Title: Prosperity / Isaiah 63: 7-9
At the end of 2001, I asked the professors to express this era in Chinese characters. Usually around this time, what they say is eventful -- it means that there are many things to do and there are many difficulties. Or, they use the word Saeongjima, which means difficult to predict. Rather than these words, it was expressed with the word Orimujung. The fog is so thick that it is impossible to see even an inch ahead. A state in which the direction cannot be known at all is referred to as being in the middle of nowhere. It is said that 2001 was the year of the ducklings.
In fact, the United States, which attacked Afghanistan to catch bin Laden, is also on the verge of catching Laden, and bin Laden is also running away and he will of course be confused about where to hide. The anthrax has been so aggressive that it has not been able to catch the culprit. If we look at the example of our country, even the students who took the university entrance exam were unable to decide which school they could apply to with this score. The pistol bank robbery in Daejeon, which happened a while ago, is still in the middle of nowhere.
Because of this situation, our society tends to increase the number of people who practice divination. Looking at the name of the fortune-telling house, it is said that in a situation like Orimu-jung, it shows as if the fog is fading away. There is a house called "Baekbal Baekjung", and there is also a "Chokjiggae Master". These days, there are many people who snoop on this fatalism because many people are in a state of confusion.
However, from a church standpoint, 2001 was not a year of confusion for our church, but a year in which God took the lead and led us clearly. It's been a rough year. He made them prosper with the song that the great will of the Lord will be accomplished with the blessing of prospering. Let's look at what happened to the church in 2001 through video materials.
We believe that God has led our church by taking the lead in blessing our church with success. Our church needs to build a temple in the future, but I hope that the remaining site for the Mission Education Center and the restaurant will be sold well. let's pray for We don't know when or how it will sell. People may say it's a no-brainer, but I'm sure. God prepares and waits for the best. We may think that we are in the dark, but God's guidance is not. We just don't realize it.
Because God took the lead and led us, he made us prosper. Have confidence that God will take the lead in your family, business, and your future. We believe that God will open a prosperous path for us.
So, how does God guide us? In the words of Isaiah 63:7-14, God's leading is clearly recorded.
If you give up on the impossible, it will end there, but believe that God is the One who opens the way in the impossible. Be sure. There was a man who was paralyzed. He confessed that there were 10,000 things I could do before I became paralyzed. But now there are 9,000 things I can do. I can live with regrets for the 1,000 things I lost, or I can still live with the 9,000 things that are possible for me. The choice is up to me. I often tell people that I have met two big rocks in my life. You can give up everything as an excuse, but you can move on to new horizons based on that experience. You can climb on top of it and look further and say, "That's no big deal."
Even with the thoughts of a person, it is possible to live a life of such tremendous change. We will never give up if we have confidence in our faith that God will make a way through the sea. We trust that God will lead us in this way.
Second, the God who gave water to the sea did not let it sink in the middle of the sea, but made it rise. not to fall in the midst of the sea. It is recorded that he brought them up out of the sea. The God who led the people of Israel led them up out of the sea. Jonah disobeyed God's command and fled to Tarshish instead of going to Nineveh. It was a life of going down to Joppa to get on a boat, going down to the bottom of the boat after getting on a boat, falling into the deep sea, and going down to the belly of a fish. But God rescued Jonah from the deep sea. made him come up out of the sea.
It seems that you are in the deep sea, but God does not keep you in the sea. make you wake up make you go up
God took the lead and led us to a better place. He did not let it go down and made it go up. It was God's blessing to lead them to a better place to move them to this land of life. It was a blessing from God who made it go up instead of going down.
Canon Callahan wrote a book about the effective church. There are twelve important elements, the first being the clear missionary purpose and the last being finances. By the way, three out of the twelve describe places that are easily accessible, visible, and easy to park. When you come here, you can easily access it. good looking place easy place to park. By moving here, at least three of the twelve factors have been resolved. After moving to this place, the number of attendees also increased by 10-15%.
God took the lead and led us. Just as the people of Israel led us above the water from under the sea, so God has led us to a high place.
We want these blessings to continue in the families of our beloved saints. I wish you blessings to ascend. Faith rises, love for the church rises, desire to dedicate rises, happiness index rises, health status rises, family income rises, children's grades rise, and I hope these blessings will continue.
Let's live in memory of grace. The Old Testament continues to remember the events of the Exodus. Moses begs Do not forget God's grace and remember that you are satisfied and comfortable when you enter the land of Canaan. They kept the Passover and made them remember the events of the Exodus. The New Testament continues to remember the crucifixion of Jesus. We want to keep Sunday, remember the events of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, and spend time giving thanks for God's grace.
We must not forget 2001 in the history of our church. We must not forget and remember this event that moved to the land of life. And thank God. God has prospered. Because God has led you. It seems impossible, but He opened the way in the middle. It looked like it was in the sea, but he made me get up and led me up.
I believe that God's blessings that make it prosperous will continue. It is said that the world is in the dark now. The fog is so thick that it is undirected and unpredictable. Even if this world is in the dark, God's guidance is not in the dark. God takes the lead and leads.