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4123 Increased struggling of a light receiver on earth – compensation....

September 15, 1947: Book 50

Anyone who has the ability to receive the word directly from God, i.e. who succeeds in concentrating so that he is able to hear the extremely delicate voice of the spirit, will understandably be able to achieve a higher maturity of soul through this gift of grace if he has the serious will to do so. But he will have to struggle and fight all the more, he will have to compensate for his spiritual advantage in a certain respect through difficult life situations, through spiritual hardship and earthly difficulties, in order to rightfully earn the gifts of grace, thus he must, so to speak, acquire the spiritual good, which secures him a faster ascent, and withstand the struggle for it, otherwise it would be an unequal distribution of ascent opportunities from God. Every person is offered by God what is useful for the maturity of his soul. And one person needs less, the other more resistance at which he is to mature, yet the aim, perfection on earth, can be reached by every person because gifts of grace are allocated according to the will. If the will is good, i.e., if it seriously strives towards God, then its path of life will be an uninterrupted chain of receiving grace, and the temptations by the world, the onslaughts from outside, will also be less. But a soul that does not have to fight becomes lukewarm and indifferent and does not mature, but remains stagnant on its stage of development. And this is what God wants to prevent, and therefore He tries to encourage the recipient of spiritual gifts to detach himself from all earthly things and to only work spiritually, He tries to increase the desire for the latter, but He also presents the world with its attractions to the human being and lets him test himself against it. He constantly leads him by the hand over paths which are stony and thorny, He guides him and His guidance is truly the right one, even though the human being cannot understand why burdens are sometimes imposed on him which seem almost unbearable to him. Through constant inner struggle the human being makes himself receptive for the divine word as well as for the influx of strength, for adversity drives him to God, to the father, and the connection with the father through heartfelt dialogue is always successful, for God never dismisses a child calling upon Him without strengthening it. What is offered to man from the hand of God is always precious and must be utilised accordingly. God knows of everything that is still hidden from people, He also knows what is helpful for those who receive His word, He will help where help is needed, He will ease the pressure which weighs them down when the time comes and He will bless everything that contributes to a person's inner development. The firm bond with God is the human being's first and last aim, for the sake of which the individual's life will often be more difficult but will immediately be relieved when the purpose is fulfilled, when the human being has entered into contact with God through heartfelt prayer or by trustingly submitting all needs and worries to the heavenly father. Then His fatherly love will be revealed again, the sun will break through cloudy skies, it will be a bright and cheerful day when the soul revives and is willing to serve God again and engages in its spiritual work with great zeal and thereby serves Him as a faithful labourer in His vineyard....

Amen

Translated by Christian Taffertshofer