第二十七天（02/09/12)

有时候我们会因为自卑感，或轻看自己，或自哀自怜，而不敢荣耀神，或做该做的事；事实上，上帝非常愿意使用我们任何一个人，无论我们背景地位如何。当面对比我们更强大有势力的人时，我们要思想我们的神比任何人都大；当我们担心所讲的真理没有人会相信时，我们要知道神喜悦我们分享就足够了。

今天的经文提到的小女子，只不过是一位被掳到外邦为奴的无名小女子，她却没有对上帝苦毒或忘记神的伟大，反而对上帝信心坚定，也有勇气把福音传给国王的元帅，而救了元帅一命！在一般情况，我们往往会认为一个大元帅根本对一个小奴隶的劝告毫无兴趣，所以若我们是那奴隶，大概会闭口不言。。。

“亚兰王的元帅乃缦在他主人面前为尊为大，因耶和华曾借他使亚兰人得胜。他又是大能的勇士，只是长了大麻风。 ² 先前亚兰人成群地出去，从以色列国掳了一个小女子，这女子就服侍乃缦的妻。 ³ 她对主母说：“巴不得我主人去见撒马利亚的先知，必能治好他的大麻风。” ”
～ 王下 5:1-3 ～

Day 27 (02/09/12)

Sometimes due to our inferiority complex, or despising ourselves, or self-pity, we do not dare to glorify God or do what we ought to. In actual fact, God is very willing to use anyone regardless of your background and status. When facing people “greater” or more powerful than us, we must consider our God is bigger than anyone else; and when worrying about nobody listening to the Truth we are going to share, we must remember it is enough as long as God is pleased with what we are sharing.

The young girl the passage mentions today was no more than a nameless slave girl who was a captive in a foreign land. Despite that, she did not harbour bitterness toward God or forget God’s greatness, instead her faith was still firm and strong and she even had the boldness to share the good news with the king’s commander of the army and saved the commander’s life! In normal circumstances, we would tend to think a powerful commander would not be bothered with what a young slave girl had got to advise at all; so if were that slave girl, we would probably just keep our mouth shut…

“Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy.² Now bands from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. ³ She said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.””
~ 2 Kings 5:1-3 ~

第二十六天（01/09/12)

以斯帖原是在波斯帝国无地位、身份卑贱的“外族人”，却能神迹般成为王后。可是正当她享有荣华富贵的时候，她的本族以色列人却面对灭族的威胁。国王亚哈随鲁在历史记载是一个残暴无比的王，以斯帖是否要放弃她所有荣华富贵，违例冒死透露自己身份去向国王求情呢？

圣经记载以斯帖不只光是一位美貌王后，她可不是美貌懦弱，爱慕虚荣的弱质女流；当她看清楚神给她的地位的使命时，她宁可失去一切，包括失去生命也在所不惜，只为完成神托付在她身上的使命和呼召！

而我们呢？我们又曾或愿意为神的旨意摆上什么？

^“以斯帖就吩咐人回报末底改说： ¹⁶ “你当去招聚书珊城所有的犹大人，为我禁食三昼三夜，不吃不喝，我和我的宫女也要这样禁食，然后我违例进去见王。我若死就死吧！””
～ 斯4:15-16 ～

Day 26 (01/09/12)

Esther was a lowly insignificant “foreigner”in the Persian kingdom, but miraculously became the queen. However, while she was enjoying the luxury and pleasure of being a queen, her own people, the Israelites were facing extermination. King Xerxes (Ahasuerus) was recorded in history as a very cruel and merciless king, should Esther give up all her luxury defying the law to plead with the king revealing her identity and risking death as well?

The Bible shows us that Esther was not just a beautiful queen, she was not a weak and helpless beauty who was interested in luxury and vanity. When she saw clearly the mission God had for her in her position, she was willing to risk all including her life without regret, just to fulfill the mission and calling God had given her!

What about us? What have we ever offered up or are we willing to offer anything to accomplish the will of God?

“Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: ¹⁶ “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.””
~ Esther 4:15-16 ~

第二十五天（31/08/12)

上帝把每个人安置在这个世界，都有他的美意，他为每一个人都计划了美好前途，每个人都能够对这个世界有所贡献，不管你的背景如何，上帝都能把你兴起来，大大赐福和使用你。

然而问题是，很多时候当我们越发蒙福、有才华、财富、地位等等，我们就会太舒服而逐渐忘记我们的使命，太享受而忘记我们的呼召，以至于被提醒或教导时，还会找借口或不愿意。若是这样，神绝对能兴起别人来取代我们，我们因此就会失去神原本量给我们的天大福份。

所以，唯愿我们在蒙福的当儿，始终不要忘记我们的呼召，也一直保持愿意被神使用的心。

“¹³ 末底改托人回复以斯帖说：“你莫想在王宫里强过一切犹大人，得免这祸。 ¹⁴ 此时你若闭口不言，犹大人必从别处得解脱蒙拯救，你和你父家必致灭亡。焉知你得了王后的位分，不是为现今的机会吗？””
～ 斯 4:13-14 ～

 Day 25 (31/08/12)

God has a wonderful plan for everyone He places in this world, He has planned a wonderful future for everyone. Each of us can contribute something to this world no matter what your background is, God can raise you up, bless you greatly and use you.

However the problem is, many times when we start to grow in our blessings, talents, wealth, position etc, we tend to get too comfortable and slowly forget our mission, or begin to enjoy too much and forget our calling, to the extent that when we are reminded and taught, we would even look for excuses or are unwilling. If so, God can definitely raise up others to replace us, and we will therefore lose the heavenly blessing God has originally intended for us.

Therefore, may we not forget our calling in the midst of our blessings, and may we always maintain that willing heart to be used by God.

“¹³ he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. ¹⁴ For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?””
~ Esther 4:13-14 ~