I

People often speak of letting God be their life,

but their experience has not yet come to that point.

You're merely saying that God is your life,

that He guides you every day,

that you eat and drink His words each day,

and that you pray to Him each day, so He has become your life.

The knowledge of those who say this is quite superficial.

In many people there is no foundation;

God's words have been planted within them,

but they've yet to sprout, much less have they borne any fruit.

One day, when your experience has reached a certain point,

if God were to make you leave, you would not be able to.

You will always feel that you cannot be without having God inside of you.

II

Being without God would be like losing your life;

you would not be able to live without God.

When you've experienced to this point,

you will have hit the mark in your faith in God,

and in this way, God will have become your life,

God will have become your life,

He will have become the foundation of your existence.

You will never again be able to leave God.

When you've experienced to this extent,

you'll have truly enjoyed God's love,

and when you have a close enough relationship with God,

He'll be your life, your love.

This is people's true stature; it's the real life.

III

You must experience such that God is your life,

such that if God were taken away from your heart,

it would be like losing your life;

God must be your life, and you must be incapable of leaving Him.

In this way, you'll have actually experienced God,

and at this time, when you love God, you will truly love Him,

and it will be a singular, pure love.

One day, when your experiences

are such that your life has reached a certain point,

then when you pray to God, and eat and drink His words,

you'll be unable to leave Him inside,

and unable to forget Him even if you want to.

IV

Once God becomes your life,

you can forget the world, your wife, husband, or children,

but you'll have trouble forgetting God—to do so would be impossible,

this is your true life and your true love for God.

When people's love of God has reached a certain point,

their love for nothing else is equal to their love of God;

their love for God comes first.

In this way you can give up everything else,

and are willing to accept all pruning from God.

When you have achieved a love of God that surpasses all else,

you'll live in reality and in God's love.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Those Who Love God Will Forever Live Within His Light