Enter into the Joy of Your Master!

 

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he 

created him; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27, ESV).

 

Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

 

As I look around the fields where those corn and beans are getting harvested, I feel so thankful! The empty field! The emptier the field becomes, the fuller I feel! I don’t know why. Then, I have more room in my heart to look around us in this season searching for more thanksgiving.

 

One day, as usual, I drove to the hill, I mean, to the church at Markesan, and a sign came to my eyes from our neighboring church. “WE DONT CHANGE GODS MESSAGE IT CHANGES US.” I do not know how long that sign was there though… It looked like all the punctuations were missing on that sign for certain reasons. However, I understood it right away and said “Amen!” to that because it was so true! 

 

Then, every time, when I passed that sign, an assuring word “Amen” just came out of my mouth automatically. “God’s message changes us! Amen!” “God’s message changes us! Amen!” How many times have I done that? Countless times already in October! 

 

Now through the month of November, we are closing this Christian calendar year by celebrating “Christ the King” and preparing the new through Advent. Our season of hard work is almost done and the season of break is coming for the new beginning. So how’s the message of God has changed us so far this year as we have waited for Christ’s coming back to us as our King through forgiving, loving, and serving? How do you look different or feel different now from last year, I mean spiritually?

 

“So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the 

Lord. And the Lord-who is the Spirit-makes us more and more like him as we 

are changed into this glorious image” (2 Corinthians 3:18, NLT).

 

According to the Apostle Paul, when we turn to the Lord, the veil between God and us is removed so that we can come closer to the throne of God and the Lord makes us like Him. However, it is not new because God already put His own image in us when He created us a long time ago. In other words, it is God’s will for us to find our true identity by getting out of our false identities in this world. 

 

That is our spiritual growth! And that is the key to the Kingdom of God eternal, the perfect salvation. In other words, we are the keys for the eternal salvation for the transformation of the world into God’s kingdom on earth as in heaven when we are changed by the message of God fully. Then we will see the Kingdom of God all around us wherever we are and whoever we are.

 

“Enter into the joy of your master” (Matthew 15:23b, ESV).

 

Brothers and sisters in Christ, this is the economy of God’s kingdom. When we are changed by God’s message, the kingdom of God will come on earth as in heaven and we will join the heavenly banquet, full of joy and thanksgiving! Is that a wonderful journey to be like Him?

 

So now I would like to invite you to join us in this growing journey to the kingdom of God to be changed continually by the message of the Good News of Jesus Christ! Join us!

 

Grace and Peace,  

Pastor Kyochul