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Day 39 : 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary (再被提醒Kairos / Reminder of Kairos Once Again)

第三十九天:11月10日(四)

今天读传道书三章,再被提醒上帝的确有特定时候成就某些事情。当然我们都知道每天都充满神的恩典和赐福,但有些东西是季节性,和要看属灵气候的,那就是“kairos”的意思,那上帝特定的时刻,为成就或赐下某件事。

我们相信这一次的40天禁食是神带领我们进去的kairos,我们也相信最后一天(11月11日)的通宵祷告,也是上帝的kairos,而且他也已启示他将要赐给我们超过所求所想!阿们!

“3:1 凡 事 都 有 定 期 , 天 下 万 务 都 有 定 时 。
3:11 神 造 万 物 , 各 按 其 时 成 为 美 好 。 又 将 永 生 安 置 在 世 人 心 里 。 ( 永 生 原 文 作 永 远 ) 然 而 神 从 始 至 终 的 作 为 , 人 不 能 叁 透 。”
~ 传道书 ~

既然晓得凡事都有定时,然后神的话又说“人不能参透”;那我们该如何回应?
我们就当祷告有敏锐的灵,会探测神的时间,求他圣灵引领我们走进他的时刻,与浸在其中。。。

 

Day 39 : Nov 10th (Thur)

Read Ecclesiastes 3 today and once again reminded that God indeed has His special timing for certain things. Of course we know that everyday is full of God’s grace and blessings, but certain things are seasonal, and need to watch for the spiritual climate. That is the meaning of “kairos”, that is God’s special appointed time to accomplish or send down certain things.

We believe the 40-day fast we have this time is God guiding us into His kairos, and we also believe the watch-night prayer on the final day (Nov 11) is also God’s kairos. And He has already revealed to us too that He is going to give us things that are beyond what we ask and can imagine! Amen!

“3:1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”
~ Ecclesiastes ~

Since we know there is a time for everything, then the word of God also says “no one can fathom”; then how shall we respond?
We then must pray for spiritual sensitivity, to discern God’s timing, and ask that His Holy Spirit will lead us into His timing and be immersed in it…

Day 38 : 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary (发财的理由与途径 / Reason and way of becoming rich)

 

 

第三十八天:11月9日(三)

谁不想发财?谁不想做有钱人?
只要不要得罪神,不用犯罪手段得着的钱财,发财或有钱并没什么不可以,甚至会有许多好处,也是神许可!
但得着财富,随之而来的可能是很多压力,或未必会享受或快乐,尤其是靠自己力量得来的财富。唯有“耶和华所赐的福,使人富足,并不加上忧虑。”(箴言10:22)

但如何才能得着这耶和华所赐的福呢?当然圣经里有好一些明显原则,但今天跟你们分享哥林多后书9章:

“9:6 少 种 的 少 收 , 多 种 的 多 收 。 这 话 是 真 的 。
9:7 各 人 要 随 本 心 所 酌 定 的 。 不 要 作 难 , 不 要 勉 强 , 因 为 捐 得 乐 意 的 人 , 是 神 所 喜 爱 的 。
9:8 神 能 将 各 样 的 恩 惠 , 多 多 的 加 给 你 们 。 使 你 们 凡 事 常 常 充 足 , 能 行 各 样 的 善 事 。
9:9 如 经 上 所 记 , 他 施 舍 钱 财 , 周 济 贫 穷 。 他 的 仁 义 存 到 永 远 。
9:10 那 赐 种 给 撒 种 的 , 赐 粮 给 人 吃 的 , 必 多 多 加 给 你 们 种 地 的 种 子 , 又 增 添 你 们 仁 义 的 果 子 。
9:11 叫 你 们 凡 事 富 足 , 可 以 多 多 施 舍 , 就 藉 着 我 们 使 感 谢 归 于 神 。”

1)我相信在神眼中,多种或少种不在于你给的数目的大小,乃在于相比之下你保留给自己的有多少,或看你给出去的与你的收入或所拥有的比率。

2)神喜悦祝福和帮助人的心胸,而且是带着喜乐去做,不是勉强,也没有其它动机,甚至没有想到自己蒙福。

3)非常重要的是,你的善行最终带来人把感谢和荣耀归给神!

