HIS WORKINGS IN THE INNER
MAN
"Am I not working within you, says the
Lord? And can you be joined to me until that
work is complete? Do not misunderstand that which I
am doing, for I work in ways that the human mind
cannot fully comprehend, and which are
understood only by revelation of the Spirit.
Therefore do not try to judge my workings with the
natural mind, for they will seem like foolishness
to you. But seek rather to understand
spiritual workings by revelation of the Spirit.
How am I working within you, and what am I seeking
to accomplish? I say, I am working to perfect the
inner man that he may be prepared to walk and talk
with me in the realms that I have prepared. For none
but those who are fully prepared will be received
to me in my heavenly kingdom. Does a man
begin a work and then not finish it? Does a man plan
and then not accomplish and fulfill his plan? Do you
think that I am less intelligent than a man, that I
will not complete what I have purposed and not
finish what I have begun? Is it not written that I
have begun a work in you and that I will
perfect it, even for that day of my appearing when
all who are ready shall be received of me into my
glory? (Phil. 1:6).
Think not that my work for you, in providing
for your redemption and salvation from sin, is all
that is required. I say, this is only the beginning.
After this has been received, there is that work
which I must do within you to make you a fit vessel
to receive all that which I have prepared for you.
This does not mean that those who fail to let me do
a complete work in preparing them for the
greater glory shall lose their salvation. Far from
it, for once I have given I will not take away. But
there are many realms in my Kingdom, and there are
places for all who have been saved. Those who have
not allowed me to do a complete work within them
shall have to accept a lesser place and a lesser
glory. For there is a difference, for example,
between the earthly glory and the heavenly glory.
Those who have failed to progress will have to
remain in the earthly realm until a minimum work is
completed within them. Even so shall they then be
prepared to be changed and elevated to a higher
realm and a higher glory. And even in the heavenly
realm there are different degrees of glory depending
on the completeness of the work done within and the
progress made on the path that leads to the
full stature of the Heavenly Father. So my people,
if you would desire to enter into my glory and
receive that which has been prepared for those
who love me, then let me do a complete work within
you that you may be found worthy in that day to
enter into the glories of my heavenly
kingdom.
Do you not know that even those who have
passed from this life through that portal called
death are not all on the same level of glory? For
even in that realm called paradise there are stages
and degrees of progress and different levels of
attainment. But I say to you, even many in
paradise, who failed to let me do a complete work in
them while they were on the earth, will have to come
back to earth to finish out their course. For there
is a prescribed course for every saved person who
dwells on the earth, and if that course is not
completed in the allotted time given to them,
then they come back to earth in that which is called
the resurrection of the body, and in a physical body
that is no longer subject to death they will finish
out that which I have determined for them. And then,
and only then, shall they be raised up to that
higher realm which is termed the heavenly. For I
say, I am perfectly capable of ‘raising up' a
body from one realm into another realm. I am
perfectly capable of taking that which is a
physical body and transforming it into that
which is a spiritual or glorified
body.
Therefore consider what I say to you,
for many there are who shall be greatly disappointed
in that day of my appearing when they realize that
they do not qualify for entrance into my heavenly
kingdom. For they have not been sufficiently proven
by me and they have not let me do a complete work in
them, therefore I will have to say to them
'depart from me' for I have not sufficiently known
you in your innermost being, and have
not sufficiently proven you, for you to be
received of me. Therefore depart into that realm
which is prepared for you until you
have sufficiently 'worked out' that salvation
which has been given to you, and where
you will have the time and the
willingness to let me perfect your innermost
being so that you will then be prepared to
inherit the greater glory says the
Lord.
Now consider the ways and means of my
workings within you, even by my Spirit says
the Lord. I must continue to work with you, my
people, until you reach that place of utter
abandonment to my will, even to where the illusory
things of this world have lost their allurement and
where nothing in this life really matters except the
fulfillment of the divine purpose for you. And this
takes so much time with most, for truly the god of
this world has blinded the eyes even of my people
into a totally wrong emphasis and involvement in the
materialistic world of physical things. And thus
through many hardships and disillusionments I must
continually work with you until you come to the
place where your one all-consuming desire is for me
and my purpose for you. Then I can begin to do a
quick work within you as your pliable will and mind
are yielded to me. And quickly do you
begin to learn my ways, and my Spirit is able to
begin to impart within you, as you yield
yourself to me, all the fruits and
graces necessary for a complete work. For as
you yield I am able to mold you as clay in
the hands of the potter, and My Spirit hovers over
you to continually take away that which is not
harmonious to me, and places within you that
which will enable you to be perfected in my
image. For my workings are by my Spirit, but first I
must have a vessel completely yielded and pliable in
my hands. I am then able to bring your thoughts,
desires, and innermost being into that which
magnifies me and manifests my perfect will for
you.
I say, when you come to this place of
complete yielding, you will be amazed at how
quickly I am able to transform your
innermost being into the very image and fashion
which I desire. And you will be amazed at how much
you desire only the pure things of my Word and
my Spirit, and how the things of this world hold
very little attraction to you. It is this utter
abandonment to me and utter indifference to
worldly cares and concerns that enables me to
do a quick work in you. But I say, how long it takes
to bring you to this place! This is why most
Christians make such little progress through many
years. They are unwilling to see the delusiveness
and utter illusion of the things of this world, and
having many idols in their hearts and many things
which consume their time and attention, it is
impossible for my Spirit to do the work in them that
I purpose. So I must continue to give them their
hearts desires until they realize the utter folly of
their ways, until they begin to get their spiritual
eyes open to the glory and reality of my being and
my great love and my great plan for them. Then, and
only then, can I begin to work by my Spirit to
transform their inner being into the beauty of my
holiness.
Why must I bring you to utter
disillusionment, my people, with the things of
this world? Why must I bring you through one
hardship after another that you might get your eyes
on the right things? Why must I spend so much time
bringing you to a place of utter consecration
to me so that my work may be done in you? I say
to you, not until you are willing to
abandon the idols that hold you and count as nothing
the things of this world, will I be able to do that
which I have purposed, and work within you that
which is necessary for the full entering into my
heavenly glory.
Oh my people, hear my voice! Abandon your
folly-in-evil which blinds your eyes to the beauty
of my holiness and to the glory which is being
prepared for you. Hear this admonition and let
me prepare you, so that you may be received of me in
that day, says the
Lord."