# Chain: Preparation To Be A Rock > *God is actively preparing souls for what is coming, so that they are steady in themselves and a stability others can lean on* **The argument it traces:** Great change is coming and preparation is required, including refuges of Light → the preparation is God's own work, orchestrated in the seeker's life rather than undertaken alone → its content is inner, cleansing and release and maturity, completed through mind-soul alignment → it works through the soul's own faculties, dreams, portents and insight, rather than through information given in advance → so it cannot be delivered as specific prophecy, and the readying is a compass rather than a map → what it produces is a soul steady and protected in itself, and therefore a rock others lean on amid the storms, set within a coordinated network of prepared souls **11** messages · **21** supporting · main statement not yet chosen --- ## Foundation ### 2015-06-29 - [[2015-06-29 You Must Prepare Yourselves for What Is Coming|You Must Prepare Yourselves for What Is Coming]] The calm-before-the-storm call: "you are entering the calm before the storm, my beloveds," with the soul's cleansing hastened for what follows, "This expiation is necessary and has indeed been accelerated, for with what comes next you will be required to be strong and centered in the Love of God." Prayer redoubled, "This effort can no longer be a casual one," and attachments released, so that "when you enter the storm you must be clothed in the raiments of Light." In the Foundation section, beneath the anchor, [[2015-08-17 Jesus Speaks Seriously of Changes to Come - Be a Channel of Love through the Storms|2015-08-17-af-jesus]]. ### 2015-08-17 - [[2015-08-17 Jesus Speaks Seriously of Changes to Come - Be a Channel of Love through the Storms|Jesus Speaks Seriously of Changes to Come: Be a Channel of Love through the Storms]] Establishes the premise the thread builds on: great change is coming, "The world is fast approaching a time of chaos. There is a great change coming, the storm is just upon the horizon," and the gathered must prepare themselves and prepare places of refuge, "You must prepare those places, those lifeboats of Light for those who are caught in the storms of change... you must focus your efforts to prepare yourselves and to prepare places and to prepare those who will listen," so they can be channels of Love through the chaos. Anchors the thread at its most urgent. ## Elaboration ### 2016-05-12 - [[2016-05-12 Shed Your Fears and Encumbrances|Shed Your Fears and Encumbrances]] Gives the readying a purpose, readiness to be sent, "pick up at a moment's notice and be guided to a place, a person, an opportunity," with "even material encumbrances" among what is shed. Closest member [[2015-06-29 You Must Prepare Yourselves for What Is Coming|2015-06-29-af-confucius]] (release as spiritual preparation); Alec Gaunt states what the release is for. ### 2016-08-11 - [[2016-08-11 Your Obstacles Strengthen You in the Light|Your Obstacles Strengthen You in the Light]] The external proving ground: "And now the time has come and you see how strong you must be, how courageous and brave and full of trust and faith," completed by being tested in the world's resistance, "the error, the hurtful allegations, the difficulties, the complexities that are placed before you." Closest member [[2018-09-01 You Are Ready to Step Forward|2018-09-01-af-seretta-kem]] (readiness completed inwardly through alignment); new facet: the outward half of the process, the world's resistance as the proving ground. Its "time has come" is the same readiness turn that [[2018-09-01 You Are Ready to Step Forward|2018-09-01-af-seretta-kem]] marks in the roster. ### 2016-09-16 - [[2016-09-16 Will You Walk with God|Will You Walk with God?]] The footing relocated, and the safety claim stated outright. "You must hold fast, trusting in God, relying upon your faith, the power of your soul's perceptions, listening to God's Will and you will weather any storm. Anything that comes will bypass you and you will be safe. You will stand upon the rock of God's great Will and lead others in this Truth." Nearest to it is [[2016-12-07 Be Calm in the Coming Storms|2016-12-07-af-andrew]], in the coming storms you will be the calm, steady souls others look to, with [[2017-09-13 Make Love Your Guiding Truth Through Earth Changes|2017-09-13-af-keea-atta-kem]] carrying the same claim as "you will be a rock in a world