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2012 禁食日记 – 第30天: “羡慕” 2012 Fasting Diary – Day 30: “Envious”

 

第三十天(05/09/12)

“耶和华与约瑟同在。。。”(创39:2,21)
这几乎可称为约瑟一生的座右铭,的确无论约瑟去哪里、在哪里、做什么,“耶和华都与约瑟同在”。耶和华都帮助他,赐福他,让他在对的人眼前蒙恩,虽然一些妒忌他的人视他为仇敌而加害与他。

如此的生命 - 常有神的同在与恩宠,是多少人的羡慕和渴望。。。那是因为我们只看到他的地位,祝福和成功等等,但有多少人会羡慕那弃绝、伤害、为奴生活、诬告、坐牢等等。。。?

很显然的,耶和华会与约瑟同在是因为他美好的态度、灵性,和正确反应;加上他在任何逆境中都时刻信赖及仰望耶和华。所以,在我们还没羡慕与期望耶和华也常与我们同在如同与约瑟同在之前,让我们先看看我们自己的心和态度,也审查我们对日常生活状况与考验的反应。。。

 

Day 30 (05/09/12)

“The Lord was with Joseph…” (Gen 39:2,21)
This can almost be called Joseph’s life motto, indeed “The Lord was with Joseph” wherever Joseph went or was or whatever he did. The Lord just helped him and blessed him and he would find favour with all the right people, despite being an “enemy” and under the attack of of those who were jealous of him.

Such a life – to have the presence of the Lord and His favour, would be the envy and desire of all… that is because we only see the status, blessings and successes etc, but how many would be envious of the rejection and hurts and slavery and wrongful accusation and imprisonment etc…?

It is obvious the Lord was always with Joseph because of his good attitude, spirit, and correct reactions; also his constant trust and fixing his eyes on the Lord despite all adverse situations. So before we feel envious and start wishing the Lord would be with us always like the way He was with Joseph, let us first look at our own heart and attitude and examine how we react to our everyday situations and trials…

2012 禁食日记 – 第29天: “还是谦卑” 2012 Fasting Diary – Day 29: “Humility still”

 

第二十九天(04/09/12)

谦卑单纯的心是要持续保守的,随着年日的增加,我们很容易让自己的经历、学问等等取代原本孩子般的单纯。另外一个更平常的问题是,我们常持有自己的认为和想法,而无法接受真理的圣灵的启示,或者我们以自己的想法限制了神的作为。这些其实会形成我们自己建立的“宗教”,而使我们失去很多奇妙的经历和福份。

元帅乃缦这一边会谦卑相信为奴小女孩的话,但另一边却无法接受小女孩所介绍的先知的话,当他以自己的观念拒绝先知所说的而愤怒离开时,他却又听从仆人的劝告照着先知所说的去做,结果他真的痊愈了!

可见持续的谦卑何等重要。除此之外,身边的人也很重要,身边的人的态度和信心也可以影响我们做对或错的事情,当然也因此间接影响我们的福份。

10 以利沙打发一个使者对乃缦说:“你去在约旦河中沐浴七回,你的肉就必复原,而得洁净。” 11 乃缦却发怒走了,说:“我想他必定出来见我,站着求告耶和华他神的名,在患处以上摇手,治好这大麻风。 12 大马士革的河亚罢拿和法珥法岂不比以色列的一切水更好吗?我在那里沐浴不得洁净吗?”于是气愤愤地转身去了。 13 他的仆人进前来,对他说:“我父啊,先知若吩咐你做一件大事,你岂不做吗?何况说你去沐浴而得洁净呢?” 14 于是乃缦下去,照着神人的话,在约旦河里沐浴七回。他的肉复原,好像小孩子的肉,他就洁净了。”

~ 王下 5:10-14 ~

Day 29 (04/09/12)

A heart of simplicity and humility must be maintained, as years go by, we can easily allow our experiences , knowledge etc to take over our child-like simplicity. Another even more common problem is: we tend to hold on to our own opinions and thinking till we cannot accept the revelations of the Spirit of Truth, or we may limit the work of God with our own thinking. All these can actually result in the formation of our own “religion”, and cause us to lose a lot of amazing experiences and blessings.

The Commander Naaman on one side could humbly believe in the young slave girl’s words, but on the other side he could not accept the words of the prophet the girl introduced. When he rejected what the prophet said with his own thinking and left angrily, he however listened to his servants’ advice to just do as the prophet had said. As a result, he was really healed!

So we see continued humility is so important. Apart from this, our companions are also very important, the attitude and faith of the people around us can influence us to do the right or the wrong thing, and of course therefore indirectly affect our blessings.

10 Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.”11 But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than any of the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage.13 Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” 14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.”
~ 2 Kings 5:10-14 ~

2012 禁食日记 – 第28天: “谦卑” 2012 Fasting Diary – Day 28: “Humility”

 

 

第二十八天(03/09/12)

当人跟我们分享神的话时,我们是否会看着对方的身份、地位、学历等而决定听从不听从?有些人身份地位可能低于我们,但他们与神的关系、对神的信心,与对神的话语的认识和体会,是很值得我们尊敬和听从的。

昨天我们看到那为奴小女子勇于把自己所相信的真神分享给尊贵的元帅听,至于元帅听不听、信不信又是另外一回事。
病重的人也不见得谁的话都听,更何况是从比你更卑贱的人口中出来的话。然而,元帅选择相信这为奴小女子的话,这何尝不是一个谦卑?何尝不是单纯的相信?而这单纯的信也的确救了他自己一命。

很多时候,对神的话单纯一点、谦卑一点、信靠一点,最终蒙福的还是自己本身。。。

乃缦进去,告诉他主人说:“以色列国的女子如此如此说。” 亚兰王说:“你可以去,我也达信于以色列王。”。。。”
~ 王下 5:4-5 ~

Day 28 (03/09/12)

When someone shares the word of God with us, would we look at their status, position and academic background etc, before we decide whether to listen or not? Some people’s status and position might be lower than ours, but their relationship with God, faith in Him and their knowledge and experiences with God’s Word really deserve our respect and listening to.

Yesterday we saw how that young slave girl was so bold in sharing her faith in her true God with the honourable commander of the army, as for whether or not the commander was going to listen or believe was another matter.
People who are seriously ill may not necessarily just listen to anyone’s advice too, what more to say from the mouth of someone much lower in status than you are. However, the commander chose to believe in the words of this slave girl, this was also a kind of humility, and a kind of simplicity of faith. And this simplicity indeed saved his own life too.

Many times, a little simpler, a little more humble, and a little more trusting in God’s Word, would ultimately bring blessings to our own selves…

“4 Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said. “By all means, go,” the king of Aram replied. “I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”…”
~ 2 Kings 5:4-5 ~