20250604 [새벽묵상] 하나님과 함께하는 매일의 삶 | God's Presence in Our Daily Lives (민/Num 33:1~37)

33:1 모세와 아론의 인도로 대오를 갖추어 애굽을 떠난 이스라엘 자손들의 노정은 이러하니라

33:2 모세가 여호와의 명령대로 그 노정을 따라 그들이 행진한 것을 기록하였으니 그들이 행진한 대로의 노정은 이러하니라

1 Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. 2 At the Lord’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages:

33:3 그들이 첫째 달 열다섯째 날에 라암셋을 떠났으니 곧 유월절 다음 날이라 이스라엘 자손이 애굽 모든 사람의 목전에서 큰 권능으로 나왔으니

33:4 애굽인은 여호와께서 그들 중에 치신 그 모든 장자를 장사하는 때라 여호와께서 그들의 신들에게도 벌을 주셨더라

3 The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians, 4 who were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment on their gods.

33:5 이스라엘 자손이 라암셋을 떠나 숙곳에 진을 치고

5 The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Sukkoth.

33:6 숙곳을 떠나 광야 끝 에담에 진을 치고

6 They left Sukkoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert.

33:7 에담을 떠나 바알스본 앞 비하히롯으로 돌아가서 믹돌 앞에 진을 치고

7 They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol.

33:8 하히롯 앞을 떠나 광야를 바라보고 바다 가운데를 지나 에담 광야로 사흘 길을 가서 마라에 진을 치고

8 They left Pi Hahiroth and passed through the sea into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.

33:9 마라를 떠나 엘림에 이르니 엘림에는 샘물 열둘과 종려 칠십 그루가 있으므로 거기에 진을 치고

9 They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

33:10 엘림을 떠나 홍해 가에 진을 치고

10 They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

33:11 홍해 가를 떠나 신 광야에 진을 치고

11 They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.

33:12 신 광야를 떠나

12 They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

33:13 돕가에 진을 치고 돕가를 떠나 알루스에 진을 치고

13 They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.

33:14 알루스를 떠나 르비딤에 진을 쳤는데 거기는 백성이 마실 물이 없었더라

14 They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

33:15 르비딤을 떠나 시내 광야에 진을 치고

15 They left Rephidim and camped in the Desert of Sinai.

33:16 시내 광야를 떠나 기브롯핫다아와에 진을 치고

16 They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.

33:17 기브롯핫다아와를 떠나 하세롯에 진을 치고

17 They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

33:18 하세롯을 떠나 릿마에 진을 치고

18 They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

33:19 릿마를 떠나 림몬베레스에 진을 치고

19 They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.

33:20 림몬베레스를 떠나 립나에 진을 치고

20 They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.

33:21 립나를 떠나 릿사에 진을 치고

21 They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.

33:22 릿사를 떠나 그헬라다에 진을 치고

22 They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

33:23 그헬라다를 떠나 세벨 산에 진을 치고

23 They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

33:24 세벨 산을 떠나 하라다에 진을 치고

24 They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

33:25 하라다를 떠나 막헬롯에 진을 치고

25 They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

33:26 막헬롯을 떠나 다핫에 진을 치고

26 They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

33:27 다핫을 떠나 데라에 진을 치고

27 They left Tahath and camped at Terah.

33:28 데라를 떠나 밋가에 진을 치고

28 They left Terah and camped at Mithkah.

33:29 밋가를 떠나 하스모나에 진을 치고 

29 They left Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

33:30 하스모나를 떠나 모세롯에 진을 치고

30 They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

33:31 모세롯을 떠나 브네야아간에 진을 치고

31 They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.

33:32 브네야아간을 떠나 흘하깃갓에 진을 치고

32 They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.

33:33 흘하깃갓을 떠나 욧바다에 진을 치고

33 They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

33:34 욧바다를 떠나 아브로나에 진을 치고

34 They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

33:35 아브로나를 떠나 에시온게벨에 지을 치고

