Title: When Life is Excited and Happy
When life is exciting and happy
(Matthew 6:1-4)
< Principle of Sharing for Happiness >
In the beginning, in the Garden of Eden, everything was abundant, but Adam was not happy. Because there was nothing to love. So God gave Eve as the object to love. From then on, Adam's happiness began, and God saw it and liked it very much. People are supposed to be happy only when they have a heart and an object to share love with. Happiness is not in wealth, but in the desire to share it. Some people complain, “I only did good things for others!” when others do well because of them. But doing good deeds is the secret to being blessed.
God's love is expressed in neighbor love. To give food to the hungry, to be a friend to the lonely, and to give flesh to those who have lost it is also loving God. The strength of neighbor love is the strength of God's love. Some people are hard on themselves, but they work hard to help others. When we practice sharing like that, the Holy Spirit comes upon our hearts. Therefore, when sharing effortlessly, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. What does Jesus mean when he says that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing?
1. Do good in silence
Why did Jesus hate the alms of the Pharisees? This is because good deeds were repeatedly shown by blowing the trumpet (verse 2). Don't be conscious of people when sharing and giving. There are gifts that smell and there are gifts that smell. When do you smell? It flies when you are quiet after giving a gift. The scent should be subtle. If the perfume smells too strong, it hurts. When a gift has such a subtle fragrance, there is a sense of emotion and a sense of humanity.
Like the angel in Isaiah 6, I will serve God supremely, yet cover my face with my two wings. The angel covering his face with two wings is an expression of “I am still ashamed in the sight of God.” Even angels who work and serve God day and night are so humble, don't try to reveal your face and name too much after doing a little bit of God's work.
2. Do good quickly
If you think for a long time and count when you feel the emotion of sharing, your mind will change, so practice sharing so quickly that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. If you count, you cannot commit. If the woman who broke the alabaster jar and poured perfume on Jesus had calculated it with her head, she would not have been able to use the perfume she had saved up for the wedding. There are times when dedication is appropriate. A little help in an emergency is better than a big help in a non-emergency.
When a church or missionary is in dire need, when someone makes a material dedication, a moving prayer comes out. "God! As you fed Elijah through the crow, thank you for such a miraculous filling! Remember that hand!” However, if the church is overflowing with members and missionaries are overflowing with supporters, even after receiving devotion, deep emotion and gratitude are less. It is better to give one devotion when there is not enough than to dedicate two devotions when there is enough. The hand of sharing should be expressed purely and promptly toward the ‘needed place’ rather than the ‘pleasant place’.
3. Forget after helping
If you don't forget and remember for a long time after giving, you can have a sense of merit, and if you see something you don't like or if your influence doesn't seem as great as you think, you may feel sad and think of the original story. Therefore, after sharing and giving, you must end with sharing and completely forget your good deeds so that you do not enter the test.
All the reasons are like that. If you give up your seat to an elderly person on the train, go away. If you stand in front of it after making the concession, you feel sorry and anxious about the person who received the concession. It is a real concession when you make the mind of the person who received the concession feel comfortable. The sense of merit, “I have shared this much!” is like an impurity in the jewel of sharing. Just as jewels increase in value as they have fewer impurities, sharing becomes as brilliant as diamonds when there is no impurity in the sense of merit.
< When life is exciting and happy >
Some people do good things in the church, but they try hard to hide their names. is a true character. Of course, having fun being recognized in life is also necessary. But if you try to look good to people too much, you get tired. When the condition worsens, depression often comes. To live a happy life, you must be free from the evaluation and gaze of your neighbors. What is important is ‘my truth’. If bad public opinion is not true, it will soon disappear. Public opinion is scary, but even more frightening are the facts and the truth.
Free yourself from the desire to be recognized. If you try to be recognized, you will not be recognized any more. If you just know that God sees and know you and do your best, you will be recognized naturally. You should always be honest about your actions. “I am very greedy! I struggle to be recognized! It was a shame!” Such honest self-awareness is painful but necessary. Only then can you live a more sincere and happier life.
Real happiness unfolds in secret. Some people are happier knowing that no one knows their good deeds. Because that's when you feel more accepted by God. If you do not know such secret happiness, you will miss the core of your religious life. Sharing should not be an 'expression of a life that celebrates oneself', but an 'expression of a life that forgets oneself'. When we share in secret, both the giver and the receiver become pure and warm.
Secret sharing and serving are the best secrets of victory and happiness in life. Why did the Lord tell us not to tell anyone about the mystical experience of the Mount of Transfiguration? (Mark 9:9) This is because when you live with the mysterious image in your heart alone, you can easily overcome hardships and enjoy true happiness. With such mysterious images and memories, you should try to live and enjoy your secret happiness. How mysterious happiness is when you imagine that the person who received help is happy when you share, and that only God and you and yourself know that fact.
With the dream of becoming the highest number of secret sharing, don't end up being the blessed one, but become a source of blessing and share the blessing with many people. Then there are many benefits beyond imagination. Ultimately, the greatest happiness in life is to have a dream and a vision to share, and to have a heart and object to share. If you work with a vision of sharing, your heart will be lifted and you will be happy. It is because of the pleasant imagination that one day he will become a great channel of sharing. There is no such thing as a happy life if you do your best to fulfill your dream of becoming a character and secretly share the fruits of your success while doing bad things that no one else wants to do.