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1818 Belief in supernatural things.... divine promise....

February 18, 1941: Book 27

Faith in the love, omnipotence and wisdom of God is absolutely necessary in order to be able to explain something that lies outside the natural. Everything that appears supernatural is doubted, i.e. the supernatural is denied and an attempt is made to present it as something natural that is at best beyond human knowledge. Only the deeply believing person accepts the possibility that it could be divine activity, because the love, omnipotence and wisdom of God is explanation and proof enough for him. And even if the human being appears to have faith, this faith is nevertheless not deep enough as long as he does not believe that God's visible activity towards people is possible. People still separate earthly life too much from spiritual experience, they are still too much on earth to have an understanding for spiritual activity.... They certainly call out to God but when He wants to make Himself recognizable to them they flee.... Experiencing God is only possible when He is recognized without doubt. But recognizing Him without doubt means considering even the most incomprehensible to be possible if God wills it.... But man must not want to determine the divine will himself.... How does man imagine God's love if It does not want to express Itself in greatest need?.... if It wants to leave Its creatures without help when they can no longer help themselves.... if It does not want to send comfort and strength to struggling people in order to prevent them from fainting.... And how small this love of His would be if He did not want to use every means to bring the earthly children back to the father.... And His omnipotence and wisdom will truly choose the right means and be willing and able to consider the earthly children in such a way that they can derive blessings for their souls from it. Everything that comes from God must therefore be supernatural. If a person recognizes God then he must not deny supernatural things either, he can only fear to fall victim to supernatural evil powers. But what these offer people is truly not pointing to God.... And if a person endeavours to fulfil the divine will, he does not call the forces of the underworld to him. These will indeed press a God-fearing person hard, but the will to God also gives him the power from God, because he expresses this will to God through his prayer and thereby requests the power from God. "Faith moves mountains....", says the lord.... but who believes His promises? God is love, and he who lives in love abides in God and God in him.... So if you believe these words, how can it surprise you that God Himself speaks through a human being? "I will send you My spirit, who will guide you into all truth...." And if God sends it to you, you will not believe. Yet without faith you cannot be offered the bread of heaven, for you do not recognize it as such but want to see human work in it. And thus you cannot receive comfort and strength, and you will come away empty-handed and will have to fight hard in the adversity of the coming time. And again your own will is an obstacle, for it erects barriers which God Himself wanted to tear down in order to be closer to you in spirit. And you do not establish a living connection with Him, for otherwise you would have to recognize His voice when He speaks to you. You must allow all His words to gain life by obeying them so that the promises to you will also be fulfilled....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers