2853 Works of destruction.... uninhibited expression of the forces released....

August 18, 1943: Book 37

What has emerged from God's strength is indestructible. But if human will nevertheless accomplishes a work of destruction, then this is only a non-recognition of the divine power, which now has the effect that God withdraws the visible characteristic of His power, but not the power itself, for this is invisible and eternally unchangeable. The human will constantly changes the things that surround it. He therefore makes use of God's expression of power, the visible works of creation, in order to reshape them according to his own will, which is also permissible before God, because no limits are set to the free will of man, and which is also pleasing to him, if the purpose of the reshaping is the well-being of the neighbor, therefore man is active in serving love. Against the divine will and the divine order, however, is an activity of man that merely testifies to the will to destroy. The power that now becomes free, the invisible, which has its origin in God, now does not remain inactive, because power must always express itself somehow. It is no longer bound by the shell which imposed a certain activity on it, but it is unhindered and can therefore also unfold without restraint. And then this unrestrained activity again has an effect on people, not only on those who accomplished such works of destruction, but on all people who are within the range of these powers. Furthermore, other creations of nature are also affected by the contrary development of power, so that changes take place in them which are likewise contrary to divine order. But what is contrary to divine order is not construction, but destruction.... a destruction that is not directly but indirectly caused by human will....

Consequently, the human being must also take responsibility for his will as soon as he is responsible for works of destruction or has approved of them, because the released forces can also cause great devastation. God's will must now come into action again, which once more gives these forces new coverings that prevent them from unfolding without restraint. Yet this process requires a period of development because of the imperfect human being, thus a new creation cannot arise suddenly, which would certainly be possible for God's omnipotence but would be detrimental to the human being's freedom of faith and will. A constructive activity of men is therefore necessary, so that things arise again, which grant stay to the escaped spiritual. And likewise the possibility of growth must be created again in nature on the part of man, only then will the chaos be reduced, the unfavorable effects of the forces hindered and the God-willed order restored. For even if earthly creations disintegrate, the spiritual strength concealed therein is indestructible and will always require material creations again, and as long as it is still imperfect it will have to be bound, because immature spiritual substances in a free state disregard divine order and this must end in chaos....

amen

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