Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ’All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations . . .’ —Matthew 28:18-19
The key to the missionary’s work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don’t go— He simply says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations . . . .” He says, “Go on the basis of the revealed truth of My sovereignty, teaching and preaching out of your living experience of Me.”
“Then the eleven disciples went . . . to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them” (Matthew 28:16). If I want to know the universal sovereignty of Christ, I must know Him myself. I must take time to worship the One whose name I bear. Jesus says, “Come to Me . . .”— that is the place to meet Jesus— “all you who labor and are heavy laden . . .” (Matthew 11:28)— and how many missionaries are! We completely dismiss these wonderful words of the universal Sovereign of the world, but they are the words of Jesus to His disciples meant for here and now.
“Go therefore . . . .” To “go” simply means to live. Acts 1:8 is the description of how to go. Jesus did not say in this verse, “Go into Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria,” but, “. . . you shall be witnesses to Me in [all these places].” He takes upon Himself the work of sending us.
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you . . .” (John 15:7)— that is the way to keep going. Where we are placed is then a matter of indifference to us, because God sovereignly engineers our goings.
“None of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus . . .” (Acts 20:24). That is how to keep going until we are gone from this life.
宣教士之鑰
耶穌進前來，對他們說：“天上地下所有的權柄都賜給我了。所以你們要去使萬民作我的門徒，……。（馬太福音28：18-19）
差傳的基礎是主耶穌的主權，而不是外邦人的需要。我們很容易視主耶穌為我們事奉神的助手，而主其實是門徒絕對、至高無上的主人。祂不是說，我們若不去，外邦人就失喪了。祂只是說：「所以你們要去，使萬民作我的門徒。 」依從我至高的權柄，去吧；因著在我裡面活生生的經歷，去教導並傳揚。
「十一個門徒往加利利去，到了耶穌約定的山上。（馬太福音28:16） 」我若要認識基督普世的主權，就必須親自認識祂，知道怎樣獨自與祂相處。我必須用時間去敬拜我所配戴的名，就是基督。 「到我這裡來。（馬太福音11：28） 」——那就是見主耶穌的地方。你勞苦擔重擔嗎？多少傳道人正是如此。主宣告祂對整個世界的主權，我們卻看為次要，但這是主對門徒親口說的話。
「所以你們要去…… 」「去」的意思是“活出來”。使徒行傳1：8「但聖靈降臨在你們身上，你們就必得著能力，並要在耶路撒冷，猶太全地，和撒瑪利亞，直到地極，作我的見證。”」是描寫怎樣去。耶穌沒有說去耶路撒冷、猶太、撒馬利亞；但祂說：「作我的見證。 」。至於「去」的地方，祂會負責安排。
「你們若常在我裡面，我的話也常在你們裡面，……（約翰福音15:7 ） 」這是保持我們個人生命活潑的途徑。神放我們在什麼地方都無關重要，因為祂自會安排。
「我卻不以性命為念，也不看為寶貴，只要行完我的路程，成就我從主耶穌所領受的職事，證明神恩惠的福音。(使徒行傳20：24) 」這就是我們工作的態度，直到死那一天。
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October 14, 2014
April 18, 2014
Readiness
God called to him . . . . And he said, ’Here I am’ —Exodus 3:4
When God speaks, many of us are like people in a fog, and we give no answer. Moses’ reply to God revealed that he knew where he was and that he was ready. Readiness means having a right relationship to God and having the knowledge of where we are. We are so busy telling God where we would like to go. Yet the man or woman who is ready for God and His work is the one who receives the prize when the summons comes. We wait with the idea that some great opportunity or something sensational will be coming our way, and when it does come we are quick to cry out, “Here I am.” Whenever we sense that Jesus Christ is rising up to take authority over some great task, we are there, but we are not ready for some obscure duty.
Readiness for God means that we are prepared to do the smallest thing or the largest thing— it makes no difference. It means we have no choice in what we want to do, but that whatever God’s plans may be, we are there and ready. Whenever any duty presents itself, we hear God’s voice as our Lord heard His Father’s voice, and we are ready for it with the total readiness of our love for Him. Jesus Christ expects to do with us just as His Father did with Him. He can put us wherever He wants, in pleasant duties or in menial ones, because our union with Him is the same as His union with the Father. “. . . that they may be one just as We are one . . .” (John 17:22).
