I

God created this world and brought man,

a living being unto which He bestowed life, into it.

Next, man came to have parents and kin,

and was no longer alone,

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.

The breath of life from God supports each and every living being

throughout growth into adulthood.

During this process,

no one feels that man is growing up under the care of God;

rather, they believe that man is doing so

under the loving care of his parents,

and that 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 food is the basis on which his life continues,

that perseverance is the source of his existence,

and that the beliefs in his mind are the capital

upon which his survival depends.

Of God’s grace and provision, man is utterly oblivious,

and thus does he fritter away the life bestowed upon him by God,

and thus does he fritter away

the life bestowed upon him by God….

Not a single person that God cares for day and night

takes it upon themselves to worship Him.

God only continues to work as He has planned on man,

for whom He holds out 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 paid for all that He has given him,

and the eager solicitude with which God waits 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