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2120 Word of God food of heaven.... rejecting people....

October 17, 1941: Book 30

People carelessly pass by the most precious thing that is offered to them. They do not feel the breath of God that touches them, they feel nothing of His power, and so they also pay no attention to what His love offers them. They feel neither hunger nor thirst for spiritual nourishment, and therefore they do not desire the food of heaven. And divine love repeatedly offers them His word because they are in dire need of it. For anyone who does not know the word of God, who does not hear it, knows nothing of God's love, of His will and of His promises.... and he goes along completely ignorant. That is why God repeatedly brings His word close to people, because He wants them to learn to recognize Him. And time and again His love strives for people, for they are His children who are in great need if they do not recognize and love Him.... He wants to convey His love to them and can only do so if they are active in love themselves.... He wants to teach them love, but they do not accept any teachings.... He wants to awaken their spirit, He wants to point them to eternity.... He wants to introduce them to their sinfulness and point them to the work of redemption, to His death on the cross. He wants to tell them the meaning and purpose of life on earth and therefore people need His word, which they should hear, accept and obey.... Yet humanity rejects it. It is offered the most precious thing but does not recognize it as a divine gift. People carelessly let it slip past their ears, smiling when it is mentioned. And thus it cannot take effect on them, they cannot test the power which the pure word of God emanates to those people who long and hunger for it. And the devotion to it becomes ever more urgent if the lack of strength among humanity is not to increase constantly. And that is why God now expresses Himself so obviously that people who receive knowledge of it should take notice. And the signs and wonders will increase, for God wants to make Himself known to people because they no longer recognize Him.... He approaches them with love and wants to awaken love, He wants to make people aware and therefore lets a little light flare up which shines so brightly that it spreads a bright glow.... And every person is free to make use of the light.... Yet anyone who avoids it, who avoids its ray of light, must continue to walk his path in darkness, for he rejects the divine love which wants to help him in his adversity.... For God certainly offers His love to everyone, yet this love remains ineffective if the human being resists and disregards God's love. His spiritual hardship cannot be remedied and he continues to languish in dark spiritual night....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers