Title Day. 17 Where We Should Be.
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In the same way we, who are many, are one body in Christ and members of one another (Romans 12:5).
The place we should be is the body of Christ, the church. God has declared us to be one body. We are called to a community of destiny. Just as God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are the Trinity, so we are called as one body. Just as the Holy Trinity is connected, so are each person in the church, so it seems that the expression “member” was used as a whole. In the sermons I heard in the past, he said, 'I am paralyzed'.
He said that if there are weak members in the body, we need to look out for each other so that the weakness of those members can reach perfection, and the place where we can learn it is the church. Through regular fellowship with imperfect people, God deals with us and makes us perfect.
Looking back on my time in the Jesus Village community, I think I learned a lot. He made me do a lot of things that didn't suit me, my style, and that was the account of the first youth division, and that is the youth field teacher I am currently in charge of. During the first part of the youth account, I was able to see the pride inside me and I learned that the church belongs to God and that God rules and allows us to grow in time. And I found out that not being able to adapt well was the problem of me rather than the problem of the community.
Until recently, I thought I had an ordinary adolescent period, but after learning the characteristics of adolescence in nursing and looking at teenagers now, I realized that I had an absolutely unusual adolescence. So, I couldn't understand young people well, and I couldn't enjoy youth culture together, and I didn't know anything. But looking at those children, I saw myself in the presence of God. Since God sees the heart, no matter how well-formed and reverent we were, it was as if nothing was happening. The children often do not follow the worship formalities, but it was just like me, who followed the formalities and did not worship with their hearts.
It seems that the first thing that can be learned through the community is how to get out of self-centered isolation, to kill the self. I realize my pride and know what my spiritual level is. And secondly, I seem to learn to love. We learn to look at each other's pain and needs and to pray and serve with one heart. In particular, I think I was able to learn that kind of heart by interceding for those who have suffered difficulties recently.
For me, devoting to the church seems more difficult than devoting to a missions agency. There were a number of circumstantial reasons, but the church is a place where there are a lot of "differences," so self-killing seems to be more demanding. It feels like something you don't want to do, and it's uncomfortable. However, it is necessary and if it is a process that must be followed, it would be better to suffer now than to continue to suffer from it. So, I feel the need for someone's comfort, encouragement, and counsel. Especially when I'm in charge of the leader, it seems like that, so I have to work together in prayer and truth...