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Three Cents Column by Director Bong of RGO 24! 'Although I am lacking and my writing is only worth as much as 'three cents...' I share the Sunday messages and interpret them with 'the language of the world.''

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Even so, still go!

Even so, still go!

On New Year’s Eve, I had my first personal realization about the New Year, which was "even so, still go." As we have lived this life, there have been so many things that we could not do ‘because’ of such-and-such or there were so many things that we did not do ‘because’ of such-and-such. I straightened up my mind anew: “Regardless of my situation or the circumstance that I am in, I have no choice but still go on this year." Sure enough, since the beginning of this year, there have been so many cases [even] within the few days when ‘even so, I still had to go’. There were many situations, not only personal matters but also family matters, church matters, and many other responsibilities in which I was personally involved, where ‘even so, I still had to go on.’ Also, many things happened which meant I had to tell some people, “Even so, still go on.”

Even though you feel unappreciated, still go.

Even though you are misunderstood, still go.

Even though situations are ugly and foul, still go.

Even though someone is opposing and blocking you, still go.

Even though you do not have enough ability, still go.

Even though you are busy, still go… .

Actually, the numerous reasons you cannot go on are simply ‘those things’ or ‘those people,’ which are just the third factors of your life. In a case where you cannot go on ‘because’ of something or do not go on ‘because’ of something, usually you fall into a path of ‘self-committed failure’ because your excuses are the third factors. If you were to tell people, “The train could not leave because a dog was barking,” in the end, the dog that was barking would eventually become quiet and only the train that could not leave would be blamed. If you could not go on ‘because’ of something or if you did not go on ‘because’ of something, in the end, it would only be your loss.

You have to keep going on ‘you path’ steadily. One of the Buddhist scriptures says, “Like a lion that is not frightened by a loud shout, like wind that is not caught by a net, like a lotus flower that is not dirtied by mud, and like the horns of a buffalo, go alone.” Like this scripture, even so, I still must go on.

The history began from him testifying about the Word still, even so.

Whatever missions they may have had, even the great biblical figures in the Bible had numerous reasons they had to do their missions at that time. On the other hand, I think there were also numerous reasons they really wanted to give up on their missions or could not help but give up on their missions.

The main scripture of this week’s message is Acts 1:8, in which God ‘proclaims’, “You will be my witnesses.” He did not earnestly ask us to be His witnesses. He was not hoping that we would become His witnesses either. He just said, “You will be.” He proclaimed that, if we were to receive power when the Holy Spirit came upon us, even if we had to throw away our lives and be martyred on Golgotha Hill, we ‘would become’ His witnesses. Actually, since the disciples of the New Testament became ‘witnesses’ even by their deaths for God’s plan, the New Testament remained as the great history.

Pastor Jung Myeong Seok is the one who built this Providence history. In the past, he slept on plastic bags in Samgak Mountain and was not able to afford to eat at every meal. Even so, he still testified about the Word. This history began from that point, when he testified about the Word, even though he was sleeping on plastic bags in Samgak Mountain and not be able to eat every meal. He was kicked out of the church he had pioneered on his own after facing all kinds of hardships, and the people he evangelized with all his dedication left him, turning their backs [on him]. ‘Even so, still,’ he has been testifying again and taking action again until now in order to fulfill the Will. Beloved ones, even so, let us still go together with the Lord this year, until the end.