|  THE GREATER WORLD CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH THE ZODIAC MESSAGES 
"BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD"An
address given by the Christ messenger 'Zodiac' (the 'unnamed scribe' in
the Bible and a teacher in the Temple of Jerusalem at the time of
Christ) at Bournemouth Christian Spiritualist Church, on August 31st,
1930
"I greet you in
the Name of Jesus the Christ our Saviour. Children of the light and
children of the half-light, you are blessed by coming into these
conditions, for much effort has been drawn out of you by those unseen
by you. They are your companions, and accompany you and will not leave
you, for God knows no restrictions, and His angels and His messengers
long to help those upon the earth undergoing the experiences of
physical life. "I would draw your attention to many
things. By the direction of the Christ I speak in simple terms, using
the formula that He adopted Himself, so as to bind your minds to
everlasting truth using symbols from things in daily life. "
'Be Still and Know that I am God' - the glorious phrase that has
comforted so many. Those who are free from the restrictions of the
body, and who come back, look into the hearts and minds of those upon
the earth, and they are grieved because so few have faith in the One
Who loves them best. They are grieved and tortured because when trouble
is nigh so many forget that God is their Father and their Mother; they
forget that the Man of Sorrows understands. Because of this, often
despair overwhelms them and rebellion arises within. They have
forgotten to be still, to wait for the help which is all around.
Trouble has engulfed them; the anxieties of daily life fret the nerves,
and the mind - unresisting, restless - is easy prey for the enemies of
the Christ. Thus it is that when they are tested and tried, doubts blot
out the glory of the promise of God. But in the stillness, in the
quietness, the Voice of God can be heard. "The earth
stage is a stage of trial, of discipline and temptation. The things
that beset your path are not a hindrance of the plan, they are your
strength. They are there to see whether the warrior spirit can be
released within. "Can you not understand, and can you
not grasp, that when the one who loves you so well seems to be torn
from you, that God is not only your Father and your Mother, but God is
also the Father and the Mother of the one you love so well? "Parting?
Impossible by a Divine Law of Grace. Separation? That word is unknown
except to the doubting mind. God cannot interfere with free will. When
man says: 'The one I love is gone', though the beloved one is so close,
God cannot force the individual to believe. Yet in time each one must
learn. The doubter passes out of the physical tabernacle, and then in
the degree that his sight has been opened, he can witness the anguish
of those he thought he would leave behind, and sometimes the joy and
sorrow of this illumination has the power to cast the chains from him
which once held him so fast. "What is his mission in the
days to come? Because he blundered, and because he suffered, so
henceforth he devotes his energies, his strength, and his powers, to
force upon the physical mind of those in a tabernacle of flesh that
‘death’ is the gateway into eternal life. " 'Be Still
and Know that I am God' - how that cry rings out over the centuries,
and what a fount of comfort it represents. Whether you are beset by the
enemies of the body, or whether by the anxieties of material life that
almost seem to be unendurable, God says: 'Be still! Realise that I am
the Healer of all bodies; that I am within, and if allowed, can take
charge’. "Sickness and weariness, the many pains of the
body, try the faith and sap the energy. God knows. God understands.
Never forget that God is stronger than all the forces that would
destroy your faith in Him. Wait for a while. The earth life is so
brief. Soon the physical tabernacle will be no more. Then the 'body'
will be charged with power, with a gift of healing impossible for you
to understand at this stage, the past will be forgotten. You will go
your way rejoicing, and will thank God for the pains that you once
endured. 'Be still', says the Creator, 'be still, have patience' -
'Know that I am God'. "The Master of all life, by His
simple life, by His hardships, by His weariness, by His persecutions,
by all the hatred levelled against Him, and by the love within Him -
the Master saved the world. At the time when He walked upon the earth,
it was fast approaching its spiritual doom. God came as Man to redeem. "Human
nature cannot be hurried and the processes of evolution are slow
indeed. Yet the downward trend has stopped. In the world today, if one
makes a stand against the materialism of the majority, that one is a
saviour in very truth. "The Christ - God as Man - often
stood alone, attacked from all sides - enemies in the night, and
enemies by day - but the Master learned the secret of standing firm
alone. The Words of God were as true then as they are today: ‘Be Still
and Know that I am Ruler, even though My children seek to wreck’. "Whatever
your troubles, whatever your trials, whether man or child, whether you
strive and seem to fail yet have the courage to rise again - however
severe the testing may be - the glorious reassurance echoes again and
again. For those who are bereaved: 'Be Still and Know that I am God.
Know that I am the Father and Mother of all mankind'. The wounds shall
be closed, the tears stemmed, and by the sorrow endured you shall be
counted among the blessed. "To the doubter, to the man
who prides himself on the intellect of the physical mind, God speaks:
'Wait, be still! Know that I am Creator of all things; soon the earth
life passes, and then pride will be no more; self-realisation and
self-revelation must be your own; wait, pause, know that I am God.' "To
those whose lives, perchance, hold persecution in its modern form, what
of the message of the Christ? What of the example of that One so sweet?
