Title: I Will Be With You Always
Contents
title ; will always be with you
main text ; Matthew 28:20
Everyone, have you ever heard of the phrase 'Father of Goose, Husband of Goose'? Obviously, my father is my father, and my husband is my husband, but the poor father and poor husband who cannot live with their children or wife are called 'goose father, goose husband'.
If you look here in Calgary, your children are here to study, and your mother is here to steer you away, and your husband has become a goose and he earns money while gushing around in Korea alone, eating alone, and sleeping alone in tears. I think it is.
They are family members who must live together, but for some reason, it is sad to think of the father of the goose and the husband of the goose who have to live apart.
Previously, when the construction winds of Saudi Arabia in Korea blew, it was pity for husbands to endure the harsh winds of the desert sand and the strong sunlight to make money, and to be separated from their families. Seeing geese husbands is truly pitiful.
So, thinking about the loneliness of living apart from loved ones and loved ones, and the tears and pain they shed secretly, I think that it would be good for the geese family to meet and live together as soon as possible.
And even if you become a goose family and cannot live with your family members, I hope you believe that Jesus is with your distant family here and there.
And please believe that Jesus, who is with you, is comforting us, giving us courage, and protecting us here and there.
Everyone, when Jesus finished all His work and ascended to heaven, He promised the last word, "Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the world." And when Jesus left this earth, he promised to send us the Holy Spirit, the Counselor.
The Holy Spirit, translated as the Comforter in our Bible, is called 'parakletos' according to the original text, which means 'the one who comes next to us'. In other words, God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is not separate from me, but He is a personal person who comes to me and is with me.
God was there with Daniel when Daniel was imprisoned in the lions' den, God was there when Daniel's three friends fell into the fire, and Jesus was there when the apostle John was exiled to the island of Patmos, and the two men on their way to Emmaus. The disciples and Jesus walked together.
The Bible clearly tells us about this.
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you” (Isaiah 43:2).
“Do not be afraid, for I am with you” (Isaiah 41:10).
“I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you forever” (John 14:16).
“He who sent me is with me” (John 8:29) “The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge” (Psalm 46:7).
Ladies and gentlemen, there is nothing more important and precious than this fact that "God is with us." When God is with us, hell turns into heaven, complaints into gratitude, sorrows into joy, and unhappiness into happiness.
And if God is with us, we can overcome even the toughest life in a foreign land.
This is an anecdote of Livingstone who made a great contribution to the missionary work in Africa. When Livingston returned to England from his dedication in Africa and received his honorary doctorate from Oxford University, he preached to students during a worship service.
Then Livingston hung one arm crippled by a lion, hanging down his side, and recalling the painful days, emphasized:
“Dear students, do you know how I overcame loneliness, pain, and adversity while I was in Africa after I left my home country? It was none other than the Lord’s promise, ‘I will always be with you, even to the end of the world.’ I wouldn't have been able to hold on if I wasn't sure that you were by my side and with me."
Some time after I met God and received grace, I had a dream like this. A railroad track was laid out in a lonely wilderness where a blizzard was raging. And when I looked closely at the railroad track, I saw a bloody infant wrapped in a cloth on the railroad track, crying alone.
Then, suddenly, there was a loud noise of a train, and a train was rushing along the railroad track. I close my eyes and say, "Oh my God, this child is going to die!" And I was shaking my whole body.
And after the train passed, I looked at it and, for some reason, the child had not died and was still crying by the railroad tracks. And this child gradually grew up and was traveling on a road in the wilderness where a blizzard was blowing.
It was none other than the Lord. I realized that this child in my dream was just me, and I was able to gain great joy and faith in my heart as I saw that the Lord was protecting me on the railroad tracks and that the Lord was walking with me through a world like a wilderness.
And as I prepare these words today, I feel that the Lord is with me here in a foreign land.
Ladies and gentlemen, as the years go by, my parents leave me, and as circumstances change, I am separated from my brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and when even my family is not with me, we feel lonely and lonely.
Moreover, the loneliness and loneliness of being alone in a foreign land make us weaker and easier to rob us of our courage. Not only that, even when many people are by my side, they don't comfort me, and when I can't talk, that loneliness can drive us even more crazy.
Moreover, because we live in a foreign land, when we cannot deal with stress and loneliness in any other way, we sometimes lose the strength to sustain life.
A few years ago, an American newspaper featured a case in which a female student studying in Korea committed suicide by throwing herself from a high-rise building. The girl committed suicide leaving a note saying, "I can't stand the loneliness and die."
After school, she had to earn money from washing dishes, cleaning and babysitting in the cafeteria to help with school expenses. I couldn't speak the language well, and there were a lot of homework assignments. In addition to that, I had to get a degree and earn money, so it was very difficult.
In the midst of it, the loneliness she felt deeply exhausted her even more. However, he could not pack his bags and return to his home country without getting a degree.
She committed suicide by throwing herself from a high-rise building while living in a foreign country.
Ladies and gentlemen, what strength do you have to survive in a foreign country without losing your courage? Can you survive if you have a lot of money? Or will you be able to survive if you are incredibly good at English? Or will you be able to survive if you exercise hard?
Of course, these will also be of great help when living abroad. However, the most powerful strength I can endure in my foreign life here is to clearly realize that God is with me.
According to the Bible, a man named Joseph was trafficked and taken to a foreign land, where he faced a very difficult situation. Even there, he was falsely accused of being a rapist and even imprisoned.
But even in the midst of such difficulties, Joseph believed that God was always with him. He was a man who received revelations from God even in prison and felt God's walk in prison.
It is easy for ordinary people to commit suicide when such severe trials come in a foreign land, but because Joseph walks with God, he overcame these difficulties and eventually became the prime minister of Egypt, and finally saved many people from famine. You could be a savior.
Ladies and gentlemen, when we have difficulties, difficulties, or hardships in our life of faith, or if there are things that we do not like or do not like, “I think God is not with me” or “Has God left me? I see," I think.
But God tells us clearly. "I will be with you to the end of the world." God was with imperfect Abraham in a foreign land, He was with Jacob, who had the temperament of a deceiver, in a foreign land, and He was with the Apostle Paul, who encountered storms and suffered various difficulties while preaching the gospel.
And God is with us today in this foreign land. Don't be discouraged. Don't worry. Don't be afraid. Don't be depressed.
The God who is with you is well aware of your circumstances. God has the power to take care of you. With God, you will never perish.
Because God is with you, you have a strange power. Even if you fall or fall, you get up again. God will never leave you. Even now, God is with you.
Once upon a time, there was an elderly woman in a nursing home built by Queen Victoria of England. Someone asked the old woman: "Grandma, does the Queen visit you often?" Then Grandma answers. "Yes, I have been given the Queen's Atrium a few times."
Then the man asked again: “Then, has Jesus, the King of kings, ever visited you?” Then Grandma replied: "What do you mean? I don't get a visit. He and I always live together. He lives here with me."
Ladies and gentlemen, even though my husband has become a goose and cannot live in this foreign land with me, God has come to this foreign land and lives with me. And that person and I become a conversation.
He is well aware of my circumstances and circumstances, comforting me, and guiding my future. Because God is with us, we are not afraid at all in this foreign land.
And because of God who is with me, we can enjoy the joy of accomplishing God's will in this foreign land. I pray that you will enjoy rewarding and happiness in this foreign land with God.