"What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him?"

Meet together with joy. You feel it is an occasion for rejoicing that all who are linked together in the Christ meet together to listen to the Voice of the Spirit as it comes through the servants of the Most High. Listen to the directions, to the comforting, and to the call to go on. Take it for granted that Love is in command; that God has passed His blessing upon you, and that those you love and who love you so extraordinarily well are all near, and the conditions as to peace and unity are complete. Just rest then in the thought that on either side you are closed in by love! That love is but a faint reflection of the great and mighty Love which is showered on this world of yours, and which never shall be taken away so long as it may last.

You see, you are thinking of a big thing, not that which you associate with the trivial round of everyday life; the things you can see and touch and possess. You are thinking of that much bigger, greater thing altogether; the need of humanity, for help, for understanding and, above all, for the courage to rise.

Direct your thoughts right away from what you call the earth and try, as much as you are able, to fix your mind on those great, uncountable splendours of the Spirit. Try and grasp something of the stupendous plan. Get away from the personal, from the purely individual, and send your thoughts out over the vast expanse of humanity which has passed and had its day upon this planet; and also to those who at present are treading the path of experience and finding it none too easy without the Saviour's guidance.

Often at night-time in the quietness you have raised your eyes to the stars; those little symbols of God's love which reassure you in a rather pretty way that your world is not alone. In those quiet moments, if you are receptive, the Spirits can open the doors of the physical mind a little. Within you then you feel the mightiness and the grandeur of the Mind of God! It is impossible to look at what you call the "heavens", with its million beacons of light, and remain unmoved, if you have any imagination at all.

Then on another occasion the doors of the physical mind are forced open, just a little. When you gaze at an open stretch of sea, or at those seemingly never-ending downs which some know so well, then the thought comes as to the bigness of nature and also as to the littleness of the individual soul. That is the affect that these huge outlines have upon a restricted mind.

But direct your thoughts in another direction, so far as the effect these scenes have upon you. Though the creation of nature may be mighty, though the spheres of the spirit are stupendous as well, in God's sight you and the Spirits and all those countless millions who are thrown off from Him and bear the sign of His Godhead within are of far more importance than that which calls out your admiration.

In the days of old there was one who asked "What is man that Thou art mindful of him." The answer to that question is more comprehensive than God’s children can take in at this stage. But in the sight of the Father the individual soul stands pre-eminent over everything else, and all the other things that you could think of are simply created as a background for the evolving soul of humanity.

In taking the spiritual view of things the responsibility of each one is very great indeed. Great because of all those forces in the atmosphere, all those marvels of nature, hidden or discovered, and all the glorious homes which have been prepared for you in the Land where sorrow is unknown. All these things; the sun, the moon and the stars, the great waters and the flowers that so decorate your world if they are allowed, were created by the Loving Father as gifts for the bringing on and the bringing out of that which is in humankind.

It is a stupendous thought! It makes one pause, in the sense that the realisation comes that life, whether here or in any other state, is not a thing to be got through and forgotten as quickly as may be. It is not a thing that is to be taken in the easiest way possible, nor is it given to you to despise or to mistreat. Each day works out its part of the pattern, each night sees the weaving in. More than that, for hourly and minutely the spirit is demanding of the personal self an account for this and for that.

Do not be depressed by this picture. It should indeed have the opposite effect; it should encourage you, it should say to your physical mind that at last you know what it is all about and sorrow can wound you no more!

You and all humanity have to be gathered in and everyone is responsible for his or her bit of the pattern. Remember that until that little part of the pattern is worked out to the best of their ability so they are sent back, or rather, they send themselves back, to pick out the stitches and start again. You are not dealing with one who says "That will do!" No! Within you and all is that dominant, courageous, all-seeing, all-wise spark of God, and only the best is good enough for that

Read between the lines. If on earth you heard of a parent who thought so much about their children, who had created so many attractions and diversions and exercises for their minds in order that they might never be dull and never seek another companion you would say at once what a wonderful thing it would be to have a parent's love like that! Do you not you see that with you and every one this is applicable exactly. You, all of humanity, and the Spirits, are in that most happy position of having a Father who thinks that nothing could be too beautiful, too wonderful for His children.

