The possibilities that a person will experience failure or misfortune in life are endless. The simple fact is that we need help of God in order to successfully face hazards, difficulties and challenges of life. Life cannot be completely happy and successful without God.

This article was excerpted from Spiritual Science, a book by Emmanuel Emezie. Information about book and how to order it is available at this url: http://www.spiritualsciencesociety.org/publications.html

There are two important things to note about our creative ability. One is fact that human ability is limited. No person can accomplish all things and no person knows everything. Our capability is finite. The other thing to note is that our mental powers grow stronger as we use them until they develop to full potential. This is similar to what happens when we use our muscles vigorously or exercise them.

Let me restate at this point that human mind is not some sort of soul or spirit in our body. God is only spirit in existence. Our mind is only a mechanism of brain which enables us to relate to spiritual as well as physical existence. Our mind is a creative device for transforming thoughts, ideas and concepts from spiritual realm into physical reality.

You are God's Instrument of Service:

Often when people can no longer handle a situation on their own, when they reach limit of their powers or resources, they reach out to God. They pray and ask God for help. However, people do not expect that God will appear physically to them to render help they need. Instead they approach other human beings through whom they hope and expect that God will solve their problem.

For purpose of illustration, consider a situation where someone's child suddenly falls ill. The child's condition is so bad that this person prays to God to help restore health of his child. After asking God for help, he will not wait for God to appear with a stethoscope and a bag of medicines. He will instead take his sick child to hospital to see a doctor. He expects that God will answer his prayers and restore health of his child through doctor.

Let us consider another situation. Someone desires to embark on a business venture but has difficulty in obtaining necessary funds to finance it. If he is kind f person who believes in God he will probably pray and ask God for help. After praying he will not sit back and expect that money will fall from skies. Neither will he go in search of God's bank in order to obtain needed funds. Instead he will go to financial institutions run by human beings or approach people whom he thinks can satisfy his need. In effect, God serves human needs through people. From this we can deduce following moral principle: that when others reach limit of their ability or resources and reach out to a person, it is that person's duty to do best he can to satisfy their need. The individual is, in reality, God's instrument of service to humanity.

Let us take a look at this issue from another angle. The value of a thing lies in its usefulness to human beings. A can of sand is worthless because it does not satisfy any human need. No one will offer money in exchange for it. On other hand, a can of orange juice has value because it is useful to human beings. The individual is endowed with creative ability. The worth of this creative ability lies in its usefulness to people. The worth of individual lies in use of his creative ability to satisfy human needs.

It is therefore evident that service to humanity is purpose of life of a human being. It is also clear that service to humanity is what gives worth to a human being's life.

The human being can be seen as a worker in God's Creative Establishment whose duty is to serve people. When we serve others we receive consideration for our services. When we receive payment for our services we are then able to meet our own needs. Our first duty is to satisfy others after which we can think of ourselves. ‘Others first' is golden rule for creative and successful living.

God has endowed us with creative ability, not for us to use for selfish ends but for us to use for service to humanity.

It is important to note that we do not serve needs of others only when they can offer consideration or repay us. When we help, support or assist others we are actually contributing to God's creative work through them. This, in effect, means that we are co-operating with or working with God. God is infinitely good. One way or another, He will ensure that we receive adequate consideration for whatever help, assistance or support we give to others.