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They replied, "Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory." (Mark 10:37)

There is one thing many Christians are misunderstanding. They feel they have a duty to do something for the Lord. So they are indulging in church activities by putting up with any disadvantage. It’s fine if they can get joy through this but they may feel uncomfortable while they try to fulfill their duty to God. What is more, they may feel emptiness. Despite empty feeling they feel uneasiness if they stop to work. It is a vicious circle.

Jesus says, “"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28) Here ‘burden’ is religious thing. It points the Law in the concrete. The Law was a heavy burden for the people in those days like us today. Jesus would like to give people rest. Yes. Faith means basically rest, that is, repose.

We should not misunderstand that we are working for the Lord. We cannot work for the Lord. We are unable to do anything for the Lord. Keeping still is the best way for us. The Lord is working for us. The work that Jesus is giving us is a true rest.

Does the above explanation sound ideally? Or does the Bible verses to work hard for the Lord recur in your mind? I cannot deal this topic any longer in this short meditation. I just summarize the matter with Doctrine of Justification.

What need to Christian now is faith. Through faith we are made justice. This indicates two things. First, man is not able to do righteous activity. Second, faith is courage to be. Apostle Paul’s statement, “If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing” also precisely indicates this fact. Do concentrate on looking at God’s salvation rule.

★ ‘courage to be’: ‘to be’ here means not a character of existing a person but indicates ‘being’ itself. According to the idea of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu in China, it may say ‘Tao’(way or path). It means that man can be justified by God not through doing something for God but concentrating on keeping relationship with God. It makes people uneasy. They can get self-satisfaction only through doing something. True courage is required to get over such uneasiness. ‘courage to be’ is understood in this sense.