"Looking Pious or Being Pious"

#141  May 29, 2013, 10am, at home.

I do not grow impatient with My Beloved Ones.  Then you see, if I do, I do not love unconditionally.

To love unconditionally does not call faith impatience.  It calls faith patience.  As it says in Corinthians “Love is patient”.  This teaching describes who I am to you.  Not so much what you should practice, though, more so what I am to you. 

If you do not see who I am, how will you ever be able to imitate Me?  “Be as perfect as the Father is perfect.”

Now we know, because of original sin, that the perfection of the Father cannot be our perfection.  Yet, He generously has given us a goal to strive for. 

He does not leave us abandoned to figure it out on our own.  He has most generously given us guidelines.  What a generous God!

Yet we think ‘oh I can’t possibly reach God’s perfection’ – yet I can reach the perfection He has planted in my heart if I so choose.  Not the perfection I have perceived for myself, but His perfection of me in me.

We don’t reach our perfection because we already have ‘figured out’ what we think He wants of us to be perfect.

So now we are to discard this false image of what we think perfection should be in us, and ask Him to show us the perfection He has planted in each of us.

It will be quite startling to say the least how much He will change us for the better – if we ask Him to.

Yet so often we are quite satisfied with our own perfection – almost making up words and actions that we think will reflect to others our perfection in our faith.

Be very careful – this is such false faith – this is such a false God you have put in place before Me. 

Throw aside all you do that you think makes you look pious to others.  Put on deep, deep humility and ask Me to show you how to behave before Me – not before others.

You do not serve Me by false piety.  You only mock My Words to be humble and obedient. 

So, I challenge you  --  stop all the ‘signs’ of piety that you use now because you want to look pious, and come and ask Me how to behave piously before Me.

Think of all the actions you do to look pious to others and ask yourself “why do I do these?”  “To whom am I giving honor and glory?”  -- to me?,   to God?

Ask Me to show you what are external pious things you do, and then ask Me if your heart supersedes these outward actions?

In other words, does this piety come only from the depths of your heart to honor and glorify Me or do they ache to show others how pious you think you are? 

Do you want to look pious before others, or do you want to be pious before Me?

You see, if you are pious before Me you may not receive any honor and glory from others.  Yet, when you want to appear pious before others, you have tossed Me aside and crave the honor and glory that is due only for Me, for yourself.

If your outward piety is not proving fruitful, then hastily seek to be truly pious before Me.

Seek not to be pious before Me.  Seek Me to show you how to be truly pious before Me.

And if I ask you to change a word or behaviour or action and you think “No, God does not want me to do that.”  Then who in heavens name are you obeying, do you want to obey?  Certainly not Me.

So each time you go to do something that ‘looks pious’, jump back into My Heart and let yourself ‘be pious’ only before Me.

You waste precious moments trying to look pious to others while you could be spending those precious moments ‘being pious’ only before Me.  i.e. I do not need your outer actions to show Me piety.  I want a heart endeavoring to be humble before Me so no one else but Me sees your piety.

Excessive show of piety tells Me that you want the attention on you.  It shows Me that you feel you need to keep reminding Me how pious you are.  Remember I see into your heart.  I know your real intentions. 

Let Me give you an example:  When you come into church to take your seat in a pew you genuflect.  And that shows Me you honor My special presence before you.

Then you may have to take up collection or read, or serve, thus leaving your pew and returning to it.   Why would you need to genuflect again?

It shows Me that perhaps you weren’t secure enough in your first greeting and want to be sure I see it this time.

 OR

It indicates you feel this is ‘piety’ on your part that others will see and praise you for.

That is so far from the truth.

For instance, when you visit someone you may first shake hands or hug each other – correct?  That is a normal thing to do.  Then if you leave the room and come back in, do you greet them again, just in case you think they didn’t get the greeting the first time?

No.  and even if you get up and walk around the room maybe admiring photos, paintings, etc., when you return to your seat do you ‘greet’ those you are visiting again?  No.

So, the next time you plan to make a pious gesture to Me again, jump back into your heart and make a most sincere prayer to Me with no outward sign.

Do not look to see what others are doing/not doing – ask Me if this is the kind of expression of piety that is most obedient and humble to You.

Ask Me to make you so humble that no one sees your piety but Me. 

We often want the world to see us, yet the only one who can reward you for your obedience and deep humility is Me.

Whom do you wish to impress?  Whom do you want to get all your honor and glory?

I beg you be o so careful of the devil who wants you to satisfy your by shows of piety.  He will tell you how great you look, how honorable you look, how holy you look.  He knows the things you do to look pious keep you very far from being pious before Me. 

He wants you to waste your time in looking good, instead of being good in My presence alone.

You know I think he calls this pride and he wants you to be so occupied with you and how you ‘look’ to others, that your heart will not seek out My Heart to just ‘be’ with Me.

Let us ask ourselves “How does God see Me?”  “How does He want me to see me through His Eyes?”

Am I willing to go to my room and do all for Him without others knowing?

Put all your “I am pious” signs before Me to be consumed in the fire of My Love.

Now place your heart in Mine and let Me refine ‘your piety’ into the piety that I want you to express only to Me. 

Come sit with Me and I will teach you a most deeper piety that will move your heart to rejoicing.

Come sit with Me.