No One Understands God’s Painstaking Intentions to Save Man

English


I
God created this world
and brought man into it—
a living being to whom God gave life.
In turn, man came to have parents and kin,
and was no longer alone.
Ever since man first laid eyes
on this material world,
he was destined to exist
within the ordination of God.
It’s the breath of life from God
that supports each and every living being
throughout growth into adulthood.
During this process,
no one feels that man is existing
and growing up under God’s care;
rather, they believe that man is growing up
under the grace of parental upbringing,
and they believe it is his own life instinct
that directs his growing up.
This is because man knows not
who bestowed his life,
or from whence it came,
much less the way in which
the instinct of life creates miracles.
II
Man knows only that food is the basis
on which his life continues,
that perseverance is the source
of his life’s existence,
and that the beliefs in his mind
are the very capital
upon which his survival depends.
Of God’s grace and provision,
man is utterly oblivious,
and it’s in this way that he fritters away
the life bestowed upon him by God….
Not a single person,
whom God cares for day and night,
takes it upon themselves to worship Him.
God just continues to work
as He has planned on man,
for whom there are no expectations.
He does so in the hope that one day,
man will awaken from his dream
and suddenly realize
the value and meaning of life,
the price God has paid
for all that He has given him,
and the eagerness
with which God desperately yearns
for man to turn back to Him.
Not a single person,
whom God cares for day and night,
takes it upon themselves to worship Him.
God just continues to work
as He has planned on man,
for whom there are no expectations.
He does so in the hope that one day,
man will awaken from his dream
and suddenly realize
the value and meaning of life,
the price God has paid
for all that He has given him,
and the eagerness
with which God desperately yearns
for man to turn back to Him.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. God Is the Source of Man’s Life