Search No More

Search No More

Zhuang Hong

When I was young and ignorant,

there were so many puzzles in my mind:

Why does man come into this world and then pass away?

Why can one never endure the pain of parting forever instead of another one?

What makes the birds flying in the air carefree?

Why do the geese so regularly depart in this winter and still return in the next spring?

How come the homing pigeons are capable of delivering messages between different sites?

I thought about the chicken-and-egg question, which was equally baffling;

I racked my brains over a rainbow after the rain time after time;

Why were there so many mysteries that could never be revealed by humanity?

Unceasingly, I searched and searched.

As I grew older,

atheism gradually took root in my heart,

the theory of evolution told me all things formed and moved on their own,

and those great, famous people taught me to strive to excel.

So, I followed trends, worked earnestly, and struggled in pain.

However, I could not find a foothold in this society full of swindles,

nor a genuine confidant in this world brimming with deception and fraud.

The setbacks in career, the abandonment of family and friends …

so many frustrations in life.

The fickleness in the world and the depravity of man’s heart perplexed and confused me.

How should I continue this bitter life?

Anxiously, I searched and searched.

By happenstance,

my friend gave me a book—The Word Appears in the Flesh.

He said, it holds the truth, the way, and the life.

With curiosity, I dusted off my confusions,

and opened the book …

These words unveil the mystery of God’s six-thousand-year management plan;

These words illuminate the value and meaning of human life;

These words are full of God’s eager desire to save mankind.

Holding this book of God’s word, I reminisced about my childhood;

Holding this book of God’s word, I reflected on my suffering in adulthood:

only to discover what I’d been desperately searching for was God.

At that point, I was moved by God’s love, tears pouring down my face.

Starting from then, I pondered Almighty God’s words carefully.

I learned that God created all things and set down the laws for their existence and movements,

that man is only a creature, a free-floating body,

that it is God’s provision of life

that enables man to live and multiply,

that there is no denying that human fate is subject to God’s sovereignty,

that man falls into emptiness and distress as the very result of Satan’s harm,

and that God comes among man to bestow upon us the truth for our purification.

God’s words awakened me from the fog;

I gradually kept away from the worldly strife, fame and fortune,

and realized the value and meaning of man’s existence lie in worshiping God.

To repay God’s great love and salvation,

I’ve been performing my duty as a creature.

I exalt and bear testimony to God with the brothers and sisters,

having God’s words as our weapon to defeat Satan.

We preach God’s kingdom gospel of one heart and mind,

and offer up everything regardless of the cost.

Almighty God is the truth, the way, and the life.

I’ve found my only One in this life.

From now on, I will search no more.

Source: Find the Shepherd

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Hurry and Come to the Light

Hurry and Come to the Light

Hurry and Come to the Light

Chaotuo

If the pressure of life, study, and work

wears you out,

if the deception and fraud between people

exhausts you both mentally and physically,

do not be anxious, do not panic,

hurry and come to the light.

He will give you the strength,

and raise your hope for life.

If the comfort and affluence of life

causes emptiness in your heart, with nothing to fill,

if the idling away of the years

leaves you inexpressibly bothered and distressed,

do not worry, do not be perplexed,

hurry and come to the light.

He will open the window of your heart,

and inspire your aspiration for the light.

If the temptation of wealth and fame

overwhelms you, and you could hardly pull out,

if the trend and fashionsweeps you along, and you are deeply ensnared and lost,

do not hesitate, do not hang back,

hurry and come to the light.

He will save you from sin,

and enable you to see the dawn.

If the setbacks and failures

cast a gloom over you,

if the hardship of life and affliction of illness,

in your eyes, foreshadow a bleak and uncertain future,

do not lose hope, do not be depressed,

hurry and come to the light.

He will give you the faith and strength,

show you the path and direction of life.

You may wonder: Who is He that has such power?

His words have given the best answer:

“He is the One who has never been beheld by man,

the One whom mankind has never known,

in whose existence mankind has never believed,

yet He is the One who breathed the breath into mankind’s ancestors

and gave life to mankind.

He is the One who supplies and nourishes mankind for its existence,

and guides mankind up to the present day.

Moreover, He and He alone is whom mankind depends on for its survival.

He holds sovereignty over all things

and rules all living beings beneath the universe.

He commands the four seasons,

and it is He who calls forth wind, frost, snow, and rain.

He gives mankind sunshine

and brings the coming of night.

It was He who laid out the heavens and earth,

providing man with mountains, lakes and rivers and all the living things within them.

His deed is everywhere,

His power is everywhere,

His wisdom is everywhere,

and His authority is everywhere.

…………

Who can exempt themselves from His sovereignty?

And who can discharge themselves from His designs?

All things exist beneath His gaze,

and moreover, all things live beneath His sovereignty”

(“Man Can Only Be Saved Amidst the Management of God” in The Word Appears in the Flesh).

Hurry and come to the light.

He is Christ of the last days—Almighty God,

the Creator and Ruler of all things,

and the Master of the fate of mankind.

No matter how many puzzles and confusions you have,

He knows all these and can solve them as well.

He is the truth, the way, and the life.

Hurry and come to the light!

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