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6418 The path to the father's house.... God's guidance....

December 5, 1955: Book 68

All of you are guided who want to walk by My hand, who entrust yourselves to My guidance.... I must always take your own will into account, I cannot push you against your will onto a path which you consciously avoid, which you avoid because it does not seem pleasant to you.... I can only quietly urge you on but immediately yield to your resistance if it is recognizable to Me. But anyone who entrusts himself to My guidance can walk his earthly path without worry.... it leads to the aim.... Therefore you should not look anxiously at the many obstacles and difficulties, you should only ever firmly hold on to My hand and you will be guided past all difficulties with the certainty which only My guidance can offer you.... Therefore, don't look anxiously into the future either, don't worry unnecessarily, leave all earthly concerns and only lift your eyes up to Me. For I am always there for you, I will also keep all adversity away from you if only you trust Me faithfully, if you behave like children towards your father, if you don't leave My side and leave all care for yourselves to Me. Your faith will banish all danger, for I will not disappoint your complete trust in My loving care.... You are indeed still surrounded by deepest darkness because you stand in the midst of a world of sin and unkindness. But the path I lead you is illuminated by a gentle glow, and where I am, where you walk next to Me, there will always be light, and thus you need not fear the darkness, you need only turn your gaze upwards from where bright light will always shine for you.... The deepest darkness surrounds you.... but the fact that you can walk the path of light by My hand should make you gratefully remember the great work of love and mercy which I accomplished for you humans in order to be able to lead you out of darkness into light.... I have prepared the path on earth which you can now take by My hand, in My discipleship, under My guidance. Before there was deepest darkness and no way out of this darkness.... But I prepared a path that leads from the depth to the height, from darkness to light.... And this path can only be taken under My guidance, i.e. the human being has to believe in Me in Jesus Christ, he has to acknowledge the act of salvation and Me Myself as the divine redeemer Who embodied Himself in the man Jesus in order to help you rise from darkness into light.... So everyone who wants to walk the path upwards with Me must join Me in Jesus Christ.... Then he walks the same path that the man Jesus walked, which leads to the father, home to the father's house.... The path leading up will always require the company of Jesus Christ, because there is only one path, the path of Jesus' discipleship, and because this path alone is full of light and guarantees the right aim. But I will never let go of anyone who has once entrusted himself to Me, My hand will hold him so that he will not fall, My hand will support him if he is weak, and My hand will pull him back from the abyss which can open up to him if he is not careful, if he turns his eyes back to the world he had already detached himself from.... He who entrusts himself to Me and My guidance can walk his path calmly, he will not go astray.... You should not allow any weakness, any doubt, any worry to arise within you, for if you hand yourselves over to Me you will take refuge in the father's arms, Whose love will truly protect and look after you, Who will safely lead you heavenwards....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers