Problems are answers
Genesis 39:1~6 The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. (2)
Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #435 Thou, My Everlasting Portion (#492 in previous version)
Many people ask how they must live as evangelists. First, we can only do world evangelization through the true answers that God grants the individual. How can we receive answers? If I believe in God who is with me, I can receive true answers.
1. Problems are answers
If you do not know that problems are answers, it means you do not understand the fact that Jesus is the Christ. It is not that there is an answer to a problem, but that the problem itself is an answer. Jesus said that He finished everything upon dying on the cross for me. Already, all problems are finished. However, we enter into problems on our own. God is with me, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ is complete. When we believe in this fact, we start to see the plan of God, and we discover that problems are answers. While looking at Joseph’s life, and the fact that God was with him even in slavery, we must find the answer.
2. Loneliness is the opportunity to enjoy Immanuel
Loneliness can come to anyone. If you are a child of God, loneliness can become the most important time in which God can answer you. Even when you think you cannot do anything, God gives the greatest answer. Just like Joseph in prison and Moses in the wilderness, you receive great answers when you are in the midst of loneliness by yourself. Just as it states that the Lord was with Joseph, as the Holy Spirit is with the children of God, do not be deceived but enjoy Immanuel. Are you lonely? Do you think no one can help you? May you look to God.
3. Powerlessness is the opportunity to experience the power of God.
Paul said there is nothing to boast about other than Christ, and that he would boast about his weaknesses (2 Corinthians 12:5). Although I am weak, the power of God is with me. Christ who is the king of kings is with the children of God through the Holy Spirit. The blessings of the true king who destroyed the forces of Satan, the true priest who has resolved all sins and curses and answers us every time we pray, and the true prophet by which the works of the Holy Spirit arise every place we go have been given to us. We are not in the process of receiving salvation, but we have already received salvation. Therefore, when we are weak, we just need to think it is the time schedule in which God’s power is at work.
- The Lord who was with Joseph is also with me today. If you have by any chance fallen into problems, loneliness or powerlessness, find and enjoy true answers.
World Remnant Cultural Missions Convention in Philadelphia Lecture 1 / 2010.11.26