좋은 상담을 구해야 할 때: A Time For Good Counsel by Randy Kilgore

A Time For Good Counsel

by Randy Kilgore 

 

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Date: 2012.01.17  Read: Exodus 18:13-24		날짜: 2012.01.17  말씀:출애굽기 18:13-24
A Time For Good Counsel		좋은 상담을 구해야 할 때
So Moses heeded the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. —Exodus 18:24		이에 모세가 자기 장인의 말을 듣고 그 모든 말대로 하여 —출애굽기 18:24
Hymn 456		찬송가 456
Because of the busy lives many of us lead, it’s not hard to recognize ourselves in the over-extended situation of Moses in Exodus 18. As the sole judge for the masses, he was surrounded “from morning until evening” (v.13) by people who needed his help.		바쁘게 살고 있는 대부분의 우리들은 끝없는 일에 파묻혀 있는 출애굽기 18장의 모세를 보면서 우리 자신의 모습을 떠올리게 됩니다. 많은 송사를 처리해야하는 유일한 재판관으로서 모세는 “아침부터 저녁까지”(13절) 그의 도움이 필요한 사람들에게 둘러싸여 있었습니다.
In fact, I’ve had people—particularly young parents—tell me that they identify with Moses. It seems that we need to learn two life skills for survival: an eagerness to listen (v.24) and the willingness to accept help (v.25). Sometimes we don’t accept help because of pride, but that’s not always the case.		사실 많은 사람들, 특히 젊은 부모들이 자신들이 모세와 같은 처지에 있다고 나에게 이야기합니다. 살아가는 데 있어서 우리는 두 가지 처세술을 배울 필요가 있습니다. 하나는 남의 말을 잘 듣는 것(24절)이고 다른 하나는 도움을 기꺼이 받아들일 줄 아는 것(25절)입니다. 때로는 우리가 자존심 때문에 남의 도움을 받아들이려 하지 않지만, 늘 그런 것은 아닙니다.
With Moses, and often with us, it’s simply that life is moving so quickly and making so many demands on us (vv.13-15) that we barely have time to react—let alone to contemplate or go to someone else for advice. Perhaps this is one reason the Scriptures remind us to surround ourselves with counselors who will offer their experience and wisdom even when we’re too busy to ask for it. We see this in the story of what Jethro did for Moses when he told his son-in-law to delegate some of his responsibilities (vv.17-23).		모세에게도 그렇고 또 우리에게도 자주 있는 일이지만 요컨대 생활이 너무나 바쁘게 돌아가고 또 해야 될 일이 너무 많다보니(13-15절) 한 번 찬찬히 생각을 해본다거나 남에게 도움을 청하기는커녕 일을 처리할 시간 자체가 없다는 것입니다. 이렇듯 우리는 너무 바쁜 나머지 일일이 도움을 청할 수가 없습니다. 이것이 바로 성경이 환기시켜 주듯이 우리 주변에 경험과 지혜로 충고해줄 수 있는 사람들이 많이 있어야 하는 이유일 것입니다. 이것은 이드로가 그의 사위인 모세에게 그가 갖고 있는 책임의 일부를 다른 사람들에게 위탁하게 한 일화에서 잘 볼 수 있습니다(17-23절).
Don’t be overwhelmed. Instead, seek godly counsel and then follow through on what you are told. —Randy Kilgore		일에 휩싸여 힘들어하지 말고 신실한 사람의 상담을 구하고 그가 시키는 대로 따라하십시오.
Lord, give us ears to hear advice  From loved ones wise and humble;  So when life’s challenges appear,  We will not have to stumble. —Sper		주여, 지혜와 겸손을 구비한 귀한 이들로부터  충고를 들을 수 있는 귀를 주소서  그리하여 사는 동안 환난을 당할 때  우리가 넘어지지 않게 하소서
He who will not be counseled will not be helped.		상담을 구하지 않는 자는 도움을 받을 수가 없다.

 

Exodus 18:13-24 /출애굽기 18:13-24

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

 

 ¹³ It came about the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from the morning until the evening. ¹⁴ Now when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge and all the people stand about you from morning until evening?” ¹⁵ Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God. ¹⁶ When they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor and make known the statutes of God and His laws.”

Jethro Counsels Moses

 ¹⁷ Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good. ¹⁸ You will surely wear out, both yourself and these people who are with you, for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone. ¹⁹ Now listen to me: I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You be the people’s representative before God, and you bring the disputes to God, ²⁰then teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they are to walk and the work they are to do. ²¹ Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall placethese over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens. ²² Let them judge the people at all times; and let it be that every major dispute they will bring to you, but every minor dispute they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you. ²³ If you do this thing and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace.”

 ²⁴ So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did all that he had said.