0216 靈性主動性的激勵
從死里復活！《以弗所書 5:14》
並非所有的主動性、邁出第一步的意願，都是神所激勵的。有人可能會對你說：「起來並採取行動！【抓住你的猶豫，將其拋入海中】要決心面對你的不情願，棄絕不情願——就做需要做的！」這就是我們所說的普通人的主動性。但當神的靈臨到我們，實際上說：「起來並採取行動」，我們突然發現主動性受到了激勵。
年輕時我們都有很多夢想和志向，但遲早我們會意識到我們無力去實現它們。我們無法做我們渴望做的事情，所以我們傾向是認為我們的夢想和志向已經死了。但神來對我們說：「從死里復活」。當神賜下祂的靈感時，它會帶着如此神奇的力量降臨到我們身上，使我們能夠「從死里復活」並做不可能的事情。靈性主動性的非凡之處，是在我們「起來並採取行動」之後，生命和力量就來了。神並沒有賜給我們得勝的生命——在我們得勝的時候，祂賜給我們生命。當神的靈感來臨時，祂說：「從死里復活」，我們就必須起來，神不會高舉我們。我們的主對枯手的人說：「伸出手來」（馬太福音 12:13）。當那人一伸出手來，他的手就痊癒了；但他必須採取主動。如果我們會主動去克服，我們就會發現我們有神的激勵，因為神立刻就賜給我們生命的力量。
來自章伯斯的智慧
耶穌基督總是不屈服於我對自己權利的要求。我們的主關於門徒訓練的所有教導中，唯一一個必要要素就是捨棄、沒有計算、沒有任何自我利益的痕迹。《真的門徒》
0216 The Inspiration of Spiritual Initiative
Arise from the dead… —Ephesians 5:14
Not all initiative, the willingness to take the first step, is inspired by God. Someone may say to you, “Get up and get going! Take your reluctance by the throat and throw it overboard— just do what needs to be done!” That is what we mean by ordinary human initiative. But when the Spirit of God comes to us and says, in effect, “Get up and get going,” suddenly we find that the initiative is inspired.
We all have many dreams and aspirations when we are young, but sooner or later we realize we have no power to accomplish them. We cannot do the things we long to do, so our tendency is to think of our dreams and aspirations as dead. But God comes and says to us, “Arise from the dead….” When God sends His inspiration, it comes to us with such miraculous power that we are able to “arise from the dead” and do the impossible. The remarkable thing about spiritual initiative is that the life and power comes after we “get up and get going.” God does not give us overcoming life— He gives us life as we overcome. When the inspiration of God comes, and He says, “Arise from the dead…,” we have to get ourselves up; God will not lift us up. Our Lord said to the man with the withered hand, “Stretch out your hand” (Matthew 12:13). As soon as the man did so, his hand was healed. But he had to take the initiative. If we will take the initiative to overcome, we will find that we have the inspiration of God, because He immediately gives us the power of life.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Jesus Christ is always unyielding to my claim to my right to myself. The one essential element in all our Lord’s teaching about discipleship is abandon, no calculation, no trace of self-interest.–Disciples Indeed