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1745 Man's right relationship with God....

December 20, 1940: Book 27

Man's relationship with God often takes on forms which God can never approve of, and then divine intervention is necessary and therefore also understandable. For the human being can only successfully cover his earthly path if he recognizes the eternal deity as the highest and most perfect being and himself as God's creature and his attitude towards Him is accordingly, i.e. if he considers himself dependent on Him and then asks for His grace. Then the right relationship is established, the relationship of the child to the father, which always finds its way to Him when it desires His help in spiritual and earthly needs. It is so immensely important that the human being has this attitude towards God, for only this will result in God's grace, since a pleading child will never go unanswered. Every human being is entitled to God's love and kindness if he desires it as His child, for God's love wants to distribute but also wants to be recognized as father and creator from eternity, otherwise He would distribute His gifts indiscriminately, even where God is rejected or not recognized as the giver. Where the right relationship between the child and the father is established, the child will also be able to feel the power and strength of the father and therefore also be completely convinced of the deity, Who is almighty and wise, because God reveals Himself in His grace to those who love and honour Him as their father. He understands all the needs and worries of people on earth. However, since no being can mature without suffering, earthly life cannot be free of such suffering either, but where a person raises his hands to the father like a child in supplication, God is immediately willing to grant him help, for a father does not leave his child in need and He fulfils the requests of His children the more sincerely they call to Him. However, anyone who sets himself apart from God, who can never call to Him in childlike pleading, who seeks God in the distance or can never speak to Him in intimate dialogue, his higher development is also called into question, for only in the most intimate relationship with Him is the human being able to achieve incredible things. And even if he believes that it is in his power to turn everything that life brings with it for the better, he will nevertheless be faced with having to ask for help one day, and good for him who is then able to establish the right relationship of a child to the father, so that his prayer will not go unanswered and he may receive the supply of strength from God in his weak faith, which will then also make him clearly recognize how small the human being is compared to the eternal deity and how deeply humble he has to approach Him in order to stand in His grace....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers