. . . so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus . . . —Acts 20:24
Joy comes from seeing the complete fulfillment of the specific purpose for which I was created and born again, not from successfully doing something of my own choosing. The joy our Lord experienced came from doing what the Father sent Him to do. And He says to us, “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you” (John 20:21). Have you received a ministry from the Lord? If so, you must be faithful to it— to consider your life valuable only for the purpose of fulfilling that ministry. Knowing that you have done what Jesus sent you to do, think how satisfying it will be to hear Him say to you, “Well done, good and faithful servant” (Matthew 25:21). We each have to find a niche in life, and spiritually we find it when we receive a ministry from the Lord. To do this we must have close fellowship with Jesus and must know Him as more than our personal Savior. And we must be willing to experience the full impact of Acts 9:16 — “I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake.”
“Do you love Me?” Then, “Feed My sheep” (John 21:17). He is not offering us a choice of how we can serve Him; He is asking for absolute loyalty to His commission, a faithfulness to what we discern when we are in the closest possible fellowship with God. If you have received a ministry from the Lord Jesus, you will know that the need is not the same as the call— the need is the opportunity to exercise the call. The call is to be faithful to the ministry you received when you were in true fellowship with Him. This does not imply that there is a whole series of differing ministries marked out for you. It does mean that you must be sensitive to what God has called you to do, and this may sometimes require ignoring demands for service in other areas.
祂真是主麼？
只要（[喜樂地]），英文譯本）行完我的路程，成就我從主耶穌所領受的職事。 （徒二十24）
喜樂的意思，是我能圓滿地完成被造和重生的目的，而不是因為成功地完成一件事。我們主的喜樂，就是在於遵行父神的旨意，他說：[我父怎樣差遣了我，我也照樣差遣你們。 ]我又從主接受職事麼？若有，我必須忠於所託，將生命的價值完全放在達成那使命上面。想想當主對你說：[好，你這又良善又忠心的僕人。 ]你會何等的心滿意足，因已完成主差你去做的事。我們必須尋找人生的崗位，在屬靈上說，就是尋找主託付你的是什麼。要達成所託，就必須與主同行；要更深認識他，不單是把他作為個人的救主。 [我也要指示他，為我的名必須受許多的枯。 ][你愛我麼？ ]然後，[你餵養我的羊。 ]事奉是不容你取捨的，只有絕對效忠於主；效忠於你最貼近神時所領受的。若你從耶穌接受了一項事奉，就會知道需要並不等於呼召，需要乃是機會，呼召則是忠於你與主相交時所領受的。這並不是說，從此有無數的事奉要劃分出來給你，而是你要撇開其他方面事奉的需求。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，懇求你繼續賜下力量和純真的喜樂。讓我的動機和心思，都能夠保持謙卑，不會自以為是優越的人。
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