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blessed people
Matthew 11:1-15
Once upon a time, when it was time for a king to marry a princess, he hung up a room to rescue a brave young man.
The king put the young men around a pond infested with crocodiles and said, “I will give a daughter to the young man who swims among the crocodiles and crosses the pond!”
Immediately, a young man jumped into the pond. And swam hastily across the pond.
When all the servants praised the young man for his courage, the young man looked back and shouted. “Someone pushed!”
There are times in life when Satan pushes us to places where there are crocodiles.
Even so, if you keep your mind straight, then that will be an opportunity for blessing.
Therefore, if you do not lose heart in any case, there is always a way to live and a way to be blessed.
Using problem moments as opportunities for re-creation.
Heaven is already guaranteed to the saints, but before they go to heaven, they must live and receive blessings on earth as well. Who is Blessed? Let's take a look at the four types of people who are blessed through the text.
1. Those who are in the Lord
As John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus, he cried out, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” At that time, the word 'heaven' meant 'life in Jesus'.
In other words, if you repent and come into Jesus, you will receive heaven and blessings, and the starting point of blessings is repentance. It is Satan's temptation that we can receive blessings without repentance.
Repentance is a change within me, but there is no way to change outside of me without a change within me.
There is a prison for felons on the small island of Alcatraz in San Francisco, USA. Sometimes prisoners jump into the sea to escape from the prison, but because of the torrent that winds around the island, none of them managed to escape.
So there's this sign on the prison door.
“The only way you can get out of this island is not the ‘escape route’, but the ‘transformed road’.”
The only way to receive grace is to change.
Therefore, change is repentance and it is an act of daring to open up what is wrong. If we do not throw away what we should throw away, spiritual growth and blessings are blocked.
Even now, when we look at our lives, how many things are preventing our spiritual growth?
In fact, there are many cases of failure because of that, losing health, material loss, and leaving God.
At that time, if you realize it well, you should say, "God really loves me!"
But usually, they complain to God and blame the pastor, saying, “It is useless to believe!”
Therefore, if your heart and faith go up and down because of worldly things, it is better to boldly throw away worldly things.
The Lord said that there is no one greater than John the Baptist on this earth, but in heaven, that is, in the Lord, the lesser is greater than John the Baptist (verse 11). So don't envy the world.
There is no one in the business world greater than Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, but even the smallest in the Lord is greater than Chairman Lee Kun-hee.
Now, I hope that you will become a saint who considers being in the Lord the greatest blessing, and furthermore, dreams of the blessing of being in the Lord and standing in a respected position in the world.
2. A person who is not shaken
In verse 7, the Lord says, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?” What do you mean? It says not to go back and forth like a reed.
In Joshua 1:7, when God was preparing the hearts of the people for the blessing of Canaan, the most emphasized word was “Do not turn to the left or right!” emphasized (Philippians 3:14). James 1:6-7 says, “But ask in faith, and do not doubt at all, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. The Lord's blessings are never given to people like the waves of the sea.
A person must have perseverance, but a saint is even more so. Faith is a 'firm determination'.
If you decide to believe, you will obey to death, and if you have served the church, do not let go of it as much as possible, and if you do not waver even when sometimes hardships come, Satan comes and goes to tempt you and shake you no matter how much you try to tempt and shake it as a tool of despair.
Sometimes in life, when we meet a storm of ordeal, we shake, we go back and forth, we cry and cry, we get angry at our family for nothing, we get insomnia, and when we get stomach cramps, we lose K-O to Satan.
When we lose heart, Satan rejoices; when we rejoice, Satan loses heart.
Therefore, the more difficult it is, the more rejoicing it is, praying without ceasing, giving thanks in everything, and do not be shaken.
If you do, Satan will be defeated, and God will surely be with you as a blessing.
3. A person who never loses hope
In the text, Jesus says that we are greater than John the Baptist, and that word is not to lose hope.
The reason we should not lose courage no matter what we face in life is because we are big people even with our shortcomings, and we can become even bigger people in the future, so let's live with confidence now.
I can become a great person!” If you believe and go out, you can become a greater person than anyone else.
