Arise from the dead . . .—Ephesians 5:14
Not
all initiative, the willingness to take the first step, is inspired by
God. Someone may say to you, “Get up and get going! Take your reluctance
by the throat and throw it overboard—just do what needs to be done!”
That is what we mean by ordinary human initiative. But when the Spirit
of God comes to us and says, in effect, “Get up and get going,” suddenly
we find that the initiative is inspired.>
We all
have many dreams and aspirations when we are young, but sooner or later
we realize we have no power to accomplish them. We cannot do the things
we long to do, so our tendency is to think of our dreams and aspirations
as dead. But God comes and says to us, “Arise from the dead . . . .”
When God sends His inspiration, it comes to us with such miraculous
power that we are able to “arise from the dead” and do the impossible.
The remarkable thing about spiritual initiative is that the life and
power comes after we “get up and get going.” God does not give us
overcoming life—He gives us life as we overcome. When the inspiration of
God comes, and He says, “Arise from the dead . . . ,” we have to get
ourselves up; God will not lift us up. Our Lord said to the man with the
withered hand, “Stretch out your hand” (Matthew 12:13).
As soon as the man did so, his hand was healed. But he had to take the
initiative. If we will take the initiative to overcome, we will find
that we have the inspiration of God, because He immediately gives us the
power of life.
屬靈推動力的發源
當醒過來，從死裡復活。 （弗五14）
並非所有推動力都是從神感動來的。有人會對你說：[振作起來吧！把你的閒懶治死，勇往直前！ ]這屬於人的推動力。但神的靈進前來認真地說：[振作吧。 ]這推動力是從神發出。
年輕的時候，我們都有不少異象理想；可是總有一天，會發覺根本無力實現。所渴望的若無法實行，就會視這等異象理想為已死。然後神對你說：[從死裡復活。
]當神的感動真的臨到，會帶出神奇無比的能力，叫我們能從死裡復生，作出不可能的事。屬靈推動力最特別之處，是我們先要[振作起來]，然後才有生命力。神並沒有給我們得勝的生命，而當我們得勝之時，神就賜下生命。神的感動來了，他說：[從死裡復活。 ]我們必須自己起來，因神並不拖我們起來。主對那枯乾了手的人說：[伸出你的手來。
]那人一伸手，就得了醫治。他必須採取主動。你若肯起來，就必發現神的感動，因為他立即把生命給你。
祈禱◆[肉體是何等經常陷於危險和困頓之中]——然而這在我生命中激起什麼呢？當我醒來，願你以你靈的默示伴隨我。
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