The opportunity to serve comes in areas and at times that you may not expect. Even though it may not be totally convenient for you from this physical level, I suggest you don't reject the opportunity. If you are open to serve, Spirit will bring forth the way. If it comes forward and you have an attitude of "Well, not that, and I'm busy this weekend," then Spirit will respect you and leave you to your limited serving. You may also be left with your limitations, on many other levels.

It comes down to a moment-to-moment choice to serve the highest good. It is not enough to do it just once today and figure that is it. Keep choosing the highest good.

To do God's work is to be spiritually directed, which translates to being inner-directed. Those who are inner-directed by the Spirit will outwardly attempt to cooperate and come into the flow of the manifestation of Spirit. This attempt is often wrought with awkwardness, difficulty, arduousness, and the sandpapering of personalities.

Service is the highest form of consciousness in the physical world. When we recognize our love of humanity, we do whatever has to be done to express that love to and with others. That is called service. The service I am talking about is not your occupation. Your vocational expression (for which you are paid) often fulfills the planet's karmic law, which is that by the sweat of your brow you earn your living. That is perfect, but it is not the service I am dealing with here.

We are learning how to abandon outmoded standards so we may participate in manifesting God's love onto the planet. By doing this, we will generate the necessary energy and responses from the Light to wherever people are crying out.

When you become one with the highest consciousness, which is God, there is nothing that cannot be overcome because that is the one who overcomes all things. When you're dealing with things that get in the way of the Divine, you are dealing with the lower consciousness. You are dealing with the lie, the deceit, or the illusion. The question becomes, "Whom do you serve? Whom do you follow?" The Bible puts it this way: "Choose you this day whom ye will serve. For me and my house, we serve the Lord." [Joshua 24:15]

He that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

In the midst of confusion and chaos, it is always helpful to have people who are centered and calm. It's nice to be able to suspend judgment to say, "I don't know what's going on and I'm not going to decide what is right and what is wrong, but when it's all over, I'll do what I can to assist those people who have become involved in the turmoil." It's nice to just assist, not to punish or attempt to make anyone see any particular point of view. It helps to just lift people and give them the vision of unity and brotherhood and oneness.

Inherent in serving is doing the best you can. That means making the choice, focusing on the task at hand, and using your mind, body, and Spirit -- for the joy of doing it. Notice I didn't say to do it for the money you will get at the end of the week or for any recognition or reward. If you work and serve with an attitude of enthusiastic cooperation, knowing that you are serving the Spirit within you by serving others through your work, you can receive incredible support for creating your abundance as a living reality.

The so-called baby boomers are a group that has a special mission from Spirit to bring more Light into the world. (We are seeing this in an even greater way in the youngsters that are being born now.) Early in their lives we saw their idealism. Now that there is more wisdom and experience it must be passed on, and the best way I know to do that is through service. Unconditional service is the highest spiritual expression on the planet. So my advice is to hold the idealism as a distant target and to actualize it through service that offers no material reward, but that assists and lifts others as the goal upon which to direct ourselves. It begins with each individual and is fulfilled as an expression of caring and goodwill toward all. That is where Spiritual Warriors find true fulfillment.