Be ready for the sudden surprise visits of God. A ready person never needs to get ready— he is ready. Think of the time we waste trying to get ready once God has called! The burning bush is a symbol of everything that surrounds the person who is ready, and it is on fire with the presence of God Himself.
常作準備
神……呼叫說……他說，我在這裡。 （出三4）
神說話的時候，我們卻像在五里霧中，毫無反應。摩西的回答，表示他站在某一崗位上。常作準備的意思，就是與神有正常的關係，又知道自己目前所站的崗位。我們往往很急切的告訴神，我們想到那裡去。但那對神工作常作準備的人，呼召一臨到，他們就奪得獎賞。我們總是等待特別的時機、特別的激情，當這臨到，我們就會迅速回答：[我在這裡。 ]耶穌基督被高舉上升，我們就願意與他一同上升；但對不為人所知的任務，我們往往不准備承擔。
為神常作準備的意思，就是事無大小，我們都樂意去做。我們行事沒有選擇的餘地；不論神的計劃怎樣，我們都樂於遵循。無論什麼任務臨到，我們聽見神的聲音，如同我們的主聽見他父的聲音一樣。我們當存著活潑的愛，作好充分準備，隨時待命而發。父怎樣對待耶穌基督，他也盼望父照樣對待我們。他可以任意差遣我們，叫我們承擔愉快的任務，或卑微的任務；因為我們與主合一，正如父與主合一一樣。 [叫他們合而為一，像我們一樣。 ]
要隨時準備神突然來訪。一個常作準備的人是不必再作準備的了。試想想神呼召我們後，我們花多少時間去作準備！那火燒的荊棘，正像徵一個常作準備的心靈四周的景象，有神的同在，火燒得更熊。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，最能夠感受你的，可能就是我自己，願你的旨意能毫無障礙地在我裡面，並透過我得以成就。
When God speaks, many of us are like people in a fog, and we give no answer. Moses’ reply to God revealed that he knew where he was and that he was ready. Readiness means having a right relationship to God and having the knowledge of where we are. We are so busy telling God where we would like to go. Yet the man or woman who is ready for God and His work is the one who receives the prize when the summons comes. We wait with the idea that some great opportunity or something sensational will be coming our way, and when it does come we are quick to cry out, “Here I am.” Whenever we sense that Jesus Christ is rising up to take authority over some great task, we are there, but we are not ready for some obscure duty.
Readiness for God means that we are prepared to do the smallest thing or the largest thing— it makes no difference. It means we have no choice in what we want to do, but that whatever God’s plans may be, we are there and ready. Whenever any duty presents itself, we hear God’s voice as our Lord heard His Father’s voice, and we are ready for it with the total readiness of our love for Him. Jesus Christ expects to do with us just as His Father did with Him. He can put us wherever He wants, in pleasant duties or in menial ones, because our union with Him is the same as His union with the Father. “. . . that they may be one just as We are one . . .” (John 17:22).
Be ready for the sudden surprise visits of God. A ready person never needs to get ready— he is ready. Think of the time we waste trying to get ready once God has called! The burning bush is a symbol of everything that surrounds the person who is ready, and it is on fire with the presence of God Himself.
