1) Faith and the Center

What is man's desire? There's no center in this world. What is God's desire? It is to erect the center. Then what is man's desire? It is to find the center. Therefore what is man's desire? It is to meet the center that God set up.

\What is the ideology for this desire to set up a center? It is the Messianic ideology. What is the desire of humanity? It is to find up the center, centering on the central figure. God sent central figures through the course of misery in the ages of the servant, the adopted son, the son and the parents, overcoming opposition on all these dimensions. Finally, God sent the ultimate central figure, who was the Messiah.

The Messiah should be established as the center. Setting up the center is done not by you, but by God. Then you, together with the central figure, stand on center stage. Our desire is to find and attend the center, and God's desire is to establish the center.

Then what is the fulfillment of God's and man's desire? It comes when humankind finds and attends the center; at that time God's desire for providential restoration will be fulfilled.

As a Unification Church member you have to have a new attitude of new faith. Here the most important thing is to have firm, unwavering faith in the center. Until you have this kind of faith, no matter how many times you pledge it is no use. When you go this way you have to ask yourself, "What will I do if I face such-and-such a situation?" You have to answer yourself, too. On the way you will have times when the person closest to you will tempt you. He will tell you sweet and attractive words that pull your ears. He will do all kinds of things to pull you down and block your way. What will you do in this case? Look at your face in the mirror and say, "Get out of here, you monster! I'll go my way day and night!" What wonderful words!

You have to know clearly about the center and the goal in your life of faith. It should be a supernatural Being. You are living a life of faith because you want to be better than you are now. To arrive at the absolute standard of that desire, you have to distinguish the first and absolute central standard of faith. The four seasons change in the cycle of one year. Likewise, no matter how many times your environment changes, you have to stay and work with the same goal. If your faith comes and goes, you can't do anything. If your faith is not firm, you can't do anything.