Even the most careful scientific examination can never reveal that the homely caterpillar would transform into a beautiful, graceful butterfly. Observing the caterpillar alone gives no hint of the creature’s wondrous destiny.

The same is true for humans.

Evolution is a technique that deity employs to produce progressive change.  It is a tool to ensure progress. Change is occurring constantly on all material levels. Characteristics that enhance survival tend to persist and become the norm. Evolution works by testing change against experience. 

While science has not identified the rules of evolution in the spiritual realm, we can intuit that we have the potential to become much more than we are. This is a conviction we cannot escape. We may sometimes doubt its validity, but eventually the idea springs up again. This innate conviction suggests that our spiritual self already exists and is advancing toward a goal of moral and ethical goodness.

Love and service on a large scale have not been seriously tried on our planet. When individuals choose to love and freely serve others consistently through hard and easy times, experience will prove these choices to be transformative. Already this is observable in the sense of purpose and satisfaction that selfless service of others provides us. 

Evolving into a culture of loving and serving is likely to require a long span of time and patience. Nevertheless, through God’s marvelous process of evolution, we will inevitably progress toward a time of truth, goodness, and peace.