most of you realize that the body of Joseph was one of my bodies. The body of Moses was one of my bodies—the story of Joseph is my story—the story of Moses is my story—just to mention two of them. Over and over again, down through the thousands of years. There are circumstances working out in the vibrational pattern of the universe itself which will bring things to a crisis and force issues, and man is going to have to accept the responsibility. But in this issue that is being drawn now, there is need for those who will share the responsibilities of true, unwavering, dedicated, devoted leadership.
Over and over again, already in my Ministry on earth in this body, the world has sought to destroy any possibility of my coming to a point of leadership. And if you undertake to share the responsibilities of Ministry with me, the responsibilities of leadership, you will find that the world tends to do the same thing to you. And so, the real value of our studies here in the story of Joseph, and now beginning the story of Moses, is that you may be so oriented, have such a deep realization of the workings, the Power and the Spirit of God on earth, that you may function effectively, that you may be forewarned, forearmed, that you will see the mistakes that were made in the past and avoid them, so that you may of a Truth be a disciple of our Lord and King and serve Him, and be not a partaker of the spirit of Judas who betrayed, and the spirit of Peter who denied our Lord.
When the Lord begins to work out the pattern to raise up a leader for the children of God on earth, He always finds a way for those who will be obedient to the Spirit of God, and yield and trust. Perhaps sometime when you are under pressure in your Ministry or service, you will remember that. The Lord has His ways of doing things if we just give Him a chance, if we just hold steady. Most people, when it begins to look black, difficult, begin to look for a place to turn around. It is the ability to hold steady when it does look black, the ability to face issues when it looks as if there is no way out. So many people, when they begin to get under pressure, when they cannot see with human vision just how and where, they are ready to turn around. And so often if they would just hold steady a little more. Generally speaking, for those who have any real quality at all, they had come so close to victory, it was right at the door. Just a little more and they would be over the top. But I have seen human beings, time after time—sometimes if they had held steady just a few more minutes even—I have actually seen that; situations where if the human being had held steady for another thirty minutes there would have been obvious victory. Over and over again, when it was merely a matter of hours or days, I have seen them turn and run, get frightened and quit. It is a matter of holding steady, remaining true. Remember, if we do that the Lord will find a way.
One of the things that we need to begin to truly realize is that wherever we turn in the Lord's Service there are going to be barriers for some little time to come. There is no way of saying how long, but there are going to be barriers, walls, difficulties, at best. And when it appears that there is a wall in front of you—perhaps you can begin to see it coming up—as you are drawing closer to it, learn to keep right on going. Learn to walk right up to the wall? No. If you walked up to the wall, how close would you get to the wall? A hundred yards, or ten yards, or six feet? You walk up close to the wall and stop a wait for the wall to vanish? It does not work that way. You learn to walk not up to the walls—you learn to walk right through them, and if you think you cannot, you are wrong. You do not just stop when there is a wall over there; the wall of circumstance and vibrational factors. Of course, there are those elements of discretion and understanding with respect to maneuvering which are essential, but as far as the walls are concerned, you do not just stop and camp by the wall; you keep right on going and you find that when you get right up to it, pressing against it, it opens, or you find suddenly that it just looked like there was a wall. Anyone round about would have sworn there was a wall, and when you get up there close enough it begins to move back.
Did you ever chase the rainbow; try to catch up with it? It keeps getting away just as fast as you try to get to it. That is the rainbow, the rainbow of promise. But the principle is the same. The barriers give way and if we are working centered in God, properly responsive to the Divine and hold steady, the barriers give way. That is one of the lessons to be learned in the story of the happening after the Children of Israel began to move into the Promised Land.
You will remember there was a certain city where the wall fell down? Jericho. Whenever there are Jericho walls, they will fall if you function correctly. But remember that if you quit merely because you think you see a wall in front of you, and you think, “Well I can't get over it. I know I can't climb over it. I cannot do anything. I will just have to quit and camp right here or else go back.” Do not be deluded. Keep right on going and the wall will open or prove to just be a mirage. Perhaps it is not even there. It just looks like it. Hold it steady and keep going. It is the only way to victory. If walls can stop you, you will be stopped. If human beings can upset you, you will be upset. If discouragement can turn you aside, you will be turned aside. That is the situation. If walls can stop you, you will be stopped. It is only for those who refuse to be stopped by any wall and keep right on going that there can be a true sharing in the Victory.
Water is the symbol of Truth. And always, when you begin to find the pattern of the Spirit of God's leadership in relationship to yourself, in yourself, through yourself, that which is the Divine expression, it is drawn out of the water, out of the Truth. The emphasis—be true to the Truth. And so shall ye come to know the Victory.
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