0502 等待異象的耐心
雖然遲延，還要等候….《哈巴谷書2:3》
耐心不等於冷漠；耐心傳達了一個人非常堅強並能夠承受所有攻擊的觀念。擁有神的異象是忍耐之源，因為它給我們神真實和適當的感動。摩西堅忍，不是因為他委身於他正確的原則，也不是因為他對神的責任感，而是因為他有神的異象， 「…他恆心忍耐，如同看見那不能看見的主。」（希伯來書11:27）。一個有神的異象的人並不是獻身於某個事業或任何特定的問題——他是獻身於神本身。你總是知道什麼時候異象是神的，因為隨之而來的靈感；事情偉大地降臨到你身上，並為你的生活增添活力，因為神使一切運轉。祂可能在靈性上給你一段時間，完全沒有來自祂自己的話語，就像祂的兒子在曠野受試探時所經歷的那樣。當神那樣做時，只要忍耐，忍耐的力量就在那裡，因為你看見了神。
「雖然遲延，還要等候。」我們擁有異象的證明，是我們正在努力追求的，比我們已抓住的更多。靈性自滿是一件不好之事。詩人說：「我拿什麼報答耶和華向我所賜的厚恩？我要舉起救恩的杯…」（詩篇 116:12-13）。我們很容易在自己內心尋找滿足感，說：「現在我得到了！現在我已經完全成聖了。現在我能忍耐了。」瞬間我們立刻就走上了毀滅之路。我們追求的必須超越我們所把握的。保羅說：「這並不是說我已經得着了，已經完全了；我乃是竭力追求…」（腓立比書3:12）。如果我們只有我們所經歷過的，我們就一無所有。但如果我們有神的異象的靈感，我們有的就超過我們能經歷的。要當心靈性懈怠的危險。
來自章伯斯的智慧
我是越來越愛神是個聖潔的神，還是愛這樣概念的一個和藹可親的存在，祂說：「哦，好吧，罪並不重要？」《真的門徒》
0502 The Patience To Wait for the Vision
Though it tarries, wait for it… —Habakkuk 2:3
Patience is not the same as indifference; patience conveys the idea of someone who is tremendously strong and able to withstand all assaults. Having the vision of God is the source of patience because it gives us God’s true and proper inspiration. Moses endured, not because of his devotion to his principles of what was right, nor because of his sense of duty to God, but because he had a vision of God. “…he endured as seeing Him who is invisible” (Hebrews 11:27). A person who has the vision of God is not devoted to a cause or to any particular issue— he is devoted to God Himself. You always know when the vision is of God because of the inspiration that comes with it. Things come to you with greatness and add vitality to your life because everything is energized by God. He may give you a time spiritually, with no word from Himself at all, just as His Son experienced during His time of temptation in the wilderness. When God does that, simply endure, and the power to endure will be there because you see God.
“Though it tarries, wait for it….” The proof that we have the vision is that we are reaching out for more than we have already grasped. It is a bad thing to be satisfied spiritually. The psalmist said, “What shall I render to the Lord…? I will take up the cup of salvation…” (Psalm 116:12-13). We are apt to look for satisfaction within ourselves and say, “Now I’ve got it! Now I am completely sanctified. Now I can endure.” Instantly we are on the road to ruin. Our reach must exceed our grasp. Paul said, “Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on…” (Philippians 3:12). If we have only what we have experienced, we have nothing. But if we have the inspiration of the vision of God, we have more than we can experience. Beware of the danger of spiritual relaxation.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Am I becoming more and more in love with God as a holy God, or with the conception of an amiable Being who says, “Oh well, sin doesn’t matter much”? —Disciples Indeed, 389 L