# The Time for Casual Commitment Is Over **Spirit:** [[Spirits/Augustine|Augustine]] · **Medium:** Al Fike · **Date:** 2015-12-01 *The time for a casual commitment towards this is done. The time for a strong, steady, consistent, passionate commitment to this Path and these Truths is required at this time.* --- Bless you, your teacher Augustine is with you. There is much work ahead, my dear students, and much to prepare for within yourselves. Continue to take your prayers for the Love to your Heavenly Father. Continue to look within yourselves, to be vigilant for all that which is within you that is not in harmony with this Love and to attempt to make effort to release this in prayer, in examination, in a concerted effort to change the patterns of behaviour within yourselves, for you must walk this Earth as examples of Love. You must teach those in this world through your example, through your Light and to be knowledgeable, my dear and beloved students, of the Laws of Love and to be well experienced in the Touch of God in your souls and to allow your souls the power of this Love that resides there and the gifts and perceptions and faculties of the soul, which are ignited by this Love to come forward, to be in ascendency in your consciousness, in your beings. The time for a casual commitment towards this is done. The time for a strong, steady, consistent, passionate commitment to this Path and these Truths is required at this time. If you are to take on the work that lay ahead, that beckons you forward, there is no time to waste, my beloveds, for the changes in the world begin in earnest. Many events will take place that you cannot see at this time, but will come rapidly and powerfully in this world and you must be ready. You must don your cloak of Light and wisdom, you must be connected to the Heavenly Father, open to His guidance, His soft voice within you, guiding you through the calamities and the changes which are coming. Each individual must take on this responsibility to be prepared, to be fervent in their prayers, to be open to God's guidance. And we cannot do this for you, my beloveds. We can assist you in your efforts and your choices for Light, we can encourage you and we can inspire you, but we cannot do this for you. It is your will and indeed it is a desire of your souls to seek this, to manifest this in yourselves and within your lives. Yes, it is your choice. The power of free will, my beloveds, is ever present in every step you take. Take your steps as a knowing choice, inspired by your souls, inspired by God, inspired by the angels and you will step correctly, in harmony, in ways that are surprising, in ways that will bring great Light and Love into this world. But you must step, take that step to choose that step, and to be secure in the flow of God's Love as you step forward. There is no other way, my beloveds, unless you choose to be swept away in the human condition which will be cleansed, which will be transformed by God's Great Hand upon this world, His Breath bringing change and healing and Light. And this will be so for those who are receptive to what God has to give. And for those who resist, there will be great consequences – painful, debilitating and tragic. You must go with God, go with Light, go with strength, go with Love and go with humility, my beloveds. And we will be with you, always, and guide you through, as will God. God bless you. Your teacher Augustine loves you dearly and prays for you, beseeching God to help us all in this great venture of Love and change and healing. I am with you and I love you. God bless you. --- > [!abstract] Description > Augustine delivers an urgent call to move beyond casual commitment, warning that rapid world changes are coming and that each soul must be fervent in prayer, self-examination, and alignment with God's Will to be ready. He teaches that spirits cannot do this preparation for those gathered — it requires the free will choice of each individual to step forward in passionate and consistent dedication to the path. ## Related messages - [[2019-01-04 Nurturing This Centre of Light Will Open Many Doors in the Future|Nurturing This Centre of Light Will Open Many Doors in the Future]] - [[2016-03-28 The Power of Commitment|The Power of Commitment]] > [!question]- Questions this message answers > - What does it mean to move from a casual to a serious commitment to the spiritual path? > - How do I prepare my soul for difficult times ahead? > - Why can't God or the angels simply do our spiritual preparation for us? > - How do I release patterns of behaviour that are not in harmony with love? > - What does it mean to don a cloak of light and wisdom? > - How do I stay connected to God's guidance during times of upheaval and change? > - What are the consequences of resisting God's transforming work in the world? > - How do I take my spiritual life from occasional practice to daily discipline?