Title The Miracle of Prayer / Numbers 21:4~9
What happened in the army? On that day, the pork cutlet side dish was served for dinner, and while all the soldiers were waiting in line at the restaurant, I heard a murmur in front of me. I wondered what they were talking about, and they said that they were giving out 2 pieces of tonkatsu per person. So the soldiers in line liked it very much. But I found out that there is no sauce. To bring a box of pork cutlet and a box of sauce when corrosive disease is supplied is a mistake that brought two boxes of pork cutlet. Soldiers in line complain as they feel their stomachs churn. "How can you eat two pork cutlets without sauce?" Then one old man said, "Hey! We don't have to complain. Obviously some troops are eating two sauces now."
We experience many things in our lives, but we don't know how many times we grumble and complain rather than being grateful and satisfied. The text is from the book of Numbers. The original name of Numbers is “In the Wilderness”. It means work in the wilderness. However, if you read Numbers carefully, there is a term that comes up over and over again, and that is the expression of complaining and resentment. The “wilderness” is like the course of our life. What do we look like in the wilderness? In a way, I think that it is not our nature to complain and resent so easily.
Numbers, that is, the complaints and resentment that took place in the wilderness, has the same result of disaster. A fire broke out due to the resentment that occurred in Tavera, Miriam, who complained to Moses, got leprosy. suffered from
In this way, complaining and resentment in the wilderness do not remain on the lips, but inevitably lead to God's calamity. How many complaints and grudges are there in this wilderness-like world we live in? In this case, we should be really careful. I have to watch my lips.
My husband next door has the ability to make a lot of money, so why does my husband have to live so hard because he doesn't have the ability? easy to complain and resent. However, it is clear that complaining and resentment do not remain on our lips, but make our lives unhappy. Our hearts are transformed into hell.
The child next door is growing up well and studying smartly, so why can't my child get along with friends and are bullied at school, and why can't he study like this? You complain and complain that you are my cross. However, it is clear that the complaints and resentment do not remain on my lips, but make our lives unhappy.
Some of the family members may be suffering from physical ailments. Why do you get so sick every day and make me depressed when others are healthy You can complain and resent whenever you like. However, it is clear that complaints and resentment do not remain on the lips. make my life unhappy
The whole world is in recession because of war. I hope you don't complain when you're having a hard time. I hope you are not resentful. Keep in mind clearly that complaints and resentment are not only on my lips, they make my life unhappy, and that some kind of disaster may befall my life.
But the funny thing is that complaints are transmitted to the person next to them. Complaining is passed down from generation to generation. Just as a small spark burns a whole mountain, a small complaint from one person spreads to the whole village. It spreads throughout the people of Israel. How disastrous would the result be? It is not only transmitted laterally, but also to children. How badly will it affect your child if you pass it on to your child? Complaining makes you unhappy, and my heart is hell. But if you give thanks, you become happy, and my heart is heaven.
So is God. He does not accept those who complain and grumble. If we complain and grumble, God is also angry.
So, what should we do when something like this grumbles and resentment arises? Moses teaches us a clear answer. Let's look at the case of Tavera in Numbers 11. They complained about God and the camp was set on fire. “The people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire went out.” Complaining breeds resentment and resentment breeds disaster, but with one person's prayer, the way of escape is opened and the way of life is opened.
In Numbers 12, Miriam complains to Moses and suffers from leprosy. Half of their flesh is rotten and they are in great pain. Moses cried out to the LORD, and said, "Please, God, heal him." God said to Moses, “Put him out of the camp for seven days, and then let him in.” God has provided a way of escape.
The same is true of the text of the text. He complains and complains to God at the news that he has to go back. When everyone was bitten to death by fiery serpents, Moses cried out to God and prayed. The bronze serpent was hung on a tree, and everyone who looked at the bronze serpent lived.
Here's what to do in a situation of complaining and resentment. He has given us the opportunity to pray to God. It is here that the miracle of prayer takes place. He provides a way to escape from the situation of complaints and resentment. open the way for you to live Praying in the midst of complaints and resentment does not open the way for me to live alone. Because of me, the way of escape is opened for the people around me. It opens the way for people around you to live. The prayer of one Moses opened the way for the entire people of Israel to live. This is the miracle of prayer.
Dear saint! Look around us. There are things to complain about. However, I hope that your lips do not complain with your mouth and pray to God. If you complain, you will become unhappy and turn into a hellish heart. But even in such a situation, if you pray to God, the way of escape will open not only for you but also for those around you. The way to live is open.
His mouth was filled with complaints and resentment from the pain of losing his job after being fired. If he had continued to complain and complain, he would have been destroyed by disaster. But a wise wife taught me to pray. God has provided a way of escape.
Dear saint! Are there complaints and resentments around us? God has given us an opportunity to pray. God clearly opens the way for us to overcome.
This is the story of Tolstoy. A single mother died giving birth to twins in a rural area. Suddenly, two children are nagging for milk. The good-natured aunts do not abandon this child and raise her as a nanny. In the end, the nanny becomes the mother of these children and raises the children well. Instead, I don't know how much pain this mother went through. I don't know how many conditions of complaints and resentment there were. But the woman shed many tears for the twins. Tolsdoy writes: “I discovered the shadow of the living God in the tears of a woman weeping for the children of others, and realized what a human being is.”
It is a situation where we have no choice but to complain, but when we pray to God in tears there, we find the shadow of God there. God gives us a way of escape. open the way for you to live
I hope to become a person of prayer who experiences the miracle of prayer.