35 They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.

33:36 에시온게벨을 떠나 신 광야 곧 가데스에 진을 치고

36 They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.

33:37 가데스를 떠나 에돔 땅 변경의 호르 산에 진을 쳤더라

37 They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the border of Edom.

예전에 저희 첫 아이가 유아 세례를 받을 때의 일입니다. 세례는 아이가 받는데 간증은 저보고 하라고 하더라구요. 이상하죠? 아무튼 그래서 간증문을 적었는데 그때에 제가 그런 말을 썼던 것 같습니다. “며칠 전에 아이를 데리고 바닷가 공원에 갔습니다. 아직 제대로 걷지도 못하는 아이를 한 손은 제가, 한 손은 아내가 잡고서 한걸음 한걸음 같이 걸었던 기억이 납니다. 그렇게 걷고 있는데 문득 ‘아 이게 인생이 아닌가’ 하는 생각이 들었습니다. 아직 제대로 걷지도 못하는 아이의 한걸음 한걸음을 부모가 함께 손을 잡고 걸어주듯이 아마 제 인생도 여지껏 하나님께서 제 손을 잡고 함께 걸어주고 계신게 아닌가. 한걸음, 한걸음 말입니다.” 대충 이런 간증문이었던 것 같습니다. 지금도 저는 이런 생각을 할 때가 있습니다. 여지껏 내가 걸어왔던 길, 그 모든 여정에서 하나님께서 함께 하셨지 그리고 지금도 함께 계시지. 그래서 무척 반짝이고 신나는 나날에도 그리고 어둡고 고통스러웠던 나날에도 모두 하나님께서는 나와 함께하셨지. 특별히, 같은 일만 지루하게 반복되는 것처럼 보이는 나의 일상에도 하나님께서는 나와 함께 하시겠구나. 하나님께서는 그 모든 날들 가운데 나의 걸음 한걸음 한걸음을 함께 걸어주고 계시는구나. 라고 말입니다. 그래서 오늘은 본문의 말씀을 통해 “하나님과 함께하는 매일의 삶”이라는 제목으로 말씀을 나누기를 원합니다.

Introduction

I remember when our first child received infant baptism. It was the child who was being baptized, but they asked me to give the testimony. Strange, right? Anyway, I wrote a testimony, and I think I said something like this: "A few days ago, I took my child to a seaside park. The child couldn't walk properly yet, so my wife and I each held one of the child's hands as we walked step by step together. As we were walking, I suddenly thought, 'Ah, isn't this what life is like?' Just as parents hold their child's hands and walk together, step by step, with a child who can't yet walk properly, perhaps God has been holding my hand and walking with me throughout my entire life, step by step." That was roughly what my testimony was like.

Even now, I sometimes have these thoughts. Throughout all the paths I've walked in life, in that entire journey, God has been with me, and He is still with me now. So whether in days that were bright and exciting, or in days that were dark and painful, God was with me through them all. Especially in my daily routine that seems to just repeat the same things monotonously, God is with me. God is walking with me step by step through all those days, through each step I take.

So today, through the text of Scripture, I want to share a message titled "Daily Life with God."

 첫째로 하나님께서는 우리의 극적인 순간만을 기억하지 않으십니다. 그러나 사람은 극적인 순간만을 기억하지요. 각종 소셜미디어를 통해 우리는 우리의 가장 아름다운 모습, 가장 화려한 모습을 사람들에게 보여주기를 원합니다. 그래서 우리는 다른 사람이 부러워할만한 삶의 순간들을 담아 페이스북이나 인스타그램, 카카오스토리 같은 곳에 올리지요. 심지어 신앙생활도 마찬가지입니다. 우리는 극적인 순간을 좋아합니다. 내가 하나님을 처음 만났던 때의 그 뜨거움. 그 열정과 그 첫사랑을 오랫동안 기억하고 그 순간을 다시 경험하려 노력하지요. 왜 나의 매일의 묵상과 기도생활에서 그런 뜨거움을 다시 경험하기가 어려운지 잘 이해가 되질 않습니다. 그런데 하나님께서는 조금 다른 생각을 가지고 계신 것 같습니다. 오늘 본문 2절을 함께 같이 읽어보겠습니다. “모세가 여호와의 명령대로 그 노정을 따라 그들이 행진한 것을 기록하였으니 그들이 행진한 대로의 노정은 이러하니라” 하나님께서 모세에게 직접적으로 그들의 여정을 기록하라고 명령하십니다. 그렇다면 오늘 본문 33:3-37까지의 모든 여정은 하나님께서 기록하라고 명령하신대로 기록하였다는 말이 됩니다. 특별히 3절과 4절은 이들이 애굽에서 어떻게 나왔는지를 설명합니다. 언제 어떻게 왜?, 아주 자세하게 설명하고 있습니다. 매우 극적인 순간입니다. 3절, “이스라엘 자손이 애굽 모든 사람의 목전에서 큰 권능으로 나왔으니” 여기서 큰 권능이란 하나님의 들어올린 손으로 그들을 구원하셨다는 말입니다. 하나님의 큰 권능을 강조하십니다. 4절 “여호와께서 그들의 신들에게도 벌을 주셨더라” 애굽의 신들을 심판하셨다는 뜻입니다. 하나님께서 큰 권능으로 구원하시고 애굽의 신들을 심판하심으로 이스라엘 백성들을 애굽에서 건지셨습니다. 이렇게 극적인 순간으로 여정의 시작을 기록하셨습니다. 그러나 그 뒤의 기록들인 5절부터 37절까지의 기록은 이런 시작을 생각하면 쉽게 이해가 되질 않습니다. 왜냐하면 이 내용들은 이들이 출애굽하여 시내광야, 즉 시내산에 이르고 또 그 시내광야에서 바란광야에 이르고 바란광야에서 호르산에 이를 때까지의 내용을 다루고 있는데 정작 정말 극적인 내용들은 다 빠져있기 때문입니다. 시내산에서 하나님을 만나고 율법을 받은 일, 바란 광야로 가는 길에서 일어난 고라의 반란사건이나 가데스 바네아에서 12정탐꾼의 보고를 듣고 이스라엘이 반역을 했던 일등 정말 극적인 사건들은 빠져 있습니다. 그렇다면 대체 이 여정을 하나님께서는 왜 기록하라고 한 것일까요?

