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하나님의 자녀라면 If We Are Children of God
하나님의 자녀라면 If We Are Children of God
내가 나를 나은 부모님과 같이 지날 때 나의 교육을 위한 학비를 내가 염려할 것 없이 담당하여 채워 주셨고 병이 난 때는 나를 병원에 입원시키며 땅을 팔아서라도 내 병을 고치도록 최선을 다하셨다. 아들로서 받는 사랑이 그렇게 크다는 것을 알게 된다. 내가 어떤 일을 내 스스로 처리하고자 염려하기 전에 이미 부모님은 어떤 일이 일어날 것을 내다보고 준비하고 계셨다.
예수님은 이 땅 사는 사람들의 일상을 아시고 말씀하신다. 무엇을 먹을까 무엇을 마실까 무엇을 입을까 염려하는 형편을 아시고 공중의 새가 무슨 염려를 하겠나? 그가 굶어 죽거나 추워서 살지 못하는 경우가 있나? 들의 백합화는 솔로몬이 영광 가운데 입은 화려한 옷과 비교할 수 없는 아름다움이지만 하나님께서 돌보신다는 것이다. 그렇다면 하나님의 자녀인 우리가 걱정할 것이 무엇인가? 어떻게 자녀를 새나 백합화에 비교할 수 있을까? 하늘 아버지께서 돌보고 채워 주신다.
우리가 할 수 있는 일은 염려가 아니라 아버지의 영광을 위하는 길이라는 것이다. 먼저 아버지 나라와 그의 의를 구하라 하신다. 아버지의 뜻이 이루어지는 그의 통치를 따르고 그가 원하는 바를 이루어 드리는 것이다. 부모님께서 나를 위하여 모든 일을 하셨기에 나는 열심히 공부도 하였지만 동시에 하늘 아버지의 도움으로 대학에 수석 입학을 하고 나중에 학위를 하였을 때 부모님은 만족스럽게 기뻐하시고 또한 죽을 병에서 치유되어 정상적인 삶을 살며 결혼하고 유학하는 것이 그들에게 기쁨과 자랑이 되었다. 어머니께서 넘어진 척추가 너무 아파 병원을 찾았더니 척추 암 진단으로 치료의 길이 없기에 집에서 모시라고 한 것은 죽을 날을 기다리라 한다고 하여 유학하던 나는 방학 중 귀국하고 수소문하여 어머니를 서울대 병원으로 모시고 가서 천추 전문의사를 만나니 치료는 불가하나 통증은 줄일 것이라 하여 수술을 결정하고 모두에게 기도를 부탁하고 수술하였다. 하나님은 치유하여 주시고 그 후 25년을 더 사시다가 91세에 주의 나라에 가시기 전 미국에서 우리와 6년을 같이 지나시며 나에게 너는 부모 은혜를 다 갚았다고 하셨다. 부노님이 나를 위하여 하신 것만큼 따라갈 수는 없어도 최선을 다하여 부모님의 안녕과 건강을 챙긴다면 그것이 할 일이라 본다.
하늘 아버지에 대하여 그가 베푼 사랑을 다 헤아리거나 갚을 수가 없지만 이 땅에 사는 동안 주의 이름을 높이고 하나님의 하나님 되심을 인정하고 나타내는 것이 할 일이라 생각하고 내가 살아서 주이 영광 나타내고 죽을 때도 주의 영광을 나타내게 하소서 기도하며 매일을 살고 있다.
If We Are Children of God
When I was growing up with the parents who gave me life, they provided for my education without ever making me worry about the cost of tuition. Whenever I became ill, they did everything they could to make me well, even to the point of selling their land if necessary. Through this, I came to understand how great the love of parents for their child can be. Before I even had a chance to worry about how I would handle something on my own, my parents were already looking ahead, anticipating what might happen and making preparations for me.
Jesus knows the daily circumstances of people living in this world, and He speaks to us about them. He knows how we worry about what we will eat, what we will drink, and what we will wear. He asks us to look at the birds of the air. Do they worry about what they will eat? Do they starve to death or perish because they have no clothes to keep them warm? He also tells us to look at the lilies of the field. Their beauty is greater than the splendor of Solomon dressed in all his glory, yet God Himself takes care of them.
If that is so, what should we, as children of God, worry about? How could children be compared with birds or lilies? Our heavenly Father knows what we need, and He cares for us and provides for us.
What we can do, therefore, is not to live in anxiety but to seek the glory of our Father. Jesus tells us, “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.” This means following His rule, seeking that His will be done, and living in a way that fulfills what He desires.
Because my earthly parents did so much for me, I worked hard in my studies. At the same time, with the help of my heavenly Father, I was admitted to college at the top of my class and later earned my degree. My parents were deeply satisfied and joyful. When I was healed from a life-threatening illness and was able to live a normal life, marry, and eventually go abroad to study, these things became sources of great joy and pride for them.
There was also a time when my mother suffered severe pain in her spine after a fall. When she went to the hospital, she was diagnosed with spinal cancer, and the doctors said there was no treatment available. They told the family to take her home and care for her, which meant, in effect, that we should simply wait for the day of her death.
At that time, I was studying abroad, but I returned home during my vacation. After making many inquiries, I took my mother to Seoul National University Hospital and met a specialist in spinal disease. He told us that he could not cure the cancer, but that surgery might reduce her pain. We decided to proceed with the operation and asked many people to pray for her.
God graciously healed my mother. She lived another twenty-five years, and before she entered the Lord's kingdom at the age of ninety-one, she spent six years with us in the United States. During that time, my mother once said to me, “You have repaid all the grace you received from your parents.”
Of course, I could never repay my parents to the same extent that they had cared for me. But I believe that if I do my best to care for their well-being and health, that is what I should do as their son.
Likewise, I can never fully comprehend or repay all the love my heavenly Father has given me. Yet while I live on this earth, I believe that my calling is to exalt the name of the Lord, to acknowledge and proclaim that God truly is God, and to make His glory known through my life.
So I pray and live each day with this desire:
“Lord, while I live, let my life reveal Your glory; and when I die, let my death also glorify You.”
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