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If you fully accept and submit to God’s orchestration and arrangements and can accept all the truths expressed by God, God’s words can change your way of life, change your life goals and the direction of your pursuit, change the path you choose, and change the meaning of your life. With their mouths, some people say that they believe in the existence of God and that God is sovereign over all things and everything that is, but they can’t submit to God’s orchestrations and arrangements and they cannot see that God makes different arrangements for each individual. These people always want to pursue their own ambitions and desires and always want to do great things, but they encounter repeated setbacks and are ultimately beaten down and left broken and bleeding. Only then do they surrender.

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How should these people proceed? First of all, they should understand God’s intention. In God’s salvation of mankind, He helps people to cast off their corrupt dispositions and break free from Satan’s influence, walk down the right path of life, and live by God’s words. If people really understand God’s intention, they will follow God’s requirements in their pursuit of the truth and quest to understand God, achieving submission to God’s sovereignty and arrangements. Only in this way can they accord with God’s intention. With their mouths, many people say they believe in God’s sovereignty, but in real life, they cannot submit to God. They always go down their own paths, always want to pursue their own wants, and violate God’s requirements. This is not true submission. There is no real belief or real trust here. This is really pitiful!

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Only With True Submission Can One Have Real Trust