The Healing Voice of Ruth Greene

"The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the Lord will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs.- Isaiah 41:17,18"

Some Christian music tells of Jesus Christ through the teaching of the Word of God. The only way to describe the love that you have for Jesus is the love that you have in your heart. That wasn’t placed there by man. Your love was placed there by the Word of God. Where does that put some ministries that operate in the flesh and focus on the flesh? God puts His Word into the hearts of man through personal relationship. I believe that many of the teachings that we have today are in reality a counterfeit message that comes from the hearts of man, borne from the heart of man, not from the heart of God. You will never know the difference if you do not have discernment borne from reading God’s Word and having right relationship through God’s Holy Spirit.

Man’s understanding of the Word is readily accepted instead of having God teach and place the true love that He has for you into your heart to understand the aspect of His ministry. When Jesus was here, He taught the Word of God. Man saw it work through healing and life changes. He taught us about demonic control. He spoke to demons and set people free from all kinds of negative influences.

All Jesus had to do was to speak the Word. Jesus not only was the Word, but He spoke it. Or should we turn that around? Jesus spoke the Word because He was the Word. He still is. You can’t understand the Word from going to church and listening to someone ramble on about some scriptures in man’s interpretation. You’ve got to hear from God yourself. Most preachers say nothing about this reality. You must sit down yourself, open up the Bible and let God teach you. God is a friend to invest time with. Only by His Spirit will you learn to come to know God for who He is.

If you hear a godly message from the world, you won’t get that from God, but from the world. When you hear God’s spoken Word by reading it, sounding His Word into your heart and coming to an understanding by His Word, only then can you begin to understand and receive what God and His Son are all about.

It’s not a matter of moving emotion. Some are moved by the crucifixion of Jesus, by watching a movie. Are they moved by flesh or by the Spirit of God through their hearts? No one on the outside would ever know. Who would go around broadcasting the truth of the matter? How many people know the difference to even ask the question? Most people do not understand that you must open up the Bible and contemplate His Word daily, exactly like you get up and feed your body. God’s Word must be spiritual food for you to live daily.