“Humanly
speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God”
(Mark
10:27b, NLT)
Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
I have really worked hard to hold my summer season as long
as possible so that I can enjoy the season of green as much as possible;
however, I realized that it is truly beyond my ability. I wasn’t even able to
slow it down. I wondered, “who is able?”
After a few weeks of rain, I noticed that the temperature
has changed. And I had to say to the summer, “See you next year!” The autumn
season is now right in front of us or maybe around us already to prepare us for
our long Wisconsin winter because some of the trees in our towns are get
brighter and more beautiful in colors. Of course, I can’t even do that, I mean,
coloring those with the splendid autumn colors. Only God can do!
However, there is something I can do, I realize. I can be
enjoying it, giving thanks to God for the beauty of each season, and finding
something best things that God has put behind all those around us in each new
seasons and then giving thanks to God again and again!”
It
is truly who we are, the people of God, who see the world differently, finding
something new and something eternal in human reality and giving thanks to God.
This is who we are. We are the people who are able to see something different
through the new eyes that God has put in us so that we can see something best
in each season like the beauty of the autumn colors. However, it is not all.
With the eyes of the Holy Spirit in us, we see something divine beyond all
those beauty of God’s creation on earth. I wondered, “what is it?”
Many
years ago, Moses and the people of Israel were standing in front of the sea.
Was that a beautiful view of the sea and
fresh air coming from the ocean they saw and felt? No, it was not that simple
because the Pharaoh, the mighty King of Egypt, with his cruel army, chased
after the people of Israel to bring them back to the slavery again or to get
them! There was no way out - In front of them, the Red Sea with the devouring
waves and behind them, the huge king’s army with his horses and chariots, his
charioteers and his troops.
If
you were with the people of Israel at the moment, what could you see?
Many
people saw themselves as “being drowned” because of the Pharaoh’s army. But one
person saw the path through the water to the “Promised Land” because of the new
eyes through the Holy Spirit in the presence of God in his life! His name was
Moses as you might know.
“Pick up your
staff and raise your hand over the sea. Divide the water
so that Israelite can walk through the middle of the sea on dry ground”.... Moses raised his
hand over the sea, and the Lord opened up a path through the water with a
strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry
land. So the people of Israel walked
through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each
side!
(Exodus 14:16 & 21-22)
Then
what happened? They have given thanks to God remembering what God has done to
them to save them from the bondage of the world for thousands years, and they
do it even now. That is right! We are the people of God who see the Promised
Land through the water in front of us like Moses because of the presence of God
in our everyday lives despite of whatever we have in front of us or behind us.
We are the people who walk on the dry ground as God opens up the new path to
the Kingdom of God without fear through the life’s challenges and struggles.
Brothers
and sisters in Christ, what do you see now as we stand in front of all those
changing season with challenges in our lives? Does anyone even feel like
standing in front of the Red Sea or being chased by the cruel Egyptian Army
behind you? Fearful and stressful? We have God with whom everything is possible
and He put a new eyes in us to see the divine reality. Now, in October, as we
get into the new season, we move into much deep place of God’s presence
standing on Jesus Christ, the solid rock. Come and join us!
Grace and Peace,
Pastor Kyochul
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