Who are You, Lord? —Acts 26:15
“The Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand . . .” (Isaiah 8:11). There is no escape when our Lord speaks. He always comes using His authority and taking hold of our understanding. Has the voice of God come to you directly? If it has, you cannot mistake the intimate insistence with which it has spoken to you. God speaks in the language you know best— not through your ears, but through your circumstances.
God has to destroy our determined confidence in our own convictions. We say, “I know that this is what I should do”-and suddenly the voice of God speaks in a way that overwhelms us by revealing the depths of our ignorance. We show our ignorance of Him in the very way we decide to serve Him. We serve Jesus in a spirit that is not His, and hurt Him by our defense of Him. We push His claims in the spirit of the devil; our words sound all right, but the spirit is that of an enemy. “He . . . rebuked them, and said, ’You do not know what manner of spirit you are of’ ” (Luke 9:55). The spirit of our Lord in His followers is described in 1 Corinthians 13.
Have I been persecuting Jesus by an eager determination to serve Him in my own way? If I feel I have done my duty, yet have hurt Him in the process, I can be sure that this was not my duty. My way will not be to foster a meek and quiet spirit, only the spirit of self-satisfaction. We presume that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord— “I delight to do Your will, O my God . . .” (Psalm 40:8).
人這樣無知實在難以置信！
主啊，你是誰？ （徒二十六15—）
[主如此強有力地對我說話。 ]我們的主一開口，我們再我可躲藏。他來的時候，總要抓住你。神的聲音沒有直接臨到你？若有，你對他的話裡的親切肯定，對他用你所熟悉的語句，必不至於認不出來。你不是用耳朵聽，乃是透過環境際遇去認出來。
神必須先破壞我們執著自信的主見。 [我曉得我該做什麼。 ]突然，神的聲音震撼我們，顯出我們是何等的無知。我們如何用己的方法來事奉主，正表現出自己的無知。我們事奉耶穌的心，與聖靈並不合一，因為沒有屬基督的靈。我們為他辯護，卻傷害了他；我們推尊他的主權，卻附從了魔鬼的邪靈。我們說的話沒有什麼不對，只是我們是敵耶穌的。 [他責備她們說，你們的心如何，你們並不知道。 ]哥林多前書十三章所說的，才是真正為主發言，因為是出自他的靈。
我有沒有以自己的方法，抱著滿腔熱誠，立志事奉主，然而卻逼迫了他？我若自以為盡了一己的任務，卻因此傷了主的心，那麼，那決不是我應該做的，因為這工作沒有使溫柔謙卑的靈，得以長進，反而帶來自滿自足。我們總以為凡是不討好的工作，就是自己的任務！這像不像我們主的表現？ [我的神啊，我樂意照你的旨意行。 ]
祈禱◆噢，主啊，我要稱頌你聲音的語調和能力，你的語調帶著溫柔和滿有恩典的愛，也帶有如自然界強風的能力。主啊，讓人在這地方聽聞你榮耀的聲音，亦讓我的靈得以聽見.
“The Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand . . .” (Isaiah 8:11). There is no escape when our Lord speaks. He always comes using His authority and taking hold of our understanding. Has the voice of God come to you directly? If it has, you cannot mistake the intimate insistence with which it has spoken to you. God speaks in the language you know best— not through your ears, but through your circumstances.
God has to destroy our determined confidence in our own convictions. We say, “I know that this is what I should do”-and suddenly the voice of God speaks in a way that overwhelms us by revealing the depths of our ignorance. We show our ignorance of Him in the very way we decide to serve Him. We serve Jesus in a spirit that is not His, and hurt Him by our defense of Him. We push His claims in the spirit of the devil; our words sound all right, but the spirit is that of an enemy. “He . . . rebuked them, and said, ’You do not know what manner of spirit you are of’ ” (Luke 9:55). The spirit of our Lord in His followers is described in 1 Corinthians 13.
Have I been persecuting Jesus by an eager determination to serve Him in my own way? If I feel I have done my duty, yet have hurt Him in the process, I can be sure that this was not my duty. My way will not be to foster a meek and quiet spirit, only the spirit of self-satisfaction. We presume that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord— “I delight to do Your will, O my God . . .” (Psalm 40:8).
人這樣無知實在難以置信！
主啊，你是誰？ （徒二十六15—）
[主如此強有力地對我說話。 ]我們的主一開口，我們再我可躲藏。他來的時候，總要抓住你。神的聲音沒有直接臨到你？若有，你對他的話裡的親切肯定，對他用你所熟悉的語句，必不至於認不出來。你不是用耳朵聽，乃是透過環境際遇去認出來。
神必須先破壞我們執著自信的主見。 [我曉得我該做什麼。 ]突然，神的聲音震撼我們，顯出我們是何等的無知。我們如何用己的方法來事奉主，正表現出自己的無知。我們事奉耶穌的心，與聖靈並不合一，因為沒有屬基督的靈。我們為他辯護，卻傷害了他；我們推尊他的主權，卻附從了魔鬼的邪靈。我們說的話沒有什麼不對，只是我們是敵耶穌的。 [他責備她們說，你們的心如何，你們並不知道。 ]哥林多前書十三章所說的，才是真正為主發言，因為是出自他的靈。
我有沒有以自己的方法，抱著滿腔熱誠，立志事奉主，然而卻逼迫了他？我若自以為盡了一己的任務，卻因此傷了主的心，那麼，那決不是我應該做的，因為這工作沒有使溫柔謙卑的靈，得以長進，反而帶來自滿自足。我們總以為凡是不討好的工作，就是自己的任務！這像不像我們主的表現？ [我的神啊，我樂意照你的旨意行。 ]
祈禱◆噢，主啊，我要稱頌你聲音的語調和能力，你的語調帶著溫柔和滿有恩典的愛，也帶有如自然界強風的能力。主啊，讓人在這地方聽聞你榮耀的聲音，亦讓我的靈得以聽見.
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