The same occurs today with the great truths revealed by Spiritism. Some disbelievers are surprised that spirits put forth such little effort to convince them. This is because spirits concern themselves only with those who search for the light in good faith and with humility, rather than those who believe they possess all the light, and who seem to think that God should be very happy to lead them to God by proving to them that God exists.

God’s power shines in the smallest matters as much as in the greatest. God does not put the light under a bushel, but scatters it abundantly far and wide; thus, those who do not see it are blind. God does not will to open their  eyes forcefully, since it pleases them to keep them shut. Their time will come, but first they must feel the anguish of darkness and acknowledge  God, and not mere chance, as the one who hurts their pride. In order to overcome disbelief, God employs the means most appropriate according to the individual. It is not up to the disbeliever to prescribe to God what God must do, and say to God, “If you want to convince me, you must choose this or that manner at such and such a time because that time is the most suitable.”

Disbelievers should not be surprised, therefore, if God and the spirits, as agents of the divine will, do not submit to their requirements. They should ask themselves what they would say if the least of their servants wanted to impose him or herself on them. God imposes the conditions and does not submit to others. God listens kindly to those who humbly address God and not to those who deem themselves to be greater than God.

10. Some might ask: Could God not touch them personally with  manifest signs in  whose presence the  most  hardened disbelievers would bow down? Of course, but then where would the merit be in that, and, moreover, what good would it do? Do we not see individuals  everyday who deny the evidence and say, “Even if I saw it, I wouldn’t believe because I know it’s impossible?” If they refuse to recognize the truth, it is because their spirit is not yet mature enough to grasp it, nor their heart to feel it. Pride is the veil that clouds their sight. What good would it do to present the light to a blind person? Hence, it is necessary to heal the cause of the ill first, and like a skillful doctor, God punishes their pride first. God does not abandon any lost children; God knows that sooner or later their eyes will open, but God wants this to be of their own will when, overcome by the torments of disbelief, they throw themselves into the divine arms, and like the prodigal son ask for divine grace.