It does alter things a little so look at life, the daily round, more in this way. It is trying, the physical body can be very tiresome indeed, but that is only one of the gifts bestowed by the Father. Surely with so much spread out around you, you can sense it even if you cannot see it; but surely with so much in your world and in the realms of the spirit you can turn your attention from the one gift which, it seems to you, is very much in the nature of a "white elephant" or worse. Of course, when you pass over you will see that the physical body, with its limitations and its capacity for suffering, was a precious gift indeed and has worked out something which nothing else could. You have fought through a great deal, many enemies seen and unseen, and by God's grace you have conquered in the end.

You have fought through a great deal, many enemies seen and unseen, and by God's grace you have conquered in the end.

Be certain that God's way of answering those words "What is man?" is simplicity itself. He says: "Man not only belongs to Me, but is of Me, and in time to come shall be so linked to Me again that we shall be as One!"

Never fear, the Spirit is stronger than all and you shall see that power of an amazing nature has been given into the hands of the Spirits. They cannot work against nature's laws but when one of God’s children is "controlled" by them in such a way then, as a gift direct from God, they can bid the enemy retreat.

There is a little simile in this for you to take to heart, and that is how God looks after everything in spite of the fact that you sometimes feel He has forgotten your very existence. Yet all had been thought out; the Father does not allow the evil forces to strain endurance beyond a certain point and the Spirits, acting under His direction, had arranged everything. But it was necessary that the effort should still have been made.

This applies to everything in life. You have to do your part, you have to not give up. At a certain point here and there the Father's love is shown. You just do your bit and then, without worry, without misgiving say to yourself, and mean it too, that God is looking after you and He has thought of everything to carry you through! In daily life, with those who seek to serve the Master, this is worked out again and again. Everyone has at times been brought up against such adverse forces that you have fled with all your being and can't go on! But in quietness and with faith do not take the initiative yourself; be certain that God has it all worked out, and that when you feel you can do no more then Love will lift you out of it and put you upon that safe, high, hill where evil cannot touch you.

Whatever may happen in life, either in a physical way or in regard to those spiritual tests which are very hard to grapple with, take it to the Christ and leave it there. Be certain that the Father, being your Father, will not forsake His child when you try so hard to do His will.

Be certain that the Father, being your Father, will not forsake His child when you try so hard to do His will.

Whatever the need of anyone in the world, with those who wish to do the right thing, all has been looked over by the Father. It has been pre-arranged that nothing shall go wrong, and all He asks of you is to go on without fear and with perfect confidence that not only in front, but keeping step with you on either side, are the messengers of God.

Faith is a wonderful thing, especially when you find it in one who says sometimes that they feel they have no faith at all.

That too, is an illustration of how you misunderstand yourself and, of course, others. It is understood how it is that you don't always understand another because the physical mind makes very big barriers indeed. But when you pass over you will see more plainly still how little you understood yourself. How little you understood the Spirit which was animating your actions, which was responsible for your experiences, and which knew God and loved Him as much as was possible with the development you had reached.

Take everything that happens in that spiritual way and remember that nothing has been overlooked by the Father. The fight has been well fought, have no misgiving about that. Well fought and you shall reap what you have sown. Your dear ones are gathered round you in a way you little understand.

Be quite sure that all is well, and that God's Love never fails, whatever may happen. You are going to see His Love translated into a joy and brightness far beyond your imagination and, you will say, far beyond your deserts as well!

