Title Relation of emptiness/Philippians 2:1-4
Contents There are programs that are frequently held during youth clubs or youth retreats. Put a piece of paper in front of you and ask yourself a question. Who am I? As you continue with this question, write down what comes to mind on a piece of paper. After a certain amount of time has passed, they show each other their notes and talk. Who am I at this moment? and ask yourself. I can't write much right now, but what's the first word that comes to mind? For example, I am Lee Byung-il. I am a junior I am In-seop's father. I am Jung-hee's husband. i am life i am the universe I am a disciple of Jesus. I am pretty So I'm lazy ...............
Some people write down a few things and can't write any more, some people write dozens of things. The more time I spend for reflection and self-reflection, the more I tend to write less. What I thought of myself as who I am is so precious. It is to explain and express one's existence. Especially for young people, it helps a lot in realizing their identity and figuring out their place in the moment of life.
Or they deny themselves and abandon themselves, but they do not give up completely. Instead of throwing me away, I constantly count and think about what else comes back. Geun-an Lee, a consultant engineer, embroidered. However, when I listen to the motive that made me decide to embroider, I just laugh. After seeing the results of the trial of abducted fisherman Kim Seong-hak, he found peace of mind and surrendered himself. The fellow officers who tortured Mr. Kim did not receive a heavy sentence, so he thought that even if he turned himself in, he would not suffer for long. He made the elephant confess that he was a dog by using all kinds of vicious torture, such as electric torture, water torture, joint extraction, and wing-breaking, and lived in hiding for over 10 years because of fear.
Seriously, how much are we living our lives forsaking ourselves? What kind of self are you giving up on living?
Some people think of me when it comes to November, when the gentle wind drops the yellow ginkgo leaves. Do you know what day November 13th is? It's Kim Jun-pyo's birthday. It is the anniversary of the martyr Jeon Tae-il, who shouted out the sorrow of the people living hard in this land. On August 9, 1970, in his diary, he wrote with the intention of dying.
How long have you been hesitating and suffering over this decision? Now, at this time, I made a decision that was close to perfection. I have to go back. must go back To the side of my poor brother, to the hometown of my heart, to the side of a young child in the peace market, where all my principles are, I swore for my life, amidst so much time and daydreaming, the weak creatures that I had to take care of. leave me and kill me Be patient for a while. Don't give up all my weakness so that I won't leave your side. You are the home of my heart. Today is Saturday. Second Saturday in August. This day I made a decision in my heart. We struggle to become a drop of dew at this time when innocent creatures wither, God, have mercy and mercy.
In addition, Jeon Tae-il left the following will to me, a part of all of you.
Every time I read this article by Jeon Tae-il, I become sober and reflect on myself. As he put it, we can see Jesus' self-emptying in his life and death, where he gave up / forsaken me, killed me, and gave up all our weaknesses to become a drop of dew at a time when innocent creatures are withering as he puts it. The verse that follows the text we read today expresses the self-emptying of Christ. Although he had the image of God, he emptied himself and became a man, and humbled himself even to death on a cross. Self-emptying, humbling oneself, is a great virtue in all religions because it is opposed to the human desire to possess and to be exalted. Bigger chapels, more followers, more lavish mansions, more lavish meals, and higher seats, all the way we see ourselves running without looking back. We feel inferior or frustrated by equating our possessions, occupations, and status with ourselves, becoming arrogant when we have them and demeaning ourselves when we don't get them. That is why we try to pray, meditate, and meditate on the Word every day.
Chapter 11 of ?곩춴 [?볟쓿 ] is as follows.
Thirty spokes are gathered in one hub, and there is an empty space, so that a cart can be used. You can make a bowl by beating clay, but it's empty right there, so you can put a bowl on it. A door is made and a window is drilled into it to make a room, but the room is available right there because it is empty. Therefore, existence becomes the basis of benefit, and absence becomes the basis of use.
A cart, bowl, or house must be empty to be useful. If the cart is not empty, nothing can be loaded, if the vessel is not dug, nothing can be stored, and if there is no space in the house, nothing can be loaded. To say that something is useful is because it itself is emptiness. In order for a person to be useful, the inside must be empty. Here, to say that man is empty means that he is full of God. Conversely, when a person is filled with something, it means that he is eventually filled with me (ego). When Jesus said to forsake you and kill you, he meant empty you. But we are obsessed with being, possessing, and forming. However, its existence, possession, and form are empty, so it is useful only when the space is filled with God.
Also, that emptiness, emptiness, has a relation. When I speak of myself, I express as whose .... am I. Self-emptying for oneself is ultimately filling oneself with oneself. It is the shape of a cat turning with its tail. Jesus' self-emptying was to become a man, and Jesus' self-humiliation was to save lives. In the emptiness of Jesus, there was a gesture of relationship between man and life. Jeon Tae-il gave himself up and killed himself in order to become a drop of dew to the withering life. Emptying me is not for relieving indigestion for the sake of peace of mind.
This week is celebrated as Reformation Sunday. Josiah's Reformation, Jesus' Kingdom Movement, the Reformation 500 years ago, and the 1953 General Assembly Declaration were efforts to restore the dynamic faith in Yahweh. These reforms begin with self-reflection and giving up. Let Luther be proud of God in the Worms Parliament, where all the powerful men of his time gathered! I could say (Let God be God!) because I had forsaken myself and was filled with God. In addition, the Reformation not only changed religious institutions and forms of worship, but also shook up the oppressive structures of all societies, including politics. It also changed the form and content of each person's life. Life, which had been dragged along by man, by man-made institutions, drank a drop of dew. However, after a while, everything returned to its pre-reform state. This is because the relationship of emptiness disappeared and self-emptying could not continue.
God is working in you, making you desire and put into practice what pleases God (verse 13). To empty me is to have God in the empty space and make it active. I have given up my selfishness and my ego in me, and now I am serving God. Only God is the dancer, and we are all dancers dancing.