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5664 Work for the kingdom of God.... good house father....

May 1, 1953: Book 62

Working for God and His kingdom is truly the most beautiful activity on this earth, for the success of this work does not fade away forever, it is not futile work because it will one day lead to the aim after all, even if no success can be seen at first. The work for God and His kingdom is, as it were, the switching on of the activity of the inhabitants of the kingdom of light who always do God's kingdom work and are tirelessly active in order to serve God and all still imperfect beings. God always needs labourers for His vineyard, He constantly accepts servants and maidservants to whom He assigns work according to their strength and will to work. And all will find much work and must not be lukewarm or indifferent if they want to faithfully carry out the work for God; but all will also find supports who introduce them to the activity, who make them capable of it and are therefore advisors and leaders for them in the work in the vineyard of the lord. And no helpful person will be rejected, all can participate in the work of salvation, in the spiritual activity which surpasses every earthly work in success and blessing. What a person acquires through earthly work he only has on loan as long as he lives on earth; spiritual work, however, creates everlasting values which are only truly recognized after the death of the body but which then make the soul unspeakably happy and give it the opportunity in the kingdom of the beyond to continue to work for the kingdom of God, in a different way but in an ever more pleasing form. It is a serving activity which, however, can only be carried out by a person who has already acquired wealth on earth, which will only benefit him in the kingdom of the beyond, because the distribution of his wealth increases his bliss, because without possessions he can never give anything away, but the constant giving only signifies bliss. On earth, the work of the kingdom of God seems useless because earthly goods cannot be acquired through it.... But in the kingdom of the beyond every soul is happy if it can participate in God's kingdom work. And only then will it get to know the value of spiritual treasures which it often carelessly passed by on earth. And it is grateful when spiritual goods are offered to it by the beings of light and only then does it grasp the blessing of such goods. But anyone who already works for God and His kingdom on earth need no longer call himself poor, he already has wealth on earth with which he can work for the benefit of his fellow human beings, and he will never again enjoy the world and its pleasures, for earthly goods are insignificant compared to the goods of the spiritual kingdom. Working for God and His kingdom also ensures the human being a carefree existence on earth, for God is a good father of the house Who truly provides for His servants such that they need not live in want, but Who also demands eager and conscientious work from all those who voluntarily enter His service.... And He will bless their work and be to them all a good lord and householder, Who rewards every labour, as He has promised....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers