YP Talk—Peter Eun
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Alright, so I've got 8:00 uh, I guess you guys are probably pretty anti one to maybe get some energy. I know you guys are doing a long day, umm, so I'll try to keep this sure. I know every speaker in the evening tried to say that and they, uh, I know it sometimes goes long, but if anyone knows, uh yeah, I usually try to keep on time. So I'm gonna keep this, uh, 15 minutes Andrew, give me a little flexibility, but, uh.
So let's start out, uh, let me wait for the rest of you guys to grab a seat and, uh.
Boy, that's a lot of young people here that some I recognize, others that I don't. But boy, over the years, it's been a while since I've been to a conference. What's your last year in Kirkland? But I used to go to a lot of conferences when I was single. And then I got married. And, you know, I, I'm not saying that I'm, you know, not got to be careful when I see my wife sitting next to me. So we're standing here. Fortunately, she doesn't understand everything I say. So I can translate things a little differently.
Tonight when I get home, so cover my mistakes, but umm, let's switch to the Lord. So I need, probably, I need the help tonight and umm, I'm sure that, uh, we'll just ask the Lord for his help and, uh, blessings. So our God and our Father, we just do, uh, thank you for today. Uh, thank you for all that you've provided for us in the meetings and, umm, and just in fellowship, we just pray that, umm, your name, umm, Lord Jesus Christ and the Father would be glorified, umm, in this little talk tonight and that, uh, the young people here were so thankful for them and so many, uh, wanting to go on and that they're an encouragement.
We just ask that there would be something practical for them tonight, umm, as uh, that they could, umm, as they go on in their Christian lives, like to encourage them and to, to be a help to others as well. So we pray all these things in the, uh, name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
So, umm, when I was asked to speak, umm, there's a lot of things that, uh, going through in my life and I was, uh, contemplating what to, to talk about, But, uh, Andrew actually said, you know, you've been, you know, he had asked me because I've been through some trials and I don't know if everybody, umm, is aware of the background, umm, of my situation, my wife's situation. Umm, So I'll just give a brief history. I'm not gonna go into, uh, a lot of this because I've only got 15 minutes, but also, umm, in the past, uh, few days when we're praying about.
This I didn't want to my purpose of sharing this is not for our glory, but it's for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ and, and, and for the Father and umm, so I want to start with a couple verses umm, so.
In first Peter chapter one.
In verse 7:00 and 8:00.
That the trial of your faith being much more precious than of gold that perishes so if he tried with fire might be found unto praise, and honor and glory at the peering of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen ye love, in whom, though not ye see Him not, not yet believing, He rejoiced with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
Another verse that, uh, as my wife and I are going through this situation, umm, another that I really, umm, appreciated is that in Jane chapter one, uh, verse 2 Through 4, my brethren counted all joy when you fall into diverse temptations, knowing this, that the trying of your faith work with patience, but let patience have a perfect work that he may be perfect an entire wanting nothing.
And if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally, and embrace not, and it shall be given him.
The things that a couple years ago were actually more than a little over three years ago, I got married and my wife in Korea, I, I was never anticipating to get married. So for those of you guys that are older and I noticed a lot of, you know, married couples sort of getting older now used to be that you guys got married at like 1920. I think he's still a deal, but that's very rare in the Korean culture. And so, but you know, some of us, I got married when I was in my 40s and so.
And I was never planning to get married. I was wanting to just go on with my life. But one of the things is that, umm, you know, God sort of can strike and hit at any time. And so, you know, even though I've sort of given up on marriage, umm, you know, the Lord has some different plans and I'm thankful, but I didn't know what marriage was going to bring for me. Umm, obviously the Lord knew because I had a lot of things in my heart that, uh, I had to change and I didn't really know myself until I got married and the Lord showed me.
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Through my wife. And so for those that are, I don't know, those that are married, if that's, if you were, if you just got married, it's going to happen, right? Umm, they're there to be a help and umm, the Lord is going to bring this out, especially if you want to follow the Lord. Umm, it's sort of interesting because I, I was an up and down Christian, Umm, I will say that, uh, you know, I wasn't always fully devoted to the Lord early on, even though I had that desire in my heart, you know, and maybe some of you guys can relate. I, I really admire those that can just fully be sold out and good, you know, give everything to the Lord.
And forget about everything and go on. But I was not one of those Christians. Umm, you know, I, I sort of, I was an independent, uh, growing up, my dad taught me to be independent, umm, you know, do things on my own, learn things. And I felt like I can do a lot of things even though I was following the Lord. But when I got married and this trial came into my life where my wife, umm, she came, umm, to the States and she had some health issues and then.
Over time, and actually, I've got to give her so much credit and I wish that she could speak tonight, but we talked a little about maybe the things that she would share and she came to a new, new country with me. I mean, I asked my sister says just having to live with me is going to be hard enough, but to come to a new country, not learning the language. And then at that time, we actually, we were living with my mom. We moved in with my mom because that's sort of a Korean cultural thing.
