2025 인터넷 사역 한국으로 다섯째날을 뒤돌아보면서 하나님께 감사드리는 이유: 1. 하늘에 계신 우리 하나님 아버지께서 우리 자녀들을 어느 누구보다 사랑하고 계시기에 2. 하나님이 사랑하시는 어린아이들과 주님의 사랑으로 즐겁게 교제할 수 있었기에 3. 비록 돈은 좀 많이 뜯겼지만 사랑하는 아이들과 장난치고 팔씨름하고 농담하고 웃고 사진도 같이 찍고 포용까지 하였기에 ㅎ 4. 주님께서 사랑의 추억을 또 만들어 주셨기에 5. 사랑하는 멘토 목사님 부부에게 귀하고 크고 찐한 사랑을 받아서 6. 비록 1년에 한번씩 밖에 직접 만나 볼수밖에 없지만 성령님께서 주님 안에서 사랑의 마음을 조금이나마 서로에게 표현할 수 있게 해주셔서 7. 비록 그 사랑의 표현을 겸손히 감사하는 마음으로 받지 못할 수도 있다 할지라도 그 사랑의 마음만은 찐하게 감사하기에 8. 평생 처음으로 인터넷 사역 한국으로를 감당하면서 달리기 100미터를 10초에 뛴 것 같은 느낌이 들정도였지만 추격자를 따 돌리는데 성공한 도망자가 된 것 같았기에 ㅎㅎ 9. 우리 각 가정에 고충들이 있다 할지라도 주님께서 도와주셔서 화목케하고 계시기에 10. 보고 또 보고 싶은 사랑의 사랑하는 사람들로 인해 마음이 더욱더 부자가 되었기에. 하하.
A pastor may sometimes
experience being at the bottom of life.
The
officials took the prophet Jeremiah and lowered him
by
ropes into the cistern of the royal prince Malchiah,
which
was in the courtyard of the guard.
The
cistern had no water, only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud
(Jeremiah
38:6).
As I
meditate on this passage,
I am
reminded of the prophet Jonah, who disobeyed God's command.
When
he prayed to his God from the belly of the great fish
(Jonah
2:1), he described himself as being in the deep waters (vv. 3, 5)
and sinking
down to the roots of the mountains, imprisoned in the land of death (v. 6).
Yet,
despite his situation, the prophet Jonah prayed to God,
saying,
"But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you.
What
I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the Lord" (v. 9).
As a
result, the Lord saved the prophet Jonah’s life from death (v. 6).
If
the Lord rescued the disobedient prophet Jonah,
wouldn’t
He also save the prophet Jeremiah, who was obeying God’s word?
The
Lord used Ebed-Melech, the Ethiopian court official, to go to King Zedekiah and
say,
"Your
Majesty, what these men have done to the prophet Jeremiah is an evil act.
They
have thrown him into a cistern, and he will starve to death there
since
there is no bread left in the city."
So,
King Zedekiah commanded Ebed-Melech, "Take thirty men from here with you
and
lift the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies."
Thus,
the prophet Jeremiah was rescued from the pit where he had been trapped
(Jeremiah
38:7-13).
It
seems that even pastors, who are servants of the Lord, may sometimes experience
being
at the bottom of life, like being in a pit or the depths of the sea.
Such
experiences can lead them to feel a sense of despair.
However,
the great grace of God given in those desperate situations is
that the Holy Spirit makes them long for the
Lord even more and fills them with hope,
ultimately
allowing them to experience God's salvation.
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