People say, "I'm going to die!" when it's difficult, but for those who believe, instead of saying "I'm going to die!" even if it's difficult, let's change the pronunciation a bit and say "Lord!"
Now, let's go out believing, "Blessings and problem solving belong to the Lord!"
Then you can become a greater person than John the Baptist or Elijah.
Sometimes we blame our environment and we lose the momentum to a successful life.
Overcoming difficult circumstances becomes an opportunity for greater blessings.
Why are the countries near the equator, where there is plenty of food and are warmer, poorer, and why are the colder countries better?
It means your beliefs, your heart and your attitude are more important than your environment.
No one in this world is perfect. When one is abundant, the other is insufficient.
Therefore, if you look at life as rock-paper-scissors, the scissors lose to the rock, but the rock loses to the paper and the see loses to the scissors.
No one always wins, and no one always loses. All have advantages and disadvantages.
Therefore, anyone can be greatly blessed if they take advantage of even one or two strengths they have.
Once upon a time, a cat gave birth to a kitten and named it 'Tiger Cat' to become a strong cat.
But one day, when the catcher saw that he could not eat, he thought that rice was strong and changed his name to ‘Rice Cat’. However, seeing that rice cannot grow without rain, the name was changed to 'Rain Cat'.
However, after seeing that rain could not fall without clouds, we changed the name to ‘Cloud Cat’ again.
However, seeing the clouds being carried by the wind, I changed the name to ‘Wind Cat’.
However, the wind did not pass through the wall, so I changed the name to ‘Wall Cat’.
But when he saw that a field mouse made a hole in the wall, he changed it to ‘Vole Mouse Cat’.
But when he saw that the field mouse was afraid of him, the cat thought. “I like the way I am the best!” So, in the end, they named the kitten ‘original cat’ and did not change the name anymore.
what do you mean? The best way to live is to live as you are now.
There is nothing to blame for the environment. If you think that you are the best work of God and go out with hope, God will surely be with you with great blessings.
4. Someone who dashes hard
Verse 12 says, “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” Here, the phrase “to be violent” simply means “to dash vigorously.”
You have to dash vigorously to get heaven and blessings.
If you thoroughly reject a lazy life and go out with sweat, effort, concentration, and strong will and persistence, you will succeed.
Jews say, when raising a chief executive, “I must be blessed. sure to succeed I will not lose to anyone.”
Fortress leadership researchers say, “Only the crazy ones survive. You have to work hard to survive.
Jacob, who dashed strongly towards his dreams and visions, stretched out holding on to God in the Yabbok River.
"God! I can't let you go unless you bless me.” In the end, he received the great name of 'Israel', which means 'the one who overcomes God', and was blessed to become the ancestor of a nation.
I hope that you have such a dream of spiritual Israel, hold on to God stronger than Jacob, and hold on to God to the point where your hip bone can't be broken but hang and dash.
Just as light that seems powerless can burn paper when collected with a magnifying glass, and become a laser beam that cuts metal when physically more focused, so attention, concentration, and exhaustion create such a great history.
Such concentration will give you the strength to overcome any extreme hardship.
It doesn't matter if the environment is a little bad, or if the brain is a little bad.
If you focus on your vision, you can overcome that weakness.
Edison was not smart and had bad grades, but he was so engrossed in his work that he did not know if he could set the house on fire, and he made countless inventions.
Concentrate on your dreams and visions like that, serve consistently with an attitude that no matter what good things come to an end, keep praying. Then, good history will surely appear.
One day, a Spartan general gave his son a short sword. my son asked.
"father! The sword is short and cannot be beat.
Why don't you give me a long sword?" Then the general said.
“Son! If the sword is short, you can go one step further and fight.” Now, don't say things you don't have confidence in. Don't say, "Your learning is short, you don't have the capital, you don't have networking, your family environment is bad." Then, go one step further.
Study an hour longer than others, sleep an hour more than others, and sweat an hour more than others.
What is belief? Faith is challenging the impossible and making it possible.
If you go out with such faith, God will surely help you.
Now, if you have confidence and constantly think positively, your thoughts will come true.
Thinking is the first step in creating a work life, so what you think about today is given tomorrow. Life unfolds the way you think. Thought is the foundation of creation.
There is no such thing as a nonexistent thing in thought.