If a human being tries to seat himself in the “place of honor,” he will ultimately be put to shame; but if he seats himself in the “lowest place” (the place of Jesus Christ), God will exalt him. “Now He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them, ‘When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him, and he who invited you both will come and say to you, “Give your place to this man,” and then in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place. But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, “Friend, move up higher”; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be e...
Do you know the time? [Romans 13:11-14] What time do you think it is now? My Korean is short and I often make typos, so there are many times when my Korean is wrong. One of them, whenever I made a bulletin for Palm Sunday, there were many times when I wrote “ 종료 ” (which means “end”) instead of “ 종려 ”(which means “Palm”). However, I am not good at Korean, but for some reason, whenever I greet Palm (“ 종려 ”) Sunday like this, I cannot help but think of Jesus' death on the cross, which is the end (“ 종료 ”) of Jesus in this earth. In fact, Palm Sunday is the first day of Passion Week. Palm Sunday today, Passion Week from tomorrow, and Good Friday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus on Friday. What do we think when we celebrate Palm Sunday every year? I meditated on the word of God under the heading, ‘The God who makes beautiful in His time,’ foc...