The Way Of The Spiritual Leader - 125 Chapter 1. The Way Of Being A Minister Section 4. The Responsibility And Attitude Of A Minister
6. The Attitude That A Minister Must Have ⑥ Results Should be Connected to Causes
God's providence doesn't aim for some individual purpose but aim for whole purpose. If you look at a tree, it always has roots, stems, branches and leaves. To look at it in stages, branches existed before leaves, stems existed before branches, and roots existed before stems.
Yet, is it possible to have a leaf without roots, stems, and branches? Then its own body cannot exist. Thus, in order to complete a tree, each has to do its own part.
Throughout my life, when I earn some kind of glory, I never thought of it as originating from myself. It's because I know it originated from heaven. For the cause of Heaven, we ought to connect the result to Heaven.
In other words, when you look at your daily purpose as completing your responsibility, you should connect the cause to the result. Then, how do we make cause and result match? This is the problem. This social environment doesn't do that. Because it's 180 degrees different, we need set up conditions for indemnity and overcome the environment.
Nowadays numerous people devote themselves in cultivating their moral sense. They are all receiving something from God's spiritual providence. They think each of them are best in the country. They actually get that type of revelation. However, since that is a consequential thing, they should pursue the fundamental root.
In pursuing the cause, it shouldn't be done centered on oneself. Why not? It's because the result appears when one becomes one with God's heart and one with True Parents' heart. Hanging onto the result without knowing the cause is like a rootless branch, and therefore will end up being miserable.
The first thing we need to do before we complete our responsibilities is to find a three-way agreement. Even if the three parties complete their responsibilities without a complete agreement, the outcome of the responsibilities accomplished has nothing to do with heaven. You should always be aware of that.
Jesus believed that God loved him even on his way to death at the Garden of Gethsemane or at the top of Golgoda. God sent him to the earth not as a man but as a son of God, so he had an absolute feeling that no one should have a heart of God.
Then, what was the ultimate purpose of Jesus, who went on the path to return with that feeling? It was to become the parent of mankind. Christianity has become a world-class religion today because Jesus hoped for this solemn task and united his heart with it.
Otherwise, not only would Christianity not have developed globally, but God would not have developed Christianity globally. You should know that because Jesus was sacrificed in the principled return journey, God was able to extend his hand of providence to go through a new era of history.
Without having same cause and result, you can't say that you have completed your responsibility. Therefore everything has to be one. One centered on what? It has to be one with God's heart and parent's heart. Parents don't exist because of me. God doesn't exist because of parents.
Parents exist because of God, and I exist because of parents. Therefore, Unification Church members, who are in a child's position, should possess the heart of God and parents. (24-137)
Today we shall stand on one basis which transcends our previous perception and entire beliefs. You must know this clearly. If each of you look back on yourself till now, you will see that you've had your own notion of thinking. Some complain and some say all different kinds of things about the church headquarters, but this is unacceptable. (24-135) |