From the heights of eternal glory
the divine Spirit descends, by a long series of steps, to meet you as you are
and where you are and then, in the partnership of faith, lovingly to embrace
the soul of mortal origin and to embark on the sure and certain retracement of
those steps of condescension, never stopping until the evolutionary soul is
safely exalted to the very heights of bliss from which the divine Spirit
originally sallied forth on this mission of mercy and ministry.
The Spirit never drives, only
leads. If you are a willing learner, if you want to attain spirit levels and
reach divine heights, if you sincerely desire to reach the eternal goal, then
the divine Spirit will gently and lovingly lead you along the pathway of
sonship and spiritual progress. Every step you take must be one of willingness,
intelligent and cheerful co-operation. The domination of the Spirit is never
tainted with coercion nor compromised by compulsion.
And when such a life of spirit
guidance is freely and intelligently accepted, there gradually develops within
the human mind a positive consciousness of divine contact and assurance of
spirit communion; sooner or later “the Spirit bears witness with your spirit
(the Adjuster) that you are a child of God.” Already has your own Thought
Adjuster told you of your kinship to God so that the record testifies that the
Spirit bears witness “with your spirit,” not to your
spirit.
The consciousness of the spirit
domination of a human life is presently attended by an increasing exhibition of
the characteristics of the Spirit in the life reactions of such a spirit-led
mortal, “for the fruits of the spirit are love, joy, peace, long-suffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.” Such spirit-guided and
divinely illuminated mortals, while they yet tread the lowly paths of toil and
in human faithfulness perform the duties of their earthly assignments, have
already begun to discern the lights of eternal life as they glimmer on the
faraway shores of another world; already have they begun to comprehend the
reality of that inspiring and comforting truth, “The kingdom of God is not meat
and drink but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.” And throughout
every trial and in the presence of every hardship, spirit-born souls are
sustained by that hope which transcends all fear because the love of God is
shed abroad in all hearts by the presence of the divine Spirit.
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