The plan of God




2 Corinthians 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.




Hymn for Scheduled Worship: Korean/English Hymnal #524 ‘Come to the Saviour, Make No Delay’ (#313 in previous version)




 ‘Prayer’ and ‘evangelism’ are two of the most often used words by Christians. But prayer and evangelism are also two of the most difficult things for Christians. The reason prayer and evangelism do not take place even though we seem to be diligently living our Christian walks is because we have failed to receive the guidance of God. Great failure befell Israel when it failed to be led by God, and as a result, the Israelites lived in constant fear. Not only that, they faced repetitive failures in their lives, and lived a life of fundamental failure. If we fail to receive God’s guidance, prayer and evangelism, no matter how diligent or fervent, will be futile. To receive God’s guidance, we must properly know the plan of God. How can we know this?





1. Christian walk
 The Christian walk does not hinge upon living it well of not. The correct Christian walk is accurately discovering God’s plan. Even if we are within failures, we need only to discover God’s plan. The Early Church faced countless problems, but they discovered God’s plan and ultimately received so many answers that they were overflowing with joy. Prayer that matches God’s will has no choice but to be answered. Paul was led by the Holy Spirit to discover God’s great will of ‘see[ing] Rome as well.’ This is the Christian walk.





2. Gospel, evangelism and prayer
 The ’gospel’ is realizing God’s most fundamental will. God prepared the Gospel for us from long ages past. The Gospel is eternal and infinite. Not only that, the Gospel is the answer for this very moment, today and the present. ‘Evangelism’ is enjoying God’s most important will in the most important day- that is, today. If we simply realize that entering within evangelism, which is God’s greatest plan, is the greatest blessing, we will receive answers every single day. And ‘prayer’ is discovering God’s concern. There is no need to be concerned or conflicted about needless physical things. But we must think about and ponder about discovering God’s will. This is the prayer of all prayers. If we have the prayer of discovering God’s will take place in our lives, then God will absolutely give us realization through the Word. If we deeply yearn and admire this, then amazing answers will arise.





3. What is most rightful, necessary and absolute
  If we realize the will of God, we will do what is most rightful. The Early Church staked their lives for world evangelization. It is most rightful, all of mankind needs it and it is something that must absolutely take place.





° Forum Topic - As you live the today that has been given you, reflect about whether you have the mindset of pondering about God’s will for you and put it into action.




RUTC Morning / 2009.09.03