God created all things, and so He makes all creation come under His
dominion, and submit to His dominion; He will command all things, so
that all things are in His hands. All creation of God, including
animals, plants, mankind, the mountains and rivers, and the lakes—all
must come under His dominion. All things in the skies and on the ground
must come under His dominion. They cannot have any choice, and must all
submit to His orchestrations. This was decreed by God, and is the
authority of God. God commands everything, and orders and ranks all
things, with each classed according to kind, and allotted their own
position, according to God’s will. No matter how great it is, no thing
can surpass God, and all things serve the mankind created by God, and no
thing dares to disobey God or make any demands of God. And so man, as a
creature of God, must also perform the duty of man. Regardless of
whether he is the lord or ruler of all things, no matter how high man’s
status among all things, still he is but a small human being under the
dominion of God, and is no more than an insignificant human being, a
creature of God, and he will never be above God. As a creature of God,
man should seek to perform the duty of a creature of God, and seek to
love God without making other choices, for God is worthy of man’s love.
from “Success or Failure Depends on the Path That Man Walks” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