以上三点乃神要赐福给你,使你凡事富足的原则。

 

Day 38 : Nov 9th (Wed)

Who does not want to be prosperous? Who does not want to be a rich person?
As long as you do not sin against God or use sinful methods to get your money, there is nothing wrong to be rich, in fact there can be many advantages, and it is something God approves too!
But when you become rich, what comes along might be a lot of stress and pressure, especially wealth gotten through your own strength. But “the blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.” ( Proverbs 10:22 )

But how can we receive this blessing of the Lord? Of course there are many principles in the Bible, today I will share with you 2 Corinthians 9:

“6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
9 As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.”
10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.”

1) I believe in God’s eyes, sowing sparingly or generously is not dependent on the figure or amount you give but rather how much you keep for yourself in comparison, or in proportion of your giving with your income or how much you own.

2) God loves a heart that loves to bless and help others, and doing it with joy, not out of compulsion, and without any other motive, not even thinking of getting blessed for oneself.

3) Very importantly, your good deeds will cause people to give thanks and glory to God ultimately!

The three points above are the principles of God’s blessing you and making you rich in every way.

 

Day 37: 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary (莫名的兴奋 / Inexplicable excitement)

 

 

第三十七天:11月8日(二)

该如何形容那种感觉?幼儿时在大年除夕期待初一的到来、年少时第一次要到海边度假的兴奋、与一群好友第一次到一个美丽的国家旅游、在机场等着思念已久的人。。。?
就是那种感觉吧,这几天内心里就有这种澎湃的感觉,现在亦是如此!

我也尝试问主说,我到底在兴奋什么?知道有好事情会发生,却不知是什么事!知道将得着我好喜欢的礼物,却又不知道那礼物是什么!带领中午祷告会的时候,终于有答案。。。

原来这答案只是回答我为什么我不知道自己在兴奋什么,而不是告诉我兴奋的是什么东西!
上帝说我不知道自己在兴奋什么,因为他要做的是一件“新事”,既然是“新”的,当然不存留在我记忆里,因此我不会知道那是什么东西。他也说他要做的是超越我所求所想的,那当然我也不会知道是什么。。。

“看哪!我要做一件新事,如今要发现,你们岂不知道吗?我必在旷野开道路,在沙漠开江河。”
~ 以赛亚书 43:19 ~

“神能照着运行在我们心里的大力,充充足足地成就一切,超过我们所求所想的。”
~ 以弗所书 3:20 ~

哇!这怎不叫人兴奋呢?
下午准备晚上要分享的“kairos”的信息时,心跳又开始加速了,所以我很确定这奇妙的事将要在11月11日我们结束禁食40天的通宵祷告时降临或开始!这心跳的感觉不仅让我联想以弗所3:20的“心里的大力”,我心里跳动的是否就是这“大力”。。。?

 

Day 37 : Nov 8th (Tue)

How shall I describe this feeling? Like childhood days anticipating the first day of Chinese New Year on New Year’s Eve, during my youth excited about going to the beach for a holiday for the first time, going to a beautiful country for a tour for the first time together with close friends, and waiting for someone you miss dearly at the airport…?
It is that kind of feeling, my heart has been stirring with this sensation past few days, even right now!

I also attempted to ask the Lord, what am I feeling excited about? I know something good is going to happen, but I do not what thing! I know I am going to receive a gift that I am going to love very much but I do not know what that gift is! While leading the noontime prayer session, I finally had the answer…

Actually this answer was only to answer me as to why I do not know what I am excited about, and not really telling me what the thing I am excited about exactly is!
God said I do not know what I am feeling excited about because he is going to do a “new thing”, and since it is “new”, it is of course not in my memory. Therefore I would not know what that thing is. He also said what he is going to do is beyond what I have ever asked or what I can imagine, then of course I would not know what that is…

“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.”
~ Isaiah 43:19 ~

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us”
~ Ephesians 3:20 ~

Wow! How can I not be excited if so?

This afternoon while preparing my “kairos” message to share at night, my heart began to beat faster again, so I know for certain this wonderful thing that is going to happen will descend or start during our watch-night prayer on November 11th as we conclude our 40-day fast! This unusual heart-beat caused me to recall the “power at work within us” in Eph 3:20, is it this “power” that is pumping in my heart…?