First Point: God Doesn't Only Remember Our Dramatic Moments

However, people only remember the dramatic moments. Through various social media platforms, we want to show people our most beautiful appearance, our most glamorous moments. So we post moments from our lives that others would envy on Facebook, Instagram, KakaoStory, and such places. Even our faith life is the same way. We love dramatic moments. The passion and first love we felt when we first met God - we remember that for a long time and try to experience that moment again. We don't understand why it's so difficult to experience that kind of passion again in our daily devotions and prayer life.

But God seems to have a different perspective. Let's read verse 2 of today's text together: "At the LORD's command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages" (Numbers 33:2, NIV).

God directly commands Moses to record their journey. This means that all the journey recorded in today's text from verses 3-37 of chapter 33 was recorded as God commanded it to be recorded. Verses 3 and 4 specifically explain how they came out of Egypt - when, how, and why, in great detail. It's a very dramatic moment.

Verse 3: "The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians" (NIV). This emphasizes God's great power. Verse 4: "who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had brought judgment on their gods" (NIV). This means He judged the gods of Egypt. God saved the Israelites from Egypt with great power and by judging the gods of Egypt. This dramatic moment is recorded as the beginning of their journey.

However, the records that follow, from verse 5 to verse 37, are not easily understood when we think of this beginning. Because these contents deal with their journey from Egypt to the Desert of Sinai (Mount Sinai), and from the Desert of Sinai to the Desert of Paran, and from the Desert of Paran to Mount Hor, but all the truly dramatic events are missing. The meeting with God at Mount Sinai and receiving the law, Korah's rebellion on the way to the Desert of Paran, the rebellion of Israel after hearing the report of the 12 spies at Kadesh Barnea - all these truly dramatic events are omitted.

Then why did God tell them to record this journey?

그 이유가 바로 두번째, 하나님께서는 우리의 일상의 작은 필요를 기억하시고 돌보시기 때문입니다. 앞에서 다루었던 그렇게 극적이고 중요한 사건들. 우리가 보았을 때는 도저히 빼먹을 수 없을 것 같은 사건들을 뒤로하고 본문에서 다루고 있는 일들은 바로 8절과 9절, 14절의 말씀들입니다. 8절 입니다. “바다 가운데를 지나 에담 광야로 사흘길을 가서 마라에 진을 치고” 바다 가운데를 지난 일보다 에담광야에서 사흘길을 걸었다는 말이 더 자세합니다. 구체적인 이동거리와 걸린 시간을 알려주고 있지요. 9절 “마라를 떠나 엘림에 이르니 엘림에는 샘물 열둘과 종려 칠십그루가 있으므로” 우리는 마라에서 일어났던 일을 기억합니다. 그곳 물은 써서 먹을 수 없는 물이었지요. 하지만 하나님께서 모세에게 나무 한 그루를 보여주셔서 그 나뭇가지를 꺾어서 물에 던지니 단물로 변하였던 곳입니다. 그리고 엘림에 대한 자세한 묘사를 합니다. 샘물 열둘이라는 말은 원문을 보면 절대적 쌍수를 사용한 문법으로 엘림의 샘이 장정만 60만이 되는 이들이 마시기에도 풍족했다는 표현입니다. 그리고 그늘의 정확한 수량도 나와있지요. 14절도 마찬가지입니다. “르비딤에 진을 쳤는데 거기는 백성이 마실 물이 없었더라” 물 부족에 대한 구체적인 상황을 전해주고 있지요. 하나님께서 왜 극적인 영적 경험에 대한 기록을 뒤로 하시고 이런 마실 물과 그늘에 대해서 적으라고 하셨을까? 바로 하나님께서 그들의 일상적 필요를 정확히 아신다는 것을 보여주시는 것입니다. 하나님께서는 이들의 여정 가운데서 언제, 어디서, 무엇이 필요한지를 정확히 아셨던 것입니다. 샘물의 수와 종려나무의 숫자로 하나님의 공급이 정확하고 충분했음을 보여주셨습니다. 르비딤 같이 물이 부족한 곳 까지도 기록하게 하심으로서 이러한 결핍과 부족함 조차도 하나님의 계획 안에 있었다는 것을 보여주고 계십니다. 오늘 기록된 42개의 지명들을 하나도 빠뜨리지 않고 기록하시지만 극적인 사건들은 생략하시고 오히려 일상적인 이동만을 기록하시는 것은 바로 하나님께는 우리가 생각하는 극적인 날과 평범한 날의 구분이 없다는 것을 보여주는 것입니다. 하나님께는 우리의 하루하루, 매일의 일상이 하나님의 관심과 돌보심의 대상인 것입니다. 그래서 우리는 이 기록을 통해 하나님께서 우리의 매일의 삶 가운데 함께하심을 알 수 있게되는 것입니다.

