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If a person only believes in fate—even if they feel deeply about it—but is not thereby able to know and acknowledge the Creator's sovereignty over the fate of mankind, to submit to it and accept it, then their life will be a tragedy; it will nonetheless have been lived in vain, it will have been a void. They will still be unable to surrender under the Creator's dominion, to become a created human being in the true sense of the term, and to earn the Creator's acknowledgment. A person who truly knows and experiences the Creator's sovereignty should be in a positive state, not a state that is negative or resigned. While acknowledging that all things are fated, they will possess in their heart an accurate definition of life and fate, which is that man's life is entirely under the Creator's sovereignty.

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When they look back on the road they have walked, when they recollect every phase of their life journey, they see that at every step, whether their journey was arduous or smooth, God was guiding their path, arranging it for them. It was God's meticulous planning, as well as His careful arrangements, that led them, unknowingly, to today. They realize that to be able to accept the Creator's sovereignty, to accept His salvation—that's the greatest blessing in a person's life! When they look back upon their journey, when they truly experience God's sovereignty, they will more genuinely desire to submit to everything that God has arranged, and will have more determination and faith to let God orchestrate their fate and to no longer rebel against God.

from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique III