Title: The Way to Becoming a Little Jesus
Gospel of John (44) The way to become a little Jesus (John 6:32-40)
1. Ceremony of calling
God sent the Lord into the world (verses 32-33). So, have a sense of calling that God sent me here in this age. When does a person become happy? It's time to discover your sense of calling. As you go through life, when you find something that suits your aptitude, you confess this. “I was born for this job! Be willing to give your life away!” A person is happiest when he dedicates himself to something worthwhile and for the one he loves.
If you do anything without a calling, it will be boring. If you're doing what you're doing just to make money, it's hard work. Have a sense of calling. When we glorify God through the present work with the sense of calling, “God has called me to this work,” life becomes happier. In particular, if you want to live with a sense of calling, choose 3 things. First, choose the word over bread, second, choose truth over popularity, and third, choose few over many.
2. Broad water solubility
Those who come to the Lord will not be driven out by the Lord (verse 37). Be generous and receptive to welcome those who come to me with such a sincere heart. Sometimes, even when a person who behaves badly comes to you, repent with a sincere heart and accept it with a generous heart. If I do not have forgiveness, there is no God's forgiveness for me.
3. Spiritual Leadership
The Lord tried to do the will of God who sent the Lord rather than the will of the Lord (verses 38-39). Do not insist on your own will like that, but try to do God's will. For that, we need prayer above all else. True prayer is not trying to carry out one's will, but trying to accomplish God's will.
What is God's will? Not one of those whom God has given will be lost, but will be raised to life on the last day (verse 39). Now confess this. “Let’s not lose any of the people God has given me!” My spouse was given to me by God. God gave me my children, and God gave me my co-workers. Promise not to lose any of them. It's hard work, but bear the cross for it. Only then can you become the little bread of life and fulfill God's will for you.
4. Full of Hope
If you believe in the Lord, you will have eternal life and will be resurrected on the last day (verse 40). If you want to become a little Jesus, let the overflowing hope spread through you who believes in Jesus. The greatest prophets are those who give hope. Victor Frankl is a world-renowned psychologist who survived a Nazi concentration camp. In his book, he writes: “It was hope that made me survive the unspeakably cruel torture, dreadful punishment and inhuman abuse of the Nazi concentration camps.”
Confess yourself whenever you are tortured by your environment. “This terrible time of torture will one day end. Then I will spread the meaning of the hope that I hold onto.” Have hope and feel something new every morning. No matter how difficult reality is, if you look at it with faith, you will feel the beauty of life even when you see the morning sun. Now, no matter how hard things are, never give up hope. At that very moment, anyone who looks at me will have an overflowing hope. That is the life of little Jesus.