20261022 | 새벽묵상 | 하나님의 주인되심을 인정하는 정직한 마음 An Honest Heart That Acknowledges God's Ownership | 대상/1Chron 29:10~19

29:10 다윗이 온 회중 앞에서 여호와를 송축하여 이르되 우리 조상 이스라엘의 하나님 여호와여 주는 영원부터 영원까지 송축을 받으시옵소서

29:11 여호와여 위대하심과 권능과 영광과 승리와 위엄이 다 주께 속하였사오니 천지에 있는 것이 다 주의 것이로소이다 여호와여 주권도 주께 속하였사오니 주는 높으사 만물의 머리이심이니이다

29:12 부와 귀가 주께로 말미암고 또 주는 만물의 주재가 되사 손에 권세와 능력이 있사오니 모든 사람을 크게 하심과 강하게 하심이 주의 손에 있나이다

29:13 우리 하나님이여 이제 우리가 주께 감사하오며 주의 영화로운 이름을 찬양하나이다

29:14 나와 내 백성이 무엇이기에 이처럼 즐거운 마음으로 드릴 힘이 있었나이까 모든 것이 주께로 말미암았사오니 우리가 주의 손에서 받은 것으로 주께 드렸을 뿐이니이다

29:15 우리는 우리 조상들과 같이 주님 앞에서 이방 나그네와 거류민들이라 세상에 있는 날이 그림자 같아서 희망이 없나이다

29:16 우리 하나님 여호와여 우리가 주의 거룩한 이름을 위하여 성전을 건축하려고 미리 저축한 이 모든 물건이 다 주의 손에서 왔사오니 다 주의 것이니이다

29:17 나의 하나님이여 주께서 마음을 감찰하시고 정직을 기뻐하시는 줄을 내가 아나이다 내가 정직한 마음으로 이 모든 것을 즐거이 드렸사오며 이제 내가 또 여기 있는 주의 백성이 주께 자원하여 드리는 것을 보오니 심히 기쁘도소이다

29:18 우리 조상들 아브라함과 이삭과 이스라엘의 하나님 여호와여 주께서 이것을 주의 백성의 심중에 영원히 두어 생각하게 하시고 그 마음을 준비하여 주께로 돌아오게 하시오며

29:19 또 내 아들 솔로몬에게 정성된 마음을 주사 주의 계명과 권면과 율례를 지켜 이 모든 일을 행하게 하시고 내가 위하여 준비한 것으로 성전을 건축하게 하옵소서 하였더라

David’s Prayer

10 David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,

“Praise be to you, Lord,

    the God of our father Israel,

    from everlasting to everlasting.

11 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power

    and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,

    for everything in heaven and earth is yours.

Yours, Lord, is the kingdom;

    you are exalted as head over all.

12 Wealth and honor come from you;

    you are the ruler of all things.

In your hands are strength and power

    to exalt and give strength to all.

13 Now, our God, we give you thanks,

    and praise your glorious name.

14 “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. 15 We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. 16 Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you. 17 I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you. 18 Lord, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you. 19 And give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, statutes and decrees and to do everything to build the palatial structure for which I have provided.”

            어제 다윗은 자신이 먼저 성전 건축을 위하여 기꺼이 헌신함으로 온 이스라엘의 지도자들과 백성들도 기쁨으로 예물을 드리도록 이끌었습니다. 오늘의 본문은 그 후에 다윗이 드리는 공적기도이면서 또한 봉헌 기도입니다. 역대기에만 기록된 다윗의 마지막 대표기도이기도 하지요. 그러나 이것은 그저 단순히 헌금 이후에 드려지는 감사 기도가 아닙니다. 왜냐하면 오늘의 말씀은 하나님을 향한 찬양이나 감사 뿐만이 아니라 이 세상의 모든 것, 그리고 우리에게 주어진 모든 것의 주인이 하나님이심을 고백하는 기도이기 때문입니다. 그들이 봉헌할 수 있었던 것도 하나님께서 모든 것의 주인되심을 인정하는 믿음이 있었기 때문입니다. 그 믿음이 없다면 우리의 헌신도 하나님을 향한 정직한 마음이 아닌 나의 공로나 희생을 드러내는 행위가 되고 말 것입니다. 오늘은 “하나님의 주인되심을 인정하는 정직한 마음”이라는 제목으로 말씀을 나누기 원합니다.

Yesterday, David willingly dedicated himself first to the building of the temple, leading all the leaders and people of Israel to offer their gifts with joy. Today’s passage is a public prayer of dedication offered by David following that moment. It is also David’s final representative prayer recorded only in the books of Chronicles. However, this is not merely a simple prayer of thanksgiving offered after an offering. This is because today’s scripture is not only praise and thanksgiving toward God, but also a confession that God is the owner of everything in this world and everything given to us. They were able to dedicate their offerings precisely because they had the faith that acknowledges God as the owner of all things. Without that faith, our commitment will end up becoming an act of showing off our own merits or sacrifices, rather than a sincere heart toward God. Today, I would like to share the message under the title, "An Honest Heart that Acknowledges God's Ownership."

