Posts by Yong Joo Park:
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30)
“Come to me” (28a)
Today Jesus calls you to come to him. Who is your master? Whom do you obey? Everyone who sins is a slave to sin (John 8:34). A slave of sin is weary and burdened. The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). The one who does what is sinful is of the devil (1 John 3:8).
“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me” (29a)
Here “yoke” implies “master & disciple” relationship and “obedience”. Be His disciple. Learn His gentleness & humility.
“For my yoke is easy and my burden is light” (30)
His ways are pleasant ways and all his paths are peace (Proverbs 3:17). When you are a disciple of Jesus, you won‘t carry the heavy burden that sin imposes.
You will be set free from sin (John 8:32). You will find ‘rest’ for your soul.
Today Jesus calls you.
Come and be his disciple.
You will find rest for your soul.
Follow Jesus even if many around you follow the world
“What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” (Matthew 16:26) Do you overlook your soul in pursuit of possession? Do not exchange your soul with anything in the world. Your soul is more precious than the whole […]
Enter through the narrow gate
Matthew 7:7-23 Message Jesus commands us to enter through the ‘narrow’ gate (13a). The wide gate leads to destruction and the small gate to life (13b, 14). Matthew 16:18 mentions about gates of hell. The gate of hell is wide. Many enter through it. John 10:9 says Jesus is the gate of salvation. Jesus is […]
Is anything too hard for the LORD?
Genesis 18:1 – 15 See v1 ~ 2. 1 The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. 2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent […]
Abraham – The Father of Many Nations
Genesis 17 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. 2 Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” “I am God Almighty.” Amen. We learnt Almighty God in the creation written […]
Do not compromise but trust God’s promise
Genesis 16 1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” In ancient time, it was common to bear a child through […]
I am your shield, your very great reward
Genesis 15:1 – 18 1 After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.” In Chapter 14, Abram took 318 trained men from his household, deployed night combat, rescued his relative Lot, recovered everything, and came back as […]
God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth
Genesis 14:1 – 24 Kings of Shinar (Babylon (Ur)), Ellasar (Haran), Elam (Southwest Perisia/Iran), and Goyim (Syria) (1) went to war against other 5 kings (2). The 5 kings had been subject to king Kedorlaomer for 12 years but rebelled in the 13th year (4). In the 14th year, king Kedorlaomer and the kings allied […]
If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.
Genesis 13:1 – 18 Abram had to go to Egypt due to severe famine (Chapter 12). Abram came back to the promise land with wealth from Egypt (1, 2). Abram expressed his gratitude and faith by building an altar (4). This shows Abram kept his faith in midst of both famine and wealth. Quarrelling arose […]
We depend on God, God defends us
Genesis 12:10 – 20 10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. Here, we can know that the life in God is not trouble-free. ‘for a while’ shows Abram didn’t move to Egypt permanently. Abram looked for […]
