Emiri
In this week’s bible reading I learned through Psalm 57:9 “I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.” that it is important to praise and thank God in every circumstance.
The “I will sing of you” really applied to my life this week as our school resumed this Thursday. My friends were worried about me since they knew that I had to evacuate, but when I told them about my 3 weeks about how the church members helped us by letting us stay at their homes and that my house was safe they were surprised. One of my friend who’s christian said it was amazing at how protected we were. I was taught that it is essential to thank God in every situation.
Jun re: Emiri
I was taught that it is essential to thank God in every situation.
You make it sound like it was a bad situation, but in reality, it wasn’t so bad, right? We all have a lot to thank God for, since our situations were not so dire in the first place. None of us lost our own homes, so in a sense, it is easy to thank God. The real question is, would we be able to thank God if we really had lost everything? Would we be able to praise God then? Would we still be able to believe in a good God and write praise songs to his name? David’s situation at the time he wrote this psalm was like those who lost their homes. David was essentially homeless and living (hiding) in a cave with none of the comforts we take for granted. He did not know where his next meal was coming from, and often had no roof over his head. He had to flee from place to place, sometimes even acting like a madman just to survive. Even when he was given the chance to kill Saul easily and take the throne (remember, David was already anointed to be king at this point!), he didn’t take it.
That is why God promised him that his house and kingdom would endure forever, and this prophecy came to be fulfilled in his descendant, Jesus Christ. There is no higher honor!
Tomas
In Psalms 56, I learned that when I am struggling God is always with us when we put our trust in him. Applying this to my life, I had a lot of work this week like a test, my history work, reading assignments, and science work. I felt like I didn’t want to do a lot of that work, but I prayed to God for help and be able to work on all of them and I was eventually to turn in everything early and on time.
Jun re: Tomas
but I prayed to God for help and be able to work on all of them and I was eventually to turn in everything early and on time.
Next time, don’t just pray “for help” but be specific with what you ask and what you want. For instance, if you don’t want to do your homework because it’s not interesting to you—ask God to show you what is interesting about that subject. Ask God for wisdom, for inspiration, so that you can find studying enjoyable. For example, God lived through all of human history, working through individual beings and events. Even though the textbook does not mention God, you should be able to see his hand at work and when you do, history will become interesting and you will learn about how God works, similar to how you learn through reading the events that happened in the Bible.
Same thing with science. The textbook may not mention God, but he is the one that made the whole universe, who set the order of things that nature and physics obey to this day. Every subject is a doorway to learning more about God.
むかい
今回の聖書朗読では、詩篇57篇6節「彼らは私の足を狙って網を仕掛けました。私のたましいはうなだれています。彼らは私の前に穴を掘り、自分でその中に落ちました。」という部分から心が落ち込んでいる時に様々な方向から悪魔たちは罪の意識を芽生えさせる誘惑をしてきます。しかし、最終的にはどの道を進むかは自分で決めるため、しっかり自分の信仰で勝利することがとても大切であるということがわかりました。
このようなことを生活で考えてみると、普段学校で生活している時に僕が自分の友達と話している時に、その友達が他の自分の友達の悪口を言っていました。その時に友達が僕に対して一緒に言おうと言ってきました。相手はこれがダメなことであるということがわかっていなかったため神様のことを伝えることにしました。そうすると、その友達は悪口をやめてくれました。
このように近くで誘惑が起こりそれが信仰の闘いであるため勝利していく必要があると学びました。
Jun re: むかい
心が落ち込んでいる時に様々な方向から悪魔たちは罪の意識を芽生えさせる誘惑をしてきます。
心が落ち込んでる、ということが、そもそも、もう世に負けてる証拠なの分かる？その理由をまず、自分なりに、探って見つける必要があります。大抵は、人の言葉（真理に反する言葉）を自分が受け入れてるときに起きます。もちろん、それ以外では、自分が悪いことを話したりやったり、人に対して悪い思いがあったり、高ぶり、、そのような事から落ち込みます。
相手はこれがダメなことであるということがわかっていなかったため神様のことを伝えることにしました。
いや〜、いくらクリスチャンじゃなくても、良心があるから、友達の悪口を裏で言うことは悪い事だと、心では分かってるよ。「神様のことを伝えることにしました」ではなく、今度からは、何を話したのか、内容や具体的な言葉を書いてください（短くていいから）。最低、一緒になって悪口を言わなかったことは、良いことだね！友達との関係より、神様との関係をいつも大事にすることです。
このように近くで誘惑が起こりそれが信仰の闘いであるため勝利していく必要があると学びました。
前にも同じこと書いたけど（ムカイがここに書いてあるようなことを書いて、私が同じ返事をした😂）、信仰の戦いは、このようなことではなく、自分が信じてる神様の言葉に反することが起きてる中、御言葉を信じ続けて、行動することを、「信仰の戦い」と言います。誘惑に負けないように、とか罪を犯さないように、頑張って正しい選択をすることは、信仰の戦いのレベルではありません。分かるかな？
ヨシヤ
55の21のところが印象深かった。悪い奴はいつも甘い言葉で騙してくることがわかった。争いが好きで、やばい。やばかった。
Jun re: ヨシヤ
私もこの言葉、印象深かったです。しかも、この「悪い奴」は、「自分の親しい者にまで手を伸ばし」と書いてあるように、身近な者を、サタンはよく使って、罠に嵌めようとします。適用まで書くと（適用まで、ちゃんと書くこと！）、ヨシヤが嫌だな〜と思う人や、言葉を使ってサタンは近づいてきません。それより、ヨシヤが気に入ってる人や、ヨシヤが好きな言葉、「油より柔らかい」言葉を使って近づいてきます。それに騙されないためには、聖書通読が必要です😇。毎日神様の言葉にしっかりしがみついて、生きることです。
Timothy
In all these psalms, the psalmist protests to God about their hardships, but each one ultimately ends in praise. I learned that it is important to have fellowship with God in every situation, even in my troubles. I should be honest with God, knowing that he listens. At the same time, like David, I should always end with praise that he has done it.
Jun re: Timothy
the psalmist protests to God about their hardships,
I see what you mean, but the psalmist is not so much “protesting” as appealing to God that what he is suffering is unjust. This kind of strong appeal is necessary in prayer. It is what strengthens your faith, and also deepens your relationship with God. Don’t assume that if what you are asking is God’s will, you can just ask once, and it will naturally happen. This is where the “battle of faith” Mukai was somewhat mistakenly writing about, actually comes into play.
I learned that it is important to have fellowship with God in every situation, even in my troubles.
Yes, but often, it is easier to have fellowship with God when we are faced with troubles, because we desperately need and want his help. Usually, it’s when we are doing well and have no pressing needs, that we need to be careful about straying away from God.😅 Even with a vessel as great as David…when was it that he messed up? Before or after his hardships were over?