                 첫째로 우리는 절대적인 하나님의 주권을 인정하여야 합니다. 10-12절의 말씀을 통해 다윗은 오직 하나님께 모든 것이 속하였다는 것을 고백합니다. 그런데 그 타이밍이 참 절묘하지요. 지금은 자신과 모두의 헌신이 절정에 다다른 시점이 아니겠습니까? 그런데 다윗은 자신들의 헌신에 대한 기도는 일절하지 않고 오직 하나님만이 영원토록 찬양받으시기 합당한 분이심을 고백하고 있습니다. 그리고 고백하는 것이 11절입니다. 함께 읽어보겠습니다. “여호와여 위대하심과 권능과 영광과 승리와 위엄이 다 주께 속하였사오니 천지에 있는 것이 다 주의 것이로소이다 여호와여 주권도 주께 속하였사오니 주는 높으사 만물의 머리이심이니이다” 창조세계가 모두 하나님께 속한, 하나님의 절대적인 주권을 말하고 있습니다. 12절은 또한 우리가 사는 인간세계, 즉 우리의 현실 가운데도 하나님께서 절대적인 주권을 가지고 계시다는 것을 고백하고 있지요. 부와 명예, 권세와 능력, 성공과 힘이 모두 하나님의 손에 달려있습니다. 이 모든 것의 주인되시는 분이 바로 하나님이신 것입니다. 이것이 중요합니다. 우리는 우리의 헌신보다 하나님의 절대적인 주권, 주인되심을 인지하여야 하는 것입니다.

First, we must acknowledge the absolute sovereignty of God. Through the words in verses 10–12, David confesses that everything belongs to God alone. The timing of this confession is quite remarkable, isn’t it? Wouldn’t you agree that this is the very moment when his own dedication, along with that of everyone else, has reached its peak? Yet David offers no prayer whatsoever concerning their own dedication. Instead, he confesses that God alone is worthy of praise forever. This confession is found in verse 11. Let us read it together:

These words speak of God’s absolute sovereignty over all of creation, declaring that everything in the created world belongs to Him. Verse 12 also confesses that God exercises absolute sovereignty over the human world in which we live—that is, over the realities of our everyday lives. Wealth and honor, authority and power, success and strength—all of these are in God’s hands. God Himself is the rightful owner of all these things.

This is what matters. Rather than focusing on our own dedication, we must recognize God’s absolute sovereignty and acknowledge that He is the Lord and Owner of all things.

                바로 그럴 때에 우리는 하나님께 진정으로 감사할 수 있습니다. 다윗이 감사와 찬양을 드리며 고백합니다. 14절입니다. 함께 읽겠습니다. “나와 내 백성이 무엇이기에 이처럼 즐거운 마음으로 드릴 힘이 있었나이까 모든 것이 주께로 말미암았사오니 우리가 주의 손에서 받은 것으로 주께 드렸을 뿐이니이다” 모든 것이 하나님께 속한 것이라면 우리가 봉헌하는 것은 그저 하나님에게 받은 것을 다시 하나님께 돌려드리는 것이 됩니다. 우리가 하나님께 무엇을 드릴 수 있는 이유도, 드릴 수 있는 능력도 모두 하나님께로부터 온 것이기 때문입니다. 사실 개역개정 성경은 “우리가 주의 손에서 받은 것으로 주께 드렸을 뿐이니이다”라고 번역하고 있지만 원문은 “우리가 주의 손으로부터 주께 드렸나이다”라고 적고 있습니다. 히브리어 본문에는 우리가 ‘받았다’는 표현이 없습니다. 무슨 말입니까? 우리가 ‘주의 손에서 주께’ 드렸다는 말입니다. 즉, 우리가 우리 소유를 주장할 수 있는 근거가 전혀 없다는 것이지요. 우리가 하나님께 드린다고 생각하는 것은 사실 우리 것이 아니라 본래 하나님의 손에 있던 하나님의 것을 하나님께 되돌려 드리는 것일 뿐인 것입니다. 이것을 안다면 오히려 드릴 수 있는 것이 감사가 되며 기쁨과 즐거움이 되는 것이지요.

It is precisely at such times that we can truly give thanks to God. David expresses his gratitude and praise in verse 14. Let us read it together:

If everything belongs to God, then our offerings are simply what we return to God from what we have received from Him. Both the reason we are able to give anything to God and the ability to give come from God Himself. In fact, the Korean Revised Version translates the verse as, “We have given you only what we received from your hand.” However, the original Hebrew reads, “We have given to you from your hand.” The Hebrew text does not include the expression “we received.” What does this mean? It means that we have given “from your hand to you.” In other words, we have absolutely no basis for claiming anything as our own. What we think we are giving to God does not actually belong to us. We are simply returning to God what was already His and was always in His hands. When we understand this, we realize that being able to give to God is itself a reason for gratitude—a source of joy and gladness.

