The fate of man is controlled by the hands of God.

You’re incapable of controlling yourself:

Man always rushes and busies himself on his own behalf,

but he still cannot control himself.

If you could know your own prospects, if you could control your own fate,

would you still be a created being?

Would you still be a created being?

In short, regardless of how God works, all His work is for the sake of man.

Take, for example,

the heavens and earth and all things that God created to serve man:

The moon, the sun, and the stars that He made for man,

the animals and plants, spring, summer, autumn and winter

that He made for man, and so on—

all are made for the sake of man’s existence,

all are made for the sake of man’s existence.

And so, regardless of how God chastises and judges man,

it’s all for the sake of man’s salvation.

Even though He strips man of his fleshly hopes,

it’s for the sake of purifying man,

and the purification of man is done so that he may survive.

The destination of man is in the hands of the Creator,

so how could man control himself?

The destination of man is in the hands of the Creator,

so how could man control himself?

How could man control himself?

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Restoring the Normal Life of Man and Taking Him to a Wonderful Destination