There.
You entered entertainment area.
There are many christian artists in the entertainment industry.
There, they have to face world and there must be spiritual struggle.
So, I want to know about your (indirect) experience about that.
And how to overcome that.
Do you guys think I'm a entertianer(celebrity)?
Yes
I don't feel like a celebrity at all.
I'm still amazed by seeing celebrities.
Really amazed.
[audience] I'm amazed now.
It is very different for each individual.
They..
At first, I didn't like christian entertainer.
When I was doing only CCM ministy,
I judged them much in my mind.
"How could you do the work of God,"
"when you can't even give your own business to God?"
"How could you do the work of God?"
To be honest, I thought, 'Don't be silly.'
But, among them there are many who love God so much.
When I saw them before who is drinking and smoking,
I used to judge them in my mind, because I don't do that kind of things.
But the sturggles of each person is different.
Really different.
The reason why I did not drink alcohol is I didn't like it.
And I also didn't like smoking.
And I don't have interest about playing in the club.
That's how I was born, not interested in such things.
I'm a kind of person who go to cafe and write something even when I go shopping.
When I go shopping, I just buy what I have to buy.
C.S. Lewis said... I really like C.S. Lewis,
He said,
The reason I should not judge a gambler is
I have no desire to gambling.
It's because I have weak desire for that.
But he is a man full of gambling desires.
It is a lust for someone, an alcohol for others.
It can be drug for someone, and so on.
Desire varies from person to person.
So, I can not judge you.
Why?
Becuase you have desires that I don't have.
Also you can not judge me.
Why?
Becuase you don't have desires what I have.
If God say to a gambler who really loves gambling, "You, quit gambling."
Then it's gonna be tough enough to die.
It's like dying.
This age is living in such a difficult time.
More desires, new desires are born and are born again.
Entertainers are also living with their own desires.
What I feel while seeing them is,
They are fighiting their own fight.
They are fighiting their own fight.
We also
In my case,
Before I entered the entertainment world, I've never been to a staff dinner party (after performance).
But there is a case I have to attend a (drinking) dinner party. (*In Korea, it is obligatory to attend a company dinner.)
As I went to the party, first I thought,
'Oh, It's awkward.. I should've gone home.'
But when I go to the party, I can see why people drink.
And I could see why they doing these.
And I could understand them.
But, what is important is this.
Right thing is right, and wrong thing is wrong.
No other way.
Don't be generous to yourself.
Don't be generous to yourself.
But, Be generous to others.
That's what christians have to do.
Be strict to yourself.
It does not mean you have to be perfet without a single speck in front of God.
Of course not.
I'm also doing much wrong things in front of God.
I'm struggling for that and it's hard for me.
So,
"Ah, I'm not righteous. I'm like trash."
I think that.
But trash that knows himself is better than trash that don't know he is trash.
In other words, It's better than saying, "That's what everybody else does, so it's ok."
We should always keep that in mind.
I'm living in some different life than the ordinary entertainer.
They all know I'm a christian, so they rarely tell me "Let's have a drink together."
Becuase they know I'm working in CCM area.
But you could be different from me.
Your case is different from me.
God has different scales for each person.
He has different standards for each person.
I can not judge you, and you can not judge me even though His standard is different.
Why? God's way of working is so different from person to person.
At least this one thing is certain.
Find your own cross.
You must find.
And go that way.
That way could be hard only for you.
It is hard. Very hard.
Maybe you would live a harder life than me.
I think so.
I want you to fight that fight.
The things that you thought "This is wrong".
If your mind feels 'This is not right', at least you should tell God "I'm sorry for this."
If you keep ignoring it, after all you will have your conscience seared with a hot iron.
Later on, you could think "What's wrong with this?"
So don't give up that spiritual fight.
It starts from very little thing.
So, even though you feel agony and hard, you better fight that fight.
I'd like to recommend this.
I'm also living like that.
And I think my fight will be more fierce.
The more you become popular, the harder you'll have to fight.
My mind is halfway now.
I want to be more popular while also want to be not.
Because If I become more famous, and be a public figure, and have big name, I'll have more responsibilities.
It makes every single action cautious.
In fact, if I go out without makeup, people don't recognize me.
How comfortable it is.
Really comfortable.
Because people don't know me.
Then why am I comfort?
Not just because I can act freely.
If I became famouse it is like making jail to myself, in fact.
So sometimes I have pity on the celebrities.
Because they can not speak and act freely.
So I want you to remember this one thing. The more you have, the more responsibility you will have.
So I want to tell you that success is not all in your life.
People will ask you more responsibility as much as you succeed.
So I'm afraid.
I'm afraid of my life to come.
To be honest, I'm afraid.
afraid to disappoint
to disappoint God
to disappoint me
and to disappoint people.
In fact, I'm living in such great fear and trembling to disappoint them.
Not always comfort.
It's hard.
You must endure a terrible fight.
You can't help it if you fall even after that hard fight.
Keep going.
Though disappointed in yourself, just keep going.
That's what God wants.
If you commit a sin, God coudn't kill you immidiately.
Why? God loves you and it is the first thing for him to keep you alive.
If you are alive, there is a chance.
Even though you think, "Oh, I have come to the bottom.", Keep going.
Keep your breath and stay alive.
And lean on God.
Say to Him "God, This is all I've done, but recieve me."
God will not say "I will forsake you".
God will bring you along in any way.
Even if you stumble and fail after you become an entertainer,
Don't forget God.
Don't be afraid to call on His name.
"God! This is all I've done"
"It's like trash and gargage."
"But... You still love me, don't you?"
Believe that.
But I don't want you to go that far.
There are christians who seeking God even though they are in the bottom.
There are people who are living in remembering God even though they're playing like garbage.
But I do not judge them.
Why? Maybe they have reason.
There must be a reason.
Let's see David whose job was killing.
Let's think abou it. "If I were living at that time and watched him, could I think that he is a man of God?"
If I saw him fighting in the war, I would be so creepy.
He would've cut off a man's head and stabbed him.
Who would call such a killer the man of God?
In spite of all that, the reason he is great was
he called on to God even when he went down to the valley of death.
This age, this generation, there are so many valleys of death.
Don't give up when you there.
Even if you fell down and went to the bottom, Don' give up.
God does not give you up.
Please remember that.
One more question, and I will sing.
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