Title Refuge (Psalm 46:1-3)
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People are looking for the safest haven, and they want to have it and live in it. I think you will too.
"Shelter" refers to "a safe place to escape from disaster". The road has a safety zone for pedestrians. In the Korean dictionary, "safe zone" is defined as "a place designated for the safety of pedestrians crossing the road." In other words, it is a shelter provided for the safety of pedestrians. Ironically, however, the most frequent and largest accidents occur within the safety zone set for the safety of pedestrians. This is the contradiction of the world. In this contradictory world, humans are still searching for their own comfort zone.
Until now, many people thought the United States was the safest country in the world. However, after 9/11, the United States is no longer a safe country but a very dangerous country. Shooting accidents happen every day. It is becoming a situation where you never know when, where, and what kind of terrorism will occur.
Even now, at Incheon Airport, there are immigrants who think Korea is an unstable country and leave for a safe country. But do the people who go there really feel safe and live? It's not like that. Neither Americans nor Canadians nor New Zealanders nor Australians believe that their place of residence is safe. There is no absolute safe zone in this world. There may be places that are a little bit safer and a little more avoidable.
There is no safe haven in this world.
There is no safe zone anywhere in this human world. Whether it be an individual, a family, a people, or a country, no matter where people live, there is no wind. Watch the news. Has there ever been a day without incidents, accidents, and wars? What if there was a day without disasters and disasters?
There are reports that the food you enjoyed eating and the medicines you bought easily could not be eaten right away, and it is said that the medicines you took as good medicines are poisons that cause disease. Oil prices are hitting new highs every day. I don't know how much further it will go up. The news is always curious about how the Middle East events will unfold.
The world we live in is full of these things. In this kind of life, it is too difficult and difficult to endure on our own strength alone, and we cannot live without great help. That's why humans roam around in search of help. That's why idol trading is going well. Right now, all over the country and all over the world, forces possessed by fortune-telling, fortune telling, magic, and all kinds of evil spirits are overflowing. Businesses say this place is booming even when it's in a recession. Fortune tellers and shaman's houses, horse races and lotteries are crowded with people, and money is piling up there. The devotion and material that people pour out in vain is amazing. However, you will soon realize that even that is futile in the end. These are not of great help to us in critical times. Only God is our greatest help. Psalm 12:5 For, says the LORD, "For the oppression of the poor and the groaning of the needy I will arise now, and I will place him in the safe place he desires."
God is our refuge and our safety zone.
In today's text, he said, "God is a great help we meet."
The word that God is a great help means that it is an absolute help that cannot be compared with any other help, a complete help, and a help that does not lack. Ever since Einstein advocated the principle of relativity, everything has been treated as relative. But God alone cannot be relative. God is absolute. God's help is an absolute help that cannot be compared with any other help. God's help is not a small help, but such a big help. He is speaking of a greater help than the power of trials, trials, and pains that come upon us. The almighty power of God is stronger than any other power.
There is no comparison between the energy created and used by humans and the energy created by God. If man-made energy is like the wind from the blades of a fan, God's energy is a storm. If man-made energy is like the warmth of a candle, God's energy is the blazing sun. It can be said that only God is a great help. I want you to believe that God is a great help that we will meet in times of tribulation.
Today is the 59th anniversary of the liberation of our people from the 36 years of colonial life under Japanese rule. It is the day that our nation was liberated and liberated from the Japanese colonial rule by God's great help. It was never without the efforts of our people, but that alone was not enough. We should not neglect to serve God, remembering that there was a greater help. We do not consider our own efforts to be worthless. Some of them sacrificed their family and their lives and made many sacrifices for the independence movement. But that did not mean liberation. It was through our greater help that we were set free.
Those who live with God as a great help are not afraid of the problems of suffering that come while living in this world. ?쏻e will not be afraid if the earth changes, if the mountains shake and fall into the midst of the sea, if the seas roar and roar, if the mountains tremble with their overflow??(2:3) That's right. Even if the ground cracks, houses collapse, typhoons blow, and the sea rushes like crazy, we will not be afraid because God is a great help.
The problem of anxiety and anxiety that the psalmist is facing today is not unique to the psalmist. People living today may also live with a loud voice next to them, but inside they are living in fear and anxiety. Even many believers are living without a sense of spiritual belonging and security. And I live with a lot of sad problems. You may have a problem that doesn't go away even if you cry.
However, when we confess that God is a great help in our suffering, we find a sense of security in our hearts and enjoy a sense of belonging spiritually. You will find comfort and life. It will bring you peace. There is no other way. The other way is temporary, finite, short-lived, and trickery. I hope you believe that only God can help you greatly during your suffering. We believe that there is only one God in this world and our safe refuge to return to.
A place where we feel God's presence and live a godly life is a place of refuge and safety.
A safe zone is not just geographical, spatial, and spatial. We must know that a refuge or safety zone is spiritual. God is a refuge and a safe zone. The heart where God is with us is a refuge and a safe zone, and the place where God is with us is a refuge and a safe zone. When I distance myself from God and the Spirit of God and the glory of God depart from me, I become a soul driven out of refuge and safety. Therefore, I need to remove from my life the things that hinder the presence of God and the presence of the Holy Spirit of God. I have to cut it out of my life.
We need to draw near to God and give our hearts to God so that the Holy Spirit can be with us.
Where God is with those who are with him, it is a place of refuge and safety. When a person with whom God is present is in the home, that place is a refuge and a safe zone. When a person who serves God reverently is at work, it is a refuge and a safe zone. I believe that if there are truly righteous people God is looking for among these peoples, our Korean Peninsula, which is in one of the most insecure places in the world, will become a haven and a safe zone.
Our people were liberated, but they were still not safe. Since then, the Korean War has gone through, a military coup has been fierce, and the IMF has also suffered. It's still a mess. Our homes and ourselves are equally unsafe. We need God's great help. It is foolish to seek help elsewhere. A nation that has God as its greatest help, and its nation and people, are secure. experience salvation. Get dry. Believe that God alone is our greatest help, take refuge, and be a safe zone, and I hope that you will become believers who hold fast to God and lead a godly life.