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by 영어 참견러 Aug 02. 2023

Amen!

예레미야(Jer) 11장

4. 이 언약은 내가 너희 조상들을 쇠풀무 애굽 땅에서 이끌어내던 날에 그들에게 명령한 것이라 곧 내가 이르기를 너희는 내 목소리를 순종하고 나의 모든 명령을 따라 행하라 그리하면 너희는 내 백성이 되겠고 나는 너희의 하나님이 되리라

4. the terms I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting furnace.’ I said, ‘Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.


5. 내가 또 너희 조상들에게 한 맹세는 그들에게 젖과 꿀이 흐르는 땅을 주리라 한 언약을 이루리라 한 것인데 오늘이 그것을 증언하느니라 하라 하시기로 내가 대답하여 이르되 아멘 여호와여 하였노라

5. Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’—the land you possess today.” I answered, “Amen, LORD.”


Simply put, 'Amen' means OK and I agree, or I hope so. We often say "Amen!" without hesitaion or with faithful minds, or because of any other mandatory reasons.


However, it seems very hard to do as we say Amen, which means I would do it eagerly as much as possible. What He mostly want me or us to do is obeying and doing His commands as He has kept saying to us.


Then how could we obey and do what He asks us to do? As you know, we are just human beings, who have sinful and wicked natures, and our hearts are always far from doing goods, following the stubbornness of our evil hearts.


Luckily and happily, He doesn't let us leave in that circumstances, but He makes it possible for me to do obey His decrees, putting any desires and visions in my hearts, so that He might make His impossible plans possible through me and with the help of the Holy Spirit. God, the faith of Jesus, and the Hoky Spirit, this trinity, seems to work together as One for me and us to do obey and work for His sake and His kingdom.


So I believe that what I only need to do is the obedient mindset with which I would follow Him wherever I go and whatever I do.

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