常作準備
神……呼叫說……他說，我在這裡。 （出三4）
神說話的時候，我們卻像在五里霧中，毫無反應。摩西的回答，表示他站在某一崗位上。常作準備的意思，就是與神有正常的關係，又知道自己目前所站的崗位。我們往往很急切的告訴神，我們想到那裡去。但那對神工作常作準備的人，呼召一臨到，他們就奪得獎賞。我們總是等待特別的時機、特別的激情，當這臨到，我們就會迅速回答：[我在這裡。 ]耶穌基督被高舉上升，我們就願意與他一同上升；但對不為人所知的任務，我們往往不准備承擔。
為神常作準備的意思，就是事無大小，我們都樂意去做。我們行事沒有選擇的餘地；不論神的計劃怎樣，我們都樂於遵循。無論什麼任務臨到，我們聽見神的聲音，如同我們的主聽見他父的聲音一樣。我們當存著活潑的愛，作好充分準備，隨時待命而發。父怎樣對待耶穌基督，他也盼望父照樣對待我們。他可以任意差遣我們，叫我們承擔愉快的任務，或卑微的任務；因為我們與主合一，正如父與主合一一樣。 [叫他們合而為一，像我們一樣。 ]
要隨時準備神突然來訪。一個常作準備的人是不必再作準備的了。試想想神呼召我們後，我們花多少時間去作準備！那火燒的荊棘，正像徵一個常作準備的心靈四周的景象，有神的同在，火燒得更熊。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，最能夠感受你的，可能就是我自己，願你的旨意能毫無障礙地在我裡面，並透過我得以成就。
October 14, 2013
The Key to the Missionary’s Work (1)
Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ’All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations . . .’ —Matthew 28:18-19
The key to the missionary’s work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don’t go— He simply says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations . . . .” He says, “Go on the basis of the revealed truth of My sovereignty, teaching and preaching out of your living experience of Me.”
“Then the eleven disciples went . . . to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them” (Matthew 28:16). If I want to know the universal sovereignty of Christ, I must know Him myself. I must take time to worship the One whose name I bear. Jesus says, “Come to Me . . .”— that is the place to meet Jesus— “all you who labor and are heavy laden . . .” (Matthew 11:28)— and how many missionaries are! We completely dismiss these wonderful words of the universal Sovereign of the world, but they are the words of Jesus to His disciples meant for here and now.
“Go therefore . . . .” To “go” simply means to live. Acts 1:8 is the description of how to go. Jesus did not say in this verse, “Go into Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria,” but, “. . . you shall be witnesses to Me in [all these places].” He takes upon Himself the work of sending us.
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you . . .” (John 15:7)— that is the way to keep going. Where we are placed is then a matter of indifference to us, because God sovereignly engineers our goings.
“None of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus . . .” (Acts 20:24). That is how to keep going until we are gone from this life.
宣教士之鑰
耶穌進前來，對他們說：“天上地下所有的權柄都賜給我了。所以你們要去使萬民作我的門徒，……。（馬太福音28：18-19）
差傳的基礎是主耶穌的主權，而不是外邦人的需要。我們很容易視主耶穌為我們事奉神的助手，而主其實是門徒絕對、至高無上的主人。祂不是說，我們若不去，外邦人就失喪了。祂只是說：「所以你們要去，使萬民作我的門徒。 」依從我至高的權柄，去吧；因著在我裡面活生生的經歷，去教導並傳揚。
「十一個門徒往加利利去，到了耶穌約定的山上。（馬太福音28:16） 」我若要認識基督普世的主權，就必須親自認識祂，知道怎樣獨自與祂相處。我必須用時間去敬拜我所配戴的名，就是基督。 「到我這裡來。（馬太福音11：28） 」——那就是見主耶穌的地方。你勞苦擔重擔嗎？多少傳道人正是如此。主宣告祂對整個世界的主權，我們卻看為次要，但這是主對門徒親口說的話。
「所以你們要去…… 」「去」的意思是“活出來”。使徒行傳1：8「但聖靈降臨在你們身上，你們就必得著能力，並要在耶路撒冷，猶太全地，和撒瑪利亞，直到地極，作我的見證。”」是描寫怎樣去。耶穌沒有說去耶路撒冷、猶太、撒馬利亞；但祂說：「作我的見證。 」。至於「去」的地方，祂會負責安排。
「你們若常在我裡面，我的話也常在你們裡面，……（約翰福音15:7 ） 」這是保持我們個人生命活潑的途徑。神放我們在什麼地方都無關重要，因為祂自會安排。
「我卻不以性命為念，也不看為寶貴，只要行完我的路程，成就我從主耶穌所領受的職事，證明神恩惠的福音。(使徒行傳20：24) 」這就是我們工作的態度，直到死那一天。
The key to the missionary’s work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don’t go— He simply says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations . . . .” He says, “Go on the basis of the revealed truth of My sovereignty, teaching and preaching out of your living experience of Me.”
