1435 Lack of strength.... prayer.... sigh of relief....

May 25, 1940: Book 23

People often lack the strength to live, and it emerges from this that they desire too little strength from God, that they try to master everything by themselves but that their own strength is not sufficient against strong opposition and that they should therefore seek help where the outcome of every event is. Whether hardship and worry come upon people through their own fault or whether God Himself sends them suffering as a test, strength from God must always be called upon if this hardship is to be overcome. But man has lost this realization that God only wants to reveal Himself through suffering so that man remembers Him and takes refuge in Him. The will is extraordinarily weakened so that he often allows himself to be ruled by the adversity indifferently and without resistance instead of wanting to fight everything that is difficult and calling upon God's help to do so. If God is called upon for help, he will succeed in freeing himself from both the lethargy of the spirit and the captivity of the soul.... For the will to liberate oneself will become strong. The basic evil always has to be removed first, the will has to be freed again from the power of the adversary who has bound it, then it will express itself again according to God's will. And again the human being must come to the father of his own accord in his greatest need.... He must pray, for only prayer in spirit and in truth reaches God, and only this prayer can be answered by God. The sigh for strength can be sent up to the father in the most difficult emergency.... The more fervently and imploringly it rises to the heights, the more surely it will be heard. For God waits for this call that comes from the heart.... God wants the child on earth to stretch out its hands longingly towards Him, He wants it to regocnize its own weakness and surrender itself to the father in heaven.... that it desires to avail itself of His love and grace.... He wants it to come to Him in every need.... for He is willing to distribute His strength if only it is desired. Receive God into your hearts, regocnize that He is close to you and only waits until your heart turns to Him. Do not seek Him in the distance, open your heart and hear His voice.... He speaks to you like a loving father and will comfort you if you present your adversity to Him, for He is love after all, and this love wants to help you, yet you must desire it with an alert spirit, you must request strength from God at every hour, for every action and in every situation in life.... You must ask God for deliverance from the adversity you have caused yourselves by granting the adversary power over you and thereby weakening your will. Fervently ask God for deliverance from his power and you will truly not make a wrong request....

Amen

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