What the Lord had to give up for history

November 3, 2010. Around 2:30AM
Yun

(Recently, after listening to the messages about throwing away our own thoughts, I was repenting in my prayer and thinking about how much the Lord himself had to give up for us. The Lord spoke the following words.)

*The word of Holy Son, Jesus*

The path of the cross that I walked was about giving up everything I had.
I indeed had to lay down everything I had.

First, I had to give up My precious body.
That precious body. It was a body that no one else in this world got to make, and it was a perfect body for the Father in heaven to use.
It was made through a long period of severe training, but because I was given only a little time for My ministry, I used My body with all My life as if a day is like a hundred years and laid it down at the end.

Also, what was difficult for Me to give up was My ideals about making the history of heaven happen on earth.
Despite the opposition, slandering, and plotting that surrounded Me, I set this new history on fire.
Everywhere I went, I preached the gospel of heaven to people and made disciples of them.
I solved their problems of body and spirit and gave them a great hope that this world could not give.
The number of people increased very rapidly, and even in the midst of endless tribulations, I only looked ahead and relentlessly pressed on.
I was confident that if I can continue for 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, and until I filled My time on earth, I can fulfill My Father’s will in this world. I was set on fire by that hope.

Nevertheless, I had to give up that ideal in a matter of only 3 years or so. Due to the severe opposition and hatred by people, the course of this history already had taken a different turn, and even a small delay would end up in losing their lives to eternal destruction.
Therefore, I had to lay down My dream and My ideal.
The painfully short three years...
What greater anguish and grievance are there than this?

Satan was tempting Me till the very end.
‘Isn’t this coming to an end too early?’ he’d say.
‘Even if God chose the path of the cross, if I spend just 1 more year or 3 more years here and work diligently, wouldn’t I be able to fulfill far more in this world?’, he’d tempt Me.
He’d argue that it’d be better for Myself and for the people on earth, and I’d be giving glory to God.
This is how Satan tempted Me.
He even tempted Me through the people that I trusted the most.
He made it sound so nice, but all to deprive the previous lives of forgiveness and throw them into hell.

That’s right, I had to give up My ideal.
It was the thinking that I should stay longer on earth for the sake of the people and for heaven, and it was that very thought that I had to get rid of.
To Me, it was such a great ideal and a great purpose that I cried out to the Father three times at the final hours at Gathsemane.
However, heaven remained silent.
It was the deepest silence that tore My heart to pieces again and again.
But in that silence I laid down everything and chose to obey My Father completely. I knew that submitting to the will of God too must be done at the right time.

In this time, many of you have ideals of their own too.
It is the ideal of, ‘If I go down this path in such and such a way, I’m sure the Lord will all be pleased.’
Of course, it may look nice and great in your eyes, but it can be far away from My thoughts.
Therefore you must always check and ask before you take action.
In the beginning it may start out fine, but as the circumstances and situations change, My will for individuals and all of you take different turns.
And you need to know that when it does, your ideals must change accordingly as well.
That’s why I told you that you must ask and check as you do things.
It is those who give up even their own ideals and obey completely will remain till the end and be used for the history.

Therefore, in this last hour when you are preparing for My Second Coming, you need to lay down yourself.
I ask you to leave your own ideals behind and make the determination that you will follow only My way and do as I will.
All this is spoken in My words.
I show you the direction through words, so hold tightly onto them and think of them as your life.
No matter how big or great something you may have built until now, you must be able to leave them behind and follow Me at any moment I ask you to.

Is what you need to give up any greater than what I had to give up?
It pains Me to see that you’re struggling to throw away even such worthless things.
Think about it carefully.
All the things that make you worrisome, insecure, afraid, jealous, disappointed, and let down…. it is because you have not thrown them away completely and have not left them onto Me fully.
Reflect upon it. When you stubbornly insisted on your own ways and went on, did it turn out to be better?

If you completely deny yourself, empty yourself, and be content with Me and only Me, you’ll be rewarded with joy, hope, and peace.
You’ll also be able to listen to My voice more clearly and more often.
I hold immeasurable glory for those people, so I ask you to be with Me.