고린도후서 13:9 말씀을 읽고 도전이 된 내용과 묵상하고 적용할 사항을 정리해 보았습니다.
2 Corinthians 13:9 We are happy to be weak, if you are strong, and we pray that you will become complete.
고후 13:9 - 우리가 행복한 이유 --> 우리가 약해지고 성도들이 강해지며 온전해질 때
바울은 자신들이 약해지는 것이 행복하다고 말하며 만일 성도들이 강해지고 온전하게 되는 것이 자신들의 기도제목이라고 말씀하고 있습니다(고후13:9).
제가 행복한 것은 언제인지요? 제가 하는 일이 잘 되고 승리하며, 경쟁에서 이기고, 돋보이며, 누구보다 앞서고 상대적으로 편안한 삶을 살아갈 때일 것입니다. 또는 자신이 약해진다면 주변에 있는 자들도 함께 약해지기를 기대하며 살아가는 삶이 일반적으로 추구하는 삶입니다. 그.러.나. 바울은 자신이 약해지더라도 상대방이 강해지는 것을 보고 행복해하고 있습니다. 여기서 더 나아가 상대방이 온전해지는 것을 위해 기도한다고 말씀하고 있습니다. 이는 세상적인 상식과는 완전히 대비되는 것이며, 세상적인 지혜와는 완전히 거꾸로된 삶을 살아가는 것입니다. 주여, 제가 이러한 삶을 살아갈 수 있게 되길 기도합니다.
주여, 오늘 고후13:9 말씀을 통해서 세상의 상식과는 완전히 정반대의 삶을 살아가고 반대인 기도제목을 가지고 있는 바울을 묵상했습니다. 저도 제가 약해지고 형제 자매들이 강해지며 온전해지는 것이 기도제목이 되며, 그것을 보고 행복해하는 영적 가치관을 가지기 위해, 우선 기도하며, 오늘 제가 약해지고 돕는 형제가 강해지기 위한 말이나 행동을 할 것을 적용하겠습니다. 본성을 거스르는 적용이 잘 지켜지도록 기도부탁드립니다^^ 예수님의 이름으로 기도합니다. 아멘!
2 Corinthians 13:9 -- Why we are happy --> When we are weak and the saints are made strong and complete
Paul says that he is happy when he is weak, and that his prayer is that the saints will be strengthened and perfected (2 Corinthians 13:9).
When am I happy? Probably when I'm good at what I do, when I'm winning, when I'm competing, when I'm standing out, when I'm ahead of everyone, and when I'm living a relatively comfortable life. Or, if I'm weak, I'm living in the expectation that those around me will be weak as well, which is the life that is generally pursued. That. Paul is happy to see the other person grow stronger even as he grows weaker. He goes further and says that he prays for the other person to be made whole. It's living a life that's completely contrary to worldly wisdom, that's completely upside down from worldly wisdom. Lord, I pray that I would be able to live this kind of life.
Lord, I was meditating on Paul today in 2 Corinthians 13:9 where he is living a life that is completely contrary to the world's common sense and he has the opposite prayer request. I pray that my prayer request will be that I will be weak and my brothers and sisters will be strengthened and made whole, and to have a spiritual value that is happy to see that, I will pray first of all, and I will apply today that I will say or do something that will make me weak and the brother I am helping strong. I pray that my application that goes against my nature will be kept, in Jesus' name. Amen!
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