Second Point: God Remembers and Cares for Our Small Daily Needs

The reason is that God remembers and cares for our small daily needs. Setting aside those dramatic and important events that we saw earlier - events that seem impossible for us to leave out - what the text deals with are the words in verses 8, 9, and 14.

Verse 8: "They left Pi Hahiroth and passed through the sea into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah" (NIV). The detail about traveling three days in the Desert of Etham is more detailed than passing through the sea. It tells us the specific travel distance and time taken.

Verse 9: "They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there" (NIV). We remember what happened at Marah. The water there was bitter and undrinkable. But God showed Moses a piece of wood, and when he threw the branch into the water, it became sweet. And there's a detailed description of Elim. The mention of twelve springs uses absolute dual number grammar in the original text, expressing that Elim's springs were abundant enough for even 600,000 men to drink. And the exact number of shade trees is also given.

Verse 14 is the same: "They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink" (NIV). It conveys the specific situation of water shortage.

Why did God set aside recording dramatic spiritual experiences and tell them to write about drinking water and shade like this? It's to show that God knows their daily needs precisely. God knew exactly when, where, and what they needed during their journey. Through the number of springs and palm trees, He showed that God's provision was precise and sufficient. By having them record even places like Rephidim where water was scarce, He shows that even such lack and shortage were within God's plan.

Recording all 42 place names without missing a single one, but omitting dramatic events and instead recording only ordinary movements, shows that for God there is no distinction between what we think of as dramatic days and ordinary days. For God, our day-by-day, daily routine is the object of God's interest and care. So through this record, we can know that God is with us in our daily lives.

말씀을 맺습니다. 하나님께서는 우리의 매일의 삶에 함께하십니다. 이스라엘 백성들이 42번 진을 옮기며 하루하루를 살았듯이 우리도 매일을 하나님의 세밀한 돌보심 속에서 살아가고 있습니다. 시내산에서의 극적인 만남도 소중하지만, 엘림에서 마신 물 한 모금도 하나님의 은혜입니다. 마라와 르비딤에서 목말랐던 순간도 하나님의 계획 안에 있었습니다. 때로 광야와 같은 인생길. 매일 반복되는 것 같은 나의 하루하루에도 하나님을 처음 만났던 첫사랑의 그날과 동일하게 역사하시는 하나님의 임재가 있습니다. 우리의 매일의 삶에 함께하시는 주님께 감사하며 오늘 하루도 주님과 동행하시는 여러분 되시기를 주님의 이름으로 축원합니다.

Conclusion

God is with us in our daily lives. Just as the Israelites moved their camp 42 times and lived day by day, we too are living each day under God's detailed care. The dramatic encounter at Mount Sinai is precious, but even a sip of water drunk at Elim is God's grace. Even the moments of thirst at Marah and Rephidim were within God's plan.

Sometimes on life's path that seems like a wilderness, in my day-to-day routine that seems to repeat itself, there is God's presence working just as powerfully as on that first day when we first met God. Let us give thanks to the Lord who is with us in our daily lives, and I pray in the Lord's name that you will be those who walk with the Lord today as well.