[ Job 42:1 - 42:9 ] - hymn 94 I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. [ JOB 42:7 ] ¡°So what you¡¯re saying is, it may not be my fault.¡± The woman¡¯s words took me by surprise. Having been a guest speaker at her church, we were now discussing what I¡¯d shared that morning. ¡°I have a chronic illness,¡± she explained, ¡°and I have prayed, fasted, confessed my sins, and done everything else I was told to do to be healed. But I¡¯m still sick, so I thought I was to blame.¡± I felt sad at the woman¡¯s confession. Having been given a spiritual ¡°formula¡± to fix her problem, she had blamed herself when the formula hadn¡¯t worked. Even worse, this formulaic approach to suffering was disproved generations ago. Simply put, this old formula says that if you¡¯re suffering, you must have sinned. When Job tragically lost his livestock, children, and health, his friends used the formula on him. ¡°Who, being innocent, has ever perished?¡± Eliphaz said, suspecting Job¡¯s guilt (JOB 4:7). Bildad even told Job that his children only died because they had sinned (8:4). Ignorant of the real cause of Job¡¯s calamities (1:6:10), they tormented him with simplistic reasons for his pain, later receiving God¡¯s rebuke (42:7). Suffering is a part of living in a fallen world. Like Job, it can hap- pen for reasons we may never know. But God has a purpose for you that goes beyond the pain you endure. Don¡¯t get discouraged by falling for simplistic formulas. SHERIDAN VOYSEY | | [ ¿é±â 42:1 - 42:9 ] - Âù¼Û°¡ 94 Àå ³»°¡ ³Ê¿Í ³× µÎ Ä£±¸¿¡°Ô ³ëÇϳª´Ï ÀÌ´Â ³ÊÈñ°¡ ³ª¸¦ °¡¸®ÄÑ ¸»ÇÑ °ÍÀÌ ³» Á¾ ¿éÀÇ ¸» °°ÀÌ ¿ÇÁö ¸øÇÔÀ̴϶ó [¿é±â 42:7] ¡°±×·¯´Ï±î Á¦ À߸øÀÌ ¾Æ´Ò ¼öµµ ÀÖ´Ù´Â ¸»¾¸À̳׿ä.¡± ³ª´Â ±×³àÀÇ ÀÌ ¸»À» µè°í ¸Å¿ì ³î¶ú½À´Ï´Ù. ³ª´Â ±×³à°¡ ´Ù´Ï´Â ±³È¸¿¡ °»ç·Î ÃÊûµÇ¾ú°í, ±×³¯ ¾Æħ¿¡ ³ª´©¾ú´ø ³»¿ë¿¡ ´ëÇØ ÇÔ²² À̾߱âÇÏ´ø ÁßÀ̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×³à´Â ÀÌ·¸°Ô ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ¡°Àú¿¡°Ô ¸¸¼º ÁúȯÀÌ ÀÖ¾î¼ ³´±â À§ÇØ ±âµµÇÏ°í, ±Ý½ÄÇÏ°í, Á˵µ °í¹éÇÏ°í, Ç϶ó´Â °ÍÀº ¸ðµÎ ´Ù Çغþî¿ä. ÇÏÁö¸¸ º´Àº ¿©ÀüÈ÷ ³´Áö ¾Ê¾Æ¼ ´Ù Á¦ Å¿À̶ó°í »ý°¢Çß¾î¿ä.¡± ³ª´Â ±×³àÀÇ °í¹éÀ» µè°í ¾È¾²·¯¿ü½À´Ï´Ù. ±×³à´Â ÀÚ½ÅÀÇ ¹®Á¦¸¦ ÇØ°áÇÏ·Á°í ¿µÀûÀÎ ¡°°ø½Ä¡±À» ¹Þ¾Ò´Âµ¥, ±× °ø½ÄÀ¸·Î ÇØ°áÀÌ µÇÁö ¾ÊÀÚ ÀÚ½ÅÀ» Ã¥¸ÁÇß´ø °ÍÀÔ´Ï´Ù. °Ô´Ù°¡, °í³¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ÀÌ°°Àº Á¤ÇüÈµÈ Á¢±Ù ¹æ½ÄÀº ¼ö ¼¼´ë ÀÌÀü¿¡ ÀÌ¹Ì À߸øµÇ¾ú´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ ÆǸíµÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ½Ã´ë¿¡ µÚ¶³¾îÁø ±× °ø½ÄÀ» °£´ÜÈ÷ ¸»Çϸé, ¿ì¸®ÀÇ °í³Àº ¿ì¸®°¡ ÁöÀº ÁË ¶§¹®À̶ó´Â °ÍÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ¿éÀÌ ±×ÀÇ °¡Ãà°ú ÀÚ³àµé, ±×¸®°í °Ç°À» ºñÂüÇÏ°Ô ÀÒ¾î¹ö·ÈÀ» ¶§ Ä£±¸µéÀº ÀÌ °ø½ÄÀ» ±×¿¡°Ô Àû¿ëÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ¿¤¸®¹Ù½º´Â ¿éÀÇ Á˸¦ ÀǽÉÇÏ¸ç ¡°Á¤Á÷ÇÑ »ç¶÷ÀÌ ¸ê¸ÁÇÑ ÀÏÀÌ ÀÖ´õ³Ä?¡±(¿é±â 4:7, »õ¹ø¿ª)¶ó°í Çß°í, ºô´åÀº ¿éÀÇ ÀÚ³àµéÀÌ Á×Àº ÀÌÀ¯°¡ ±×µéÀÇ ÁË ¶§¹®À̶ó°í ¸»Çϱâ±îÁö Çß½À´Ï´Ù(8:4). Ä£±¸µéÀº ¿é¿¡°Ô ´ÚÄ£ Àç³ÀÇ ÂüµÈ ÀÌÀ¯µµ ¸ð¸£´Â ä(1:6- 2:10) ´Ü¼øÇÑ ³í¸®¸¸À¸·Î ±×¸¦ ±«·ÓÇûÀ¸¸ç, ±×·¡¼ ³ªÁß¿¡ Çϳª´ÔÀÇ Ã¥¸ÁÀ» ¹Þ¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù(42:7). °í³Àº Ÿ¶ôÇÑ ÀÌ ¼¼»óÀÇ »îÀÇ ÀϺκÐÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ¿ì¸®µµ ¿éó·³ ¾Ë ¼ö ¾ø´Â ÀÌÀ¯·Î °í³¹ÞÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ Çϳª´ÔÀº ¿ì¸®°¡ °ßµð´Â °íÅë ±× ÀÌ»óÀÇ ¸ñÀûÀ» ¿ì¸®¸¦ À§ÇØ °®°í °è½Ê´Ï´Ù. ´Ü¼øÇÑ °ø½Ä¿¡ ºüÁ® ³«½ÉÇÏÁö ¸¶½Ê½Ã¿À. |