Living In The Light

December 12, Occupy Till I Come

“So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’ ”
—Luke 19:13 LL 364.1

We need to clearly understand the work that is before us. It is a work of mercy and love. We are to work in Christ’s lines, and just as Christ worked. In the parable of the nobleman who before going on his journey gave to every person his work saying, “Occupy till I come,” Christ and His followers are represented. To everyone his work, and this work is Christ’s work. The human agent is to cooperate with the divine. He or she is not to feel that all they have to do is to attend to their individual self. He has a broader field than this. “Occupy till I come.” Be laborers together with God. We need to understand clearly what it means to be laborers together with God. We cannot do this merely with our intellect or education. We must be imbued with the Spirit of Christ. LL 364.2

We cannot buy the grace of Christ with money; we cannot obtain it by eloquence or by the power of our intellect. It is a gift received by us from heaven. We are to occupy according to the knowledge we have, sensing our responsibility, and letting our light shine to those around us; and in doing this we work the works of God. LL 364.3

“Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness, and to let the oppressed go free; and that ye break every yoke.” When we present to others the perfection there is in the law of God, we are presenting that which will loose the bands of wickedness, and free those who are oppressed by the enemy. Our enemy is he who rebelled against the law of God in heaven, and who fell because of his disloyalty. When we work in his lines we are fastening our fellow human beings in the shackles of oppression. In obedience to Christ we are free; for He came to make us free. “His servants ye are whom ye obey.” LL 364.4

“To let the oppressed go free.” What can we say to the oppressed? We can show them that obedience to the requirements of Christ means freedom, liberty, salvation.—Manuscript 11b, 1894. LL 364.5

Further Reflection: : Why is intellect or education not enough to understand what it means to labor for God at the end of time? LL 364.6