“Then the eleven disciples went . . . to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them” (Matthew 28:16). If I want to know the universal sovereignty of Christ, I must know Him myself. I must take time to worship the One whose name I bear. Jesus says, “Come to Me . . .”— that is the place to meet Jesus— “all you who labor and are heavy laden . . .” (Matthew 11:28)— and how many missionaries are! We completely dismiss these wonderful words of the universal Sovereign of the world, but they are the words of Jesus to His disciples meant for here and now.
“Go therefore . . . .” To “go” simply means to live. Acts 1:8 is the description of how to go. Jesus did not say in this verse, “Go into Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria,” but, “. . . you shall be witnesses to Me in [all these places].” He takes upon Himself the work of sending us.
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you . . .” (John 15:7)— that is the way to keep going. Where we are placed is then a matter of indifference to us, because God sovereignly engineers our goings.
“None of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus . . .” (Acts 20:24). That is how to keep going until we are gone from this life.
宣教士之鑰
耶穌進前來，對他們說：“天上地下所有的權柄都賜給我了。所以你們要去使萬民作我的門徒，……。（馬太福音28：18-19）
差傳的基礎是主耶穌的主權，而不是外邦人的需要。我們很容易視主耶穌為我們事奉神的助手，而主其實是門徒絕對、至高無上的主人。祂不是說，我們若不去，外邦人就失喪了。祂只是說：「所以你們要去，使萬民作我的門徒。 」依從我至高的權柄，去吧；因著在我裡面活生生的經歷，去教導並傳揚。
「十一個門徒往加利利去，到了耶穌約定的山上。（馬太福音28:16） 」我若要認識基督普世的主權，就必須親自認識祂，知道怎樣獨自與祂相處。我必須用時間去敬拜我所配戴的名，就是基督。 「到我這裡來。（馬太福音11：28） 」——那就是見主耶穌的地方。你勞苦擔重擔嗎？多少傳道人正是如此。主宣告祂對整個世界的主權，我們卻看為次要，但這是主對門徒親口說的話。
「所以你們要去…… 」「去」的意思是“活出來”。使徒行傳1：8「但聖靈降臨在你們身上，你們就必得著能力，並要在耶路撒冷，猶太全地，和撒瑪利亞，直到地極，作我的見證。”」是描寫怎樣去。耶穌沒有說去耶路撒冷、猶太、撒馬利亞；但祂說：「作我的見證。 」。至於「去」的地方，祂會負責安排。
「你們若常在我裡面，我的話也常在你們裡面，……（約翰福音15:7 ） 」這是保持我們個人生命活潑的途徑。神放我們在什麼地方都無關重要，因為祂自會安排。
「我卻不以性命為念，也不看為寶貴，只要行完我的路程，成就我從主耶穌所領受的職事，證明神恩惠的福音。(使徒行傳20：24) 」這就是我們工作的態度，直到死那一天。
April 18, 2013
Readiness
God called to him . . . . And he said, ’Here I am’ —Exodus 3:4
When God speaks, many of us are like people in a fog, and we give no answer. Moses’ reply to God revealed that he knew where he was and that he was ready. Readiness means having a right relationship to God and having the knowledge of where we are. We are so busy telling God where we would like to go. Yet the man or woman who is ready for God and His work is the one who receives the prize when the summons comes. We wait with the idea that some great opportunity or something sensational will be coming our way, and when it does come we are quick to cry out, “Here I am.” Whenever we sense that Jesus Christ is rising up to take authority over some great task, we are there, but we are not ready for some obscure duty.
Readiness for God means that we are prepared to do the smallest thing or the largest thing— it makes no difference. It means we have no choice in what we want to do, but that whatever God’s plans may be, we are there and ready. Whenever any duty presents itself, we hear God’s voice as our Lord heard His Father’s voice, and we are ready for it with the total readiness of our love for Him. Jesus Christ expects to do with us just as His Father did with Him. He can put us wherever He wants, in pleasant duties or in menial ones, because our union with Him is the same as His union with the Father. “. . . that they may be one just as We are one . . .” (John 17:22).
Be ready for the sudden surprise visits of God. A ready person never needs to get ready— he is ready. Think of the time we waste trying to get ready once God has called! The burning bush is a symbol of everything that surrounds the person who is ready, and it is on fire with the presence of God Himself.
