Yes, Sir

 오늘의 말씀

 

누가복음 9:57-62 (쉬운성경, NASB)

 

57. 그들이 길을 가고 있을 때, 어떤 사람이 예수님께 말했습니다. "선생님이 어디를 가시든지 저도 따라가겠습니다."

As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, "I will follow You wherever You go."

 

58. 예수님께서 그에게 말씀하셨습니다. "여우도 굴이 있고, 하늘의, 새들도 둥지가 있다. 그러나 인자는 머리를 둘 곳이 없다." 

And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."

 

59. 예수님께서 또 다른 사람에게 말씀하셨습니다. "나를 따라 오너라!" 그러자 그 사람이 말했습니다. "먼저 제 아버지의 장례를 치르게 해 주십시오." 

  And He said to another, "Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."     

 

60. 예수님께서 그에게 말씀하셨습니다. "죽은 사람들에게 죽은 자를 묻게 하고, 너는 가서 하나님 나라를 전파하여라." 

 But He said to him, "Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God."

 

61. 또 다른 사람이 말했습니다. "주님, 저는 따라가겠습니다. 다만 먼저 가족들에게 작별 인사를 하게 해 주십시오." 

 Another also said, "I will follow You, Lord; but first permit me to say good-bye to those at home."

 

62. 예수님께서 그에게 말씀하셨습니다. "누구든지 쟁기를 잡고 뒤를 돌아보는 사람은 하나님 나라에 알맞지 않다." 

 But Jesus said to him, "No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

 

 

 ONE OF THE MORE RECENT discoveries I've made is that obedience brings blessings, but delayed obedience is disobedience. I had always thought of myself as an obedient person. Yet, I believed if I obeyed God eventually, even begrudgingly, I was obeying fully. But that does not meet God's definition of obedience. Our forefathers had it right when they demanded a response of "Yes, Sir" or "No, Sir" with a strong and agreeable tone in their children's voices. That kind of response is indicative of the type of obedience that God requires, an obedience that would serve them well as adult children of God. This is obedience not only in action, by complying with the requested behavior, but also in attitude, by bending the will. Why does God demand this swallowing of our pride? It is because God wants all of usevery bit of our hearts, minds, souls, and wills. At first glance, the answer Jesus gave the man who offered to go wherever He led was quite odd. Jesus did not confront him directly, but instead told a riddle. The riddle described the man's heart, which was so full of pride there was no room for Jesus to move in. The second man also had a pride problem. And like the first, his pride caused him to believe he could delay obedience, but Jesus knows delayed obedience is disobedience. He deserves a hardy "Yes, Sir."

 

     Cheri Cowell

 

Ask God's forgiveness for a time when you delayed obedience 

 

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* begrudgingly[biɡrʌ́dƷiŋli] : 마지못해, 아까운 듯이, to feel unhappy that sb has sth because you do not think that they deserve it