BD.7496
January 7, 1960

JESUS AS LEADER

Whither goes your way, if you have not chosen Me as your leader? This you should repeatedly ask yourselves, and desire nothing other than My becoming your leader, to Whom you can entrust yourselves and walk by His hand through earth life.

And verily, you shall be led aright at all times; you shall not be walking wrong tracks or be diverted from your goal; you shall always be walking the correct ways by which you will reach the heavenly kingdom, because you are then on the Way to the Father's house - your eternal Fatherland. But you need to ask for My leadership. I do not force Myself upon you, I will not try to determine this or that Way for you, against your free will.

I want to be asked in order to make My appearance as your leader, always and everywhere. I want you to ask me to guide and lead you over all uneven paths, and I want you to hand yourselves over to My guidance unreservedly and follow Me wherever I go before you, in order for Me to guide you to the eternal home. Because only one path leads there, one that is steep and costing much effort, demanding strength, a strong rod and support for your safe passage. Always allow Me to be your leader, and you shall soon be incapable of going wrong, - you shall have no misgivings about the path diverging or being impassable for you in your feebleness. Where I precede you, you can follow without reservation, as I know how it is best for you to reach your goal; and I shall verily shorten your way, clear it of all obstacles, carry you over all obstructions and always take you by the hand, so that you may reach your goal with certainty. But you need to entrust yourselves to Me unreservedly, you must not hesitate or fear erroneous guidance, because you shall never find a better leader in earth-life than I, regardless of any true friends you may find among your fellow-men, as these nonetheless do not know the upward path to Me. And hence you should always keep to Me, but then drop all apprehensions because once you trust Me, I reward your trust and take you into My protective care, along your path of life. You shall hardly perceive your ascent, for to walk with Me means to also receive My strength to hold unto My hand and then effortlessly put the ascent behind you, for which you dwell on earth; because your path has to ascend.

So long as you tread even ground, your path is not the right one, because your goal is above and hence requires strength, which you can always receive from Me, once you have chosen Me as your leader for your earth life. But difficult this life is if you walk alone, or give My adversary the right of companionship, who shall know only too well how to decorate your path and fill it with temptations, so that you do not perceive that it does not lead upward but into the abyss.

Then you are in great peril, because you prolong or make impossible your repatriation to Me, as I am not to be found in the depths, and the path through lovely meadows and effortless passes, trodden by the children of this world; this path does not lead to Me but inevitably into the depth, whence an ascent is then terribly difficult, taking endless times again. Yet the leader has to be chosen by yourselves; you only need to approach Me for taking over your guidance through earth life, and I shall be with you and displace that other one, if he tries to accompany you. Because if you call to Me as your leader, then you are relieved of all responsibility, then I act for you and steer and lead you upon proper paths, so that you reach your goal with certainty: that you return to Me, your true Fatherland, - that you stop off at your Father house, where I await you, to link up with you into all eternity.

AMEN