0311 順服「天上來的異象」
我故此沒有違背那從天上來的異象。《使徒行傳 26:19》
如果我們失去了神賜給我們「天上的異象」，只有我們該負責任，而不是神。我們失去了異象，是因為我們自己缺乏靈命成長。如果我們不把對神的信仰應用到日常生活的議題上，神給我們的異象就永遠不會實現。順服「天上的異象」唯一之道，就是將我們的極致，為了至高的主，為祂的榮耀，給出我們最好的。只有當我們下定決心不斷記住神的異象時才能實現竭誠為主。但嚴峻的考驗，是在我們日常生活的細節中對異象的順服，就是每分鐘六十秒，每小時六十分鐘，而不僅僅是在個人祈禱或公開聚會之時。
「雖然遲延，還要等候…」（哈巴谷書 2:3）。我們無法通過自己的努力使異象得以實現，而是必須在它的靈感下生活，直到它自己實現。我們試圖要實際，以至於忘記了異象。在一開始我們看到了異象，但沒有等待它，就急忙去做我們的實際工作，一旦異象實現了，我們甚至再也無法看到它。等待「遲延」的異象是我們忠於神的真正考驗。陷入實際忙碌的事工中，只會錯過異象的實現，這是我們靈魂福祉所處的風險。
要留意神的風暴，神栽種祂的聖徒唯一途徑就是通過祂的風暴旋風。你會被證明是個空豆莢，裡面沒有種子嗎？這將取決於你是否真的活在你所看到的異象之光中。讓神透過祂的風暴差遣你，直到祂這麼做之前，你不要有所行動。如果你選擇自己被栽種的地點，你將證明自己是沒有生產結果、空空的豆莢。然而，如果你讓神栽種你，你就會「結出許多果子」（約翰福音15:8）。
活在神給我們的異象中，並「在光明中行」，是至關重要的。（約翰一書 1:7）。
來自章伯斯的智慧
基督教會不應該是專家們的秘密社團，而應該是信耶穌的公開表現。《面對現實》
0311 Obedience to the “Heavenly Vision”
I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. —Acts 26:19
If we lose “the heavenly vision” God has given us, we alone are responsible— not God. We lose the vision because of our own lack of spiritual growth. If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled. The only way to be obedient to “the heavenly vision” is to give our utmost for His highest— our best for His glory. This can be accomplished only when we make a determination to continually remember God’s vision. But the acid test is obedience to the vision in the details of our everyday life— sixty seconds out of every minute, and sixty minutes out of every hour, not just during times of personal prayer or public meetings.
“Though it tarries, wait for it…” (Habakkuk 2:3). We cannot bring the vision to fulfillment through our own efforts, but must live under its inspiration until it fulfills itself. We try to be so practical that we forget the vision. At the very beginning we saw the vision but did not wait for it. We rushed off to do our practical work, and once the vision was fulfilled, we could no longer even see it. Waiting for a vision that “tarries” is the true test of our faithfulness to God. It is at the risk of our own soul’s welfare that we get caught up in practical busy-work, only to miss the fulfillment of the vision.
Watch for the storms of God. The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms. Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside? That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen. Let God send you out through His storm, and don’t go until He does. If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod. However, if you allow God to plant you, you will “bear much fruit” (John 15:8).
It is essential that we live and “walk in the light” of God’s vision for us (1 John 1:7).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The Christian Church should not be a secret society of specialists, but a public manifestation of believers in Jesus. –Facing Reality, 34 R