Serving in cooperation requires accurate, lively, and vivid cooperation, as well as vitality, vigor, and abounding faith, such that those who look upon are provided for and sated. To serve Me, you must do so according to My intentions, not only being aligned with My heart, but even more importantly satisfying My intentions, so that I am satisfied by all that I intend to make perfect in you. Fill your life with My words, fill your speech with My power—this is what I ask of you. If you act according to your own desires, would you find My likeness in that? Would that satisfy My heart? Are you someone who has sincerely perceived My intentions? Are you someone who has truly tried to grasp My heart? Have you truly offered up and expended yourself for Me? Have you contemplated the things I have said?

One must possess wisdom in all areas, and one must use wisdom to follow My perfect way. Those who act within My words are the wisest of all, and those who act in accordance with My words are the most submissive. What I say goes, and you need not try to justify anything with Me or try to argue with Me. Everything I say, I say with you in mind (no matter if My words are strict or gentle). All you need to do is focus on being submissive—that is enough. Only this is being truly wise (and prevents God’s judgment from coming upon you). Today, in My house, do not be outwardly polite while making criticisms in secret. What I want is reality, not flowery language. For those who offer up reality, there is everything. For those who do not possess reality, there is nothing, and they will even end up in nothingness along with their flesh, because besides reality, everything else is just emptiness; there is no other explanation.

In your faith in God, I would have you all be earnest and give no thought to what you might gain or lose, nor to everything that relates to you; you should seek only to stand firm on the true way and not be swayed by anyone or constrained by anyone. Only in this way would you be deemed pillars of the church, overcomers of the kingdom; to do otherwise means you are not worthy to live before Me.

In different situations, the way to be close to Me is likewise different. Some people love to say pretty words and act devout before Me. However, behind the scenes they are in total disorder and My words are quite absent in them. They are disgusting and annoying; it is out of the question that they could edify someone or provide for someone. You are not able to be considerate of My heart only because you cannot have more closeness or fellowship with Me; you make Me worry for you constantly and labor for you constantly.