20250422 [새벽묵상] 하나님의 마음을 헤아려 기도하라 | Pray with understanding of God’s heart (민/Num 14:11~25)

14:11 여호와께서 모세에게 이르시되 이 백성이 어느 때까지 나를 멸시하겠느냐 내가 그들 중에 많은 이적을 행하였으나 어느 때까지 나를 믿지 않겠느냐

14:12 내가 전염병으로 그들을 쳐서 멸하고 네게 그들보다 크고 강한 나라를 이루게 하리라

11 The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them? 12 I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.”

14:13 모세가 여호와께 여짜오되 애굽인 중에서 주의 능력으로 이 백성을 인도하여 내셨거늘 그리하시면 그들이 듣고

14:14 이 땅 거주민에게 전하리이다 주 여호와께서 백성 중에 계심을 그들도 들었으니 곧 주 여호와께서 대면하여 보이시며 주의 구름이 그들 위에 섰으며 주께서 낮에는 구름 기둥 가운데에서, 밤에는 불 기둥 가운데에서 그들 앞에 행하시는 것이니이다

14:15 이제 주께서 이 백성을 하나 같이 죽이시면 주의 명성을 들은 여러 나라가 말하여 이르기를

14:16 여호와가 이 백성에게 주기로 맹세한 땅에 인도할 능력이 없었으므로 광야에서 죽였다 하리이다

13 Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them. 14 And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, Lord, are with these people and that you, Lord, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. 15 If you put all these people to death, leaving none alive, the nations who have heard this report about you will say, 16 ‘The Lord was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

14:17 이제 구하옵나니 이미 말씀하신 대로 주의 큰 권능을 나타내옵소서 이르시기를

14:18 여호와는 노하기를 더디하시고 인자가 많아 죄악과 허물을 사하시나 형벌 받을 자는 결단코 사하지 아니하시고 아버지의 죄악을 자식에게 갚아 삼사대까지 이르게 하리라 하셨나이다

14:19 구하옵나니 주의 인자의 관대하심을 따라 이 백성의 죄악을 사하시되 애굽에서부터 지금까지 이 백성을 사하신 것 같이 사하시옵소서

17 “Now may the Lord’s strength be displayed, just as you have declared: 18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’ 19 In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”

14:20 여호와께서 이르시되 내가 네 말대로 사하노라

14:21 그러나 진실로 내가 살아 있는 것과 여호와의 영광이 온 세계에 충만할 것을 두고 맹세하노니

14:22 내 영광과 애굽과 광야에서 행한 내 이적을 보고서도 이 같이 열 번이나 나를 시험하고 내 목소리를 청종하지 아니한 그 사람들은

14:23 내가 그들의 조상들에게 맹세한 땅을 결단코 보지 못할 것이요 또 나를 멸시하는 사람은 한 사람도 그것을 보지 못하리라

14:24 그러나 내 종 갈렙은 그 마음이 그들과 달라서 나를 온전히 따랐은즉 그가 갔던 땅으로 내가 그를 인도하여 들이리니 그의 자손이 그 땅을 차지하리라

14:25 아말렉인과 가나안인이 골짜기에 거주하나니 너희는 내일 돌이켜 홍해 길을 따라 광야로 들어갈지니라

20 The Lord replied, “I have forgiven them, as you asked. 21 Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the Lord fills the whole earth, 22 not one of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times— 23 not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it. 24 But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it. 25 Since the Amalekites and the Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.”

                  오늘 말씀은 이스라엘 백성이 도무지 하나님을 믿지 아니하였다고 말하고 있습니다. 그것을 하나님께서는 이들이 나를 멸시하였다라고 말씀하십니다. 하나님께서 그렇게 많은 이적을 행하셨음에도 그들은 도저히 하나님을 신뢰하지 못합니다. 다른 말로 하면 이들은 하나님의 마음을 전혀 알지 못했습니다. 하나님께서 이들을 애굽에서 구원하신 것은 아브라함과의 약속을 지키시고 이들로 하나님의 백성을 삼으시기 위함이었습니다. 그러나 하나님께서 이들을 약속의 땅으로 인도하는 내내 이들은 불평과 탐욕과 질투, 그리고 두려움으로 하나님을 거절하였습니다. 하나님을 믿지 않았습니다. 하나님의 마음을 알지 못했습니다. 그런 이들을 하나님께서는 진멸하시겠다고 하십니다. 그러나 모세는 진노하시는 하나님께 기도합니다. 그는 하나님의 마음을 알았기에 하나님의 성품을 따라 그들을 용서해달라고 기도합니다. 그리고 하나님께서는 모세의 기도를 들으십니다. 오늘 말씀은 하나님의 마음을 아는 사람의 기도가 얼마나 큰 힘이 있는지를 보여줍니다. 그렇다면 우리 또한 하나님의 마음을 헤아려 기도해야 할 것입니다.

Today's message speaks about how the Israelites refused to trust in God. God Himself says, "They have despised me." Despite the many miracles God performed, they simply could not put their faith in Him. In other words, they did not understand God's heart at all. God rescued them from Egypt to fulfill His promise to Abraham and to make them His people. Yet throughout God's journey leading them to the Promised Land, they rejected Him with complaints, greed, jealousy, and fear. They did not believe in God. They did not understand His heart. God declares He will destroy such people. But Moses prays to the angry God. Because Moses understood God's heart, he prays for forgiveness according to God's character. And God listens to Moses' prayer. Today's passage shows how powerful prayer can be when it comes from someone who understands God's heart. Therefore, we too must pray with understanding of God's heart.

                  하나님의 마음을 헤아려 기도하는 것 그 첫번째, 하나님을 믿어야 합니다. 11절에서 하나님께서는 하나님을 믿지 않는 것을 당신을 멸시하는 것이라고 말씀하십니다. 그리고 그런 그들을 쳐서 멸하시겠다고 하십니다. 하나님께서 그렇게 많은 이적을 행하셨음에도 불구하고 이들은 도무지 하나님의 마음과 뜻을 헤아리지 못합니다. 열가지 이적으로 이들을 아낙 자손들보다도 강대한 애굽에서 구원하시고 홍해를 가르셔서 그들의 병거와 마병을 물리치셨습니다. 구름기둥과 불기둥으로 이들을 인도하시고 보호하셨습니다. 반석에서 물을 내시고 만나로 이들을 먹이셨습니다. 시내산에 강림하셔서 당신이 누구이신지를 온 백성 앞에서 드러내셨습니다. 그리고 회막을 지으라 하시고 직접 그들 가운데 거하셨습니다. 하나님이 이들의 왕이심을 드러내신 것입니다. 그러나 이들은 하나님을 믿지 않음으로 하나님의 백성이 되기를 거절했습니다. 그것을 하나님께서는 당신을 멸시하셨다고 말씀하십니다. 우리도 마찬가지입니다. 우리가 하나님의 마음을 알기 위해서는 먼저 하나님을 신뢰해야합니다. 하나님께서 우리에게 행하셨던 일들을 기억하고 우리 앞의 문제들을 마주해야 합니다. 때로 우리 스스로 강당할 수 없는 문제들이 다가올 때에도 우리는 하나님께서 우리의 왕이시며 모든 것의 주권자 이심을 기억해야 합니다. 하나님이 우리를 이곳까지 이끌어주셨는데 그런 하나님을 믿지 못한다면 우리가 어떻게 하나님께 기도할 수 있겠습니까? 하나님의 마음을 헤아려 기도하는 것 그 첫번째는 하나님을 믿어야 하는 것입니다.

To pray with understanding of God's heart, first, we must believe in God. In verse 11, God says that not believing in Him is despising Him, and He says He will strike and destroy such people. Despite the many miracles God performed, these people completely failed to understand God's heart and intentions. Through ten plagues, He saved them from Egypt, which was stronger than the descendants of Anak, and He parted the Red Sea to defeat their chariots and horsemen. He led and protected them with pillars of cloud and fire. He brought water from rocks and fed them with manna. He descended upon Mount Sinai to reveal Himself before all the people. And He commanded them to build the tabernacle so He could dwell among them. He revealed Himself as their King. Yet they rejected becoming God's people by not believing in Him. God calls this despising Him.

