Called To Be

In last week’s post, Angels Among Us, I shared about angels and how they are messengers of God. In my lesson at Unity Spiritual Center Denver this past Sunday (listen here), I talked about the angels’ messages in the biblical Christmas story. Their messages are: do not fear, have faith, believe, trust and follow.

Author, teacher and mystic, Matthew Fox said,

Angels are cosmic beings, beings of light that travel at the speed of light. When they are present, the Cosmic Christ is being alluded to. – The Coming of the Cosmic Christ

As messengers of God’s Light and Love, they are always guiding us to the unfolding and expression of our highest potential – the Christ.

The Metaphysical Bible Dictionary defines ‘Christ’ as,

Christ is the only begotten Son of God, or the one complete idea of perfect man in Divine Mind.

This Christ, or perfect-man idea existing eternally in Divine Mind, is the true, spiritual, higher self of every individual. Each of us has within him the Christ, just as Jesus had, and we must look within to recognize and realize our sonship, our divine origin and birth, even as He did. By continually unifying ourselves with the Highest by our thoughts and words, we too shall become sons of God, manifest. (Excerpts)

Angels, as witnessed in the Christmas story, are always calling us to bring forth our Christ nature.

After further contemplating the messages of the angels in the story, I became keenly aware that they are also calling us to go and grow beyond the known, to stretch the boundaries of who we have believed ourselves to be and what we have previously believed is possible.

They called the Virgin Mary to step out in faith and accept that she, a teenage Jewish girl, was to give birth to Jesus. This required her to renounce the social norms and mores of her culture as they concerned a pregnancy outside of marriage.

They called Joseph to accept that his betrothed was to have a baby even though they had not yet “known” each other in the biblical sense. He was called to believe in the possibility that Mary was to give birth to a child conceived by the Holy Spirit, and to raise the child as his own.

Further, they were both called to leave their village of Nazareth and make the arduous journey to Bethlehem where Jesus was to be born.

The angels also called the shepherds to leave the safety and security of their field and to follow the star to where Jesus was lying in a manger.

The wise men from the Far East followed the same star from their homes to travel across rugged terrain to pay homage to the baby Jesus.

Later, the angels guided Joseph to, once again, leave home and travel to Egypt to protect Jesus’ life.

While the angels’ messages of Love and Light always lead us to our highest unfolding, they may also ask us to embrace things that are beyond our known world and to go beyond our comfort zones.

When we set a clear intention to be the Light of the World as Jesus said we are, we are called to share our Christ Light with the world and be in service to the greater vision of peace on Earth and goodwill to all people. In doing so, we may be called to people, places and situations beyond our imagining.

Our choice is whether to say ‘Yes!’ to the call.

We hear the call not with our ears, but with our hearts. In fact, the call is usually more felt than heard. Our hearts then transmit the knowing to the mind which interprets it and helps us along the journey. If we are clear in our intention to be the Christ in the world, there will be no argument or resistance. We will say ‘Yes!’ as did Mary, Joseph, the shepherds and the wise men.

Sometimes, in fact quite often, we are called to step into the unknown on our journey to be the Christ in the world. We can know and trust that no matter where we are led, we are provided all that we need when we say ‘Yes!’ and follow the guidance we receive.

This Christmas season, I encourage us to set a clear intention to give birth to the Christ through our thoughts, word and actions. Take time to be still and listen to the call of the angels. Breathe deeply into the heart space, feel into the energy of the messages of Light and Love. Follow the guidance received.

The angels may lead us beyond what we have yet known. They may well lead us beyond our wildest dreams or expectations. They will most assuredly lead us to the next step on our journey to give life to the Christ in the world.

As you travel this journey, always keep in mind the primary messages of the angels: Do Not Fear, Have Faith, Believe, Trust, and Follow.