Title: Must Be My Will
Contents
1. Words that begin
People who believe in God who is in control of life and death are easy to think that they have to do what they want, when they want, as they want. Those with better faith do not just think that way, but pray persistently until they do.
But the serious problem is that he doesn't even think about whether what he wants is really God's will, whether it's the right time for what he wants, or whether it's good for others to be what he wants.
According to John 15:7,
“If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”
The first thing you need to have is to align yourself and your wishes with the Lord.
What I really need and really benefit myself and others is to do the will of the Lord God.
2. The God who works at the most appropriate and at the most appropriate time
Egypt's Pharaoh, the king, claimed to be a god, and as a worshiper of evil spirits, he suffered the miraculous calamity that God had foretold nine times through Moses, but he ignored the opportunities for repentance and disobeyed God.
In the end, after the foretold death of his firstborn, the firstborn of all the people, and the firstborn of livestock, he sent Israel countless times.
Moses, the messenger of God, did not neglect small things even during the great mission of the Exodus.
He reminded Israel that Joseph's faith was not in vain by taking the skull of his ancestor Joseph out of Egypt.
Israel, liberated by God's grace, wanted to enter Canaan, the promised land of milk and honey, because they were exhausted and exhausted from being slaves in Egypt for over 400 years.
There were two ways to enter the land of Canaan from Egypt, the short way and the return way.
The shortcut starts from the eastern outskirts of the Nile Delta region, passes through the Sinai Desert next to the Mediterranean beach, and reaches the coastal plains southwest of Canaan. This road, about a four-day walk, was a commercial and military road.
The return journey was a much longer road in the wilderness by the Red Sea.
Therefore, those who know Israel who are weary and exhausted from slavery in Egypt for more than 400 years will naturally lead them to a shortcut.
However, contrary to what people thought, God led Israel out of Egypt on the way back.
He led Israel a long way, which is about 2.4 million in total, with 600,000 men and women alone. He also made them travel in the wilderness for 40 years. Clearly, God had a purpose in guiding Israel for 40 years on a return road instead of a shortcut.
First, he made Israel take a shortcut and avoid the war that would be fought with the Philistines, who had established a firm foothold along the way.
Israel has never received proper military training, not to mention war experience, and has never been properly educated to become a human being. If there is, it is only the experience of long years of slavery, and only the slavish spirit formed through continuous experience of slavery.
Therefore, if you go to war with the valiant Philistines, it is clear that you will repent and return to slavery in Egypt. That is why God did not lead us to a shortcut.
Think about it. Even among those who have gone to advanced countries and have received education and training for about 10 years or so, there are many who become slaves to money, slaves to power, slaves to authority, slaves to honor, slaves to knowledge, or sex. Was the slavery of Israel, who had been a slave to
Second, the reason that Israel led Israel along the wilderness road by the Red Sea was to experience the miracle of God that was more powerful than the previous ten miracles.
In fact, God hardened the hard Pharaoh, whom he thought had temporarily released Israel, so that he led all the mighty Egyptian army, chariots, and horsemen to pursue them. Pharaoh and his mighty army, who had blew away the opportunity of repentance, which was God's miraculous disaster ten times, pursued Israel after they had crossed the miraculously divided Red Sea, and they were all buried.
No, where are you going after that? Aren't these people who have experienced the miraculous calamity of God ten times? Besides, where do you enter the Red Sea, which God has divided, to save Israel, who was like a rat in poison in front of your eyes? Red, where God's extraordinary miracles have occurred, is the place to repent and believe in God, not the place to run and die.
In Exodus 14:4,
“I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and Pharaoh will follow after them, and I will be glorified for him and for all his army, the Egyptians?! membrane? I will make them know that I am the Lord.” And the crowds did so.”
It is God's mission to make Egypt and the whole nation come to know God.
But if your heart is caught up in evil spirits, it's really hard to understand and it's hard to repent.
Third, the reason that Israel led Israel on the road in the wilderness by the Red Sea for 40 years was for military training to win the war against the various tribes in the land of Canaan. Also, it is for religious education and faith training to make people of the theocracy.
If we look at Deuteronomy 8:2 and below,
“Remember that the LORD your God made you walk in the wilderness these forty years, because he humbles you and tests you, to see what your heart is, whether you keep his commandments or not; he humbles you and makes you hungry, and you I fed you with manna, which you did not know, which your ancestors did not know, so that you might know that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.”
Of course, it's not the leveling education and training that makes everyone goofy. It is an education and training program that makes people who glorify God and contribute to people by discovering, nurturing, and developing each person's personality, personality, talents, talents, and potential.
Don't babies cry all the time when things don't go their way and when they want it to?
My baby cries when she is breastfed, but my wife is struggling and she doesn't listen to her, so I was worried about where it hurts. Then, Deacon Kim, who had given birth to several children,
“Mom, don’t worry. No baby died crying. If you cry a lot, it is said that you sing well in Edam If you get tired of crying, go to sleep.”
Whether it is a son or a daughter is not a matter of personality. They say they believe in God, but there are children of faith, there are elementary school students of faith, there are university students of faith, and there are adults of faith.
God works at the most appropriate time that best suits each person's character, personality, and position.
God works for each nation and each nation at the most appropriate time.
When God liberated Israel from Egypt, He did nothing to the Israelites and punished Egypt by using only Moses. When he led the liberated Israel toward the promised land of Canaan, he led them through the wilderness of suffering, rather than a shortcut for education and training. Later, the land of Canaan was conquered by educated and trained people during their wilderness journey.
Therefore, I should not complain or complain that God does not work for me, for others, for my country, or according to my will or my thoughts. In such a case, you need to understand God's will and learn to wait for God's work while praying.
A nation that has the same leader who is obsessed with self-deification or self-idolization is not going to end in disaster.
Envy and quarrels abound where there are a lot of the same people who have the delusion that it has to be me.
God, who works at the most appropriate time, when the Israelites departed from Succoth and pitched their tents in Etham at the end of the wilderness, He walked before them and led them with a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night to light them up and go through the day and night.
The former path was the path Moses knew well, so God himself, who had entrusted him to Moses, led the way and led it by lighting a fire at night. Although Israel did not know the way, there was no need to worry about getting lost and there was no need to fear the enemy. It was a journey through the wilderness, with the extreme temperature difference between the heat of the day and the cold of the night, along with all kinds of pain, discomfort, and danger, but we marched under the protection of the safest God.
3. Conclusion
We are people of faith who go on a journey to heaven.
God always protects and guides those who believe and follow him day and night.
If we do not fall behind or depart from the ranks of faith, there is no need to be anxious or to fear the power of the devil.
In Psalm 23:3 and below,
“He revives my soul and leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff comfort me.”
(Poongseong Methodist Church. Book: Complete Commentary on 27 New Testament Books/ Interpretation of Difficult Scriptures I, II/ Salvation Before Jesus Came/Paul’s Understanding of Man/ Prosperity Prayer/ Seasonal Sermonbooks/ Sermonbook 18. -3051)