And she was willing to do it even though you know there was verses that you know it talks about when you get married.
You know, you really, you know, sort of set up your own household. Well, my father, I passed away and I sort of said, yeah, we're gonna take care of my mom. And but that was any of your sisters that, uh, might get married or, you know, are married. Imagine what it is to live with your mother-in-law all the time, right? And then be sick. And so nothing against my mom, but it's just a challenging situation, right? And, you know, to have her be sick and then for me to take care of her, you know, it's also a burden on my.
Burden on my mom, right? Like, oh, you know.
Being a health caretaker is something that umm is going to wear you out. And you know, I, there's a lot of people, umm, you know, I start to look at others who are sick and I really, they, it came to me and say, you know, they say, how is T Jones doing? But then like, how are you doing? And I didn't realize that as a caretaker that, you know, you can, you gotta be careful. And so umm, but through this, the Lord taught me so much umm in realizing that.
You know, we've got to give up of ourselves. Umm, and I think that's the one, one of the points that I wanted to really, umm, you know, sort of get that message out to you is that the Lord, if you want to follow the Lord.
Give up yourself, uh, give it all to the Lord, Umm, you know, if you start thinking of yourself and what, what's in it for you, you're gonna be really it, It's kinda be a long road and you're not gonna be very happy. Once I realized that, you know, umm, the Lord put me in this position, Umm, and you know, I've gotta take care of my wife, you know, she's my wife and umm, you know, he's gonna give me the strength to do it. And there were so many different things that were going around in my life because not only was she sick and umm.
And then at one point she couldn't even walk. We were in the hospital for, umm, a month and a half where she couldn't walk. So imagine, you know, and we don't, you know, for all of us, we don't know what a day brings. Umm, let's talk about, uh, in the meetings. Umm, just don't know what's going to happen. And, you know, this was unexpected. And so she couldn't walk. Umm, and here I am trying to, you know, be a new husband, a good husband to her. But what it can be, you know, it can be a load.
And, umm, you know, obviously I'm not gonna lie to you. We, we had some, you know, uh, arguments, umm, you know, because I thought I was, you know, I'm supposed to lead and I thought I knew best, but yet, umm, you know, she, umm, you know, I, I wasn't listening to her. So husband, uh, you know, listen, those that are about to get married, listen, umm, and those that are in relationships or actually all of us, because we're all in relationships, right? Learn to be good listeners. Umm, don't think that you know it all. Umm, one of the things that the other point that I really wanted to.
Portrayed with empathy, that's something that I learned is that understanding what other people are going through. You know, some people say, well, I know what you're going through and it's like really it's like, how do you, you know, can you relate? But you really can't sometimes and I know that they're being kind, but yet sometimes people who have gone through struggles, they understand and others that don't, you know, we just say you're praying for us, you know pray for others, but to be honest and umm, you know, we, you know that's the other thing that I always wanted to, uh, wanted to say is that.
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There's people who really care for me and they were praying and that was maybe the most powerful thing, umm, that I learned later on that one can do is to pray, uh, uh, behind the scenes. And after my wife got better, umm, she's able to walk now. We're so thankful. Uh, you know, it's been a couple of years and she is at AI mean she's, we're still not out of the woods because I think the Lord still got a lot of things to teach me, umm, and her as well. Uh, we realized this. And so every day is somewhat of a dependent thing upon the Lord.
And so, but one of the things that, umm, people, they're trying to be helpful, but one of the things that we did here is that someone said, you know, this is 'cause, you know, there must have been, you know, sin in your life or our lives that must get rid of. And obviously we do examine ourselves. Everyone, when there's something that happens, you should examine yourself and be open with God. But then after a point, you know, you get those things taken care of. But when other people, you know, you know, when you go to somebody, if somebody's sick, don't automatically assume that they're sin in their life.
Umm, And that they did something, you know, awful because that really hurts. Umm you know, my wife because she wasn't sure what was going on. The doctors couldn't figure out what was going on. Umm, And so, you know, we just looked to the Lord, but even there we need to learn, we needed to be, we needed to learn to be gracious towards others because we knew that people cared. Umm, sometimes people, you know, there's a lot of stress going on. And so if you can be a help to people who are, are in difficult situations, I would just say, umm, you know, the most important thing is to pray for them. Umm maybe. And then when you're praying for them, maybe send a word of encouragement.
Umm, or something. Scripture is so powerful. I think, you know, I give my wife so much credit because there's things that I was trying to do to help her, you know, to feel better. And umm, you know, she was going through all of the pain, but yet it always came back to what I realized is that Scripture and the Word of God always encouraged her and gave her strength. Umm, you know, fortunately the Lord allowed us to, umm, you know, a situation where my mother-in-law was here and being able to live, umm.
You know, got into a situation where we were able to live in a duplex and my mother-in-law and my father-in-law that's next door. And that was an answer to prayer because I would have never imagined that could have happened because there's so many. I won't go into the details that, you know, my entire world had collapsed and umm. And so it's when I got to the bottom that I realized that the Lord was now going to pick me up and walking by, I started to learn what walking by faith is. And you've heard that probably from others too. It's like you got to get, you probably go to the bottom if you really want to see.
You know what the Lord is going to do in your life and really walk by faith. You hit rock bottom and there's nowhere else to go and you realize there's nothing in yourself and then the Lord picks you up and you start seeing amazing things. And so that's what the incredible thing is, is that I'm, you know, now I don't have as much care, umm, about I'm not as concerned about the long term because this was talked about today.
The Lord could come tonight, you know. Are you ready? Umm, you know the Lord can, umm, you know, he might come into, you know, 10 years from now. But again.
Uh, there was a sister Jill Fakhtar just in a car accident the other day, bus driver ended up having a heart attack, pushed her car into another semi. I mean, if you saw the car, you'd be amazed that she was, uh, you know, she came out of that was just soreness. She wasn't really injured. No one knows what a day is going to bring. And so think about that. As far as you guys are young, you guys have a lot of energy, but yet, and then you guys probably want to do a lot for the Lord, but the most, you know, we've heard it in many other messages in the past that the, the best thing that you can do is get close to the Lord and let him guide, umm, you know, make sure that you get that relationship with him because.
Once you deal, everything else starts to fall into place. And that's what I've been, umm, so I guess blessed to learn. And that's why I read these, uh, verses is because I started to realize that it's true. It's like, who wants trials in their lives? But you know that, uh, when you have trials in your life that you become dependent upon the Lord and there's nowhere else to turn right? Because the doctors can't figure out what was going on with her. I couldn't figure out, you know, and I'm an engineer.
And I like to try to solve problems and, and you know, others who are engineers, I'm sure, you know, that's sort of the way that our minds were taught, right? It's to solve problems. And I couldn't solve this problem. I didn't know what to do. And I still can't solve this problem. I have to be dependent on the Lord. And so it's, but it's a really good place to be and it's an amazing place to be because you see the Lord working in your life. And I start to now realize what it means to walk by faith.
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You know, I was walking as a casual. You would see in the past. I would see in the past. But yeah, you know, I'm a OK Christian. I'm not doing anything, you know, umm, but you know, there was always that these are, you know, you come to these conference and you get energized, right? You hear messages and you, you want to do these things.
But yet are you willing to just give it all to the Lord and, you know, set aside the, the world's things and, umm, you know, once you do that, I think you're going to start to see some amazing things. So I am at 8:15. Umm, there's a lot more I can probably share with you. I would love to share with you, but, umm, I keep my time. And if you, I would love to, you know, talk with you guys and, and, uh, you know, in private, umm, and just share more, but to learn what's going on in your life and how you guys are an encouragement to us by the way that you walk.
And umm, in the way that you care for others, umm, so, you know, build those relationships, first of all with the Lord, umm, you know, give your license fully. Umm, I know it's a hard thing. So obviously it took me many years to deal, but umm, you know, you, you're going to be in for an exciting, uh, amazing ride. Umm, that walking by faith umm, is just gonna be, I don't know how to describe it. Umm, it's tough. I'm not gonna say it's easy, but uh, it, it is amazing. And when we get to glory.
He's gonna, once again, he should, he's gonna get the glory. I guess that would be the final thing that I say is when you make your decisions and the different things that you do, think about who gets the glory. And it really needs to be, you know, the father. And if he doesn't get the glory, you know, rethink, umm, the decision and the path that you're doing. So with that, I'll, I'll stop there and maybe just quickly give me a good thing. I think you still, you give thanks for the, the snacks afterwards, if I recall correctly from my OK.
Our God and our Father, uh, we just do look up to thee and umm, we thank you that there are amazing God and that that wants to that they would even have a relationship with us and in these hymns that that that would come down and save sinners. Umm, and thou knowest our hearts, Lord, and thou knowest how wicked they are. And umm, but you have given us a new life, a life that only wants to please you and we just ask that.
It would help us in our walk to be dependent upon the, but to be more like Christ and to, umm, be able to see, umm, the way that he lived his life down here and that we would be able to emulate that. And that, uh, he knows what we go through, Umm, and to give us the strength. We realize that the, these, with these young people, that they've got a whole life in front of them, but, uh, that they would just pray that, uh, they would, umm, learn to be depending upon the first and foremost.
In all things. And so, father, we also do thank you for, umm, thy provisions and the, the meal that was, uh, provided for the, the snack that's gonna be provided. Umm, and just thank you once again for umm, all the brothers and sisters here that all the work that they do to, to be an encouragement, umm, and, and especially in these last days. So we pray all these things in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.