15절은 그 주인되신 하나님 앞에서 이들이 원래 어떤 존재인지를 기억합니다. “주님 앞에서 이방 나그네와 거류민들이라 세상에 있는 날이 그림자 같아서 희망이 없나이다.” 하나님 앞에서 자신이 본래 어떤 존재였는지를 기억할 때에 우리는 우리 삶의 진짜 주인이 누구신지 알게 되는 것이지요. 바로 이 마음이 중요합니다. 17절에서 다윗은 말합니다. “주께서 마음을 감찰하시고 정직을 기뻐하시는 줄을 내가 아나이다 내가 정직한 마음으로 이 모든 것을 즐거이 드렸사오며” 바로 이 정직한 마음. 이 마음이 하나님이 찾으시는 마음입니다. 우리가 하나님께 내어드리는 헌신의 가치는 그 예물의 양에 있는 것이 아니라 바로 이 마음에 있습니다. 이 마음이 무엇입니까? 우리가 드리는 모든 것이 주께로 말미암은 것이며 하나님께서 우리의 소유뿐만 아니라 우리 삶의 주인되심을 인정하는 것입니다. 다윗은 이 마음을 위하여 기도합니다. 먼저는 백성을 위해서 기도합니다. 18절, “이것을 주의 백성의 심중에 영원히 두어 생각하게 하시고 그 마음을 준비하여 주께로 돌아오게 하시오며” 그리고는 그의 아들 솔로몬을 위하여 기도합니다. 19절입니다. “또 내 아들 솔로몬에게 정성된 마음을 주사 주의 계명과 권면과 율례를 지켜 이 모든 일을 행하게 하시고” 왜 일까요? 우리의 마음이 그만큼 부패하기 쉽기 때문입니다. 창세기 6:5은 사람의 마음을 가르켜 이렇게 말합니다. “그의 마음으로 생각하는 모든 계획이 항상 악할 뿐임을 보시고” 창세기부터 지금까지 우리의 마음은 항상 우리가 주인되려 합니다. 그렇기에 다윗은 하나님이 누구이신지를 알고 그들이 하나님 앞에 어떤 존재인지를 알아 오직 하나님만이 우리의 주인되심을 기억하기를 기도한 것입니다.

Verse 15 reminds the people of who they truly are in the presence of God, their rightful Lord and Owner. It says, “For we are strangers before You, and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.” When we remember who we truly are before God, we come to understand who the true owner of our lives is. This is the attitude that matters. In verse 17, David says, “I know, my God, that You test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with an honest heart.” It is this honest heart that God seeks. The value of our dedication to God does not lie in the amount of our offering, but rather in the attitude of our hearts. What does this attitude look like? It means acknowledging that everything we offer comes from the Lord and recognizing that God is the owner not only of our possessions but also of our lives.

David prays for this very attitude. First, he prays for the people. In verse 18, he says, “Keep these desires and thoughts forever in the hearts of Your people, and keep their hearts faithful to You.” Then he prays for his son Solomon. In verse 19, he says, “And give my son Solomon wholehearted devotion to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do all these things.” Why does he pray for this? Because our hearts are so easily corrupted. Genesis 6:5 describes the human heart this way: “Every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.” From the time of Genesis until today, our hearts have continually sought to make ourselves our own masters. That is why David prayed that the people would understand who God is, recognize who they are before Him, and remember that God alone is the Lord and Master of their lives.

말씀을 맺습니다. 오늘 다윗의 기도를 통해 우리는 하나님 절대적인 주권이 어떤 것인지 보았습니다. 그 주권 아래에서 우리는 우리의 소유를 주장할 수 없습니다. 모든 것이 하나님으로부터 온 것이기 때문입니다. 그것을 알 때에 우리는 우리의 공로나 희생을 드러낼 수 없습니다. 오히려 우리는 희망없던 우리들에게 넘치도록 채워주신 그 은혜를 감사하며 기뻐할 수 있습니다. 하나님이 주인되심을 알 때에 비로소 하나님께 돌려드릴 수 있다는 것이 기쁨이 되는 것입니다. 하나님께서는 바로 그 마음을 보십니다. 그 정직한 마음을 기뻐하십니다. 이것을 우리의 심중에 영원히 두어 생각하기를 원합니다. 하나님의 주인되심을 인정하는 그 정직한 마음으로 하나님을 기쁘게 하시는 여러분 되시기를 주님의 이름으로 축원합니다. 

Let me bring this message to a close.

Through David’s prayer today, we have seen what God’s absolute sovereignty means. Under His sovereignty, we cannot claim anything as our own, because everything comes from God. When we understand this, we have no reason to boast about our own merits or sacrifices. Instead, we can give thanks and rejoice in God’s abundant grace, through which He has filled the lives of those of us who once had no hope. Only when we recognize that God is the rightful Lord and Owner of all things can we truly find joy in giving back to Him what belongs to Him. This is precisely the attitude God looks upon. He delights in an honest and sincere heart. May we keep this truth in our hearts and reflect on it always. In the name of the Lord, I pray that each of you will bring joy to God through an honest heart that acknowledges Him as the Lord and Owner of your lives.