Title: Who is my real help?
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>>> Psalm 121:1-8
There is a person I know who likes mountaineering, and he has probably climbed almost all the mountains in the south of our country. Whether it's science, music, art, or any other discipline, everyone sets higher goals and strives to achieve them.
In Isaiah 20, the prophet Isaiah is naked for three years. At that time, the Israelites depended on Egypt, the highest mountain. Rather than relying on God, they depended on Egypt, the highest mountain, and Cush, or Ethiopia, next to it. That is why, through Isaiah, God said that Israel, who relied on Egypt and Ethiopia, which were the best nations at the time, instead of relying on Jehovah, who made heaven and earth, the nations you depended on would be taken naked to Assyria. The Apostle Paul said, “If you live according to the Lord, the Lord will protect you no matter what situation you are in, and he will teach you what to say on the spot.”
One of the things I felt when I came to Jamwon-dong after living in Sindang-dong is that parents have a high enthusiasm for education. The reason parents have a high zeal for education is probably because they are for their children. But every time I go to Israel, I envy one thing: the airport justice staff speak Italian to Italians, French to French, and Swedish to Swedes. For them, English is basic. I asked a person who spoke fluent English how he spoke English so well and if he had any experience of going abroad. But their answer was "no". Even though I was born and raised in Israel, being fluent in a foreign language does not mean that I received an early education in a foreign language at birth. The first education they receive when they are born is to read the Bible. For that reason, Jews won a quarter of the Nobel Prize. Guys, what's important? Jesus says: “I am the vine and you are the branch, and when a branch abides in the vine, it bears fruit of its own accord. You can do nothing apart from me.”
Matthew 5:8 says, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for he will see God.” It is not by washing our hearts with detergent that our hearts can be purified. Spending 100 days in a pollution-free area does not clear your mind. If you climb a mountain for 100 days and fast and pray, your heart will not be purified. There is only one way to purify our hearts, and only the blood of Jesus Christ washes away our sins as red as scarlet as white snow. It is the blood of Jesus that cleanses our hearts, and the Holy Spirit comes upon our cleansed hearts. In Matthew 11, Peter went up to Mount Tabor, a high mountain, and saw Jesus' face shining like the sun and his clothes as white as light. The reason that Peter was able to climb a high mountain and see the glorious figure of Jesus was because Jesus asked Peter to go up with him. When we are with Jesus, our sins are washed away and we can see the glory of the Lord.
Dear brothers and sisters, we are all precious sons and daughters of God sent to this earth. When we trust and look to God alone, God is our real help. When we abide in the Lord, the Lord gives us all we need and allows us to bear fruit by ourselves. Also, I believe that the power of the Holy Spirit will come upon you by washing away all the dirty and ugly things with the blood of Jesus on the cross, and you will become a high mountain like Peter, a high mountain like David, and a high mountain like Gideon.
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