고린도후서 12:15 말씀을 읽고 도전이 된 내용과 묵상하고 적용할 사항을 정리해 보았습니다.
2 Corinthians 12:15 So I am happy to give everything I have for you, even myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
고후 12:15 - 바울이 기뻐한 것 --> 자신의 모든 것을 내어 줄 때
바울은 자신이 성도들을 위해 모든 것을 내어줄 때 행복해했습니다. 심지어는 자기 자신을 내어 보내줄 때에도 행복해했습니다. 자신이 성도들을 더욱 사랑하며 성도들이 자신을 적게 사랑할지요?(고전 12:15)
바울은 자신의 모든 것을 성도들을 위해 내어 주기를 기뻐했습니다. 자기 자신마저도 성도들을 위해 내어 주는 삶을 완전히 기뻐하는 삶을 살았습니다. 자기 자신을 성도를 위해 내어 줄 때 성도들이 자신을 덜 사랑하게 될지에 대해 문의하기도 했습니다. 당연히 그렇지 않고, 성도들도 바울의 진정한 사랑을 알고 바울을 섬기는 삶을 살았을 것입니다. 그러나 그들이 바울을 더욱 사랑하는가의 여부가 중요한 것이 아니라 바울은 자기 자신을 성도들을 위해 내어 주는 것을 기쁨으로 받는 삶을 살았습니다. 그러한 삶의 동기는 오직 자기 자신을 성도들을 위해 내어 줄 때 자기 자신이 아니라 복음이 전파되고 예수 그리스도를 전하며 말씀과 진리를 그들에게 전하는 것이기 때문이며, 자기 자신이 아닌 복음과 말씀, 그리고 예수그리스도를 전하는 것이 곧 바울이 삶을 지속하는 원동력이 되고, 의미와 가치가 되기 때문입니다.
주여, 바울이 자기 자신까지도 주님을 위해 내어 준 것을 기뻐하신 것처럼 저도 저 자신을 영혼을 위해 내어 주는 것을 기뻐하고 당연히 여기는 마음을 가지고, 오늘 저를 하나님께 드리고 영혼에게 드려서 저를 통해 영혼의 필요를 한 가지 이상 말씀으로 채우도록 적용하겠습니다^^ 예수님의 이름으로 기도합니다. 아멘!
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2 Corinthians 12:15 - What Paul rejoiced in --> when he gave all of himself
Paul was happy when he gave up everything for the saints, even himself. He was happy when he gave up himself, for he loved the saints more, and the saints loved him less (2 Cor. 12:15).
Paul was happy to give up everything for the saints; he lived a life of complete joy in giving up everything, even himself, for the sake of the saints. He even inquired whether giving himself up for the saints would cause the saints to love him less. Of course not, and the saints would have known his true love and lived a life of service to Paul. But whether or not they would love him more is not the point; Paul lived a life in which he received with joy the giving of himself for the sake of the saints, because the only motivation for such a life is that when he gives of himself for the sake of the saints, it is not himself but the preaching of the gospel, the preaching of Jesus Christ, the preaching of the Word and the truth to them, and it is the preaching of the gospel, the Word, and Jesus Christ, not himself, that is the driving force, the meaning, and the value of his life.
Lord, as Paul rejoiced to give even himself for You, so may I rejoice and take it for granted to give myself for souls, and today I give myself to You and apply Your Word to souls so that You may fill one or more of their needs with Your Word through me, in Jesus' name. Amen!
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