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1893 Suitable tool.... mission - spreading the gospel....

April 20, 1941: Book 28

It is a tremendous task to bring the light of knowledge to humanity in a time that can be called completely dark and lightless. It is a mission that requires the greatest strength of will, and therefore only those people are suitable for it who are devoted to God and offer themselves to serve Him.... who feel weak in deepest humility and ask God for strength, who allow themselves to be led like children and yet have a strong will when it comes to fighting for Him.... who fearlessly confront their enemies because they confidently trust in God.... who do not take a single step without asking for divine grace and thus approach a task that requires deep, unselfish love strengthened in spirit. They themselves are in the light and can therefore also spread the light among mankind. There is great need among people and they require active help, but they often stubbornly reject this help, and then God's fighters must repeatedly commit themselves to their task with extreme patience. They must never slacken in their endeavours, they must fight with the sword of their mouth, i.e. constantly seek to proclaim the divine word.... they must ask God Himself for support and thus request the strength from God, the holy spirit, so that they always teach what is right and thus spread the light.... And they must never become discouraged, for where human effort is unsuccessful, countless spiritual beings stand by them, and through united endeavour the teachers will nevertheless reach their goal. But anyone who stands up for God and His teachings, who tries to spread them amongst humanity, will have a carefully trained spirit, he will only be able to teach what corresponds to the truth and thus in truth bring the light to people, for his love for his fellow human beings enables him to receive the divine word and he is now a suitable instrument of God who is allowed to be active in a redeeming way. Such servants of God, who pass on what they have received from God, are an unimaginable blessing for humanity. It is the only salvation for countless souls who are still languishing in darkness. The darkness can only be banished through the word that comes from above, for this word is light in itself. And anyone who allows the divine word to speak to him and moves it in his heart will be allowed to walk in the light. For he is willing and the strength will be imparted to him to also recognize as truth what he is taught. However, the darkness of the spirit is more favourable to the unwilling and they cannot be forced to accept God's word. And yet even these must not be ignored; time and again an attempt must be made to bring them a little light, to spread a small glow in order to awaken in them the desire for light. And therefore love has to become active, for only love can redeem the being from darkness, only love is able to awaken counter-love and only love will be victorious.... And the great adversity on earth can only be remedied through people's love for each other, which thus expresses itself by preaching the gospel to those who walk along in the darkest night without knowledge of divine love and mercy, of God's wisdom and omnipotence....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers