February 18, 1988
My true call to My People is to Myself
over their basic (inward) desires and weaknesses of heart. This
is the premier, most basic of all the alternating currents over
which I perfect My people. I call them to Myself over [what I
have planted into them] as inward creatures. From there I
alternate them with my wisdom which I grant to them as they
faithfully pursue Me over [my inner plantings].
(Next) My wisdom to them and their
pursuit of Me alternates with their exposure to the outer world
(off which their wisdom is reflected). This exposure carries
with it their alternating between their exposure—involvement
with My People at large, and their isolation—coming apart from
My People.
These exposures (alternating) to the
outer realm are not the essence of My call to
My People. But rather, these exposures are involvement shelters
in the midst of which My People find themselves at the time I
call them and are for their nurturing until their exercise of
their true inward call is able to give birth by faith to their
manifestation of the fulfilment of their call outwardly (at
which point they can be said to be fulfilling their call
outwardly—for it is in direct sync with My inward call, yea, the
issues I have planted in them inwardly).
But not until their outward existence is
in direct fulfilment of their inward call to Me over their
issues can they be said to be fulfilling their call in anything
but inward terms—for indeed, the Root and Essence of My call is
inward. All their exposures to the outward realm are
involvement shelters until the time that I may fulfil their
inward issues outwardly.
This is to say therefore that I do not
call My People to be doctors and lawyers and vocationists with
respect to the occupations of the world. These are only “calls”
to the degree their involvement coincides with the fulfilment of
My inward issues within them. But by and large for the most part
these are but involvement shelters until my true call can be
fulfilled through them. (My true call is through the door of
personal desire and weakness—not idea.)
Not even “ministry” so called as it
appears is My call unless it is in direct fulfilment of the
inward issues of My People over their pursuit of Me. For most of
My People, most “ministry” is pure involvement shelter. Very few
of My People are there indeed who are walking in “ministry” that
reflects My inward call to them. (It is for this cause that the
ministry is highly blasphemed—because of the discrepancy between
the activity and reflection of My personality—for ministry
itself by name presumes reflection of my Personality—yet that
reflection only comes and is developed in response to My true
call over inward issues.
All activity that is in fulfilment of My
true call over inward issues is true ministry, whether or not it
be recognized as ministry [true call and true ministry are
inseparably one and the same—though “ministry” tends to refer to
true call as it finds its fulfilment in outward exposure].
And all “ministry” which is not in
fulfilment of My true call over inward issues in not true
ministry, though it be called such. It is vain religion [albeit
it may be a legitimate temporary involvement shelter through
ignorance. The question is, How much is fulfilment of one’s
inward issues over which He has pursued God? This is the measure
of true ministry]).
Say not therefore “The Lord called me to
do this or be that.” If you have not pursued Me over your inward
issues, and if what you are doing is not My fulfilment of those
issues, then I have not called you to whatever you are doing.
Whatever it is you are doing is an involvement shelter until I
set you free into the liberty of your true calling. But and if
you are not even seeking me over your issues, then whatever you
are doing is an abomination to Me. And woe be to you if, in that
state, what you are doing is called “ministry” and is done in My
Name.