Submit yourself before the title word!
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Even if a human being has excellent learning in this world, has a genius brain and has excellent hand skills, it may be considered a great being in this world, but compared to the universe, it is actually nothing. Also, even if humans make the world's best high-tech precision optical products and solve all problems on this planet with one product, humans cannot properly reveal the secret of one of the many stars in the universe with the product. will be. Also, even if a human being's wisdom in this world is so excellent that no one on earth dares to raise his head in front of those wise words, his wisdom will not be able to reveal the secret of God.
This is the difference between human beings being born on earth and God being in heaven. To explain this in a more realistic way, where the ants live, the ants are the main characters, and where the bees live, the bees are the main characters. It is the queen ant and the queen bee who occupy the top positions there. The queen bee and queen bee are being treated the best not because they are good, but because only the queen and queen bee can lay eggs. The worker bees and worker ants under it were forced to protect each other even for the queen bee and queen ant to reproduce for their own species. However, when they see other animals larger than them live, they are viewed from the point of view that it is nothing at all. Then, seeing how these insects live with the human eye, the primate of all things, how much can they really attract human attention?
But if, to study them, an entomologist approaches them, selects a certain insect, inspires him with the spirit of an entomologist, and makes the insect listen to other insects and behaves according to the entomologist's intentions, the entomologist would not be Without it, you will get good research results. An entomologist might be able to provide lifelong food and a place for them to live, to the chosen insect, who listened to them, and to other insects who listened and moved. However, on the contrary, the entomologist will show no interest in the insects chosen by the entomologist, ignoring the word, and insisting on living the way they were originally born, so that they live and perish.
The relationship between man and God stems from the same principle.
One of the reasons why God allowed these insects to live with humans is that we should realize the relationship between humans and God right away, even through such insignificant insects. Trees are trees, animals are animals, insects are insects, plants are plants, and even if you compare and apply anything in this world, there is a providence that you can immediately realize the relationship between man and God. The only problem is that stupid humans don't have eyes to see it right away. And even if you know it, there will be cases where you only apply it to the flesh because you don't know what the truth is.
Now, as in today's text, we will have to put down our arrogant and irreverent thoughts and submit to the Lord's word. I think my thoughts are righteous, and I think my thoughts are absolutely right, but they are only applicable in this world, and if you point your thoughts to the sky, you will realize that they are just useless pieces of tissue paper. As God said, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, and my ways are not your ways, as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts!” The Word must not be diluted.
As he said in this morning's sermon, Peter tried to catch fish all night long, but when he saw him returning with a disappointment that he couldn't catch a single fish at the right time, the Lord told him to go into the deep and cast his net again. , Peter said, 'I have toiled all night, but at your word I will let down my nets', and as he turned the bow again, he said to himself, 'If there is no fish, just try not to catch fish!' He lowered the net with a slingshot and pulled it up again. When he found the net was full of fish, he called his comrades and pulled the fish out. Then he humbly knelt before the Lord and fell on his face, saying, 'Lord! leave me! I am a sinner.’ The Lord, who was listening to the voice of Peter confessing his mistake honestly from the depths of that person, revealing his humble and incompetent human being, said, “Do not be afraid! From now on, you will be a fisher of men!” This is a declaration of his discipleship at once.
Human arrogance and rudeness do not stop there. Even after that, the disciples did not believe in the Lord several times and became confused while going according to their own thoughts. Philip went along with the Lord until now and saw the Father working through the Lord, but he said, “Lord! Show us the Father! That will suffice.” He disappoints the Lord infinitely with his words, but when Thomas hears that Jesus is going to wake up the dead Lazarus, or has he been there not long ago, and was almost stoned to death by the Jews and Pharisees, does he want to go there again? ' And yet, Jesus went reluctantly and said, let's go and wake up the dead Lazarus. As Thomas did not understand what he was going to do, he continued by saying to the other disciples, "Then let us also go to death with the Lord!" So you can see that you are doing things that are far from the will of the Lord. This is why this kind of alumni response is happening because they cannot put down their thoughts and continue to try to understand the Lord with their own thoughts.
Now, as our members try to understand the pulpit and follow the Lord in this kind of thinking, they are facing difficulties over and over again. When the chosen ant first receives the entomologist's spirit and moves, other ants abandon their thoughts and follow the chosen ant, and as they are guaranteed food and shelter for ever, so we humans are sent first by the Lord. It is easy if you realize the Lord's will and providence through the servant you received, throw away your thoughts and will, and follow the pulpit, but even if you die, you cannot give up your thoughts and will and try to follow the pulpit, so it will be difficult. As we saw in the story of the ant, why don't you know that if you follow the servant sent by the Lord, you will receive eternal heaven and living water that will never thirst? Why don't you know that if you live according to your own thoughts like other ants, you will surely be destroyed sooner or later? Now that you understand, submit your thoughts to the Word as soon as possible! this is the way to live