I

People believe in God in order to be blessed, to be rewarded, to be crowned.

Doesn’t this exist in everyone’s heart?

It is a fact that it does.

Although people don’t often talk about it,

and even cover up their motive and desire to obtain blessings,

this desire and motive deep in people’s hearts

has always been unshakable.

II

No matter how much spiritual theory people understand,

what experience or knowledge they have,

what duty they can perform, how much suffering they endure,

or how much of a price they pay,

they never let go of the motivation for blessings

hidden deep in their hearts,

and always silently toil in its service.

Isn’t this the thing buried deepest inside people’s hearts?

Without this motivation to receive blessings, how would you feel?

How would you feel?

What kind of attitude would you adopt in doing your duty and following God?

III

What would become of people if this motivation to receive blessings

that is hidden in their hearts was gotten rid of?

It is possible that many people would become negative,

while some would become demotivated in their duties.

They would lose interest in their belief in God, as if their soul had vanished.

They would appear as if their heart had been snatched away.

This is why God says the motivation for blessings

is something hidden deep in people’s hearts.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Six Indicators of Life Growth