© 1991 Merritt C. Horn
© 1991 The Christian Fellowship of Students of The Urantia Book
| Significant Books: No Other Name? By Paul F. Knitter | Spring 1991 — First Issue — Index | “Arise, Take Up Your Life and Walk” |
Who told you
that my revelation had ended?
that having spoken
I would speak no more?
I tell you
that I shall speak to my children
as they have need of me.
I shall not withhold my spirit
from any of them,
For I hear their cry
and I shall answer.
It is good that you search
the records for my message,
But you should not think
that I speak from them only,
For my spirit lives within you
and I speak to you always.
You know this in your heart.
Listen then, to the spirit.
How long will you look outside,
before you turn within?
Do you hope to find me on a page?
or to discover me upon a stone?
I write upon your heart;
you shall discover me within your soul.
You rely too much
on the thinking of others,
too much on the records of the past.
I require of you that you rely on me;
allow me to guide you
For I am always here,
my guidance is ever sure,
my inspiration is forever true.
Be not so concerned with the words of books
as with the inspiration of my spirit.
I speak to you even now,
yet you search the record for my words.
Am I a man
that I should live once and die?
that I should speak once and fall silent?
that I should reveal myself once and hide?
I have spoken of old.
I speak now.
I shall speak in all the future.
Listen to me.
Follow me.
I am changeless;
my will shall stand forever.
But the needs of my people change,
so therefore do the words they hear.
For my spirit teaches each
according to his need.
My spirit does not change,
but is a perfect teacher.
To each generation
my spirit comes anew—
leading my people into righteousness,
guiding them into truth.
From The Call of the Spirit, Copyright © 1984
| Significant Books: No Other Name? By Paul F. Knitter | Spring 1991 — First Issue — Index | “Arise, Take Up Your Life and Walk” |