Frustration Antidote

 오늘의 말씀

 

로마서 11:1-6 (쉬운성경, NASB)

 

1. 그러므로 내가 묻겠습니다. 하나님께서 자기 백성을 버리셨습니까? 절대로 그렇지 않습니다. 나 자신도 이스라엘 사람이요, 아브라함의 후손이며, 베냐민 지파 출신입니다.

I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

 

2. 하나님께서는 전에 택하신 자기 백성을 버리지 않으셨습니다. 여러분도 성경이 엘리야에 관한 말을 잘 알고 계실 것입니다. 엘리야는 이스라엘을 고소하며, 하나님께 이렇게 호소하지 않았습니까? 

God has not rejected His people whom He forknew Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Iarael?.

 

3. "주님, 그들이 주님의 예언자들을 죽이고, 주님의 제단들을 헐어 버렸습니다. 이제 저 혼자만 남아 있는데, 그들은 저마저 죽이려 하고 있습니다." 

 "Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE."

 

4. 그런데 하나님께서 엘리야에게 무엇이라고 대답하셨습니까? 하나님께서는 "내가 바알에게 무릎을 꿇지 않은 사람 칠천 명을 나를 위해 남겨 두었다"고 말씀하셨습니다. 

But what is the divine response to him? "I HAVE KEPT FOR MYSELF SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL." 

 

5. 지금도 마찬가지입니다. 지금도 하나님의 은혜로 택함을 받은 남은 자들이 있습니다. 

 In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice.

 

6. 은혜로 하신 것이라면, 그것은 행위에 의한 것이 아닙니다. 행위에 의한 것이라면, 은혜는 더 이상 은혜가 되지 못할 것입니다. 

 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.

 

 

SCOTT ADAMS KNOWS the frustration of futility. The creator of the Dilbert comic strip survived seventeen years of cubicle-confined employment before cartooning success allowed him to leave the arbitrary bosses, senseless meetings, and corporate chaos he so accurately parodies. "I don't think I'll ever forget what it feels like to sit in a cubicle," Adams told the Chicago Tribune, "and realize you've been there for eight hours . . . and everything you did today will become unimportant in the next reorganization." No doubt you've experienced that same perception of uselessness. You want your life to matter on the job, in your relationships, as a believer in Christ. Yet at times, life can seem fruitless. That's the way Elijah felt: "I am the only one left," he claimed. But the Lord reminded Elijah that He had preserved a faithful remnant loyal to Him. This cadre of true believers had been specially selected by God not on the basis of what they did for Him, but because of who they were through Him. As children of God, we are a part of that remnant, too, and it's a fact that gives us great hope! By His grace, God has chosen us to serve Him. Everything we do has eternal significance. Let the reality of who you are through Him become your antidote against frustration.

 

Adam Colwell

 

Today, believe that God has made your life significant.

 

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* frustration[frʌstréiʃən] : 좌절, the feeling of being frustrated

* futility[fjuːtíləti] : 무용, 헛된, 효과없는, having no purpose because there is no chance of success

* arbitrary[ɑ́ːrbətrèri] : 임의의, 멋대로인, of an action, a decision, a rule, etc. not seeming to be based on a reason, system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair

* perception[pərsépʃən] : 지각, the way you notice things, especially with the senses

* remnant[rémnənt] : 나머지, a part of sth that is left after the other parts have been used, removed, destroyed, etc.

* cadre[kǽdri] : 1. 기간 인원, 핵심그룹, 간부회, 2. 지도자 집단, 중핵, a small group of people who are specially chosen and trained for a particular purpose

* antidote[ǽntidòut] : 해독제, a substance that controls the effects of a poison or disease