Title: Those who act with confidence!
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Sunday day sermon
Text: Matthew 16:13-20
Title: Those who act with confidence!
God is looking for people who are confident in their work. A person who acts with confidence takes responsibility for everything he entrusts to him, so he credits all good things with the help of those around him, and even if he does things wrong, he is a person who knows how to take responsibility for what he has done. Also, a person who can take responsibility is a person who can thoroughly reflect on their mistakes. God loves such a person.
However, on the other hand, like a reed blown by the wind, those whose hearts change from day to day are not strong enough to always follow their beliefs. Also, you cannot trust such a person. If you were God, would you call such a ignorant person as a worker?
A man quit his job of 20 years and opened a chicken restaurant after listening to his friends. At first, business was going well, but one day, when a scene in which chickens were slaughtered by a bird flu suddenly came on the air, the whole chicken house was shut down as customers suddenly stopped. The money I had invested in was wasted so I started to stumble, and this time, another friend suggested I try a beef soup restaurant. After reassuring him that he could do business without any worries because cows can't develop problems like bird flu, he said that he would succeed this time, and he changed the business to a beef soup restaurant.
But this time, as protests against imports took over the streets every day, saying that they were importing beef with a risk of mad cow disease while importing US beef, customers stopped eating at the soup restaurant one by one, but in the end, it was forced to close the door. In this case, it may be said in the world of dirty words, 'unlucky', but even if it is force majeure, you must realize that you have a lot of responsibility. Rather, if he really wanted to start a business from the beginning, he would be more upset even if it went bankrupt. However, the problem is that this person has no beliefs and believed only what other people or friends said that this kind of business was good.
When King Saul is proud and has been rejected by God, God commands Samuel to find a man who will rule Israel again in the house of Jesse. After receiving the command, Samuel recklessly headed towards Jesse's house. When Samuel arrived at Jesse's house at first sight, he mistakenly thought that Jesse's eldest son, who had a great body and good appearance, was the one who would become king. catch you
Then Samuel came to his senses and met all the six brothers in the house, but couldn't find any one who could become king. So he asked Jesse if he had any other sons besides these sons. Convinced that he is the son the Lord is looking for, he tells him to call him immediately. David, who was brought before the prophet without knowing the English language, is bewildered like a startled rabbit, but Samuel's eyes gleaming as he looks at him. Why did God choose the youngest son of Jesse, who was the weakest, to be king instead of choosing David's smart and handsome brothers as kings?
God says of David, “He is a man after my own heart.” What made David so moved the heart of God? It was none other than David's confident actions. The fact that a prophet, a man of God at that time, comes to his house is a greater blessing than a president today. Therefore, when all the six brothers heard that the prophet was coming, they left all the shepherding tasks to David and ran home. However, David takes care of all the sheep left by his brothers without a word of complaint, and silently carries out his duties perfectly until the brothers meet the prophet and return. God looked at David like that.
There is a saying in our proverb that ‘Leaks on the inside leak outside too’. I said this with the thought in mind that when you entrust a task to someone, someone who can't handle even one task properly will fail as well, failing to handle it perfectly even if you have someone else do it. Conversely, when entrusted with a certain task, a person who perfectly digests the task is also entrusted with another task to complete it. Even in the world, people like this try to take each other. How reliable are you? People like this did not become like this because they were good at work from birth. Whatever he did, he came to this result because he did it with a sense of responsibility and conviction.
God is also looking for people with convictions. You will have to entrust your great work in the future, because you can't use a person who is being dragged here and there as a worker, looking at the world. There are many churches today and there are many servants of the Lord, but the Lord does not unconditionally call these people as His workers. The reason is that they do not have the confidence to risk their own life to protect Christ to the end. How can those who are not willing to lay down even one of their lives in the present time to lay down their lives for the Lord, whom they cannot see?
That is why God can't trust humans at all, so He sends His Son to do His work. Servants change, but the Son never changes. Just as Jesus never disobeys the Father, so his disciples do not betray the Lord. Likewise today, only the Lord who came spiritually does the Father's will. Therefore, the last harvesters, only those who are born again by the spiritual Lord, will not betray the Lord and will fulfill their duties until the end. It is never the truth to change or be capricious.