If you could but grasp it you would realise that each communion is a very holy occasion. Holy because, in God's sight, you are trying to make good that which remained unfinished. Holy even by your comprehension because of the bountiful grace supplied so readily by the Giver of all. Cast from your mind every thought that is not of Him; bid weariness depart and those pains of the body retreat. The Holy Presence of the Master is near, and at this moment He is laying upon each heart and mind that perfect balm of Love which only He has the power to bestow. Just as you would fit yourself to meet the Master in the Realms of the Spirit, so attune yourself to listen and to make your own that which He bids the Spirits pass on, with His blessing and His most holy peace.

Cast from your mind every thought that is not of Him; bid weariness depart and those pains of the body retreat. The Holy Presence of the Master is near, and at this moment He is laying upon each heart and mind that perfect balm of Love which only He has the power to bestow.

Far away, out in the night the busy life goes on. There the world seems very close, but even so the Father recognises all these as His children. Some are chosen for the better part, and so thank Him again and again that you have also been chosen for this better part. You have heard the Voice of the Spirit; that quiet, sweet Voice which always must be listened for if it is to be heard. You have heard the Voice of Love and have dedicated yourself to His service, which indeed is that of serving humanity at large.

Do not be deceived if here and there one falls out. Do not be discouraged if those you think should do the most seem to make excuses. All has been thought of, no link is missing. You shall see, if you only go forward with faith and with patience, that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, because the individual soul has responded to God's Voice! Instantly you know that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. You have only to make one step forward to grasp it, when the kingdom of earth, with its pain, its sorrows, and its disillusionments passes away from the heart and mind; you hold the Kingdom of Heaven.

Gather up your thoughts and knit them to the things which are of God. Bind yourself to that strong anchor which never gives, and in time to come every one is bound safe and sound, willingly, to the anchor of faith and trust in God.

As always, give out of yourself that which is exclusively your own; thoughts of love and dedication, straight from the human heart. These are able to build bridges of which, as yet, you know nothing, but which you shall see, in God's good time, are intact and compete, and the way will lie open for evermore.

The conditions are so wonderfully fine. Time is all too short to get the records written out, and you have to be business-like over these things as well as you have over the affairs of daily life.

There are very few words which, to those who want to love the Saviour, ring out so sweetly and are so wonderfully comforting as those "You have done well".

Yesterday and tomorrow and today are all weaved in now and forever. In continuing in the path laid down keep this ever before you. Yesterday, today and tomorrow; this week, next week and the years to come all are bound together and make a complete whole to construct that which God thinks you are suitable to put together.

When you regard life like this; the daily task, those many unpleasant duties, the tired bodies, the fighting against seemingly unequal odds, all these things are hallowed and made sacred because you are working at the task given to you, with so much loving attention, by your All-Wise, All-Seeing, Heavenly Father who knows just what is best for each one. Those things which are necessary to bring out the gold from the earth; that refining process of the thinking mind of the body which shall fit it for the thoughts of the spirit and make it possible, when your time comes to lay aside the garment of the body, which has served you very well, they make it possible that you shall feel no strangeness, no isolation from the things which are of God. Let your whole soul then rise free from the sadness which would keep you back. Let your spirit have room to grow, and as you go forward in faith, in the knowledge of the Fatherhood of God, so shall the vista open and the vision be your own. You shall know that God not only says "Blessed are the pure in Heart" but that He pours down upon those the blessing to pass on to others and that blessing, growing in strength and in volume, shall do good work throughout the trend of time.

It is of things beyond the human understanding. But you have been prepared by sorrow; by the withholding of that which your heart longed for most. You shall see and realise in its completeness that by the very pain you bore and those things you did have brought into your possession the soul's desire, when the desire of the heart seems trivial in comparison.

The peace and the joy and the unity of being in touch with the Christ is great indeed! That wonderful cloak of Love once thrown around you can withstand all wind and storm, and when you pass over you shall see that the robes of the spirit were for the most part worn during the earth stages as well. So God's will is being done, and you, as an instrument, are in His sight far more precious than you can understand; but that too will be made good in the happy days to come.

God's peace and love gathers you in, satisfies your thoughts, enriches your life and keeps you close to Him for evermore.

This message was first given in 1924 through Winifred Moyes.

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