常作準備
神……呼叫說……他說，我在這裡。 （出三4）
神說話的時候，我們卻像在五里霧中，毫無反應。摩西的回答，表示他站在某一崗位上。常作準備的意思，就是與神有正常的關係，又知道自己目前所站的崗位。我們往往很急切的告訴神，我們想到那裡去。但那對神工作常作準備的人，呼召一臨到，他們就奪得獎賞。我們總是等待特別的時機、特別的激情，當這臨到，我們就會迅速回答：[我在這裡。 ]耶穌基督被高舉上升，我們就願意與他一同上升；但對不為人所知的任務，我們往往不准備承擔。
為神常作準備的意思，就是事無大小，我們都樂意去做。我們行事沒有選擇的餘地；不論神的計劃怎樣，我們都樂於遵循。無論什麼任務臨到，我們聽見神的聲音，如同我們的主聽見他父的聲音一樣。我們當存著活潑的愛，作好充分準備，隨時待命而發。父怎樣對待耶穌基督，他也盼望父照樣對待我們。他可以任意差遣我們，叫我們承擔愉快的任務，或卑微的任務；因為我們與主合一，正如父與主合一一樣。 [叫他們合而為一，像我們一樣。 ]
要隨時準備神突然來訪。一個常作準備的人是不必再作準備的了。試想想神呼召我們後，我們花多少時間去作準備！那火燒的荊棘，正像徵一個常作準備的心靈四周的景象，有神的同在，火燒得更熊。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，最能夠感受你的，可能就是我自己，願你的旨意能毫無障礙地在我裡面，並透過我得以成就。
When God speaks, many of us are like people in a fog, and we give no answer. Moses’ reply to God revealed that he knew where he was and that he was ready. Readiness means having a right relationship to God and having the knowledge of where we are. We are so busy telling God where we would like to go. Yet the man or woman who is ready for God and His work is the one who receives the prize when the summons comes. We wait with the idea that some great opportunity or something sensational will be coming our way, and when it does come we are quick to cry out, “Here I am.” Whenever we sense that Jesus Christ is rising up to take authority over some great task, we are there, but we are not ready for some obscure duty.
Readiness for God means that we are prepared to do the smallest thing or the largest thing— it makes no difference. It means we have no choice in what we want to do, but that whatever God’s plans may be, we are there and ready. Whenever any duty presents itself, we hear God’s voice as our Lord heard His Father’s voice, and we are ready for it with the total readiness of our love for Him. Jesus Christ expects to do with us just as His Father did with Him. He can put us wherever He wants, in pleasant duties or in menial ones, because our union with Him is the same as His union with the Father. “. . . that they may be one just as We are one . . .” (John 17:22).
Be ready for the sudden surprise visits of God. A ready person never needs to get ready— he is ready. Think of the time we waste trying to get ready once God has called! The burning bush is a symbol of everything that surrounds the person who is ready, and it is on fire with the presence of God Himself.
常作準備
神……呼叫說……他說，我在這裡。 （出三4）
神說話的時候，我們卻像在五里霧中，毫無反應。摩西的回答，表示他站在某一崗位上。常作準備的意思，就是與神有正常的關係，又知道自己目前所站的崗位。我們往往很急切的告訴神，我們想到那裡去。但那對神工作常作準備的人，呼召一臨到，他們就奪得獎賞。我們總是等待特別的時機、特別的激情，當這臨到，我們就會迅速回答：[我在這裡。 ]耶穌基督被高舉上升，我們就願意與他一同上升；但對不為人所知的任務，我們往往不准備承擔。
為神常作準備的意思，就是事無大小，我們都樂意去做。我們行事沒有選擇的餘地；不論神的計劃怎樣，我們都樂於遵循。無論什麼任務臨到，我們聽見神的聲音，如同我們的主聽見他父的聲音一樣。我們當存著活潑的愛，作好充分準備，隨時待命而發。父怎樣對待耶穌基督，他也盼望父照樣對待我們。他可以任意差遣我們，叫我們承擔愉快的任務，或卑微的任務；因為我們與主合一，正如父與主合一一樣。 [叫他們合而為一，像我們一樣。 ]
要隨時準備神突然來訪。一個常作準備的人是不必再作準備的了。試想想神呼召我們後，我們花多少時間去作準備！那火燒的荊棘，正像徵一個常作準備的心靈四周的景象，有神的同在，火燒得更熊。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，最能夠感受你的，可能就是我自己，願你的旨意能毫無障礙地在我裡面，並透過我得以成就。
October 14, 2012
The Key to the Missionary’s Work (1)
Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ’All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations . . .’ —Matthew 28:18-19
The key to the missionary’s work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don’t go— He simply says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations . . . .” He says, “Go on the basis of the revealed truth of My sovereignty, teaching and preaching out of your living experience of Me.”
