바울의 마지막 문안 인사 (30) 바울 은 마지막 문안 인사에서 이렇게 말씀했습니다 : “아킵보에게 이르기를 주 안에서 받은 직분을 삼가 이루라고 하라” ( 골 4:17). 아킵보는 자신의 직분을 충분히 입증하라는 말씀 입니다 . 신약성경에 나타난 주요 직분으로는 목사 , 장로 , 집사 등이 있습니다 . 직분자들은 자신의 직분을 충분히 입증하기 위해선 (1) 그리스도 예수님께 감사해야 합니다 . 디모데전서 1 장 12 절입니다 : “나에게 힘을 주신 우리 주 그리스도 예수님께 내가 감사하는 것은 나를 충성스러운 사람으로 여겨 나에게 직분을 맡겨 주셨기 때문입니다 . ” 바울은 자신이 예수 그리스도를 믿지 않았을 때에 모르고 하나님을 모독하고 성도들을 핍박하던 난폭한 사람이었는데 하나님께서 자신을 불쌍히 여겨 주시사 회심케하셨을 뿐만 아니라 사명을 주시사 이방인의 사도로 세우셨기에 예수님께 감사했습니다 . (2) 은혜의식 속에서 더 많이 수고해야 합니다 . 고린도전서 15 장 8-10 절입니다 : “맨 나중에는 부족하기 짝이 없는 내게도 나타나셨습니다 . 나는 사도들 중에 가장 보잘것없는 사람이며 하나님의 교회를 박해했기 때문에 사도라고 불릴 자격마저 없습니다 . 그러나 오늘날 내가 이렇게 된 것은 하나님의 은혜로 된 것이며 내게 주신 그분의 은혜가 헛되지 않아 내가 다른 모든 사도들보다 더 많이 일했습니다 . 그렇지만 그것은 내가 한 것이 아니라 나와 함께 하신 하나님의 은혜였습니다 . ” 그래서 그는 은혜 의식 속에서 다른 모든 사도들보다 더 많이 일을 했습니다 . 우리도 그 리 해야 합니다 .
Conclusion
God, who comes near to those whose hearts are broken and heals their broken hearts, is our true hope. We live day by day as endure any kinds of hardships and difficulties in tears and we stand up again even after fall because of our true hope the Lord Jesus Christ. Though we don’t know about tomorrow, we are heading toward the heaven, step by step, with the comfort and power of the Lord who is our true living hope. Though we live in this wilderness-like world where there are so many things that trouble us, make us worry and be anxious and make us to commit sin against God, we have come to this far because our Lord has given us comfort, strength and help. It is the Lord who allows us to go through hardships and sufferings so that He may discipline us and train us through those tests of our faith. And even when we don’t know what to do in times of troubles that give anxiety and distress, God speaks to our hearts tenderly and enables us to put our hope only in Him so that we may endure and overcome any kinds of hardships and troubles. God who reveals our weaknesses through sufferings helps us to completely rely on Him. And He answers our prayers and delivers us so that we may praise Him for His salvation. The Lord of salvation who makes us to praise Him comforts us in our suffering and gives us peace and assurance of deliverance in time of troubles so that we may be patient and endure any kind of hardship and adversity. The Lord also gives us peace that the world cannot give us, so we trust in God quietly, not fearing even the violent waves of this world. And we who trust in God quietly put all our heavy burdens on God. The reason is that we believe that the Lord will take away our heavy burdens that we cannot bear them alone. The Lord who bore all our sins and died on the cross in order to forgive us and to grant us eternal life has given us eternal hope. With this eternal hope in Jesus Christ, we look upon the Lord of hope in faith when our hearts are hard, when we are depressed and when we worry and are in anxiety as we live in this desert-like world. He will surely help us. Surely the Lord will heal us. The Lord will touch our broken hearts and heal them in His way in His time. The Lord will free our hearts. We don’t have to be in anxiety, worry, fear, discouragement, depression, and bitterness any more. We no longer need to endure any guilt. We will be free. We will have more and more freedom in the Lord. I hope and pray that we may live in hope because of our Lord who heals our broken hearts. May God bless you all!
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