The Principle Thing (Danny Walters)

I would like to address this letter to the called out of the called out, the remnant of the remnant; to those that are going on. I put it like that because I see something happening, a scheme of the enemy if you will, a natural leaning of the rational mind. I see this movement taking place among the sons but as I see it, it’s not a movement of the Holy Spirit, but a rationalizing of a frustrating situation.

Many are being caught up in the ‘Love Movement’, for lack of a better term. They are saying that they’ve arrived at the place where all their years of searching and studying and learning has led them. And where they find themselves is wrapped up in Love’s embrace. Their message is that they’ve more or less arrived, in the sense that there’s nothing left to attain to, except Love’s perfection. They say that to continue to pursue revelation is vanity, as knowledge won’t break you through. The implication is that all that is missing at this point is for Love’s cup within to be made full; that THAT is the tipping point. So what you see is they’ve pulled up and are settling down and giving themselves up to His infilling of the Spirit of Love. And an interesting thing is that they’ve embarked upon a vocation, a vocation of opening up their homes and inviting all who will, to come in and be loved by the love of God that is flowing through them. And the thing is that that very mind of settling down into ministry is in direct opposition to everything we’ve been taught, which is that our first calling is to become – that no in-part ministration will be acceptable. We’ve been instructed to press on and NOT to act as though you’d already obtained, but continue to follow after that you may apprehend THAT for which we were apprehended, IN CHRIST – in FULNESS!

This movement casts knowledge as a by-word, a bent of those of a lesser calling or of those simply not walking in the Light of the moment. And we can agree that in an earlier time much of the revelation that had been imparted was an illumination of the son-adoption intention, but for quite some time now the revelation coming forth has become an illumination of Christ Himself, in ALL ASPECTS. Today all our seeking has to do with the revelation of Himself, for as the Spirit has spoken, in Him are hidden all OUR treasures. Those treasures are not only the riches of our relationship to Him, but also the vast store of riches locked up in The Great Mystery of Himself; of Whom we are to be conformed, of Whom we are made joint-heirs.

And without disputation, God is love. Love is perhaps His foundational characteristic, at least where we are concerned, or as pertains to us. But God is also a consuming fire, wisdom, our destination, our measure, and much more. Christ is not only our age-lasting abode, Christ is our vocation for the ages. And in Christ will be many and varying degrees or orders of the saints. To simply say that Love is our vocation is to stop short of WHAT Love’s vocation is, for we have far from apprehended His meaning behind it. God so loved THAT He gave His Son, who now reigns as THE age-abiding High Priest, ever living to make intercession. That’s what He’s doing now. Yes, love is the foundation, but it is a foundation upon which all His works – His High Priestly ministrations – through the ages are administered, and all His Father’s glory, built.

To say that our ministry is to simply Love is to deny “study to show thyself approved” (why study if all we need to do is love?). The Truth is that while Love is the foundation, we are to become Lovers of Wisdom, for “Wisdom in the principle thing: get wisdom and in all thy getting, get understanding”. Why? Because we are not just to be Lovers, but co-Laborers. We are to be a Kingdom of Priests, a Royal Priesthood, and we know almost NOTHING as to how to administer this office of Melchizedek. It is a HIGH spiritual office. It is Christ’s ordination, and we have been made partakers with Him in His ordination. And we know NOTHING about it. We are spiritually ignorant regarding the binding and loosing, the remitting and not remitting, when to pluck up and when to plant, to save or destroy, to kill or make alive. We are to be the Reconcilers, as if God did beseech by us! And it’s not just a message of Love. Yes Love is the foundation, and the reason, but we need to become AS HE IS. We need to become Spiritual as He is Spiritual that we might spiritually administer Life. A Day of Judgment is coming, and yes, it is in essence a Day of Light, but its ministration will involve cutting and burning and crushing and bruising, as well as deliverance and healing and restoration. Everyone must come through the Fire, and the higher order of the sons, His Royal Priests, will be scrutinizing these sacrifices brought to be laid at His altar. They will know where and what to look for in the way of blemishes, and know how to train those bringing their sacrifices to the Altar in what to look for and where to look that the sacrifices they bring will be unblemished, and accepted.