“Then the eleven disciples went . . . to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them” (Matthew 28:16). If I want to know the universal sovereignty of Christ, I must know Him myself. I must take time to worship the One whose name I bear. Jesus says, “Come to Me . . .”— that is the place to meet Jesus— “all you who labor and are heavy laden . . .” (Matthew 11:28)— and how many missionaries are! We completely dismiss these wonderful words of the universal Sovereign of the world, but they are the words of Jesus to His disciples meant for here and now.
“Go therefore . . . .” To “go” simply means to live. Acts 1:8 is the description of how to go. Jesus did not say in this verse, “Go into Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria,” but, “. . . you shall be witnesses to Me in [all these places].” He takes upon Himself the work of sending us.
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you . . .” (John 15:7)— that is the way to keep going. Where we are placed is then a matter of indifference to us, because God sovereignly engineers our goings.
“None of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus . . .” (Acts 20:24). That is how to keep going until we are gone from this life.
宣教士之鑰
耶穌進前來，對他們說：“天上地下所有的權柄都賜給我了。所以你們要去使萬民作我的門徒，……。（馬太福音28：18-19）
差傳的基礎是主耶穌的主權，而不是外邦人的需要。我們很容易視主耶穌為我們事奉神的助手，而主其實是門徒絕對、至高無上的主人。祂不是說，我們若不去，外邦人就失喪了。祂只是說：「所以你們要去，使萬民作我的門徒。 」依從我至高的權柄，去吧；因著在我裡面活生生的經歷，去教導並傳揚。
「十一個門徒往加利利去，到了耶穌約定的山上。（馬太福音28:16） 」我若要認識基督普世的主權，就必須親自認識祂，知道怎樣獨自與祂相處。我必須用時間去敬拜我所配戴的名，就是基督。 「到我這裡來。（馬太福音11：28） 」——那就是見主耶穌的地方。你勞苦擔重擔嗎？多少傳道人正是如此。主宣告祂對整個世界的主權，我們卻看為次要，但這是主對門徒親口說的話。
「所以你們要去…… 」「去」的意思是“活出來”。使徒行傳1：8「但聖靈降臨在你們身上，你們就必得著能力，並要在耶路撒冷，猶太全地，和撒瑪利亞，直到地極，作我的見證。”」是描寫怎樣去。耶穌沒有說去耶路撒冷、猶太、撒馬利亞；但祂說：「作我的見證。 」。至於「去」的地方，祂會負責安排。
「你們若常在我裡面，我的話也常在你們裡面，……（約翰福音15:7 ） 」這是保持我們個人生命活潑的途徑。神放我們在什麼地方都無關重要，因為祂自會安排。
「我卻不以性命為念，也不看為寶貴，只要行完我的路程，成就我從主耶穌所領受的職事，證明神恩惠的福音。(使徒行傳20：24) 」這就是我們工作的態度，直到死那一天。
The key to the missionary’s work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don’t go— He simply says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations . . . .” He says, “Go on the basis of the revealed truth of My sovereignty, teaching and preaching out of your living experience of Me.”
“Then the eleven disciples went . . . to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them” (Matthew 28:16). If I want to know the universal sovereignty of Christ, I must know Him myself. I must take time to worship the One whose name I bear. Jesus says, “Come to Me . . .”— that is the place to meet Jesus— “all you who labor and are heavy laden . . .” (Matthew 11:28)— and how many missionaries are! We completely dismiss these wonderful words of the universal Sovereign of the world, but they are the words of Jesus to His disciples meant for here and now.