disrupted". In [[2016-12-07 Be Calm in the Coming Storms|2016-12-07-af-andrew]] and [[2017-09-13 Make Love Your Guiding Truth Through Earth Changes|2017-09-13-af-keea-atta-kem]] the prepared soul is itself the rock; here the soul stands on a rock which is God's Will, so its steadiness is derivative and conditional, and the message names the condition, "to truly understand what God's Will is, your souls must be fully awakened by the Love." The inverted rock image is the visible marker but is not the ground of the role. The ground is that the thread's stability is here made contingent on a prior soul-awakening, together with the personal-safety promise, which the thread otherwise holds only at sighting level. ### 2016-12-07 - [[2016-12-07 Be Calm in the Coming Storms|Be Calm in the Coming Storms]] The rock argument stated plainly: "For in any storm the soul that is calm, the soul that steadies those around it is the one that will be looked to," with the prepared soul's task named, "you, my beloveds, must be bold, declare the truth, bring a stability, strength, calm and peace and truth to all in the flow of God's Love," and the source of the steadiness, "The most precious thing that you possess, my beloveds, is a soul enlivened by God's Love." Compare [[2017-09-13 Make Love Your Guiding Truth Through Earth Changes|2017-09-13-af-keea-atta-kem]]. ### 2017-09-13 - [[2017-09-13 Make Love Your Guiding Truth Through Earth Changes|Make Love Your Guiding Truth Through Earth Changes]] God orchestrates the readying: "this is God orchestrating your life, preparing you for what is to come," so that those who receive His guidance become rocks amid the storms, "You will be a rock in a world disrupted by conditions of change," and are guided to scientists, leaders and seekers who will take notice as their gifts and Love grow. Develops the Foundation from preparing refuges toward God preparing each person to be the steady presence others are drawn to. ### 2018-09-01 - [[2018-09-01 You Are Ready to Step Forward|You Are Ready to Step Forward]] Marks the readiness turn: years of preparation are near fruition ("for many of you, we have spent many years preparing you... a time to come that is now very close"), and the readying is completed through mind-soul alignment - "strong with your feet firmly planted upon the ground and your soul connected with Heaven." Adds that the work begins small and humble and grows through persistence, and that each finds a unique role. Moves the argument from a call to prepare for coming change to a declaration of readiness. ### 2018-10-24 - [[2018-10-24 Seretta Kem Talks of the Service that May Come|Seretta Kem Talks of the Service that May Come]] Widens the readying to its collective architecture: the prepared souls are "one component of a vast network that is being built" and coordinated by God and angels, becoming known in surprising places as materialism loses its hold and humanity's hunger for truth intensifies. Adds that the preparation cannot be delivered as fixed dates or specifics - "the future is not written in stone" - so readiness is developed day by day through the soul faculties. Anticipates the objection Augustine 2019-01-28 answers head-on. ### 2019-03-13 - [[2019-03-13 There Is a Power to This Gift of Insight|There Is a Power to This Gift of Insight]] Supplies the mechanism of the readying the thread otherwise only names. Dreams, portents, insights, and visions are God communicating through the soul as advance preparation - "do not dismiss this... there is a kernel of truth" - so "that when that time to act comes, all is not confusing and foreign and misunderstood." Joins this to the strengthening-through-cleansing ("all is in the cleansing and strengthening of your soul... it is a healing of the deep parts within you") and the rock role ("able to be a rock for those who are lost... this stabilizing force"). Adds the how of God's preparation to a thread whose other witnesses establish the that. ## Objection-removed ### 2019-01-28 - [[2019-01-28 Questions Regarding Earth Changes|Questions Regarding Earth Changes]] Answers the demand the readying keeps provoking: give us specific predictions. Augustine removes it honestly - the world's conditions are erratic, the veil distorts what is conveyed, and spirit experiences time differently, so specific prophecy cannot be relied upon ("we cannot steer the ship for you... you have within you a compass"). The preparation is therefore inner, not informational: trust the compass, make plans when guidance is clear and no apprehension warns, and be assured God's plan for the salvation of mankind will not fail. Clears the false expectation that being a rock depends on knowing the future, and affirms the rock role directly - "you will be the rock, beloved souls, that others may lean upon." --- ## Also touches on this *These messages restate or echo the idea rather than carry it forward, so they sit alongside the thread rather than in it.