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7429 The "living" word....

October 16, 1959: Book 78

The word will always remain alive if it is received from above, that is, if I am called to speak to My child, no matter where and when.... This call to Me must always precede the impartation of the living word, for I first have to know the human being's desire to be addressed by Me before I can address him.... I Myself certainly know whether a person desires to be addressed by Me, yet he has to approach Me fully consciously because he has to let his will become active which proves his attitude towards Me. But then My living word will make him happy, i.e. I Myself will address him and he will thereby attain life. Thus every person who reads the book of the fathers, the scriptures, in his desire to hear Me Myself will be directly addressed by Me, and the word will help him to give life to his soul because he had the desire within himself to come to life and not to remain in the state of death, which is his fate if he remains completely turned away from Me with his senses. And that is the sign of life, that he becomes aware, that it becomes light in him, that he learns to understand what I want to achieve with his earthly life, and that he then consciously strives to come closer to Me in the realization that happiness and bliss can only be found with Me. And he will only reach this state of realization if he allows himself to be addressed by Me and faithfully lives his earthly life in accordance with My address.... if the child hears and complies with what the father wants of it. Then the human being no longer stands apart from Me, he has turned to his God and father again, he is no longer in the adversary's camp, he has set himself free, for he has found everything he lacked so far.... he has also kindled love within himself and thus accomplished the transformation of his nature, as is the purpose and aim of his earthly life. My word therefore has the life-awakening strength within it which the human being needs in order to also emerge from the state of death into life.... And therefore My word must be listened to but in full awareness that God speaks to the human being.... that the father speaks to His child. At first God is still the 'distant' God to you, Whom it seems presumptuous to hear; but soon you will recognize your father in Him Who wants to speak to His children in love. And once you have gained this realization you are already close to the father's heart, I can already guide and direct you as My children and you will listen to My words.... And then you will 'live', the 'living word Itself' has helped you to live, for I am the word from eternity and give Myself to those who desire Me.... who want to belong to Me and therefore also always listen to what I say to them. And no person can remain in death who lets Me speak to him, because My word has life-awakening strength. But the word must be received with the heart; it is not enough that it merely touches the ear and passes it by like an empty sound.... The heart must receive it with desire and determine the person to live according to this word on earth.... And the power of the word will become effective and give life to the one who desires life. And therefore a living proclamation of the word is also part of it.... the proclaimer himself must already have been awakened to life or he would not have received the most delicious.... Myself in the word.... to the people.... He must be awakened to life himself, and then he will also proclaim My word alive, and this word will speak to the heart again where the desire exists to hear Me. The dead proclaimers, however, will not achieve much unless the listener is seized by a profound desire for Me.... Then I Myself will also address him through that one, and he will feel life in the word and in himself, for he contacts Me Myself through his desire, and I hear this call and give Myself away.... And again dead will come to life as soon as only the 'word of life' touches his soul....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers