Title Meditation on Advent (2010.12.19)
Contents
Title: Waiting for the Season of Christ
Text: (Isaiah 11:1~9)
Hymns: 438. my soul is blessed
Date: December 19, 2010 (Sunday) 5 am
Venue: Jeonju Yebut Church Small Worship Room
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“From the stem of Jesse a shoot grows, and out of his root a branch grows and bears fruit” (Isaiah 11:1).
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Have you ever seen a vineyard in a barren field on a cold winter day? Barely dried vines appear dead on the surface. It is not easy to imagine clusters of grapes budding on such a tree. However, when spring comes and summer comes, the tree that seemed to be dead begins to die off and produce luscious grapes. Looking at the vines that have dried up dry on such a cold winter day, expecting and looking at the luscious fruits, we call it faith.
Do you know South Africa where blacks have been ruled by whites for about 350 years? 'President Nelson Mandela', who finally became South Africa's first black president, cried out for human rights and equality to black people who were abandoned in poverty and ignorance. He was arrested and sentenced to life in prison in 1964. He had to end his life in prison. But he did not give up on his dream. Even in prison, I lived a regular life, exercised, and planted trees, dreaming of the future. Rather, he became a more mature man in a prison where he was held to destroy humanity. Finally, on February 11, 1990, towards the end of summer, just before 4:00 p.m., you regain your ‘personal’ freedom. This means that Africans have regained their 'freedom'.
Just as Moses became the leader of Israel through God's call at the age of 80, so he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and finally in May 1994, at the age of seventy-six, became the first black president of a white-dominated South Africa. .
For a believer, there is no such thing as an unimaginable situation. Who is greater than a situation that doesn't make you dream? Who is bigger than the problem? Jesus. If you look to Jesus, you can dream. If we look only at Jesus, it is not despair, but hope. The prophet Isaiah expected the Messiah from the trunk of Jesse, a vine that seemed to have withered. He looked at Babylon, which seemed like it would never perish, and looked at the God who ruled the country. The season of Jesus, who makes everything new, the season of Christ is approaching. What are you expecting?
<Prayer>
1. May the blue and green season of Christ come to this earth!
2. Send many faithful co-workers!