I

Regardless of whether the events that you see happening around you

are perceived by man as good or bad,

whether they are what you want or not,

you should regard them as people, events, and things

that contain lessons to be learned and truths to be sought,

and you should regard them as things that come from God,

regard them as things that come from God.

They do not happen by chance, they are not due to humans,

and they’re not something that any person can control.

Rather, it is God who rules over all these things;

God orchestrates and arranges all of these things.

The emergence of any event is not dependent on human will.

God rules over and orchestrates the whole process of the appearance,

development, and transformation

of all people, events, and things until they reach their final outcomes.

II

When you experience everything that happens around you

with the viewpoint and attitude

that God rules over and orchestrates everything,

your view and perspective on things will be completely different.

When you discern and view a specific event from these perspectives,

your inner state will change, your inner state will change.

Your viewpoint on things

will unconsciously be guided and directed by God’s words,

be guided and directed by God’s words.

You’ll unconsciously gain enlightenment and direction in God’s words,

gain enlightenment and direction in God’s words,

as well as the truth principles that you should abide by and practice.

III

When you truly enter into these truth principles,

you will have genuine faith and reliance on God,

you will pray and supplicate sincerely, you’ll have genuine submission,

and you will be able to practice according to the truth principles.

The ultimate result of this will be that throughout the entire event,

you’ll clearly see the truth of the matter, you’ll learn lessons,

you will be able to correctly understand everything that befalls you,

and you’ll be able to see that it comes from God’s arrangements,

and that it contains God’s goodwill.

from The Word, Vol. 6. On the Pursuit of the Truth I. What It Means to Pursue the Truth (14)