“Go therefore . . . .” To “go” simply means to live. Acts 1:8 is the description of how to go. Jesus did not say in this verse, “Go into Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria,” but, “. . . you shall be witnesses to Me in [all these places].” He takes upon Himself the work of sending us.
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you . . .” (John 15:7)— that is the way to keep going. Where we are placed is then a matter of indifference to us, because God sovereignly engineers our goings.
“None of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus . . .” (Acts 20:24). That is how to keep going until we are gone from this life.
宣教士之鑰
耶穌進前來，對他們說：“天上地下所有的權柄都賜給我了。所以你們要去使萬民作我的門徒，……。（馬太福音28：18-19）
差傳的基礎是主耶穌的主權，而不是外邦人的需要。我們很容易視主耶穌為我們事奉神的助手，而主其實是門徒絕對、至高無上的主人。祂不是說，我們若不去，外邦人就失喪了。祂只是說：「所以你們要去，使萬民作我的門徒。 」依從我至高的權柄，去吧；因著在我裡面活生生的經歷，去教導並傳揚。
「十一個門徒往加利利去，到了耶穌約定的山上。（馬太福音28:16） 」我若要認識基督普世的主權，就必須親自認識祂，知道怎樣獨自與祂相處。我必須用時間去敬拜我所配戴的名，就是基督。 「到我這裡來。（馬太福音11：28） 」——那就是見主耶穌的地方。你勞苦擔重擔嗎？多少傳道人正是如此。主宣告祂對整個世界的主權，我們卻看為次要，但這是主對門徒親口說的話。
「所以你們要去…… 」「去」的意思是“活出來”。使徒行傳1：8「但聖靈降臨在你們身上，你們就必得著能力，並要在耶路撒冷，猶太全地，和撒瑪利亞，直到地極，作我的見證。”」是描寫怎樣去。耶穌沒有說去耶路撒冷、猶太、撒馬利亞；但祂說：「作我的見證。 」。至於「去」的地方，祂會負責安排。
「你們若常在我裡面，我的話也常在你們裡面，……（約翰福音15:7 ） 」這是保持我們個人生命活潑的途徑。神放我們在什麼地方都無關重要，因為祂自會安排。
「我卻不以性命為念，也不看為寶貴，只要行完我的路程，成就我從主耶穌所領受的職事，證明神恩惠的福音。(使徒行傳20：24) 」這就是我們工作的態度，直到死那一天。
April 18, 2012
Readiness
God called to him . . . . And he said, ’Here I am’ —Exodus 3:4
When God speaks, many of us are like people in a fog, and we give no answer. Moses’ reply to God revealed that he knew where he was and that he was ready. Readiness means having a right relationship to God and having the knowledge of where we are. We are so busy telling God where we would like to go. Yet the man or woman who is ready for God and His work is the one who receives the prize when the summons comes. We wait with the idea that some great opportunity or something sensational will be coming our way, and when it does come we are quick to cry out, “Here I am.” Whenever we sense that Jesus Christ is rising up to take authority over some great task, we are there, but we are not ready for some obscure duty.
Readiness for God means that we are prepared to do the smallest thing or the largest thing— it makes no difference. It means we have no choice in what we want to do, but that whatever God’s plans may be, we are there and ready. Whenever any duty presents itself, we hear God’s voice as our Lord heard His Father’s voice, and we are ready for it with the total readiness of our love for Him. Jesus Christ expects to do with us just as His Father did with Him. He can put us wherever He wants, in pleasant duties or in menial ones, because our union with Him is the same as His union with the Father. “. . . that they may be one just as We are one . . .” (John 17:22).
Be ready for the sudden surprise visits of God. A ready person never needs to get ready— he is ready. Think of the time we waste trying to get ready once God has called! The burning bush is a symbol of everything that surrounds the person who is ready, and it is on fire with the presence of God Himself.
