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1116 Life in the divine will.... inner voice....

September 26, 1939: Book 20

Man should scrutinize himself with relentless rigour as to how far he complies with God's will, and he should always keep his actions and omissions in mind, he should ask God for the strength to do so in a constant endeavour to always do what is right, he should never tire of working on himself and always and constantly answer to Him and listen to the inner voice that rebukes him if he wants to go astray. Always living in the will of God is only feasible if all thoughts are turned towards the eternal deity, if love for God dominates the person.... Then man will also always fulfil the will of Him Whom his soul loves. However, this also requires self-conquest, for in order to be able to fulfil the divine will, man must willingly renounce everything that gives him earthly pleasure.... he must be able to sacrifice.... he must tame his worldly desires and seek fulfilment of his longing only in love for God.... he must also avoid everything that could tempt him to sin. These are the thoughts that want to go astray and do not correspond to the divine will. The enemy tries to influence precisely those souls who want to serve God and any means is right for him to do so. And thus he tries to dissuade the striving earthly child from its serious striving for God through mental whisperings, and a struggling soul will therefore often have to fight against such thoughts which have to be regocnized as opposing influence and therefore rejected. And again the inner voice has to be listened to, which instructs the earthly child correctly in every way. And thus every danger will also be overcome if only the human being's will is always willing to submit itself to divine will, if he entrusts all his actions and thoughts to the lord, asks Him for His grace and for the right enlightenment in all things.... The father in heaven will hear this prayer of His child and his walk on earth will truly correspond to God's will, for the father demands nothing but free human will, if this is sacrificed to Him He will guide and direct His children so that they will safely reach their goal, their eternal home.

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers