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2012 禁食日记 – 第十二天:“神开始的” 2012 Fasting Diary – Day 12: “God started it”

 

 

第十二天(18/08/12)

我们之所以会悔改信主是圣灵的感动与工作,我们都是神手中的工作。上帝拣选我们的时候,他已知道我们的背景、过去、软弱和未来,然而他还选择在我们身上动工。。。

我知道自己的诸多软弱,多少次的不顺服和让上帝难过,我对自己没把握,更不懂上帝为何拣选我。
但我更知道上帝的伟大与全能,也知道没有什么能够难倒他,慈悲怜悯的他也绝对不会半途而废;所以纵然我对自己缺乏把握,我对我的神有绝对的把握和信任,晓得他一定完成他所开始的工作。

我深信那在你们心里动了善工的必成全这工,直到耶稣基督的日子。”
~ 腓立比书 1:6 ~

Day 12 (18/08/12)

That we would repent and believe in the Lord is really the conviction and work of the Holy Spirit, we are all work in God’s hand. When God chose us, He already knew our background, past, weaknesses and future, yet He chose to work on us…

I know my own many weaknesses, the number of times I was being disobedient and when I hurt God, I have no confidence in myself, and even more so, I do not understand why God would want to choose me.
But one thing I know even better is God’s greatness and almighty power, and I know nothing is too difficult for Him, and our kind and merciful God will never stop His work halfway undone. Therefore, no matter how I lack confidence in myself, I have full confidence and trust in my God that He will accomplish what He has started to do.

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
~ Philippians 1:6 ~

全国40天禁食:第九天 National 40-day Fast : Day 9

 

 第九天(15/08/12)

我们如果真的很喜欢、很爱、很在乎一个人,我们很自然的就会很喜欢跟他在一起,争取时间跟他见面,跟他一起聊天,喜欢听他说话;做什么、去哪里,都会喜欢有他在身边,不是吗?

我们对耶稣是这样吗?我们祷告、赞美敬拜、来教会、读圣经等等,只都是执行“基督教”信仰的任务,还是因为我们真的很在乎主、纯粹是因为喜欢和他在一起。。。?我们跟上帝到底有没有很真实的感情?求主怜悯。。。

耶稣再怎么累、怎么忙,他也会亲近父,我想不是为了求祝福、求恩膏,或执行宗教任务,只是因为他跟天父有很真实的爱的关系。。。

散了众人以后,他就独自上山去祷告。到了晚上,只有他一人在那里。”
~ 太 14:23 ~

Day 9 (15/08/12)

If we really do like, love or feel for someone, then very naturally we would love to be with that person, find time to spend with him, to talk with him and to listen to him talk; whatever we do or wherever we go, we would love to have that person beside us, is that not so?

Is that the way we are towards Jesus? Do we pray, praise, worship, come to church, read the Bible etc just to execute our “Christian” duties, or are we really concerned about spending time with Him, and just because we like to be with Him…? Do we really have a real relationship with God? May God have mercy…

No matter how tired or busy He was, Jesus would always come near to the Father, I think not because of wanting blessings or anointing, or to fulfill His religious responsibilities, but all because He has a very real loving relationship with the Father…

“After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone”
~ Matthew 14:23 ~

禁食之后感想:“奢侈”。。。 Thoughts After Fasting : “Luxury”…

 

其实禁食,特别是长时间的禁食,并不是一件想要做就能做的事;其实我相信,按肉体来想,没有人会喜欢禁食的。
这一次,在神还没感动我和给我力量禁食40天之前,我无法想象那40天毫无食物的日子,甚至会“怕”上帝会不会再感动我禁食40天。。。
可是时间一到,这些顾虑都是多余的!不知不觉40天早已过去了,我们也已恢复正常的饮食生活。

Actually fasting, especially long period of fasting, is not something you can just do it when you think you want to do it. In fact I believe, by our flesh, nobody likes to fast.
This time, before God convicted me and gave me the strength to fast for 40 days, I could not imagine at all without food for 4o days, and actually I was also kind of “afraid” as to wheher God would convict me to fast for 40 days again…
But when the time came, all these concerns were really unnecessary! Without realizing, 40 days have already gone by, and we have also resumed our normal eating and drinking lifestyle.

 

我们这一次采取逐渐性的禁法,前面29天还可以喝汤和果汁,最后11天只喝白开水,但很多人过不了最后11天白开水的那一关。。。
就连我自己,最后3天才真正全然白开水,前面几天白开水里偶尔还会加一点葡萄糖补充体力。

This time we took the gradual fast approach, we were still taking soup and juice in the beginning 29 days, only the last 11 days did we take plain water only, but many failed the plain water only for 11 days test…
Even I myself, I only took totally plain water in the last 3 days as I still added some glucose into my water before that to give me some energy.

有时候我们禁食采取只吃素的禁法,就只吃蔬菜和水果,那时就会发现原来吃惯了的肉是何等奢侈。。。
然后我们有时候采取,不只吃素,也禁淀粉之类的食物如:饭、面类、蛋糕和面包等,那时就发现淀粉类食物真是何等奢侈。。。
若全禁食物,就发现蔬菜和水果何等奢侈。。。
只可喝白开水时,又发现汤啦、热饮啦、果汁啦,都是何等奢侈。。。

Sometimes for fasting, we take the vegetarian fast, eating only fruit ad vegetables, during such a time, we would realize the meat we are so used to is such a luxury…
Then sometimes we not only go vegetarian, we stop eating starchy food too like rice, noodles, cakes and bread etc, in times like those, we would realize starchy food is such a luxury…
If we fast all food totally, we would realize fruit and vegetables are such luxury items…
When it is only drinking plain water, we would discover soup, hot drinks and fruit juice are so luxurious…

所谓”奢侈“,是指那些对我们原本很平常的食物饮料,变成我们“得不到”的东西。。。
原来禁食能够让你发现,我们其实是活在何等蒙福及”奢侈“的生活当中啊!我们的“饿”是出于自己自愿的选择,时间过了,马上又可以恢复与享受我们“奢侈”的生活;可是这世界有多少人却是毫无选择的日复一日、年复一年的肚子,毫无终止。。。原来在很多地方,一杯干净的白开水何尝也不是何等奢侈吗?

主啊,让我们不再抱怨生活困苦,让我们学习感恩及享受你给我们的一切。。。

“并且人人吃喝,在他一切劳碌中享福。这也是神的恩赐。”
~ 传道书3:13 ~

The so-called “luxury” is referring to food and drinks that are so ordinary to us normally becoming something we cannot get…
Fasting can indeed make you realize, we are actually living in such a luxurious and blessed life! Our “hunger” is our own voluntary choice, and when the time has passed, we can immediately return to and enjoy our “luxurious” lifestyle, where as there are so many people in this world who do not have a choice but are hungry day after day and year after year without ending… In actual fact, in many places, a glass of clean water is also very luxurious to them!

O lord, help us not to complain about life being tough again, teach us to be grateful and to enjoy all that You have given us…

“That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.”
~ Ecclesiastes 3:13 ~