Nothing was held back from the Beloved in the way of suffering and
sorrow. The One so pure was accused of impurity; the One so brave was
laughed to scorn; the One so true was named a traitor to His God; the
One so sweet was called that which you could not bear at this same
stage. "So then, be brave, be cheerful, and cast doubt
aside. Whatever your lot, whatever the test, hear the words, how
glorious is the reassurance: 'Child of My heart, be still, have
patience, wait and prove that I am God'. "I have comfort
in many forms for everyone, but I have warning also. We who are free
see carelessness and heedlessness all around. We look out over the
great wide world. Youth knows so much about earth, and so little about
life which is real and everlasting. "Men and women
perchance know too much about sorrow. Yet that is the false view, the
earth view, the limited view. Sorrow brings the greatest gift that any
man, woman or child can have. When the blow falls, when your friend
turns from you, when the one you trusted forgets to render to you in
turn, when you look around for help and do not find it, when that which
you prize most seems to be snatched from your eager grasp - do not
forget that God controls the earth and all that is therein. "Today
may hold much that causes the heart to ache, but tomorrow is glorious;
tomorrow the promises of God shall be fulfilled. ‘Be still, have faith,
know that I am God and that I have you under My care!’ This is the
message of the Christ. This is the hope and the consolation God means
that all should have. "No heart, no mind is closed to
God. No treachery is hidden from Him, no loyalty, and no desire to
arise and do better in time to come. The scales of justice seem to
waver to man because his sight is limited in many ways. But retribution
falls fast when those who know God's truth forget to follow the
direction laid down. Compensation, sweet compensation, moment by
moment, is built around the sufferer and around the victim. Today the
spirit within the body seems weak; tomorrow, recreated, made new by
God, His children shall function nearer to that ideal that the Father
intended. "So then, what is the message of the Christ?
What is the reassurance of our God? Illumination has come. Peace; be
still! The winds and waves of physical life respond; the angry thoughts
of others that beat upon the sensitive mind of the one who must suffer,
the angry thoughts pass away as a cloud that once obscured the sun. The
broken-hearted bowed by woe - finding it impossible to believe that God
is love - arise and listen, and comfort comes: 'Be still, be still and
know that I am God!' "How I yearn over you. How the love
that fills my being struggles to find expression. I know your lives, I
know your difficulties, and I know that with some the tempters are
close around. The strong souls take on the fiercest temptations, and
the strong souls meet the enemies face to face. So do not let fear
overtake you. Do not let apprehension chill your enthusiasm for your
God. Hold fast to that degree of faith that still remains. Wait! Rest
upon the promise of the One Who loves you best, and you shall find that
God's words are true. "All is wonderfully well with the
pilgrim who suffers, and well with those who are finding life far from
easy. Send out your compassion to those who so often attack you. Pray
that, for them, spiritual strength may come. Think of the Christ, think
of the temptations, think of His trials and His sorrows, and remember
that this is how God works. Only those who have the will to endure can
be used by Him for His sacred work; only those who can face
persecution; only those who can, undismayed, proclaim their faith in
God and in the life to come; only these can be entrusted with the work
that matters and with the powers that are Divine in very truth. "So
then, how sweet is life, how sweet is trouble, how sweet is that which
once caused your heart to ache. By the Grace of God reassurance is
given to the sick for the time to come. God knows that the body at
times exacts so much; God understands that pain is an enemy hard to
overcome. In a little while all will be made plain. In a 'garment'
charged with power, and with gifts that will mean all in all to you,
you shall work for God as the spirit within demands. Blessed are the
sufferers! "Those who would like their life to have less
strain: It is your armour of ‘life’. It is that which is testing the
strength of your spiritual sinews. Do not pray for the cross to be
removed. Pray that God will give you the strength to shoulder the
cross. Once the will is given up to the Father and Mother God, the
cross no longer seems as a cross to the carrier, but a support which
keeps from fainting. "The eyes of the blind shall be
opened to the glories of God, and the hearing of many shall be
strangely enhanced in the life to come. What shall they hear? In the
stillness they shall listen to the sweet Voice of God. Oh, how great is
God. How glorious are the opportunities laid out for everyone. "So
then, bid sorrow depart. Claim your gifts. Recognise in the discipline
of daily life that which is the will of the holiness entombed within.
Praise God from Whom all blessing flow, and when the trials come, wait
for the guidance, pause, be still, and the Voice of God shall come to
you in very truth. Not only the voice of direction but also the Voice
of comfort and illumination, and all shall be as the Father has
ordained for them that love Him. "Peace be unto you. If
any come amongst you saying that it is not possible for the holy ones
to companion you on your earthly journey, do not believe them. There
are no limitations where God is concerned. The holy ones, the angels of
God are gathered, blessing, recharging, binding you closer and closer
to the One Who loves you best. "God is not only your
Creator. He is your Father and your Mother, and He yearns to give you
those good things that the spirit within desires. He yearns for you to
have the very best, and the very best shall come to the patient soul,
the very best shall be the possession of the one who tries. "
'Be Still and Know that I am God' on the Cross of Calvary was
demonstrated in very truth: After the tumult, came stillness; after the
darkness, the sun of a new day, the sun of spiritual light, and the sun
of God's love. After your Calvary your resurrection shall come, and the
pain you endured, and the remembrance of the time of suffering shall be
banished for evermore. God's angels shall companion you, and His peace
shall remain forever and forever. "You are blessed with
high endeavour, with aspiration, and the will to work. Do not question,
do not ponder as to the ways and means or whether this is wise or that
is folly. Follow the call - the highest and the best; and upon the
plinth of sacrifice so shall arise the edifice of God. Out of your
stripes you shall be spiritually healed; out of your woes joy shall be
built up for evermore. " 'Peace be still! Know that I am God!' "...
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