Title: Seven years like a few days
Seven years like a few days
Genesis 29:16-30
2005. 1. 23, Teacher dedication service
Verse 20 of today's text reads, "Jacob served Laban for Rachel seven years, but seven years seemed like a few days because of his love for him." How can a long time of 7 years pass like a few days? It is because of love.
Through Jacob's fierce love, we can see the essence of humanity. What the hell do humans live on? Humans live as strangers. Human beings understand the value of their existence only by meeting the object they love.
To put it more simply, humans can't stand being alone. It is a human being to say, "I will never be alone" without asking "Why do I feel lonely and distressed when I am alone? What is the reason and cause?" People who live alone often have pets such as dogs, cats, or goldfish.
A person is not a being who mumbles alone, but a being who wants to gain his or her own value by seeing the reaction of that person by throwing words at an object and establishing a relationship.
There is a church that has set the church motto to make seven years as one day. The background of the text is that Jacob loved Rachel, and seven years passed like a few days. As we know from the Bible, Jacob's life was a path of hardship, a life of a lonely orphan without parents, dangers and difficulties in all directions, and everyone who had no one to help him cheated and harmed Jacob's youth and life. In this hardship, he will triumph, overcome all difficulties, and advance toward a precious life in which he receives ten thousand blessings before God. As his poor life becomes rich, all his curses are turned into the boundless blessings of God.
All of this was made possible because he loved a woman named Rachel. Because I loved this woman, I was able to overcome the cold at night and the heat and tribulation that came during the day while tending the sheep. I could win everything. Because he was always thinking of Rachel and could endure looking at Rachel. We can see Jacob returning to his hometown in gold with 12 brothers, leading numerous flocks and cattle, after completing the life of a slave and servant for 20 years. What is the lesson this teaches us today? The Bible was not written to show that Jacob loved Rachel. Like Jacob who lives in our world, these words were written so that we who live in a world with many difficulties can love the Lord and love our Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible is a book that guides us to the Lord in both the Old and New Testaments, and because it is a mirror that gives us relief and shows us the Lord, it tells us that we should love the Lord through Jacob and live in this world with the heart of Jacob.
It is said that humans have two faces. One is a face inherited from parents. There are people who have a good personality from birth because they meet their parents well. There are people who are tall, healthy, inherit a fortune, wear the glorious status and honor of their parents, and be born with great brilliance. Congrats from birth.
However, people have faces inherited from their parents, and other faces, faces they make themselves. Through the knowledge that is continuously made after birth, a beautiful and healthy life with knowledge in the face, a life that is morally and ethically respected, through honest and sincere interpersonal relationships, a beautiful face that is more respected than the one received from parents by many people. can be. This is a face that is polished every day. The face from the parents is created in an instant and is born, but the face of the latter is the face that is made even after death. Which face is more beautiful? Needless to say, the latter face is beautiful. Even though they were born with great faces and good health from their parents, I don't know how many people live their lives unhappy because they mismanage the latter. Even now, millions of people go to prison and the people who suffer are not because they have a bad face.
If you go to a police station detention center or a prison, there are two characteristics: a good character and a healthy person. And the head is good. You can also build a country. There were two presidents, and there were many ministers. Although he inherited good health, the face of the latter was changed from a prisoner's face to a face wearing a shroud because he did not take good care of his face.
When Jacob was born to his parents, he was born wrong. I was born as my second son. I am twins, but my second child was born. It's not like in today's age where daughters and sons are discriminated against, share and love the firstborn and the second child equally in the distribution of property, and don't discriminate between the eldest and the second. If you are born second, you will not have any soup. it's going to end If you read Genesis, look at each one in Jacob's life, you make it. From the second to the first, to be from nothing, receive the blessing. Go to your father and get a blessing. Work hard and earn money. The flock also increases. He faithfully undertakes everything he does and takes over all of his other uncle's assets. Married well. Take your child's hallway. Isn't this Jacob's hand, who goes out alone and creates everything, without anyone else, to make Jacob Israel as God has said since then, and is the name given to the Jews today as Israel? God loves Jacob. He became the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
So Jacob's life is a life of joy. Jacob's life is a happy life. Because Rachel is there. I believe that if our Lord is with us today and we live with the love of the Lord in our hearts, wherever he is, his life will be a positive life, a productive life, a creative life, a diligent life, a life of gratitude, and a life full of joy.
A person's face is very important. That is why it is said that the ornamental man looks at his face and matches his or her arms. The mouth is especially important. It is always good to have a mouth that is open in a U shape. It is good to have an open mouth that is always smiling and rejoicing. Open your mouth wide, people who live well in developed countries such as the United States or Europe always have a good laugh. always smile It is always U-shaped. But if you look at a failed country, a difficult country, or a poor country, it's all about the lid of the pot. The face doesn't matter. If you smile with your mouth, your nose will also smile, your eyes will smile, and everyone will smile. It's in your mouth. When you smile, your whole personality smiles. No, the whole body, all five organs and parts, laugh. When you smile, all your body comes to life. Everyone, please make your mouth new. Even if the mouth you inherited from your parents is the mouth of the pot lid, you have to make a new one. If I believe in Jesus, the Lord dwells in me, and I love the Lord, I believe that we will always be able to live this life positively with joy and hope with new thoughts and new hopes.
Jacob started from nowhere and brought miracles. Everywhere his hand goes, new creations take place, and after one night of sleep, always good things happen to Jacob's feet. Believe in God and fear God. Isn't Jacob a man of prayer? Isn't Jacob a man of faith? The way to live according to God's will and to look to God and move forward is bound to be victorious. Mencius also said that the Suncheonja prosper and the Inverse Cheonja perish. If you follow the will of God in heaven, love him, believe in him, and rely on him, you will prosper. A nation that pursues the will of God prospers. Individuals who forsake God's will or a nation that ignores God's will and pursues human lust is not allowed. Today the Lord is with us. As we live in this difficult world, we believe that only the love of the Lord will overcome the world, overcome difficulties, and make us victorious.
It is the power of love that loves the Lord. The strength to love Rachel is so great. If you love our Lord, the eternal true love who died on the cross for you, the Lord of hosts, you cannot overcome anything. It doesn't matter where we live. It doesn't matter who you live with. Love is important.
When deciding who to marry for your children, whether you live well or not, who you are, these things are not important. It is important to fear God well and to like the two of them. do you like do it if you like A person who has a very high and prosperous house, who is rich, and who has power, should be a person he likes rather than a person who is just stirring up the country. Even a doctor is meaningless if the person doesn't like it. Humans do not live on a doctor's basis. If you meet the wrong doctor, you will be destroyed. If you like it, you can live happily in this world. Because love has the power. The power of love is not in appearance, in status, or in knowledge. When two people like each other, they fall in love, and when they love each other, they have tremendous power.
Love and love the groom and wife so much.
Love God so.
Love the church so much.
I hope you love the children of the Children's Church School.
If you love the Lord, His work is easy.
If you love the Lord, you want to be with the Lord.
If you love the Lord and pray in a whisper, time will not pass so well.
As everyone loves the Lord like a day for seven years, I hope you will win the victory through a wonderful life of faith.