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1746 Rarity of the work of the divine spirit in man....

December 21, 1940: Book 27

How rarely the spirit of God can express itself in a person is evident from the fact that only a few people completely agree in their views as far as they concern God and His creation, His reign and activity on earth and in the beyond. The spirit from God will always teach people the same, for God only gives purest truth and distributes it where it is desired and the preconditions have been fulfilled which result in the working of the spirit of God in the human being. However, since such an activity is so rarely recognized, the subtle voice within is not respected and the spirit from God cannot express itself either, even though the human being is worthy of receiving divine wisdom through his way of life. His spirit certainly strives towards God but he does not try to establish a direct connection with Him.... He does not desire to hear the divine voice and therefore cannot hear it. And even where its attention is drawn to the obvious working of the spirit in the human being it perceives this as presumption and attributes the divine working to the activity of a power hostile to God. And so the will is not ready, and man cannot be forced. He absolutely has to initiate the contact with God himself, he has to give himself to God and surrender his will to Him, then God Himself will suggest to him the thought of establishing such a connection. He will also mentally instruct him as to what he must do in order to hear the divine voice within himself. Provided the human being surrenders his will to God, he will do everything God wants.... And if God wants to spread the pure truth, He will convey this pure truth to him. Very few people take the direct path to God, but if they wanted to do so, they would clearly know what they should do to please Him. And even if it were something completely foreign to them, they would do it without amazement and without hesitation. But how rarely does an earthly child offer its services to the heavenly father and ask Him for a task on earth and how rarely can they therefore be called upon to do such a task which requires the human being's free will. And because God is so rarely asked to impart the pure truth, He can only give it out so rarely. But where this is the case, the same truth can always be found and the working of the divine spirit can be proven beyond doubt. Having God Himself as a teacher must result in purest truth, and where this truth is not obviously made known to the world it is mentally conveyed to people who love God, serve Him and keep His commandments, and the divine giver has to be recognized through the correspondence of thoughts. And this will result in the fact that this teaching will soon prevail, that it will spread and that divine activity will always and constantly be recognized. But it will also result in people no longer looking for God in the distance but seeking and finding Him within themselves. And if the human being recognizes the working of forces in the beyond and establishes contact with them, it will be possible for the spirit of God to express itself and it will present everything to the listening child in such a way that it will willingly accept it and be prepared to serve God for all eternity....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers