The Crew Chief

 오늘의 말씀

 

시편 35:24-28 (쉬운성경, NASB)

 

24. 여호와 나의 하나님, 주님의 올바른 법을 따라 옳고 그름을 가려 주시고, 그들이 나를 비웃지 못하게 해 주소서.

Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness, And do not let them rejoice over me.

 

25. 그들이 "하하! 우리 뜻대로 되었다!" 라고 생각하지 못하게 하시고 "하하! 우리가 이겼어" 라고 말하지 못하게 해 주소서. 

Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, our desire!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

 

26. 내 불행을 좋아하는 사람들 모두 부끄러움을 당하게 하시고 혼란스러워하게 해 주소서. 나에게 우쭐거리는 사람들 모두 수치와 창피로 덮으소서. 

 Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at mhy distress; Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.     

 

27. 내 결백함을 즐거워하는 사람들이 웃고 소리지르며 즐거워하게 해 주소서. "여호와는 높임을 받으실 분이시며 그의 종이 뜻하는 모든 일이 잘 되어 가는 것을 좋아하시는 분이다" 라고 말하게 해 주소서. 

 Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication; And let them say continually, "The LORD be magnified, Who delights in the prosperity of His servant."

 

28. 내 혀로 주님의 의로우심을 찬양하며, 온종일 주님을 찬송할 것입니다. 

 And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness And Your Praise all day long.

 

 

 

  THE SUMMER BEFORE I entered college, I worked as the chief of a corn de-tasseling crew. That means I supervised teenagers while they pulled the yellow flowers out of the tops of cornstalks. This is difficult work, yet I enforced the rules and expected good work from my crew. If I saw too many tassels left in a cornrow, I made the person responsible for that row go back and pull out what was missed. The kids on my crews disliked me for this, and spread nasty rumors about me. I got quite a reputation. Whenever I got a new teenager on my crew, he or she usually disliked me as soon as I said my name. That was difficult to endure, but with God's help, I did and never changed my expectations. It is easy to get discouraged, even angry, when we are ridiculed for doing what is right. Righteous indignation swells within us, and often leading to despair. But God promises to deliver us in due time if we remain dedicated to doing what is right, what He has called us to do. once our naysayers see their accusations are not true, they will look like fools and stop. It may not happen when and where we want it to, but we can trust that in God's timing, it will happen.

 

Nate Marchand

 

Continue to do the right thing.

 

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* naysayers : 반대론자