Mind of God the Creator - Gen 32:28

The original Korean text: http://blog.naver.com/stevision/50025358469

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I was a little bit bored before, so I made a computer game. How hard it was to create and run a game program by a computer with 286 CPU and black-and-white monitor! In that game was Mr. Kim. My alter ego was there. When I was bored, I played the game fiercely with Mr. Kim in it.

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Mr. Kim often beat me because he had outstanding ability. But sometimes Mr. Kim lost to me. But it was strange. Why did I feel empty and dissatisfied when I beat Mr. Kim?

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Having experienced that, I could understand a little bit of the heart of God who wrestled with Jacob and lost to him. I thought that God, having lost the wrestling match with Jacob, must be happy. The reason why I was happy when my game program beat me was that Mr. Kim in it was my work, my creature. The fact that the virtual character in the game beats me means that my computer program is so good. (I'm blushing now for praising myself.) When I thought of it, I was glad myself. I felt so good whenever Mr. Kim in my game beat others!

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As I have said somewhere before, man is a masterpiece of God. We are God's ambitious works. God grieves if we succumb to sins and the Devil and live a feeble life. God is sad because he cannot but think, 'Is that my creature?' In contrast, God is overjoyed if we overcome our inner greed and physical profligacy and live justly in the world and defeat the strong Devil and eventually enter heaven. 'You are my masterpiece indeed!'

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Moreover, God has pleasure in his heart if we realize the nature of God and deprive(!) him of the blessings of heaven and earth that are hidden in him. Now, if you want to take them, you have to beat God first! What is God's weakness? God is faithful and keeps his promises. There are many God's promises in the Bible. But don't you usually have to read the Bible to understand what the promises are? Those who are ignorant of the promises must attend the church service and learn the promises of God through the words of the pastors to live according to the promises so that the blessings hidden in God must be theirs. God is also so merciful that he collapses weakly before those who seek his forgiveness. And God surrenders and opens a new way of life to those who want to begin a new good life. God's severest weakness is this: he can't resist tears of human beings. If you pray in tears, you've already been 99% successful in what you expect.

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If we disarm God like that and live according to the words of Bible, the cloth with which God has tightly wrapped the blessings of heaven and earth will lie open to us. A man of faith can take them. God, who is our Creator, regards them as wise and has delight in them who take those blessings and give thanks to him and praise him.