Why Doesn't What God Gives Look Like ‘Success’? — The Process of Shaping Myself, and Faith in Heaven and Hell

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We believe that God guides our lives.

However, there is one strange thing.

Why don't things God has decided always look like success from the start?

On the contrary, sometimes things go completely differently from the results I expected,

There are times when, even though I thought I was following God's will, the process felt incredibly exhausting.

But perhaps the thing God does first is

He may not be showing us good results, but rather shaping us.

It seems like you make decisions about the process of shaping me first, rather than seeing something appear immediately or good results appear right away.



If faith is shaken, even the most fundamental things are shaken.

If we waver in a certain situation

Our faith also gets shaken.

And when faith begins to waver

It is not just the immediate problems that are shaking.

Even our most fundamental faith can be shaken.

Does Heaven Really Exist?

Does hell really exist?

What really lies after death?

These questions may feel increasingly faint.

Therefore, we must be even more careful.

Just because the situation right in front of you is difficult

We must not let even the most important truths we have believed in be shaken.

The process that God gives us is

It can be much more exhausting than you think.

And in that very process, our faith is tested.



This is because this life is only once.

If there is anyone who has been to heaven before you,

Or if there is anyone who has been to hell before,

We listen to that person's story

You will be able to hear that person's advice.

However, we cannot experience life after death in advance and return.

Once you die, it is the end.

As for this life.

God to each person

You gave us the opportunity called 'life' once in a while.

Then, we... this one and only life

How should I live?



To avoid making mistakes in this one and only life

We know that we must live according to God's will.

Then, God has given us

To live one life without making mistakes

What should we do?

The first one is clear.

It is to pray to God and earnestly seek His will.

And what is the second one?

It is to never waver regarding the existence of heaven and hell.



No matter how difficult the situation right in front of you may be,

No matter how arduous the process may be,

God's existence and word,

And even belief in heaven and hell

You must not waver.

Perhaps the arduous process we are currently going through

It is not evidence that God has abandoned us,

It might be the process of shaping us.



🎬 Try meditating together with shorts.

You can briefly see this message in the shorts video below.

“Why doesn’t what God decides look like immediate success?”



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Why Does God Lead Us Through Difficult Processes? | [Sunday Sermon] O Lord | Senior Pastor Jin-Woong Park #youtubeshorts

[New Life Church Sunday Sermon] Sermon | Senior Pastor Jin-woong Park Text | Matthew 7:21 Title | Oh Lord New Life Baptist Church is a healthy and young church affiliated with the Southeast District of the Korea Baptist Convention, founded on July 9, 2016. New Life Church is... we who were first loved by God...



🙏 The prayer we need today

"father,

Please help me not to lose heart by looking only at the immediate results.

Even amidst the current arduous process

Please help me believe in God's will as He shapes me.

And in any situation

May your faith in heaven and hell not waver,

This life, which happens only once

Please let me live according to God's will.

amen.

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