常作準備
神……呼叫說……他說，我在這裡。 （出三4）
神說話的時候，我們卻像在五里霧中，毫無反應。摩西的回答，表示他站在某一崗位上。常作準備的意思，就是與神有正常的關係，又知道自己目前所站的崗位。我們往往很急切的告訴神，我們想到那裡去。但那對神工作常作準備的人，呼召一臨到，他們就奪得獎賞。我們總是等待特別的時機、特別的激情，當這臨到，我們就會迅速回答：[我在這裡。 ]耶穌基督被高舉上升，我們就願意與他一同上升；但對不為人所知的任務，我們往往不准備承擔。
為神常作準備的意思，就是事無大小，我們都樂意去做。我們行事沒有選擇的餘地；不論神的計劃怎樣，我們都樂於遵循。無論什麼任務臨到，我們聽見神的聲音，如同我們的主聽見他父的聲音一樣。我們當存著活潑的愛，作好充分準備，隨時待命而發。父怎樣對待耶穌基督，他也盼望父照樣對待我們。他可以任意差遣我們，叫我們承擔愉快的任務，或卑微的任務；因為我們與主合一，正如父與主合一一樣。 [叫他們合而為一，像我們一樣。 ]
要隨時準備神突然來訪。一個常作準備的人是不必再作準備的了。試想想神呼召我們後，我們花多少時間去作準備！那火燒的荊棘，正像徵一個常作準備的心靈四周的景象，有神的同在，火燒得更熊。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，最能夠感受你的，可能就是我自己，願你的旨意能毫無障礙地在我裡面，並透過我得以成就。
When God speaks, many of us are like people in a fog, and we give no answer. Moses’ reply to God revealed that he knew where he was and that he was ready. Readiness means having a right relationship to God and having the knowledge of where we are. We are so busy telling God where we would like to go. Yet the man or woman who is ready for God and His work is the one who receives the prize when the summons comes. We wait with the idea that some great opportunity or something sensational will be coming our way, and when it does come we are quick to cry out, “Here I am.” Whenever we sense that Jesus Christ is rising up to take authority over some great task, we are there, but we are not ready for some obscure duty.
Readiness for God means that we are prepared to do the smallest thing or the largest thing— it makes no difference. It means we have no choice in what we want to do, but that whatever God’s plans may be, we are there and ready. Whenever any duty presents itself, we hear God’s voice as our Lord heard His Father’s voice, and we are ready for it with the total readiness of our love for Him. Jesus Christ expects to do with us just as His Father did with Him. He can put us wherever He wants, in pleasant duties or in menial ones, because our union with Him is the same as His union with the Father. “. . . that they may be one just as We are one . . .” (John 17:22).
Be ready for the sudden surprise visits of God. A ready person never needs to get ready— he is ready. Think of the time we waste trying to get ready once God has called! The burning bush is a symbol of everything that surrounds the person who is ready, and it is on fire with the presence of God Himself.
常作準備
神……呼叫說……他說，我在這裡。 （出三4）
神說話的時候，我們卻像在五里霧中，毫無反應。摩西的回答，表示他站在某一崗位上。常作準備的意思，就是與神有正常的關係，又知道自己目前所站的崗位。我們往往很急切的告訴神，我們想到那裡去。但那對神工作常作準備的人，呼召一臨到，他們就奪得獎賞。我們總是等待特別的時機、特別的激情，當這臨到，我們就會迅速回答：[我在這裡。 ]耶穌基督被高舉上升，我們就願意與他一同上升；但對不為人所知的任務，我們往往不准備承擔。
為神常作準備的意思，就是事無大小，我們都樂意去做。我們行事沒有選擇的餘地；不論神的計劃怎樣，我們都樂於遵循。無論什麼任務臨到，我們聽見神的聲音，如同我們的主聽見他父的聲音一樣。我們當存著活潑的愛，作好充分準備，隨時待命而發。父怎樣對待耶穌基督，他也盼望父照樣對待我們。他可以任意差遣我們，叫我們承擔愉快的任務，或卑微的任務；因為我們與主合一，正如父與主合一一樣。 [叫他們合而為一，像我們一樣。 ]
要隨時準備神突然來訪。一個常作準備的人是不必再作準備的了。試想想神呼召我們後，我們花多少時間去作準備！那火燒的荊棘，正像徵一個常作準備的心靈四周的景象，有神的同在，火燒得更熊。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，最能夠感受你的，可能就是我自己，願你的旨意能毫無障礙地在我裡面，並透過我得以成就。
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