* - **2014-07-26** [[2014-07-26 Free Will Makes for a Free Wheeling World, Nothing Is Guaranteed|Free Will Makes for a Free Wheeling World, Nothing Is Guaranteed]] (witness) - The readying working through the soul's own perception, "as you grow in the love and your soul grows in wisdom, in insight and perception with the love, you will see your way through more clearly. You will understand to some extent the events to come and will adjust accordingly." - **2015-05-18** [[2015-05-18 Recognizing Your Two Selves, the Soul and the Material Mind|Recognizing Your Two Selves, the Soul and the Material Mind]] (witness) - Readiness for what is coming tied to the soul's strength: "if you are still anchored in the human condition, if you cannot rise above this to that soulful awareness, you will have great difficulties adjusting and dealing with what is to come. Yet if you are in the flow of God's Love and your souls are strong in this Love... you will be embarking on a great journey that will foster the change that is coming." - **2015-10-26** [[2015-10-26 Guidance about Our Choices in the Flow of God's Love|Guidance about Our Choices in the Flow of God's Love]] (witness) - The readying conducted quietly and in advance of the work it is for, guidance given "in subtle, yet powerful ways to help you along your path and the work that awaits you." - **2015-12-21** [[2015-12-21 God Will Ask Much of You in the Coming Year|God Will Ask Much of You in the Coming Year]] (witness) - The readying and its purpose in a few sentences, "The world will enter a phase of great difficulty and turmoil, and you must be on the ready," and "You will become important anchors in this world for God to utilize, to bring stability, to usher in change in harmonious ways." The readying is God's and is carried by the soul's own perception, "God will touch you powerfully. The perceptions of your souls will give you greater vision and understanding and will inform your actions." Stated rather than developed. - **2016-03-16** [[2016-03-16 The Resonance of Love Amongst You|The Resonance of Love Amongst You]] (witness) - The readying named as such and given its content, "This is preparation for what is to come and we need for you, my beloveds, to be strong and clear, unfettered by error and the human condition, to be strong and powerful Lights in the world." - **2016-05-16** [[2016-05-16 The Power of Thoughts|The Power of Thoughts]] (witness) - Soul-wisdom named as the navigation instrument for the coming changes, stated in a clause. - **2016-08-02** [[2016-08-02 Teaching the Lesson of Love|Teaching the Lesson of Love]] (witness) - The premise in two clauses with the urgency register, "the time grows short for you to reach out into the world." - **2016-08-25** [[2016-08-25 Embrace All in the Flow of God's Love|Embrace All in the Flow of God's Love]] (sighting) - The occasion named as a test by the spirit arranging it; the same proving-ground facet as the [[2016-08-11 Your Obstacles Strengthen You in the Light|2016-08-11-af-alec-gaunt]] Elaboration; held at sighting so one facet does not carry two Elaborations. - **2016-08-26** [[2016-08-26 Seek the Light of God's Love|Seek the Light of God's Love]] (pattern) - Relationship with God as the only reliable constant: "This is the only constant in a life that can be relied upon - your relationship with your Heavenly Father," with the securities of the world explicitly substituted. Fenced from [[Chains/Preparation To Be A Rock|Preparation To Be A Rock]], [[Chains/Challenges As Blessings|Challenges As Blessings]], and [[Chains/Fear Of Full Immersion|Fear Of Full Immersion]] (this is the answer to what remains after loss). Close to [[2016-08-15 The Reluctance to Step Fully into the Light|2016-08-15-af-alec-gaunt]]. Suggested slug: `security-in-god`. - **2016-08-26** [[2016-08-26 Seek the Light of God's Love|Seek the Light of God's Love]] (witness) - The seeker's own steadiness when external security is gone, which is the thread's