I

God speaks and works, and no matter what kind of painstaking efforts He pays for you, and no matter what sort of environment He creates for you, it is all ultimately so that you can know God. Once you know God, your relationship with Him will become closer and more normal. God does not act without reason, let alone play with someone out of boredom, and it's normal if people don't understand how He works. But they should seek the truth, and at the very least not put God into a box—this is what it means to be a reasonable person. It is just as Peter said, no matter if God treats people as playthings, and no matter what way He treats them, He is always right.

II

Sometimes you will not perceive God's intentions, so you must wait, seek it out, and try to recognize it. That is, you must practice submission, while seeking and waiting to see what it is that God desires. Don't be anxious. You must simply have this attitude first. If you don't know to seek the truth when things happen, but keep complaining about God, then there will be trouble. Do you still deserve God's guidance when your human mind, notions, imaginings, rebelliousness, and disobedience are running loose? If you submit to God, your ultimate reward is to have knowledge of Him, to understand the environments He puts in place for you, and to possess real experiential knowledge.

III

You will understand God's heart and His earnest intention, and that He's disappointed in flawed iron which does not become steel. God doesn't want to see you living in corrupt dispositions, but wants you to escape them. So He must use such methods as judging and chastising you, pruning, reproaching, and disciplining you, so much so that it seems like God is being insensitive toward your feelings, like He's condemning and punishing you, or toying with you. If you can fathom God's earnest intention, even when He acts in this way, then it is already enough—you will truly submit.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. What It Is to Practice the Truth