💙 테스트
✝ 창세기 22:1-3, 6-12
"그 일 후에 하나님이 아브라함을 시험하시려고" [창세기 22:1]
아이들과 함께 14,000피트(약 4.3킬로미터)가 넘는 콜로라도 포티너 산을 처음 오를 때 아이들이 무척 긴장했습니다. ‘아이들이 해낼 수 있을까? 도전할 준비가 된 걸까?’ 등산로를 가다가 막내아들이 멈추어서 좀 더 오래 휴식을 취했습니다. “아빠, 더 이상 못 가겠어요.”라고 아들은 반복해서 말했습니다. 하지만 나는 이 테스트가 분명 아이들에게 유익하리라 생각했고 아이들이 나를 믿어주기를 원했습니다. 더 갈 수 없다고 말했던 아들은 정상까지 1마일(약 1.6킬로미터) 남은 상황에서 새롭게 힘을 내더니 결국 우리보다 빨리 정상에 올랐습니다. 두려움 속에서도 나를 믿었던 아들은 무척 기뻐했습니다.
이삭이 아버지와 함께 산을 오르며 아버지에게 가졌던 믿음은 실로 놀랍습니다. 게다가 아브라함이 아들의 몸 위로 칼을 들며 보여주었던 하나님에 대한 믿음은 나를 더 놀라게 합니다(창세기 22:10). 아브라함은 혼란스럽고 비통했지만 순종했습니다. 다행히 하나님의 사자가 나타나 그를 중단시키며 “그 아이에게 네 손을 대지 말라”고 말했습니다(12절). 하나님은 결코 이삭을 죽일 계획이 없으셨습니다.
이 특별한 사건과 우리의 삶을 조심스럽게 연결해 볼 때, 우리는 “하나님 이 아브라함을 시험하시려고”(1절)라는 첫 구절을 주목해 보아야 합니다. 아브라함은 시험을 통해 자신이 하나님을 얼마나 신뢰하는지를 알게 되었으며, 하나님의 사랑의 마음과 모든 것을 예비하심도 알게 되었습니다.
우리는 혼란과 어둠, 그리고 시험을 통해 하나님과 우리 자신에 대한 진실을 알게 됩니다. 그리고 시험을 당하는 것은 그분에 대한 더 깊은 신뢰로 이어진다는 것도 알게 됩니다.
당신이 겪었던 시험이 하나님이 주신 것이라고 어떻게 확신합니까? 어떤 경험이었고, 그것을 통해 무엇을 얻었습니까?
<하나님, 제가 겪는 일이 하나님이 주신 시험인지 아닌지 알지 못합니다. 하지만 그 어떤 것이든 하나님을 신뢰하기를 원합니다. 제 앞날을 하나님께 드립니다.>
💙 The Testing
✝ Genesis 22:1-3, 6-12
"Some time later God tested Abraham." [ GENESIS 22:1 ]
The first time I took my sons to hike a Colorado Fourteener-a mountain with an elevation of a least 14,000 feet-they were nervous. Could they make it? Were they up to the challenge? My youngest stopped on the trail for extended breaks. “Dad, I can’t go any more,” he said repeatedly. But I believed this test would be good for them, and I wanted them to trust me. A mile from the peak, my son who’d insisted he could go no further caught his second wind and beat us to the summit. He was so glad he trusted me, even amid his fears.
I marvel at the trust Isaac had in his father as they climbed their mountain. Far more, I’m undone by the trust Abraham had in God as he raised his knife over his son (GENESIS 22:10). Even with his confused and wrenching heart, Abraham obeyed. Mercifully, an angel stopped him. “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” God’s messenger declared (V. 12). God never intended for Isaac to die.
As we draw parallels from this unique story to our own with caution, it’s crucial to note the opening line: “God tested Abraham” (V. 1). Through his test, Abraham learned how much he trusted God. He discovered His loving heart and profound provision.
In our confusion, darkness, and testing, we learn truths about ourselves and about God. And we may even find that our testing leads to a deeper trust in Him. WINN COLLIER
How do you believe you’ve been tested by God? What was that experience like, and what did you take away from it?
<God, I don’t know if what I’m experiencing is Your testing or not, but either way, I want to trust You. I give my future to You.>
1. Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. 2. Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about." 3. Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 6. Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7. Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?" "Yes, my son?" Abraham replied. "The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" 8. Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together. 9. When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11. But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. 12. "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son." |
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