outcome turned inward rather than toward others. - **2016-08-26** [[2016-08-26 You Are Part of God's Salvation for Mankind|You Are Part of God's Salvation for Mankind]] (witness) - "poised upon a threshold," with the readiness inventory framed as substantially accomplished. - **2016-08-27** [[2016-08-27 Be Open to New Directions|Be Open to New Directions]] (witness) - The urgency register, "The time grows short, the need is great." - **2016-08-29** [[2016-08-29 This Place Has a Role to Play|This Place Has a Role to Play]] (sighting) - The coming-changes premise and the protection promise, asserted in passing; adjacent to [[Chains/Earth Changes|Earth Changes]] on the same clause; too light for either roster. - **2016-09-05** [[2016-09-05 Be Secure upon the Path|Be Secure upon the Path]] (witness) - "Prepare yourselves, beloved souls, for what is to come. There is much work that awaits willing hands," with the widening detail that "there are others who are coming, who will join you in this great task". The coordinated network is already in that chain; the arrival of unknown others is stated here without development. - **2016-09-06** [[2016-09-06 You Will Be Healed|You Will Be Healed]] (witness) - "You must all prepare yourselves. Listen to the callings of your heart. Know that God will use you to bring comfort to many," with the condition stated as closeness: "you must be close to God, for it is in this closeness, at-onement with God that you will be a mighty channel." That chain describes the readying as inner rather than informational; this names at-onement specifically as the qualifying condition, which is more doctrinally precise than its usual framing. - **2016-09-14** [[2016-09-14 Being in the Light Takes Conscious Effort|Being in the Light Takes Conscious Effort]] (witness) - The readiness register with its content given, "it is time to step ever further forward upon this Path, to walk with maturity, wisdom and strength", and "You begin to shed some of your humanness, begin to don the mantle of the celestial being". - **2016-10-15** [[2016-10-15 There Is a Purpose for You|There Is a Purpose for You]] (witness) - The protection promise in one clause, "though the storm rages around you, God's love and protection, His peace and Light, surround you." - **2016-10-15** [[2016-10-15 Earth Changes and Your Soul Condition|Earth Changes and Your Soul Condition]] (witness) - The readying strand of an earth-changes message, which the log has split before on this spirit's material. Guidance to be listened for, "Have your ears pricked to the guidance that will be given", and the protection promise, "you will be protected and carried through this time". The readying strand is present without the changes being explained, which is why the split was made. Compare the split made at [[2017-09-13 Make Love Your Guiding Truth Through Earth Changes|2017-09-13-af-keea-atta-kem]], where the earth-changes reading was called the primary home. - **2016-12-07** [[2016-12-07 Pray from Your Heart|Pray from Your Heart]] (witness) - The gathering itself as the readying, "there are trying times coming for this world. A time of change and flux and you have been brought together to be replenished and nourished, strengthened and to strengthen your bonds together for indeed you will need one another." [[2019-02-21 It Is Your Destiny to Bring Your Gifts Forward for Mankind|2019-02-21-af-elijah]] gives the same bonds forged now for later need. - **2019-01-21** [[2019-01-21 Divine Love Path and Natural Love Path|Divine Love Path and Natural Love Path]] (sighting) - "there is a great work ahead... but first you must be awakened"; readying named without content. - **2019-02-21** [[2019-02-21 It Is Your Destiny to Bring Your Gifts Forward for Mankind|It Is Your Destiny to Bring Your Gifts Forward for Mankind]] (witness) - The prepared souls as anchors that hold one another, "With the power of your gifts, beloved souls, this will be an anchor in the changes and the storms with your relationship with God. As you hold on to one another as the winds blow, so you will support and save many from the coming changes," with the readying given as bonds forged now for later need, "As you forge these bonds so you will forge a link of communication that will be of great value in the future." Nearest is [[2018-10-24 Seretta Kem Talks of the Service that May Come|2018-10-24-af-seretta-kem]], the prepared souls as parts of a network; here they hold one another up.