5900 Value of the divine word....
March 11, 1954: Book 64
Nothing earthly is able to replace My word for you, for nothing equals it in value, for My word is a source of strength for your soul which is everlasting.... My word is food and drink from above which shall enable you to return upwards again from whence you came. My word is a spiritual gift which does not benefit the body but only the soul and is therefore not properly recognized by you humans as irreplaceable, as incomparable with earthly goods of all kinds. I Myself address you.... You once voluntarily separated yourselves from Me, yet regardless of this I unite Myself with you again by speaking to you.... you have become weak and imperfect through your separation from Me.... through the connection with Me you can become perfect again, full of strength and realization, because light and strength flow into you through the connection with Me. My word is light and strength, and thus it can be transmitted to you directly by receiving My word, and all weakness, all darkness can fall away from you.... you can become blissfully happy beings again in full possession of light and strength.... but you do not recognize the blessing of My address, the value of My word.... You chase after earthly possessions which only have an apparent value for the short duration of your earthly existence, and you disregard that which brings you eternal advantage because it is spiritual possessions which can never ever perish. You might listen to My word apathetically and with inner resistance if you are still far away from Me.... Yet you could reduce the distance very quickly if you listen to Me attentively and believe that My love for you manifests itself in this word.... You are offered a refreshment for your soul which strengthens it and touches it exceedingly beneficially when it opens itself, when it hungrily and thirstily accepts the bread of heaven which is offered to it by Me Myself. But anyone who has once enjoyed it also knows that there is no substitute for it; everything earthly seems stale and empty to him, and it no longer satisfies him once he has been nourished by Me Myself, once he has drunk from the source of love from which the living water flows. Again and again he will return to the fountain of life because he will not find a substitute anywhere which will give him the same strength and the same light which he can receive from My word.... My word is the bridge, My word is the path which leads to Me; for My word clearly shows it to you.... My word is the connection between Me and you which you need only not interrupt in order to safely reach the aim. For as long as you humans hear My voice, as long as I Myself can speak to you, I am not hidden from you but I prove Myself to you through My word, and you need only follow My word in order to safely reach Me Myself. Yet without My word your path is lightless and dangerous and can lead you into the abyss.... My voice sounds from above and therefore draws you upwards, and no voice of the world can reach you from above but it arises from the abyss and therefore also keeps those in the abyss who respect it.... There is no substitute on earth for My word, and therefore let Me speak to you wherever it may be, so that you can receive what cannot be offered to you earthly.... spiritual goods which are everlasting.... food and drink for your soul, which can only give you true life that lasts for all eternity....
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