6739 Establishing contact with God necessary....

January 17, 1957: Book 72

Again and again you are given the opportunity to take notice of My word and, depending on how you let it affect you, you adjust yourselves to the one from Whom this word originates. Again and again I bring My word close to people who do not yet have a bond with Me in order to encourage them to establish this bond with Me. They have to be addressed by Me first, and if My address not only touches the ear but the heart then they also make contact with Me.... They respond to My word, mentally ask questions and also mentally receive answers to them. And thus I reveal Myself to every person through My word, yet as long as they merely read or listen to it thoughtlessly they don't feel addressed by Me, instead, it remains without content for them like every other written or spoken word. And thus it is up to the human being himself whether he makes contact with Me.... This is determined by his free will, which I will never force. Therefore I only influence the human being's will insofar as that I repeatedly send a messenger in his path who conveys My word to him.... that I fatefully direct the human being's life such that he meets proclaimers of My word and, through difficult or sorrowful situations in life, he is prepared to give them an open ear and heart.... Then it is still his free will how he lets My word affect him, but the opportunity has been offered to him, and thus one day he will also have to answer for how he has used this opportunity. Since the proclamation of My word is of utmost importance I will also bless every proclaimer, every person who receives My word for the first time himself in the desire to enter into contact with Me and who then voluntarily offers himself to Me for service, for only through such a person can I successfully influence those who are still distant from Me.... I cannot address them directly but I can nevertheless address them far more forcefully through My servants if this servant speaks vividly, full of inner conviction and out of love for Me.... Then his words will also have strength and can touch his fellow human being's heart far sooner than if only dead preachers of the word speak.... these are those preachers who only give explanations according to the letter and have not yet grasped the meaning of the words they passed on themselves. Nevertheless, they can still be successful if a person listens to them with a desiring heart, for then I can also address him Myself and My word will penetrate the heart. Yet it is absolutely necessary for the human being to gain knowledge of Me, with Whom he shall unite in order to mature spiritually, in order to become blissfully happy one day.... And if he himself does not seek Me then I Myself must step into his path, and I truly do so again and again. However, what My word does not achieve must often be brought about by severe strokes of fate.... And thus you will also understand why humanity is increasingly afflicted by such strokes of fate, for people increasingly close their ears and hearts to the proclaimers of My word.... What My servants try to explain to them seems ever more unreal to them when they are listened to. Their faith in a God is weak or not alive, and therefore they also pay little attention to My word. Now they can certainly reject My word but they cannot defend themselves against blows of fate, and these are then the last means I use to induce them to bond with Me, even though these means can also remain unsuccessful. And yet, it would be so easy for all people to let Me Myself speak to them if only their will were willing to acquire knowledge about the origin and purpose of existence.... Yet the will is free, and this also explains the spiritual low which can only be remedied by receiving My word, but this requires an open heart of free will....

Amen

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