Title The Power of Vision
The Power of Vision
Text/ Genesis 28:10-22
1. Introduction
We said last week that in all life in this world there is a power to exist - a power to survive - a power to succeed. Life itself is power. Naturally and especially, I meditated on the fact that this mighty power is inherent in the lives of each of us. But this mighty life force is like a stone buried in a clearing mountain, and it is like raw wood that has not been polished. Gems and logs must be polished to be useful in reality. Likewise, we humans must refine this mighty life force. So, how do you refine the power of life? I'll try to answer this question over the next few weeks with the topic of "The Power of Vision - The Power of the Threefold String - The Power of a Professional - The Power of Faith".
2. The power of life must be refined with vision
What is the vision in today's text (Genesis 28:10-22)? It is a statement that expresses well. The main text consists of three paragraphs. (1) Jacob, who was fleeing to Paddan-aram (Haran) in the face of a crisis of life (Esau's sword), and sleeping on a stone pillow amid the threat of survival-fear of the wilderness-anxiety about the future (Genesis 28:10-11), ( 2) Jacob's dream of a ladder in the middle of the night (Genesis 28:12-17), (3) Jacob's vow prayer (Genesis 28:18-22). -Note: Please find the Ladder of Jacob, the holy painting by William Break (1757-1827), a poet and painter, the God of Bethel, Vol. 1, No. 17, The Fountain of the Word.
When everyone encounters a crisis in life (economic bankruptcy, love failure, natural disaster, war, family breakdown, incurable disease, severance of human relationships, threat to life, etc.) It's possible. Jacob was no exception. Jacob was also very worried-worried-anxious-fearing. However, the reason that Jacob became Jacob is that he believed in the power of life that God gave him, even in the midst of a life crisis that could not be helped. Jacob did not give up in the face of the current crisis of life without a house or thief, but dreamed of life (a ladder) in the power of life God gave him.
Jacob not only dreamed of a ladder of life in the unconscious world, but he also woke up from the dream and asked God to make the ladder dream come true in the conscious world of reality. (1) May God be with me to solve my food, clothing and shelter problems I will dedicate This is the vision-dream-plan-blueprint-hypothesis-idea of 實事求是 (actual sagusi) that refines the power of life.
In our proverb, “You have to look at the sky to get stars”, and in the Western proverb, “While there is life, there is hope”.
3. The Power of Vision!
first. Vision is a compass. Just as a compass is essential to a person navigating a cloudy sea, a vision is essential to a person who lives a life that is more unpredictable than the sea. A vision is a compass on the path of life. In life, the direction of life is more important than the speed of life (health - skills - networking - wealth - academic background...).
second. The vision is not fixed, but develops, evolves, and expands every day. The initial vision is small and insignificant. However, after achieving the small, insignificant initial vision, a bigger vision, a more beautiful vision, begins to appear. In the text, Jacob's initial vision was to solve the problem of survival - food, clothing and shelter, which he was facing right now (Genesis 28:20-21), but after that, it developed and evolved into a vision to become the ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel.
Therefore, according to the 中庸 (middle-yong), the vision of a gentleman begins with one step by the one who travels a long way. He said that it is like a person who wants to climb a high mountain starts by climbing a low mountain.
third. The vision is to rearrange the power of life. God has given each person the same life force. But looking at the reality we live in, some people live with great success, some live well, and some live without dying. Why? Or it is because we live by refining the power of life every day, or we live the way we have lived up to now, or we live our lives freely.
The essence of brilliant blue diamonds and black graphite are carbon (CO2) atoms. By the way, the price of 100 grams of diamond is 1 billion won, and the price of 100 grams of graphite is only 1,000 won. Why? This is due to the different arrangement of atoms in diamond and graphite. Those who manage their lives by arranging their life force like black graphite, and those who are unable to die in the face of a crisis of life, think that they should rearrange their life force into a brilliant blue diamond and live.
It is not easy to break the life style that has been living in the arrangement of black graphite and rearrange the life force in the arrangement of brilliant blue diamonds. But hey? Even if it is difficult, slow and painful at first, you have no choice but to endure No, is it? Oh, Lord, have pity on us!