Platform of the spiritual summit

Psalm 25:1~5 In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. (1) Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. (5)

♬ Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #491 I’m Pressing on the Upward Way (#543 in previous version)

There are numerous problems in life. People fall into these problems and face even greater difficulties. However, there is a great blessing of God for those who have received salvation in which problems are no longer problems. Although the Early Church faced a myriad of troubles and problems, they were not confined within them; rather, they enjoyed the answer of reaching the spiritual summit through them. What is the mystery that the Early Church enjoyed?

1. Spiritual summit

We are people who have been sealed by the Holy Spirit.Ephesians 4:30 People who have received salvation should not worry but wait for the promise of God. When Joseph was enslaved he did not worry. Daniel and his three friends did not worry when they faced the lion’s den and the furnace. Each of these individuals was aware of God’s promise and believed in it, and by waiting, they reached the spiritual summit. When we who have received salvation believe in Jesus’ last commandActs 1:8 and wait in faith, this same grace will also come upon us.

2. The way to the spiritual summit

When you meditate upon the Word of God in the face of problems, your spiritual state is healed and the strength to pray is given. When you are able to focus on God through prayer, God grants you the power of the Holy Spirit and the strength to continue this for 24 hours. Ultimately, if I can concentrate on the Lord through my difficulties like Joseph, David, and Timothy then our problems and struggles become a way to reach the summit.

3. Evidence of the spiritual summit

When Word meditation and concentration in prayer takes place and is continued 24 hours a day, you will confirm the truth that Christ has finished all problems and witness the kingdom of God being established in everything that you do, thus also confirming the filling of the Holy Spirit. For us who are the spiritual summit, how slow or fast answers are received is unimportant. This is why we must not be deceived. Satan works to make us forget that Christ has solved all our life’s problems. However, this does not change the fact that Christ has already indeed finished everything. When you have the assurance of faith and wait for what the Lord has promise, you will come to taste the answer of the spiritual summit to save the field and the age.

Forum Topic

Establish a correlation between the word spiritual summit and yourself as you deeply meditate. Record the prayer topics for your life in order to become a platform of the spritual summit.

2013 World Young Adult Retreat Lecture 1 / 2013.8.14