(3)악한마귀 제 아무리 강할지라도 우리들의 대장 예수앞서가시니 주저말고 용감하게 힘써 싸우세 최후 승리 얻을 때까지
(4)죄악중에 빠진 사람죄를 뉘우쳐 십자가에 달린 예수 믿기만 하면 위태한데 빠진영혼 구원 얻어서 천국 백성 될것임일세
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오늘의 성경말씀: 출애굽기 17:8-13 두 사람이 한 사람보다 나음은......혹시 그들이 넘어지면 하나가 그 동무를 붙들어 일으키려니와
사무엘 바가가 목사는 한밤중에 한 교인으로부터 집으로 와 달라는 전화를 받았습니다. 도착해보니 온 집이 불길에 휩싸여 있었습니다. 아버지는 화상을 입었음에도 불구하고 아이를 구하려고 집으로 다시 들어가 의식이 없는 딸을 구해서 나왔습니다. 우간다의 시골 지역인 그 곳에서 병원은 6마일(10킬로미터)이나 떨어져 있었고, 교통수단이 없어 목사와 그 아버지는 아이를 안고 병원으로 달리기 시작했습니다. 아픈 아이를 한 사람이 안고 가다가 지치면 서로 교대했습니다. 그들은 마침내 함께 병원에 이르렀고 아버지와 딸은 치료를 받고 완전히 회복되었습니다.
출애굽기 17:8-13에서 하나님은 전쟁터에서 군사들을 이끈 여호수아와 하나님의 지팡이를 잡고 손을 들어 올리고 있었던 모세의 노력을 합하여 큰 승리를 이루어주셨습니다. 아론과 홀은 모세의 손이 지쳐 가면 그를 도와 해가 질 때까지 손을 한 쪽씩 붙들어 올려 적을 물리칠 수 있었습니다.
서로 의지하는 것은 참으로 중요합니다. 사랑의 하나님은 은혜 가운데 사람들을 그분의 대리인으로 우리에게 보내어 서로에게 유익하게 하십니다. 잘 들어주는 귀와 도움의 손길들, 지혜롭고 위로가 되며 충고가 되는 말들, 그리고 다른 많은 것들이 우리에게 주어지고, 이것은 다시 우리를 통해 다른 사람들에게 전해집니다. 함께하면 승리를 얻고 또 하나님께 영광이 됩니다!
살면서 다른 사람들의 도움으로 혜택을 받은 적이 있습니까?인생의 이 시점에 당신이 함께 달려주어야 할 사람들이 있습니까?
하나님 아버지,제 삶에 은혜로이 사람들을 보내주시고,또 서로의 유익과 하나님의 영광을 위해 삶을 나눌 사람들을 보내주시니 감사합니다.
Two are better than one . . . : If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.
In the middle of the night, Pastor Samuel Baggaga received a call asking him to come to the home of a church member. When he arrived, he found a house engulfed by fire. The father, though burned himself, had reentered the home to rescue one of his children and emerged with an unconscious daughter. The hospital, in this rural Ugandan setting, was six miles (10 kilometers) away. With no transportation available, the pastor and the father started running to the hospital with the child. When one of them tired from carrying the injured girl, the other one took over. Together they made the journey; the father and his daughter were treated and then fully recovered.
In Exodus 17:8–13 the Lord orchestrated a great victory that included the efforts of Joshua, who led fighting men on the battlefield; and Moses, who kept his hands raised while holding the staff of God. When Moses’ hands grew weary, Aaron and Hur assisted by each holding up one of his hands until the setting of the sun and the defeat of the enemy.
The value of interdependence can never be underestimated. God, in His kindness, graciously provides people as His agents for mutual good. Listening ears and helpful hands; wise, comforting, and correcting words—these and other resources come to us and through us to others. Together we win and God gets the glory!-ARTHUR JACKSON
At what times in your life have you benefited from the support of others? Who might you know who needs you to run with them in this season of their life?
Father, thank You for those You’ve graciously provided in my life and for those You’ve allowed me to share life with for our mutual good and Your glory.
Exodus 17:8–13
The Amalekites Defeated
8 The Amalekitesu came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.v 9 Moses said to Joshua,w “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staffx of God in my hands.”
10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hury went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning,z but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.a 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekiteb army with the sword.
The Amalekites were one of a number of ancient tribes that persistently acted like a thorn in Israel’s side. Their name comes from the founder of this particular group, Amalek, one of the grandsons of Esau (Genesis 36:12). This would make the Amalekites cousins of the Israelites, who were descendants of Jacob/Israel, Esau’s twin brother. While it seems clear that Esau and Jacob had patched up their relationship with one another after years of hatred and resentment, the same can’t be said of Esau’s descendants. David fought against Amalekite raiders who’d stolen property, wives, and children from him and his men (2 Samuel 1:1). The Amalekites are mentioned for the final time in the Old Testament in 1 Chronicles 4:43, where they’re finally defeated and destroyed by Israel. It’s a long, sad story of hatred and its destructive results.
Reflect & Pray
At what times in your life have you benefited from the support of others? Who might you know who needs you to run with them in this season of their life?
Father, thank You for those You’ve graciously provided in my life and for those You’ve allowed me to share life with for our mutual good and Your glory.
