Ep 540 - Top Gun Training For Young Leaders Part 1
Top Gun Training for Young Leaders 175-20-14-40-540 + Hitoe Hiraki’s Witnessing Testimony - April 18, 2022
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Did you watch True Mother’s activity yesterday? We had a longing heart to see our beautiful True Mother yesterday. The International Leaders were so happy to see our True Mother’s face. It was a really happy time.
Today I’d like to talk about “Top Gun training for young leaders” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
A Top Gun training program for second-generation leaders is essential at this time. All first-generation and second-generation educators must unite. We must become one and the tribes, peoples and nations must be united. We are living in an era of equality. No matter what position you may be holding now, your hearts should all be ready to unite. True Father worked hard in the United States for 34 years. This was because human civilization throughout the world was influenced by Christianity. In addition, the United States of America was founded based on the devout Christian spirit of the Puritans and the Pilgrim fathers who emphasized the worship of God. That is why Heaven supported them and built them up into a new nation. Today, the United States leads the world despite its short, 200-year history.
When the Pilgrims traveled to America, their ship lacked the technology we possess today. Just traveling across the Atlantic Ocean was a dangerous undertaking. Hence, you can imagine their hearts, risking their lives in order to find religious freedom on a new continent. Even though food ran low onboard the ship, the Pilgrims kept some seeds aside thinking of the future after they landed. Upon landing, the first thing they did was build a church where they could serve God and a school through which they could educate their descendants. It was only after they finished constructing these that they built their own houses. Heaven regarded their effort as very precious. The United States was supposed to embrace the world, but was falling into decline.
Hence, True Father went on a speaking tour of all 50 states in the early days of our church. In his speeches, he said he had come as a doctor because America had fallen sick. He said that America was on fire, as it suffered indescribable pain at losing many bright young people to drug abuse, and that he had therefore come as a firefighter. He focused his efforts on saving the United States. Why was True Father trying to save America? It was because he had come as the True Parents and had to embrace the world. In addition, the era to welcome the Messiah had been ushered in, but not one country was aware of this. We have to meet the Parents for whom we have awaited for 6,000 years, hear their teachings and unite with them. The United States was the nation that was prepared to play an intercessory role for the people of the world.
In 1975, True Father dispatched missionaries to the world from three nations including the United States and Europe, with the majority from Germany, and Japan. While dispatching missionaries, Father also chose members to be educated as leaders in the United States. He called them “Top Guns.” They were a special group, and received rigorous training. Those first Top Guns are in their 60s or 70s now. Some are even in their 80s. Unfortunately, the foundation of second-generation members who should carry on this tradition is weak. That is why I created the Top Gun training program. (2013.10.01, Cheon Jeong Gung)
True Mother said: “A Top Gun training program for second-generation leaders is essential at this time.”
“The United States of America was founded based on the devout Christian spirit of the Puritans and the Pilgrim fathers who emphasized the worship of God. That is why Heaven supported them and built them up into a new nation. Today, the United States leads the world despite its short, 200-year history.”
America has to return to its early days’ spirit of the Puritans and the Pilgrim father. And America, having been blessed by God, must embrace the world.
True Mother also said that if America only thinks about it’s own benefits first, the citizens and even young people will lose their vision, become sick and all die away. Only when young people are instilled with the vision to go out into the world can America survive. This is something our movement has to begin: to send out missionaries all across the world.
That is why we need to give incredible vision to our young people, to blessed children, to serve the world and all humankind. If we have that kind of great vision centered on God, I think God will surely bless North America and our second and third generation. They will be able to have a clear goal and vision.
True Mother said, “In 1975, True Father dispatched missionaries to the world from three nations including the United States and Europe, with the majority from Germany and Japan. While dispatching missionaries, Father also chose members to be educated as leaders in the United States. He called them “Top Guns.” They were a special group and received rigorous training. Those first Top Guns are in their 60s or 70s now. Some are even in their 80s. Unfortunately, the foundation of second-generation members who should carry on this tradition (now) is weak. That is why I created the Top Gun training program.”
We have to raise our GPA members and American youth to become leaders who serve the world. When we in North America have a vision for the world, our North America can truly come to life and great things will happen with the help of God and the spirit world.
That is why the Bible says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” What is the vision of North America and of our blessed children and young people? We need to know that we are the center of the world. We need to put God as the top priority and train ourself thoroughly. We need to send (our young people) to the whole world to love humankind as their own brothers and sisters. If everyone has such a world vision to serve all humankind, our life will be very powerful and meaningful. That is why we need to ask all our second generation and younger generation to really wake up -- not just our blessed children, but outside children. Let them wake up. (We need to guide them about) what the mission given them by Heavenly Parent and True Parents is.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 30 - God’s Third Blessing: Perfection of Dominion - Completion of Dominion and Life
Let us study Father’s word.
Victory’s Highest Honor
<109-138>Material objects too wish to submit to love, and want to be possessed through true love. Humanity today desires to become one in front of true love and desires to obey and surrender in front of true love. You must know that obeying love is more illuminating than the greatest victory. Do you understand? Obeying in front of real love is more beautiful than winning victory’s highest honor. Why is this so? Because it can subjugate the subject of love. It does not matter whether you are high or low.
These are very beautiful words.
In the face of true love, both God and the entire universe are absolutely obedient. In the world of true love, high or low status does not matter. They want each other to obey and be possessed by the other with joy.
This is my personal testimony.
When I receive the Blessing and love my wife, and love my grandchildren, (on) seeing that a desire to obey them with joy, and a desire to be possessed by them naturally wells up, I experience how great true love is!
In that sense, both material objects and human beings in this world wish to submit to true love and want to be possessed through true love. Even if God is the great king who created the universe, His original desire is to be possessed in front of the true love of man.
In that sense, in order to become true owners before all things, we must possess true love that enables all things to be possessed by humans.
True Father said that you must know that obeying love is more illuminating than the greatest victory.
You achieved a great victory? (As a result) maybe you can have a certain satisfaction. But your victory is for what? What world is the greatest world? That is the world of true love. (It is) more than the world of victory.
Obeying in front of real love, that is true love, is more beautiful than winning victory’s highest honor.
If You Move With A Loving Heart, Economic Problems Will Naturally Be Resolved
<109-205> If you struggle through a difficult economic base, and take a heart of living for the others, loving others from the lowest position, then economic problems will naturally be resolved. Do not worry about food. Do you understand? You do not need to worry about your sons and daughters. Heaven will provide you the food. If that is not the case, the object partner will go to ruin. You all take tithing from the position of priest in order to eat and live, don’t you? You lived like that. Members have to give not only tithing but you must be ready to give everything.
Father said: If you struggle through a difficult economic base, and (have) a heart of living for the sake of others, loving others from the lowest position, then economic problems will naturally be resolved.
This is because where there is love, material objects follow like a magnet. Therefore, before worrying about economic problems, I am asking you to reflect on how much you have become a person of true love.
True Father said: Do not worry about your children's economic problems. Heaven will provide you the food. Why am I concerned about Heaven’s concerns?
Why are you worried about God’s portion of responsibility? You need to worry about your own portion of responsibility. If I do God’s will, God will be responsible for the rest.
Just worry about how you will live for the will of God. Just worry first about how to give to others first.
If we put God and his will as our top priority, God will surely help me with the rest. He will surely be responsible for that. We truly need to believe in that and practice it. When we practice it, amazing, incredible blessing will come. First of all, we get rid of stress. We don’t have anything, any possessions. Sometimes we worry about the children’s future or the financial situation. Since we believe in God’s word and Jesus’ word, we are completely liberated from (such worries). Let’s unite with True Parents’ word.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Reason Why the Fire of Motivation from when I was First Resurrected Goes Out
1. When does the fire of my first motive when I was first resurrected go out? Since our lives are connected to our past lives, we become consumed with lingering attachments and have regrets and obsessions about the past, so we cannot move forward. Past habits, past blood lineage, and my past self always try to bother me in trying to live with new values centered on the Word. There will be temptations, such as “Can’t I just follow while continuing my habits I’ve had until now instead of trying to change myself anew?” You will be dragged by temptations “Rather than believing in the Word and going out anew, I’ll take care of the problems of what to eat, drink, and wear, and then I will believe.” Most believers must make their motives of faith as their first commandment and say “first, believe,” “all time and all external circumstances are secondary. First, let’s just believe.” However, this is not the case.
2.When I make my physical circumstances and wishes my first commandment, and then believe afterwards, that’s when problems arise. That is why my mind and body fight and bring up the problem of how to win. There are many believers who failed in that first fight. Through miracles and signs, the Israelites cheered and left with Moses, but when they became hungry, thirsty and went through hardships, thoughts of ‘There must be water. We must eat and go on’ entered their minds and going to Canaan became their second commandment. Then, they even began to think ‘Let’s catch quail, I want lamb meat, so let’s at least catch snake in the wilderness and eat it,” so a fiery serpent was sent among the people to bite them, and many of the people died.
3. Even we today put more importance on eating and living well and prioritize it, so there are many experiences of being consumed by worldly temptations. First, we must overcome such things. In all things, believing is the first commandment, and my entire life is the life of faith, the life of True Parents, and the life of True Parents’ wishes and circumstances. The whole sleeping, waking up, eating and coming and going is about living in the realm of True Parents’ commandment. Only then can you overcome.
Let’s explain (this in) more detail.
The Reason Why the Fire of Motivation from when I was First Resurrected Goes Out
1. This is because I am controlled by the reality of what to eat, drink, and wear rather than faith in God.
2. This is because I always think of reality as greater than faith.
> The problem is losing my first love because reality is my first commandment and faith is my second commandment.
> This is because I make my physical circumstances and wishes my first commandment, but fail to believe in God's Word is the second commandment.
Think about it. Why did we lose the fire of our first motivation when we joined the church? Because we put our reality as a top priority -- higher than faith. That is a problem. Why did the Israelis lose their first motivation? They were excited to leave Egypt. They saw so many miracles and were able to leave Egypt and finally were able to enter Canaan. But on the way they were very hungry and had no water, no food, no meat. Everyone started to complain. They did not believe in God. God can solve their problems, but they did not have faith. They put their own reality -- what to eat, what to drink, what to wear -- as their first commandment. Faith should have been the first commandment.
Believe in God, follow God, attend God, serve God -- (that) should be our first commandment. Why did we lose our faith, the fire of our (first) motivation, our first love? Because we put reality over faith. Our faith became our second commandment. Our physical circumstances became our first commandment. The first and second commandments are upside down. Then we start to be confused. We are controlled by reality all the time.
What do you think? Is your reality greater than your faith? Or is your faith greater than any kind of material desire? Do you have faith? If you have faith, you can overcome any reality. If you cannot overcome reality in front of the environmental influence of what to eat, what to drink, what to wear, how to get a house, how to make money, how to get a better job -- if (that is all greater) than (your) faith, then you will gradually lose your first love, the fire of (your first) motivation. Am I correct?
3. This is because past habits, past blood lineage, and past fallen nature bother me.
Fallen man always has his own habits, fallen habits, fallen blood lineage. (It is) easy (for him) to complain, easy to compromise, easy to relate… to reality. These kinds of things bother you so much, right?
4. This is because I am dominated by the present reality rather than believing in the Word and trying to take on a new challenge.
That is why even though you are inspired by God’s word and you join the church, you leave. And then (perhaps) come back after hearing Morning Devotion. “Right. I need to listen to that!” However, when you relate to your reality, you go back again to your past habits, past blood lineage, past fornication. You go back again.
Our life of faith needs a challenge because God is alive. God is a substantial reality.
(?)It is a good thing that God is an invisible God. They are more focused(?). They can see something.(?) Which one is more substantial in reality.(?) This is because God’s word and motivation of faith cannot be the first commandment (for them).
What is your first commandment? Faith or reality? If your first commandment is not faith, but reality, then your entire life will be suffering and struggle. You cannot find God. You cannot feel him.
5. This is because God's Word and the motive of faith cannot be the first commandment.
We need to understand this.
How to Get Over the Fire of the Motive I First Resurrected from Going Out
1. In all things, I need to put faith in God as the first commandment.
God is my first commandment no matter what. In any trial or ordeal, in any situation, God is No. 1 for me. God is not just a conceptual God. He is the No. 1 reality, so substantial, so real. That is why we need to put God as our first commandment.
2. Faith is an overcoming and a challenge.
But how can we overcome reality? Father said faith is (about) overcoming. Whenever you deal with reality, you can overcome. Why? Because God is alive. God is a living God. He is my father. I am a son of God. God is my sponsor. When I take care of God’s wishes, he will take care of my necessary things. That is why Father said faith is overcoming. Nothing is impossible in the name of God, in the name of Jesus, in the name of True Parents. Faith is overcoming.
You need to continuously challenge (yourself). Even though challenges come, (we receive) a higher goal, a higher vision, we need to challenge (ourself) and then overcome. How to overcome? If God is dead and the spiritual world does not exist, then there is no meaning in talking about overcoming. However, you need to believe that God is a living God.
3. I need to live a life of faith that challenges me with faith
A life of faith is challenging and overcoming, then facing a new level (of challenge) and overcoming. (In this way we) grow through the formation stage, growth stage and completion stage. Finally we need to reach the completion stage and become a man or woman of true love, a couple of true love, and true parents of true love. (We need to) challenge (ourself) and keep going regardless of persecution and trials(?). A life of faith is overcoming and challenging, overcoming and challenging, overcoming and challenging.
4. My entire life should be the life of faith, the life of True Parents, and the life of True Parents’ wishes and circumstances.
5. The whole sleeping, waking up, eating and coming and going should be the life in the realm of True Parents’ commandment.
As long as you put God and True Parents as the first commandment, I am telling you, your life will be very exciting. You will always be grateful. Sometimes dealing with reality(?) is not easy, but you always feel God’s existence, God helping you. Wow! Heavenly Father, you are my God, my savior, True Parents! Thank you! We can have such a beautiful living testimony!
Living Testimony: I’m a Living Testimony that Anything is Possible
Today, let's take the time to hear a living testimony of her witnessing through Hitoe Hiraki (Takayo’s older sister). She has 3 active spiritual children. Let’s welcome her. Thank you very much.
(Testimony of Hitoe Hiraki)♦
NOTE: This lightly edited transcription may contain errors and omissions. Indecipherable or uncertain words and guesses are tagged with a “(?)” and indecipherable phrases, with an ellipsis “ ...”. First, second and third person pronouns have been left as spoken if the meaning is clear, and other apparently Korean English expressions have been preserved. Some repeated phrases have been eliminated. This text and the powerpoint slides from this speech are available as pdf files at the top of this text and at text.morndev.com & yong.hoondok.com. Audio only is available at anchor.morndev.com, spotify.morndev.com & audio.morndev.com. Notes or transcripts of Dr. Yong’s Morning Devotion speeches from November 11, 2020 through January 2, 2022 are available as five paperback books at cost at Lulu.com/Shop -- search for Dr. Chung Sik Yong -- and as PDF downloads free of charge at MDBooks.Hoondok.com.♦