Title: Overcome Despair / Jon 2:1-10
Content: Hope revives people and smooths out deep wrinkles, but despair kills both living and dying people.
to urge you to In the text, there is a dramatic way to overcome a desperate environment in a wonderful way.
A scene is introduced. God wanted to use Jonah, but Jonah was used
Not wanting to receive it, he fled from the day of God (1:3). but God
How foolish it is to avoid the face of Jonah is the temple of God
They thought that they could escape God if they left the land of Israel. we make the world
After leaving the church door in your life and meeting with the saints, God can avoid you.
It is the same as saying and doing nothing because you think it is.
But is God at the ends of the heavens, at the ends of the sea, and in Hades?
All. (Psalm 139:8-9) Jonah was relieved in the boat going to Tarshish, but he was struck by a great storm.
It happened. God is not the only one to watch his chosen people go astray.
is. Eventually Jonah was thrown out of the boat into the sea, and the waves calmed down, but Jonah
had to suffer in the belly of a big fish. Now let's find hope
It was a despair that could not be found. He marks the belly of the fish as Sheol (hell).
it was present. (2:2) Why are humans in desperate situations?
Because there are limits. Limited ability to solve problems rather than problems
because of. Jonah felt limited. Nothing to overcome with one's own efforts
I had no power. Even Einstein, who invented the atomic bomb, used that knowledge to despair of death.
did not win. Kennedy's power, Poppy's beauty, MacArthur's bravery
Neither Do nor Yeok Do-san's strength could overcome this despair. But Jonah
I overcame the despair of extreme situations. Overcome despair because it was not possible in one's own strength
It was finding strength.
The Relationship Between God, Man, and Despair
There is nothing desperate for God.
Since God is omnipotent, despair is only a word that can be used by humans.
doesn't matter. It's a big deal for a child, but nothing to an adult.
Like you, even if it is a problem for us, it means nothing to God.
It's true. That Jonah is in the belly of a fish is a great matter of life or death.
All. But nothing to God. God made Jonah impure
You have made it an opportunity to make the servant understand. make bad things good for us
Poetry is God.
No one is desperate for God.
Many characters in the Bible are not perfect. Moses also honored his people
He was a murderer, David sexually assaulted another man's wife, and Noah was drunk.
While sleeping naked, his children attacked him, and Peter saw Jesus three times.
Denied, Paul persecuted those who believed in Jesus. but take them
You wrote it like a treasure. God is a good use of waste. we
It is also weak and weak. But God who uses us has power.
Since you are wise and have wisdom, you can be used like a precious treasure. like great
It's like a carpenter making great furniture out of bad wood.
All. There can be no one who is incapable of salvation before God. Don't be discouraged
You must neither fail nor give up. Does God use you as a treasure?
All. God chooses the foolish of the world to shame the wise,
He chooses the weak to shame the strong, the lowly, the despised,
He chooses those who are and destroys those who are (1 Corinthians 1:27-29). eventually human
The despair of being discouraged by one's own weakness and not relying on God's omnipotence.
is coming.
There is no hopeless environment for God.
Jonah was hit by a typhoon, and his house was flooded, the wind knocked over it, and he lost his business.
But it's not about going bankrupt, getting sick, or anything like that, but in the belly of the fish.
He was locked up and faced with an environment of waiting for death as the whole place was dark. But ha
God used the fish as a submarine, so Jonah was the most convenient to work.
You made me vomit on the beach of the location. So, without damaging a single hair,
wanted Man's impossibility is God's possibility, and man's ignorance is God's
Realize that it is wisdom.
Lessons from Despair
God came to Jonah for the second time. (3:1) So in the first command
The disobedient Jonah came back. And have you reaffirmed your mission?
All. When a child learns to walk, if she runs away somewhere, she follows her wherever she goes.
Just as we are catching up from the west, does God follow us wherever we go and intervene?
All. And you must fulfill your mission. Even if I made a mistake, make me realize
He gives you strength and courage, and you will surely accomplish your work. Therefore, early obedience
I hope to be used.
ability to overcome despair
Prayer-Called the Lord and cried out.(2)
In the sense of praying, prayer is a request for help. Rebar in case of accident at Sampoong Department Store
The person buried in the heap sends a signal for a rescue request, and the person who receives it from the outside survives
Just as you could play, you should pray to God who can do it when you encounter difficult things.
All. Prayer is a believer's privilege. You call to me, and I will answer (Jeremiah 33:3).
Ask and it will be given to you (Matthew 7:7) Call on me in the day of trouble, for you will glorify me
Lira (Psalm 50:10). He told us to pray, so anyone can do it.
All. Children, patients, working people, the elderly, anyone from any class can do it.
I did. If it is said that you must have money, knowledge, power, or honor, money
The uneducated, the uneducated, and the powerless
Can you and can we meet? However, it was given that prayers were answered and resolved
is a wonderful gift and privilege from God. If you pray, it will be unlocked, opened, and resolved.
Why don't you pray?
Thanks - Jonah was belatedly able to carry out his mission because God allowed him to live.
I realized that and gave thanks in faith. Be thankful in the belly of a hellish fish
What was possible was an expression of faith and confidence toward God. thank you for that
God is pleased.
Vow - Jonah's vow means an active attitude of faith. ever
He does not use all that he has for what is pleasing to God, but his own
I worked hard for it. So, in the future, I will definitely live according to God's will.
It is an active and clear promise.
conclusion
Despair in man is not meant to make you a failure or helpless.
It is there to overcome this problem, and through it, I did not realize it or did not know it.
It has a great meaning in making me realize what I was saying. Jonah, according to his original mission, was Nineveh.
Did you go to the city and preach the gospel to save the people of the city from the danger of destruction?
All. The God who used the little Jonah as a great use of the little ones greatly and preciously
you will write Relying on God, who is powerful and wise, to be caught and to save the world
I bless you all who will be used as great people who change.