Come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the Lord Our God our Maker
Come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the Lord Our God our Maker
Chorus
For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Just the sheep of His hand
Verse
Come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the Lord Our God our Maker
Come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the Lord Our God our Maker
Chorus
For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Just the sheep of His hand
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Come Let Us Worship And Bow Down
주님께 경배 드리세
Come, let us worship And bow down Let us kneel before the Lord, Our God, our Maker 주님께 경배 드리세 주님 앞에 나와 모두 무릎 꿇고 Come, let us worship And bow down Let us kneel before the Lord, Our God, our Maker 주님께 경배 드리세 주님 앞에 나와 모두 무릎 꿇고 For He is our God, And We are the people of His pasture 그는 우리 하나님 우린 그의 기르시는 백성 And the sheep of His hand, Just the sheep of His hand 그의 손의 양이라 그의 손의 양이라
Come, let us worship And bow down Let us kneel before the Lord, Our God, our Maker 주님께 경배 드리세 주님 앞에 나와 모두 무릎 꿇고 Come, let us worship And bow down Let us kneel before the Lord, Our God, our Maker 주님께 경배 드리세 주님 앞에 나와 모두 무릎 꿇고 For He is our God, And We are the people of His pasture 그는 우리 하나님 우린 그의 기르시는 백성 And the sheep of His hand, Just the sheep of His hand 그의 손의 양이라 그의 손의 양이라
For He is our God, And We are the people of His pasture 그는 우리 하나님 우린 그의 기르시는 백성 And the sheep of His hand, Just the sheep of His hand 그의 손의 양이라 그의 손의 양이라
David was suspicious
that King Saul wanted him dead, so he asked Johnathan to see his father's
reaction when David does not show up.
David hides in a
field while King Saul was feasting in the palace.
So David hid himself
in the field. And when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food. The
king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat
opposite, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.
1 Samuel 20:24-25
ESV
It might seem that
David is not favored by God because he was hiding in a field whereas it would
seem that Saul was favored because he was in his palace feasting.
The one who lives a
spiritual life can seem to the world that we are not loved by God when our
situation in poor. Yet, God looks at our spiritual life only. God looks at our
intention towards heaven or world goals. We can look at John the Baptist for an
example of one who lived a successful spiritual life but was despised by worldly
standards.
As they went away,
Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into
the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to
see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are
in kings’ houses. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you,
and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my
messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’ Truly, I say
to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the
Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 11:7-11
ESV
What really matters
is that we share the good news and joy if knowing Jesus as our savior.
Then Saul’s anger was
kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse,
rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your
own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness? For as long as the son
of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established.
Therefore, send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.”
1 Samuel 20:30-31
ESV
Saul thought of
things in a worldly way. Normally the king's son takes the throne in the world,
but the throne was God's. There is nothing we can inherit or leave for someone
else. Everything belongs to God. We do not choose who will take or give, that
is God to give or take.
We have a
responsibility to tell the next generation about Jesus. God will provide what
the next generation it needs to know God.
Then Jonathan
answered Saul his father, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
But Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him. So Jonathan knew that his
father was determined to put David to death.
1 Samuel 20:32-33
ESV
When Saul first
became king, he listened to his servant for advice. He listened to all people,
but when he became more powerful and comfortable, he stopped listening even to
the prophet Samuel and God.
During Lent, many people fast for 40 days.
These days there are many kinds of fasting. However, many people misunderstand
what the true fasting means. There is real fasting and misplaced
fasting.
Yet they seek me daily and delight to know
my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the
judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw
near to God. ‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled
ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast
you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.
Isaiah 58:2-3 ESV
True fasting is about emptying yourself.
Some Christians believe that more suffering is more glorifying to God. Fasting
is not about suffering or experiencing pain.
True fasting is about emptying
ourselves and our desires. Coming before God in fasting is good when we lay
down our desires and greed before God.
To fast to satisfy our religious desires
or obligations is not true fasting. It is misplaced fasting.
The same is true when people fast to gain
blessings or satisfy their desires.
We might have to sacrifice our own comfort
or desires. This is something Christians need to do, but to suffer needlessly
is not what God wants us to do.
Once
we empty ourselves of our desires and fill up with Jesus, we can experience God
more.
“Is not this the fast that I choose: to
loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the
oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
Isaiah 58:6 ESV
Verse 6 tells us what God wants a fast to
be. Living our life as best as we can live is what genuine fasting is about.
Our daily life should be like this.
Is it not to share your bread with the
hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to
cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
Isaiah 58:7 ESV
Verse 7 tells us that we should love our
neighbor as well. We need to share either those who are in need. We have to
share what we have. We cannot turn away from our own family. We need to take
care of our family and not sacrifice them. Loving our family is as important as
loving the church.
Fasting should not be used to fulfill religious duties. Use fasting to practice emptying ourselves by laying down our thoughts, desires, logic before God and fill ourselves with love of God and practice it then God will listen to you. This is what will happen after true fasting.
Then shall your light break forth like the
dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go
before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall
call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If
you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and
speaking wickedness,
