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).

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異象

我沒有違背那從天上來的異象。 （徒二十六19）

我們若失了異象，必須單獨承擔責任。失去異象的原因，就是靈性上出現問題。我們對神的信仰，若不付諸實踐的話，神賜的異象就會消失。要不違背從天上來的異象，唯一的途徑是為神傾盡所有，並且不住地、堅持地重溫那異象。考驗是每分鐘裡的六十秒，每小時裡的六十分鐘，而不單是祈禱或培靈會裡的事。

[雖然遲延，還要等候。 ]我們不可能憑自己實現異象，乃是要活在那異象的感動裡，直到實現出來。有時我們太現實化了，以致忘記了那異象。起初，我們看見異象，卻不等候，往往一沖而出去做；當異象實現，我們又看不見。異象的等候，是考驗我們對神的忠心。若只一味專注在實際的工作上，錯失了異象的實現，對靈命的造益來說，是大有損害的。

要注意神的旋風，神把聖徒散播出去，唯一的方法是用他的旋風。你最終是否是一條空的豆莢？就在乎你是否真的行在神的亮光中。讓神把你散播出去，他不行動，你不要擅自出去。你若選擇自己喜歡的地土，必長成空豆莢。若神把你散播出去，就結出果子來。

祈禱◆主啊，求你向我們的生命張口，向我們個人吹出你使生命再造並令人振奮的氣息，驅除我們的疾病。