Day 18 : 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary
第十八天：10月20日(四)
今天，神再次提醒我何谓“新事”：
“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～
这些年来，我们常在祷告会或聚会时信心满满宣告神会赐福我们超过所求所想，然后情绪高昂喊“阿们！”，很开心满足的回家去。
可是，日复一日、年复一年，一切如常。。。
结果很多人困惑埋心中，有一些依然所谓的“单纯”或“盲目”相信，有一些就干脆信心软弱，不再相信。。。
可是，我每次有感动带领人这样子宣告和祷告时，我的确是很确定会发生，而且知道那感动是来自神，不是搞气氛或煽动情绪！所以，我也很期待看到那些应许成就在大家身上，尤其是那些很需要在生活和经济上突破的人。。。
有时候，我也会问神，你所讲的超过所求所想的事到底是什么啊？几时会来到？
所以，神今天就提醒我几年前听过一位牧师讲的道，他讲了一句话让我印象深刻，我也在教会分享过，即：
“一直反复做同样一件事情，却期待看到不同的效果，是疯狂的！”
很多人期待经济大突破，可是还是一贯做同样的工作、职位或者什么的，当然那不会有改变啊！那也不是什么“新事”！
当然我们也不能说，因此每个人应当换工作或事业，或换个生意做等等，因为只有少数的人能这样做，而且也不完全实际！
那该怎么办呢？
这就是神的启示：
我相信心态得神喜悦的，时候一到，神若不是带领他们到新的领域或机会，就是留在原位有其它不会骚扰到他们份内工作的，从外面来的祝福来到。
就以我自己为例，突然在某处可能我的专辑莫名其妙被注意，而开始触摸到更多人，出版数量增加；或教会收到自己教会以外意想不到的奉献等等。。。
所以，我们灵里一定要敏锐，要会洞察神的机会来到。。。
Day 18 : Oct 20th (Thur)
Today, God reminded me again what a “new thing” means:
“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~
All these years, we often declared with much faith, in the prayer meetings or other meetings that God would bless us beyond what we asked for or imagined, then with highly charged emotion shouted “Amen!”, and went home with much gladness and satisfaction.
But then, day after day, year after year, everything remains the same…
As a result, many people keep their perplexity in their hearts, some continue to believe “innocently” or “blindly”, what is worse, some are stumbled and become weak in their faith and no longer believe…
But, each time when I felt led to lead people with such declaration and prayer, I was very certain it would happen, and knew that prompting was from God, I was not trying to stir up the atmosphere or people’s emotions! So, I was also very expectant to see those promises accomplished on everyone, especially those who desperately needed a breakthrough in their living or finances…
Sometimes I would ask God, what are the things that You referred to that are “beyond what we can asked for or imagined”? When will they arrive?
Therefore, today God reminded me on something I heard from a pastor a few years’ back, he said something that left a deep impression in my heart, I had shared this in church before as well, that is:
“It is insanity to keep repeating the same thing and expecting a different result!”
Many people expect a breakthrough in their finances but they are still doing exactly the same job, in the same position etc, then of course nothing will change!And that is also NOT a “new thing”!
But of course we cannot say everyone must therefore change to a new job or career, start a new business etc because only the minority are able to do that, and it is not entirely practical to do so too!
Then how?
This is God’s revelation:
I believe people with God-pleasing attitudes, when the time comes, either God will lead them into a new territory or opportunity, or they will remain at the same place and without affecting their responsibility and commitment to their job, extra blessings come to them from outside!
To use myself as an example, perhaps suddenly somewhere my albums are being noticed and begin to touch more lives, so publication increases; or our church receives donations and offerings suddenly from outside unexpected sources etc…
Therefore, we must be sensitive in our spirit to discern the coming of God’s opportunities…