Ecclesiastes 7:2, It is better to go to a house of mourning as to a house of feasting, for death is the end for all, and the living will take it to heart.
A person’s life is seventy years old, and if he is strong, he can be eighty years old. What he boasts about is only toil and sorrow, and it is all gone in the blink of an eye. We will fly away. Who knows your anger? What about the power? Who knows your wrath according to the fear you deserve? Please teach us how to number our days so that we can gain a heart of wisdom.
? The older I get, the more I realize that things in the world cannot satisfy people’s hearts. When I was in kindergarten or elementary school, I was satisfied with delicious food. When I was in junior high school, I was happy with good TV series and delicious food; in high school, I was satisfied with delicious food. At that time, getting into a good university was the greatest satisfaction and expectation. When I was in university, I felt that there were good Korean dramas and I was very happy to wear beautiful clothes. After graduating from university, I was looking for a job and getting married. When I was older, I might have children, and later on It may be the growth of children, family, marriage, continuing from generation to generation. I found that life is about constant expectations, expectations are constantly satisfied, and after these are satisfied, I spend my time looking for other unsatisfactory things. It’s not that we don’t need to experience these things today. Most people in this world have to experience these things. So when we come to this world, are we simply required to experience these things and then die?
I don’t think this is the case. We still need to experience these things, but the attitude with which we experience them is very important. God allows us to experience God and know God while experiencing these worldly things. Let us look at the life of Abraham. Abraham had many cattle, sheep, and servants. The Lord did not let him enjoy all this in this wealthy environment. Instead, he allowed him to leave Ur of the Chaldees, leave the comfortable environment, and enter the promised land. The good land of Canaan, which experienced various environments, including Sarah being barren, sharing the land with her nephew Lot, rescuing Lot, interceding for Sodom, and dedicating her only son to God. God has not promised that the sky will always be blue and the flowers will always be fragrant. God has said: In the world you will have hardships, but in Me you will have peace. In the end, Abraham died by faith and did not see the promise, but God’s words will never fail. In the end, his descendants were as numerous as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and they indeed entered the promised good land of Canaan. According to humanistic thinking, Abraham’s life was imperfect because he did not see what he had promised during his lifetime. However, from God-based thinking, Abraham’s life was perfect because he was chosen by God and was in God’s presence. have a share in the plan.
David praised God:
16:5? The Lord is my inheritance and the portion of my cup; you hold my inheritance for me. ?
16:6? The bounds of my land are measured out with a rope, and they are situated in a good place; my inheritance is indeed good. ?
16:7 I will praise the LORD who teaches me; my soul also warns me in the night. ?
16:8? I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved. ?
16:9? Therefore my heart rejoices, my spirit rejoices, and my body dwells in safety. ?
16:10? For you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will you cause your Holy One to see corruption. ?
16:11? You will make known to me the path of life; in your presence is fullness of joy, and at your right hand are everlasting pleasures.
? Joseph experienced colorful clothes, bloody clothes, prison clothes, and official robes. In the eyes of people, it was a wandering and rough life. But in the end, he said to his brothers that you are trying to harm me. God The meaning is not like this, because through me, I specifically want to save one family, the nation of Israel, this nation full of suffering, a nation full of legends, the chosen ones that God values, God did not let the Israelites go through these things to show How strange the people of Israel are, how smart and wise they are. It is to express the glory of God and express Himself. We are all God’s vessels to express Himself, the mighty One. May glory and praise be given to Him who sits on the throne. The Lamb forever, Amen.