As we’ve said numerous times as of late, all that we have learned will not get us through; but neither will love. Just as in marriage, a couple can have hearts filled with love for one another but unless they are willing to demonstrate that love – unless they are willing and able to learn how to apply love one to the other; unless they educate themselves and become intelligent in their love one toward the other – their love will have no power for life and will in the end, leave them both desperately wanting.

We have been called to a high calling, and Love has called us, and love within us has responded, but unless we are willing to grow up into Him in ALL aspects we will not fulfill our calling and will be useless to Him as Priests. If we love but are unable to Intelligently and strategically apply Loves ministration, then we are nothing more than ornaments or window dressing. We are to become surgeons, lasers even; rebuking, rebuffing, cauterizing, healing, and rehabilitating. His ordination is in effect until all His enemies are under His feet, and that is the ordination of all those joined to the Firstborn. He has demonstrated in every conceivable way that we will not be simply endowed with His Divine Nature, but have been given EVERYTHING we need that we might BECOME partakers of it.

There is the verse that says “Keep yourselves in the love of God”, but then it says: “of SOME have compassion, making a difference”. And then continuing: “others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.” (Jude 1:21-23).

My point is this: we have A LOT of growing up to do. Which of us is able to make the distinction? Who knows on which ones to have compassion and on which ones not? Who is able to distinguish? Obviously, we are NOT done. We haven’t arrived simply because we’ve discovered that Love is the foundation. What’s happened is that everyone has discovered that all that they’ve learned isn’t going to carry them over; and as I’ve said: that’s true. But they’ve then interpreted that to mean that they have arrived at all there is to arrive at, and that whatever else is lacking, God will just put on them. NOT TRUE. What’s happened is that we have finished Primary School and it’s time to enroll in Secondary. It is NOT time to go out and assume you are trained for Life’s vocation. There is a whole other level of training to be had, and it is personally administered by the Holy Spirit. And you are going to say that it has ALL been personally administered by the Holy Spirit. But what I’m telling you is that THAT was PRIMARY school, where yes, our Overseer was the Holy Spirit, but we were under various tutors and governors. It is NOW TIME for our SPIRITUAL education/training. We are completely lost to the Spiritual dynamics of things and it is NOW TIME for that phase of Higher Learning. It is now time for the High School of Wisdom’s Mind.

God has many children but as we know: “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of KINGS to search out a matter.” (Prov. 25:2). What I’m saying is that all those who are pulling up are either missing the boat, or not called to the Office. Those who are of Royal Birth – meaning called to full redemption; destined for Adoption; destined to Reign with Him – are pressing on. Those called to serve those who are the Royal Born Priests of Christ are perhaps pulling up because their cups are full. It is not their Office to administer His High and Holy Things, but only those Court ministries. Perhaps they are the Greeters, greeting all who enter, but there is a Higher. And while my heart is filled with as much Love as I have of Himself, Love’s election is calling me on.

These High and Holy things can and will only be administered by Christ in His body, which is the Holy Spirit, and those fully enChristed; those made One with Him in His Spirit. It is a High Calling to be called to be made One with the Holy Spirit of God, in Christ. HIGH, I tell you! And MOST have NO CLUE what that means. They think that because they’ve been made alive in Christ that they’ve been made One with Him. They have NO understanding as to what it is to be made One with the Holy Spirit of God. It is more than being born again, obviously. Being born of God doesn’t make you One with Him; it makes you one of Him, and there’s a BIG difference!

Wisdom is the Principle thing my friends; being renewed in the spirit of our mind; transformed by the renewing of our minds; becoming One with our covenant spouse, joined to that Life in the seed and eating of its choice fruit until the coalesced Life becomes a mature and holy Life – a Tree of Spirit-Life – so great that the birds of the air are able to nest in its branches.

There are those who are called:

 “holy brothers”. Selah   (pause and think about that).

“partakers of a heavenly calling”. Selah.

These are instructed to “consider Jesus, THE Apostle and High Priest”. And the insight: “He was faithful to Him who appointed Him”. This Jesus is a builder, building on a foundation, yes, but building a house of kings and priests unto God His Father (Rev. 1:6); a Royal Priesthood. He is “a Son over His house – whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.” (Heb. 3:1-6).

With regard for you who are scattered abroad,

danny