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Man on Mission with God (Philippians 1:21)

2011.08.07Rev. Eddie Byun

When we are on mission with God, we gain His voice, His heart, and His feet, and like Pastor Ha we live for Christ until the end, while we weep with those who grieve.

Voices are cultivated in the desert

Voices are cultivated in the desert. John the Baptist was called a voice crying in the wilderness, and Jesus also spent time in the desert before He began His public ministry. The desert is a place of testing, suffering, and isolation, where God forms people who will know His voice and declare it to their generation. Pastor Ha knew suffering well. He underwent seven major surgeries and dialysis three times a week, and he longed to be a missionary while his health held him back. Many are echoes in our day, but few are voices.

We gain the heart of God by living for Christ (vv. 20-21)

Paul wrote that to live is Christ and to die is gain, and Pastor Ha's passion was pure for Christ and pure for His kingdom. He embodied this verse, having fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith until the end. God also gave his heart to Pastor Ha through the Love Sonata crusades. In 2007, when most Korean churches planned to go to North Korea, God placed on his heart the country of Japan, which most Koreans held animosity toward. Since then, Love Sonata has drawn record gatherings in every major Japanese city, even larger than Billy Graham's crowds in Tokyo.

We gain the feet of God by carrying the gospel

How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news, as Romans 10 declares. The feet of God's servants are beautiful because they carry His heart, which beats for the lost in this world. Matthew 28:19 was the heartbeat of Pastor Ha and of this church, and it is the vision behind Acts 29. Pastor Ha longed to be a missionary, but he sent out as many missionaries as possible to take his place. In 26 years this church has sent out almost 1,300 long-term full-time workers, and through CGN TV the gospel reaches over 150 countries.

Weep with those who weep when grief comes

When a family loses a husband and father, the circle of grief is much smaller than it looks. Hundreds may weep at the funeral, but soon everyone returns to normal life while the family's time stands still. Romans 12 commands us to weep with those who weep, because in grief people need to experience the body of Christ more than hear Christian words. There is a time for hope and heaven, but now is the time for weeping, mourning, thanking God for His life, and expressing how much we miss him. Grief is normal and healthy, and it brings healing.

Apply to Life

  • Let us keep faithfully interceding for the healing and strengthening of Pastor Ha's wife, children, and family.
  • Let us weep with those who weep and not rush them back to normal life before they are ready.
  • Let us pursue hearing God's voice in the desert rather than becoming echoes of other people's words.
  • Let us go forward with the feet of God, carrying the gospel to people who have not yet heard it.
  • Let us honor God's servants like Pastor Ha by living for Christ faithfully until the end.

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