“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
Seek his will in all you do and he will show you which path to take”
(Proverbs 3:5-6, NLT).
Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Wow! Can you believe that it is already in August? Time flies! So,
how’s your vacation time with Jesus going with you in this season so far? Now,
wheat is harvested; corns, beans and peas are growing; hay is dried; and we are
REFRESHED! Is that true to you all?
We are actually having a very interesting summer around here in
Markesan. One day in July, right after I came back home from my trip to Korea,
I came to the church taking the road that I used to take before. But when I
took a confident turn, a big sign said, “Road Closed!” It looked like there was
some kind of road construction going on: black top was gone, the bare dark
brownish soil was shown, and there were lots of plastic pipes, concrete pipes
and construction equipment on the blocked road.
So what could I do? I turned around and took a different road
which was not blocked. However, it was truly a bumpy road, so on my way to be
back home, I took another road on the other side of the church. However, it was
also bumpy road because the smooth black top was all gone for the construction.
So I asked our Mayer, “Is there any smoother road that I can find here around
the church?” The answer was “No! Not for a while until the construction is
finished!” So I asked him again, “How long, O Mayor, how long?” “Two more
months until September!” “Two more months?”
“I am sick at heart. How long, O
Lord, until you restore me?” (Psalm 6:3, NLT).
Thanks be to God for it is ONLY two months!
We know we are not the only one who asks “How Long?” when we hit the
bumpy road in our life… or even when we walk in the dark valley, when we are
blocked by the gigantic mountainous challenges, when we are shaken by the
storms or fall into the deep pit of our life that we are not able to do
anything but fear and tremble and learn helplessness like David, Asaph, Moses,
Solomon and all other unknown writers of those psalms. However, those psalms
end in singing “Hallelujah!”
“Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! Praise the Lord!”
(Psalm 150:6, NLT).
I wonder “why?” When we read them all, we know that it was because
God showed them which way that they need to take for the safe arrival even
taking all those bumpy roads as they seek his will in all they did, I mean as
they look at God instead of all those bumpy roads ahead of them.
Brothers and sisters in Christ, during this season of summer, as
we ride on those bumpy roads to the church, I mean to God’s salvation, to His
Kingdom eternal, and to the Promised Land, to be a blessing for the world, we
will continue to sing “Hallelujahs” because we are standing on the way, the
truth and the life through Jesus Christ.
“The Lord is my light and my
salvation” (Psalm 27, 1a, NLT).
So now, I’d like to invite you to come and join us in this month
of August, our bumpy road to the kingdom of God with Jesus alone! You will find
true joy eternal!
Grace and Peace,
Pastor Kyochul
