Effect of the God-opposing will ....

B.D. No. 2199 December 31th 1941

Man's will is powerless against God's will, no matter how wise and powerful he believes himself to be. Every intervention in the divine order punishes itself, for then the human will is directed against the divine will, and the result is that such an action has an effect on the human being himself in that suffering and hardship come upon him through his will. It is no coincidence that the human being often has to suffer from what he himself has caused or striven for. For he has often worked against God's will through his own will and he must now feel the effect of this on himself. And this state is currently predominant on earth, that the human will no longer respects divine will .... that it abuses its freedom for actions which violate divine order and that this results in conditions which are extremely painful for the human being himself. God does not tolerate His will being disregarded. He does not hinder the will of man, but understandably something cannot be good which is contrary to the divine will. And what is not good cannot benefit man in its effect either. Consequently, man harms himself through his will that is contrary to God .... And this both spiritually and earthly .... A spiritual decline can be observed if God's will is disregarded, and earthly adversity must now be used as an antidote by God in order to stop the spiritual decline or to remedy it. And the human being is powerless against such and he can only reduce it when he tries to fulfil God's will, that is, when he recognizes his spiritual low and tries to remedy it. Then his will no longer opposes the divine will; he lives in the divine order and consequently also reduces the state of suffering, which was only the effect of his will directed against God ....

Amen