2899 Will to do good - influence of the beings of light.... mask of the adversary....

September 27, 1943: Book 37

The will to do good and to belong to God is the only decisive factor for good forces to approach a person and try to influence him. A will turned away from God will never draw these forces to itself, and evil forces will never gain power over a person striving towards God. It is so understandable that God does not allow the latter to fall prey to the power of evil that He Himself spreads His hands protectively over them who long for Him. The beings of light are powerful enough to ward off all evil from a person who demonstrates through his thoughts and will that he is averse to evil. The adversary's power is indeed great but he only gains control over the human being if the latter places himself into his hands by thinking and acting in opposition to God, and then he disguises himself as a figure of light in order to beguile people whose will is still of a dark spirit and who do not recognize the adversary under the mask of good. But the one who strives for God is not blinded by the deceptive light. He sees through the activity of the one who comes from darkness.... for the beings of light enlighten him about it, they illuminate his spirit and allow him to gain insight into the weaknesses and infirmities of people who fall prey to this deceptive spirit. The person striving towards God should indeed constantly watch and pray so that he does not fall into temptation, and temptations are also permitted in order to test his willpower, to strengthen his power of resistance, but God will never allow the tempter himself to approach the person in such a form that he can no longer recognize him if his thoughts and will are right. And in the same way the beings of light form a protective wall around the earthly human being entrusted to them, who abandons himself to their guidance by consciously striving towards God. The power of evil over him is therefore only slight and only then a danger when the human being himself lets up in his striving and turns his desire towards the world and its goods and pleasures. But then a struggle of good and evil forces starts for his soul, and the power of the beings of light is truly greater and protects the human being from complete apostasy. But the will of man himself is always decisive, and that is why the opponent of God does not need to be feared where this will is meant for God and the union with him. The activity of the forces of light and darkness can certainly be distinguished and thus also recognized by its results, for evil forces will not determine people's good actions and the beings of light will not determine people's evil actions, and therefore you will recognize by the fruits under which influence a person is and thus also have to acknowledge an activity of light where every thought of the human being only applies to the one goal of serving God and living according to His pleasure. For this striving alone already reveals where God Himself is at work, for through the desire for God the human being draws the divine strength to himself, and God will not let the faith of the one who fully trusts Him and proves this through heartfelt prayer, through active neighbourly love and a will devoted to Him come to nothing....

amen

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