Oct 29, 2009

Difficult? or Impossible? 難しい?不可能?


 

「私のことばと私の宣教とは、


説得力のある知恵のことばによって行なわれたものではなく、


御霊と御力の現れでした。」Ⅰコリント2:4




 福音を伝えるとき、何によって伝えます?


 雄弁さ?力強さ?説得力?論理力?それとも、知恵?


 


 このような事はいくつでもあげる事ができるでしょう。

 でも、どうですか?「難しい。」、「自分にはまだ出来ない!」と感じた事はあるでしょうか?

 ガブリエルとマリアの会話を思い出してみてください。

   ガブリエルはマリアに超自然的なこと、処女受胎を告げます。

   マリアは「どうしてそんなことになりえましょう。」とたずねました。

   ガブリエルは「神にとって不可能なことは一つもありません。」と答えました。


 私達はむしろ、ガブリエルのことばを信じられなかったザカリヤに近いかもしれません。

 本当に、全能の神に信頼しているでしょうか?

 パウロは自らの宣教を「御霊と御力の現れ」といいました。

 私には、人には、本質的に力はないのです。

 ですから、もし福音が力強く語られたのなら、それは神の力によるのです。

 私が「難しい」というとき、その裏には「自分の力でやると」という条件が付いています。

 でも、もし自分の本当の無力さを見たなら「不可能だ」と悟るはずでしょう。

 そして、神に明け渡し、神の御力によって語る事を学ぶはずです。

「壁にぶつかるとき、そこには突破口があるはずだ」と人はよいいます。確かに、そうでしょう。でも多くの人はそれを見つけません。 本当の突破口、解決策、道はイエス一人だからです。



 どうでしょう、みなさんにとって「難しい」と感じてしまうことは何ですか?

 

"My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom,

but on God's power"

Have you ever felt difficulty in doing God's work or telling the Gospel to some one who do not konw Christ?
Let me put it in other way, Was it "dfficulty" or "impossibility" that you felt?
We can try to do the work of God with our own strength, thinking somehow I have something of a power to do His work.

Well, do you really think you are in nature capable of doing the work of God?
Here Paul tells us his message was not with wisdom and power of his own, but on God's power.

I often feel a difficulty in getting Gospel out to people who don't know Christ yet.
But, I was very convicted of this area and the fact I was not fully relying on The Lord.

it reminded me of the stroy of Mary's encounter with Gabriel.
When Gabreil told Mary that she is going to concieve a child, Mary asked "how will this be?"
He simply told her "nothing is impossible with God".

Oh, yes, Nothing Is Impossible With GOD!!!!

I really feel I am more like Zechariah who doubted Gabriel's word.
Do I feel difficulty? Oh, yes so many times!!!
Am I fully trusting and depending on God at the time?
If I do, I should not feel difficulty. Why? Because I am utterly not capable of doing any thing apart from God.
But, with God, all things are possible!!!


I have wanted my friends, especially dorm mates to know Christ and accept as thier Savior.
But, it seemed there is big difficulty.
So many people who are facing difficuties are looking for the way out, but end up not finding it.

The way out, the cure, the solution, The Way is Jesus only!!!

However, now I know how to reach them little more.

BY GOD'S POWER, NOT MY OWN.



When do you feel difficulty? Do you think you depend on Him fully then?

3 comments:

  1. STOOOOOO!!!
    Was very encouraged to read your devo on line. Thank you for sharing.
    Lotsa love,
    Jessie Gould

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  2. awesome, praying for you friend...
    God bless you
    the Velarde

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  3. Thank you for this!! It was really encouraging to me. I have been going through some things in my life that I feel like are "impossible". But they are not! Because with God, ALL THINGS are possible; even the unthinkable and unimaginable. Thank you, God Bless!

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