Lower those walls

 

오늘의 묵상 (마9:9~13)

 

 

9. 예수님께서 그 곳을 떠나 길을 가시다가, 마태라는 사람이 세관에 앉아 있는 것을 보셨습니다. 예수님께서 그에게 말씀하셨습니다. "나를 따라오너라." 그러자 마태는 일어나서 예수님을 따라 갔습니다.

 

10. 예수님께서 마태의 집에서 식사를 하실 때였습니다. 많은 세리들과 죄인들이 와서, 예수님과 제자들로 더불어 함께 식사를 하고 있었습니다.

 

11. 바리새파 사람들이 이것을 보고 제자들에게 말했습니다. "어째서 너희 선생님은 세리들과 죄인들에게 함께 어울려 식사를 하느냐?"

 

12. 예수님께서 이 소리를 들으시고 말씀하셨습니다. "건강한 사람은 의사가 필요 없으나, 환자들은 의사가 필요하다.

 

13. 너희는 가서 '나는 희생 제물보다 자비를 원한다'라는 말씀이 무슨 뜻인지 배워라. 나는 의인을 부르러 온 것이 아니라, 죄인을 부르러 왔다."

 

 

 

 

LOWER THOSE WALLS

 

 

It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. (Matt. 9:12)

 

Two men are stranded out on the ocean in a raft. One keeps pointing at the other and saying in a mocking tone, “Man, you are so lost.”

 

The walls we build around ourselves are just as ridiculous. We should all be on the same team, but instead we often break up into small fragments based on our own ideas of who is good enough to be on our team.

 

Why didn't the Pharisees get Jesus? They were smart guys. They studied. They knew the law. So why weren't they the first to dance with joy and embrace the Messiah?

 

It was because they had built walls. They had their own team established, and the walls they built around their hearts were made of bricks created on the absolute certainty that they were in the right and everyone else was wrong. Those kinds of bricks make for tough walls.

 

The two men out on the raft are both in the same boat.

 

So are we. There is not one who is righteous. Not one. Our common dependence on the righteousness of Christ is what defines our team, and while we could all cling to that and rely on Christ together, too often we are found standing and shouting that we are OK, looking down at those who are not.

 

—Brian Wallace

 

 

Avoid the yeast of the Pharisees, and instead be broken together.