Title: Know this (Isaiah 44:6-8)
Contents Last week was a time of great shock and sorrow for us. The Asiana Airlines crash, which will be recorded as the biggest disaster in the history of Korean airlines, is an event that suggests many things. It is known as an all-truck plane made with the latest equipment and cutting-edge machinery, and is known as an advanced pilot from the Air Force with a flight time of 7,000 hours. The plane crashed.
We are now living in a high-tech era. Boosts sophisticated and highly trained technology. Even though we live in this age of scientific civilization, we are surprised by the news of catastrophic events beyond our control. Whenever this happens, news of catastrophic events that humans can't control with their own strength also surprises us. Whenever this happens, we cannot abandon the idea that human beings are living in the midst of limitations and shortcomings.
We sometimes think that we are living while missing the important things we need to know. I run around in the field of life without hesitation, and at some point I think about who I am and what I am living for and what I am. Whenever that happens, I confirm my insignificant existence standing on the small things, I find the God I lost in the thought that this shouldn't be the case, and I also pay new attention to the church that I have neglected so far.
They seek God and pour out all the pain and sorrow they have accumulated over the years. In the end, no matter how good technology and machine civilization are developed, it tells the truth that humans cannot exist apart from God. Against this background of our reality, let us consider the words of Isaiah.
Israel is the people chosen as the central nation in world history. So, their choices and the content of their lives were centered on their faith. They can find the struggle to satisfy the limitless desires of human beings, from the poor tribal life to the advantageous nomadic life to the agricultural life of Canaan. To live well is a desire given to man. Create a good environment and the effort will be natural.
Even though Israel was a chosen people, they worshiped idols and turned away from God's law. It was a path of sin and failure, but they struggled to find their own happiness. They were lost in the field of sin and became people who could not receive God's help. That....