The same applies to us. To understand God's heart, we must first trust Him. We must remember what God has done for us as we face our problems. Even when we encounter problems we cannot handle ourselves, we must remember that God is our King and the Sovereign over all things. God has led us this far—if we cannot trust such a God, how can we pray to Him? The first step in praying with understanding of God's heart is believing in God.

                  두번째, 하나님의 마음을 헤아려 기도할 때에는 하나님의 이름을 위하여 기도해야 합니다. 오늘 말씀 13-15절에서 모세가 이렇게 기도합니다. 주님의 능력으로 이스라엘 백성들을 애굽에서 인도하여 내셨습니다. 만약 이스라엘 백성들을 하나님께서 진멸하신다면 그 이야기를 애굽인들이 듣고 가나안 사람들에게 전하게 될 것입니다. 하나님께서 이스라엘 중에 계신 것을 가나안 사람들이 이미 들어 알고 있는데 이들을 진멸하신다면 하나님의 이름이 무엇이 되겠습니까? 모세는 하나님께 ‘우리가 범죄하였으니 우리의 죄를 사하소서’라고 기도를 시작하지 않았습니다. 모세의 시선은 철저히 하나님께 고정되어 있었습니다. 그는 백성들을 위한 중보기도를 하는데에도 백성들의 입장이 아닌 하나님의 입장에서 기도를 하는 것입니다. 하나님의 명성, 하나님의 이름을 위하여 이들을 사하소서 라고 기도하고 있는 것이지요. 또한 이 기도는 모세가 하나님의 마음을 얼마나 깊이 헤아리고 있는지를 보여주는 기도이기도 합니다. 모세는 이 기도에서 하나님이 이스라엘 백성들을 위해서 하신 일들을 나열합니다. 애굽에서 능력으로 인도하여 내시고, 백성 중에 거하시고, 자신을 나타내시고, 구름기둥과 불기둥으로 그들 앞에서 행하셨습니다. 이 모든 일에 이스라엘을 자신의 백성으로 삼아 품으시는 하나님의 마음이 드러나 있습니다. 그런데 정작 이스라엘 백성들은 그런 하나님의 마음을 알지 못하는데 오히려 애굽인들과 가나안 사람들과 같은 여러 나라들이 그 명성을 들어 안다고 하는 것입니다. 그 명성은 곧 하나님이 어떤 분이신가를 드러내는 것입니다. 16절, 하나님께서는 맹세를 지키시는 분이시며 그 약속을 지킬 수 있는 능력 또한 가지고 계신 분이십니다. 모세는 바로 그런 하나님의 이름, 곧 하나님의 마음을 헤아려 기도하였던 것입니다.

Second, when praying with understanding of God's heart, we must pray for God's name. In verses 13-15 of today's passage, Moses prays like this: "With your power you brought these people up from Egypt. If you put these people to death, the Egyptians will hear about it and tell the people living in Canaan. The people of Canaan have already heard that you, LORD, are with these people. What will happen to your name if you destroy them?" Moses did not begin his prayer by saying, "We have sinned; please forgive our sins." Moses' focus was entirely fixed on God. Even while interceding for the people, he prayed from God's perspective, not from the people's. He prayed for forgiveness for the sake of God's reputation, for God's name.

This prayer also shows how deeply Moses understood God's heart. In this prayer, Moses lists what God had done for the Israelites: led them out of Egypt with power, dwelt among the people, revealed Himself, and went before them in pillars of cloud and fire. In all these actions, God's heart to claim Israel as His people is revealed. Yet while the Israelites themselves failed to understand God's heart, Moses notes that the Egyptians and Canaanites—foreign nations—had heard of His reputation. This reputation reveals who God is. Verse 16 shows that God is One who keeps His oaths and has the power to fulfill His promises. Moses prayed with understanding of God's name—that is, God's heart.

