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4505b Understanding the word guaranteed for seekers....

December 9, 1948: Book 52

Those who seek Me also understand My word, for their thoughts and aspirations are spiritually directed and thus they also understand the spiritual language which does not touch upon worldly things but informs them of the spiritual kingdom, of the human being's spiritual life and its final aim. Anyone who seeks Me is not offered final fulfilment on earth but knows that the right life can only be found with Me, he knows that he is My share and therefore strives back to Me. And My word will be understandable to him, he will hear and read the meaning, he will know how I want My word to be understood and make an effort to live in accordance with the spiritual meaning of the word, and thus he will fulfil My will.... I tried to explain everything to people by way of examples, I made it understandable to them by way of images, and those who strove towards Me, who were good or made an effort to be good, understood Me. But the others were annoyed with Me because they took literally what was to be understood spiritually.... And thus people still interpret My word differently today, depending on their state of maturity and their will, which is turned towards or away from Me. Some only read the word and get stuck on it, they take offence because they don't understand the profound meaning. Others again fearfully only follow the outer word, they are satisfied with earthly tasks without paying attention to the spiritual meaning. And thus these people do not derive the advantage from My word for their soul. For them My word means nothing more than what they themselves read from it in their ignorance, in their lightless state.... And they could draw an unspeakable amount from it, they could constantly draw from a source of strength which no other can match if they grasped My word's spiritual meaning and lived accordingly.... Yet their heart decides.... this towards Me, then My word's strength will also become effective in them, for then their will is, as it were, the key to the door of the heart through which I can enter and bring light into it, and the human being will recognize and know how I want My word to be understood. For the understanding of My word I make it a condition that the human being's heart seeks Me, not just his intellect. And that is why there is much ambiguity among people, because mostly only the intellect is active, but it will get stuck if it does not question its heart. I will guide him through the heart into truth, I will make My word understandable to him, I will light a little lamp for him if only he asks Me for advice in his search and research, if he unites with Me in prayer or in thought.... if he seeks to recognize Me.... Then My word will no longer appear veiled to him, it will reveal itself in brightest clarity and speak to his heart, and then he will no longer need the written word, then I Myself will speak to him and he will hear Me....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers