Eden Church

Key Summary

1. Park Jae-beom's MORE VISION launched the rookie boy group Longshot as a bold, communal project.
2. The story highlights risk, creative stewardship, and the long view required for success.
3. Scripture invites us to commit our work to the Lord and run the race with endurance.
4. Practical lessons: trust, mentorship, perseverance, and shared responsibility.
5. An invitation for the congregation to embrace faithful risk-taking and nurture one another.

1. A Modern Parable: From Career Shift to New Beginning

We begin with a contemporary scene: a producer and artist known as Park Jae-beom founded MORE VISION and, after seasons of success and change, introduced his label's first rookie boy group, Longshot. The debut showcase on January 13, 2026, becomes more than entertainment news — it reads like a modern parable about vocation, timing, and communal imagination. When a leader dares to change course, people notice; when that leader gathers others and invests in them, a community is born. Consider the steps he took:

• Recognizing a new calling beyond prior success.
• Building a team of skilled collaborators and mentors.
• Launching a visible project that invites public response.

The first step of faithful leadership is often a decision to begin again with humility and hope.

👉 Application: Reflect on one area where God may be calling you to begin again; name it and pray about a small first step this week.

2. Risk, Reputation, and the Theology of Starting Over

Park's story is not only about ambition; it is about the courage to risk reputation for a larger purpose. He left earlier roles, founded labels, and then launched MORE VISION — a move that carried uncertainty. Scripture does not promise safety for every faithful act, but it does teach wise dependence. Proverbs 16:3 calls believers to an oriented trust: "Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established." That does not remove difficulty, but it reorders our motives and our hope. Think practically:

1. Risk assessed: weigh gifts, resources, and community support.
2. Intentions shaped: is the project for personal gain or shared flourishing?
3. Dependence expressed: invite prayer and accountability before launch.

A faithful beginning trusts God with both outcome and motive.

👉 Application: Before any new venture, take one posture of surrender — write a short prayer committing that work to the Lord and share it with a friend for accountability.

3. Mentorship and Community: The Hidden Engine of Vision

More than a solo artist, Park gathered producers, dancers, and collaborators. The success of a debut depends on mentorship, craft, and shared sacrifice. The church likewise flourishes when seasoned believers invest in younger ones. Longshot’s launch teaches four quiet truths:

• Talent without formation fades; mentorship disciplines gifts.
• Teams multiply imagination; collaboration broadens responsibility.
• Leaders who step back create space for others to rise.
• Shared joy is sustainable joy.

God often works not through lone heroes but through communities that steward gifts together.

👉 Application: Identify one younger person you can mentor this year and set a simple first meeting to listen and encourage them.

4. The Long Race: Naming Patience as a Virtue

The group's name, Longshot, evokes an image many of us know: a venture with low odds but high hope. Hebrews 12:1 calls the church to run with endurance, removing what hinders and fixing our eyes on Jesus.

“Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” (Proverbs 16:3 ESV)

In living out a long vision, patience becomes active: continuing to practice, to improve, to forgive setbacks, to celebrate small wins. Consider these rhythms:

• Regular practice and discipline over long seasons.
• Measured evaluation without despair after early failures.
• Community celebration that sustains momentum.

Endurance is not passive waiting; it is faithful work pursued day by day with eyes lifted to God.

👉 Application: Choose one spiritual habit to maintain for the next 90 days and invite another believer to join you for mutual encouragement.

5. Stewardship, Humility, and an Invitation

Finally, the story invites us to consider stewardship. Launching a group like Longshot involves resources, reputation, and influence. As Christians we are called to steward gifts for God’s glory and neighbor’s good. That stewardship requires humility: success is a gift, failure a teacher. Practical steps include discernment about investments, clear motives, and welcoming accountability.

1. Assess resources: talents, time, relationships, finances.
2. Set public accountability for aims and outcomes.
3. Return praise to God and care for those who serve with you.

Wise stewardship trusts God with results and uses influence to lift others, not only oneself.

👉 Application: Where do you have influence to bless others this year? Make a concrete plan to use it humbly for someone else's growth.

Lord, grant us the courage to begin again when You call, the humility to learn from others, and the perseverance to run the long race of faithful service. Help us steward our gifts for the flourishing of our neighbor and the glory of Your name. Guide our plans as we commit them to You. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.