THAT, which man needs most, he often neglects.

As man waggles through the struggles of life on earth, that which seems most difficult for him, thus which he often neglects is, in reality what he needs most to be a true human being; an ability to give a jubilant gratitude to the Almighty; a jubilant gratitude kindled by the recognition of Him, His Goodness, His Blessings and His Love.

Some of our cultural practices are not without their merits. When one receives a gift, it’s most expected in many cultures to reciprocate either by giving a gift in return or by simply saying; “Thank you.”  If this is expected, even among ourselves, it’s most logical that we extend this to a much higher gift; the blessings from the Father of All.

Through the Grace of the Father, we’re currently in an epoch, in which we celebrate two distinct Light Events yearly as a special help towards focusing our gaze upwards to the Almighty in pure gratitude to Him: One coincides with the time of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, when we know that the Love of the Father became flesh. We celebrate this worldwide as Christmas. The second coincides approximately with what has been known as the Whitsuntide, when we now know, through the Grail Message that Power bubbles and surges from the Throne of the Almighty and flows down to revitalize Creation. Without this, all will decay and wither.  

We were given this knowledge so that we can be conscious of what is happening around us and thus cannot but give gratitude to the One Who made it possible.

To be truly alive, it’s most important that we live in perpetual gratitude to the Almighty Father of All... After all in the Revelation of John we read of the Four Beings before His Throne.

    

“Had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, WHICH WAS, AND IS, AND IS TO COME,”    (Revelation 5, vs 8) (King James Version).

        …All in gratitude for their existence.  

In the same account we also read of the twenty four elders who fell down before the ONE who sat on the throne worshiping HIM. They cast their crowns before the Throne, saying…..

 “Thou art worthy, O Lord to receive glory and honor and power, for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created”.  (Revelation 5 vs 11);  (King James Version).

 

Those existing in His immediate vicinity are perpetually giving gratitude to Him through worship. How can it be different with creatures like us who have to come this far so we may learn to live consciously in His Kingdom? What more can make His Kingdom a home than to develop the ability to do what is so natural for those who dwell in there? ..

….an ability to give a jubilant gratitude to Him in all things.

    

Everything is tied to this; for being able to give a jubilant gratitude to Him presupposes;

i. an unalloyed recognition of the Almighty God as the Father of All.

ii. that He is the Source of all that makes one’s existence a possibility.

iii. that He remains from eternity to eternity not needing man but without Him man is nothing.

Therein lies the “All or Nothing” acceptance of the Divine Teachings and Guidance that man has been blessed with on earth, today.

The Lord Jesus Christ was reported to have made several pronouncements to the effect that He is nothing without the Father:

“I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.” (John 5, vs 30)  (King James Version).

“As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.”  (John 6, vs 57)  (King James Version)

“My doctrine is not mine, but His that sent me.” (John 7, vs 16)    (King James Version).     

When asked to teach us how to pray. He said that we must begin by saying:

Our Father Who hath in Heaven.”

In the opening paragraph to Questions and Answers by Abd-ru-shin, we read;

 “I often receive letters of genuine gratitude, which arouse great joy in me. The serious seeker, however, who through the lectures has become a finding one, can express his thanks for that only to God Himself. Although I have been able to become the mediator, the gift is not from me. I am nothing without God, and could give nothing without Him”

                                           Abd-ru-shin

All that swings in the Truth cannot but lead us consistently to the absolutely natural fact that: Man is nothing without the Almighty God, for He alone is Life.

                                         

 "Truth is characterized by naturalness and consistency.”

    The Grail Message: Lecture: The Star of Bethlehem”

Out of my conviction in the Work; “In the Light of Truth” The Grail Message which is one with the Message of the Lord Jesus Christ. But I alone bear the responsibility for all I’ve written herein.           

                                                                                                             Leo      

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