                  세번째, 하나님의 마음을 헤아려 기도할 때에는 하나님께서 하셨던 말씀을 붙들고 기도해야 합니다. 17절에서 모세는 하나님께 이미 말씀하신대로 주의 큰 권능을 나타내옵소서라고 기도합니다. 그리고는 하나님이 하신 말씀을 그대로 인용합니다. 그런데 그 말씀이 무엇입니까? 바로 하나님께서 직접 당신이 누구신지를 알려주시는 말씀입니다. 하나님이 어떤 분이십니까? 18절입니다. “노하기를 더디하시고 인자가 많아 죄악과 허물을 사하시나 형벌받을 자는 결단코 사하지 아니하시고…” 모세가 붙들었던 말씀은 바로 하나님의 성품이었습니다. 17절에서 주의 큰 권능을 나타내옵소서 19절에서 주의 인자의 광대하심을 따라, 무슨 말입니까? 하나님의 신실하신 사랑이 그만큼 크다는 것입니다. 모세는 하나님의 마음이 신실하신 사랑으로 가득함을 알고 있었습니다. 모세는 하나님께서 당신의 신실하신 사랑을 따라 계속 이들을 용서하고 계셨다는 것을 알고 있었습니다. 그래서 19절에 뭐라고 간청합니까? “이 백성의 죄악을 사하시되 애굽에서부터 지금까지 이 백성을 사하신 것같이 사하시옵소서” 이처럼 모세는 하나님의 마음을 헤아려 기도하였습니다. 하나님의 성품이 하나님께서 말씀하신 것 그대로임을 알았기에 모세는 하나님께서 하신 말씀을 붙들고 기도하고 있는 것입니다.

Third, when praying with understanding of God's heart, we must hold onto God's words in prayer. In verse 17, Moses prays to God, "Now may the Lord's strength be displayed, just as you have declared." Then he quotes exactly what God had said. And what was that? It was God's own revelation of who He is. What kind of God is He? Verse 18 says: "The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished..." The words Moses held onto were about God's character. In verse 17, "May the Lord's strength be displayed," and in verse 19, "According to your great love"—what does this mean? It means God's faithful love is that great. Moses knew that God's heart was full of faithful love. Moses knew that God had been continually forgiving them according to His faithful love. So in verse 19, what does he plead? "In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now." Thus, Moses prayed with understanding of God's heart. Because he knew God's character was exactly as God had declared, Moses held onto God's words in his prayer.

                  말씀을 맺습니다. 이스라엘 백성들은 하나님께서 약속하신 땅 바로 그 앞에서 하나님을 멸시하는 범죄를 저질렀습니다. 그러나 그들에게 진노하시는 하나님 앞에 하나님의 마음을 헤아려 기도하는 모세가 있었습니다. 모세는 하나님을 믿었습니다. 하나님의 명성, 하나님이 당신의 백성들에게 하신 일들을 언급하며 하나님의 마음이 무엇이었는지를 다시 하나님 앞에 전합니다. 하나님의 말씀을 붙들고 그 말씀 안에 있는 하나님의 성품을 언급하며 그동안 하나님께서 계속 이들을 용서하고 계셨음을 상기시킵니다. 이렇게 하나님의 마음을 헤아려 기도하는 모세의 기도에 하나님께서는 내가 네 말, 모세의 말대로 사하노라 라고 하십니다. 한 사람의 기도를 통해 한 민족이 용서를 받았습니다. 이처럼 하나님의 마음을 아는 사람의 기도는 큰 힘이 있습니다. 이자리에 나오신 모든 분들도 모세와 같이 하나님의 마음을 헤아려 기도하시는 여러분 되시기를 주님의 이름으로 축원합니다. 기도하시겠습니다.

To conclude, the Israelites committed the sin of despising God right at the threshold of the Promised Land. But before an angry God stood Moses, who prayed with understanding of God's heart. Moses believed in God. He mentioned God's reputation and what God had done for His people, reminding God of what was in His heart. He held onto God's words and mentioned God's character within those words, reminding Him that He had been continually forgiving the people. In response to Moses' prayer that understood God's heart, God says, "I have forgiven them, as you asked." Through one person's prayer, an entire nation received forgiveness. This shows how powerful prayer can be when it comes from someone who knows God's heart. I pray that everyone here today will become like Moses, praying with understanding of God's heart. Let us pray.