Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth —2 Timothy 2:15
If you cannot express yourself well on each of your beliefs, work and study until you can. If you don’t, other people may miss out on the blessings that come from knowing the truth. Strive to re-express a truth of God to yourself clearly and understandably, and God will use that same explanation when you share it with someone else. But you must be willing to go through God’s winepress where the grapes are crushed. You must struggle, experiment, and rehearse your words to express God’s truth clearly. Then the time will come when that very expression will become God’s wine of strength to someone else. But if you are not diligent and say, “I’m not going to study and struggle to express this truth in my own words; I’ll just borrow my words from someone else,” then the words will be of no value to you or to others. Try to state to yourself what you believe to be the absolute truth of God, and you will be allowing God the opportunity to pass it on through you to someone else.
Always make it a practice to stir your own mind thoroughly to think through what you have easily believed. Your position is not really yours until you make it yours through suffering and study. The author or speaker from whom you learn the most is not the one who teaches you something you didn’t know before, but the one who helps you take a truth with which you have quietly struggled, give it expression, and speak it clearly and boldly.
蒙神悅納
你當努力，在神面前得蒙喜悅，作無愧的工人，接著正意分解真理的道。 （提後二15）
要是你不能在任何題目上表達自己，就當好好努力，直至你能表達出來，否則，有些人會因此一生貧瘠。試把神某些真理對自己再三說出來，力求改進，神會藉你的話叫別人得益。要進入神的壓酒池，竭力用各種方式把道理表達，時候到了，那些話就成為別人得力的美酒。若你懶洋洋地說：[我自己不必努力去表達，我可以藉用別人的話。 ]這樣，不但自己無用，對別人也無益。試把神的真理說出來，這樣你就給神機會，把資訊帶給人。
經常保持反謅的習慣，刺激腦袋再三思想那些理所當然的東西。經過苦練，崗位才真正成為我們的。一個作者叫你收益最大，不是因他把你從不知曉的東西告訴你，而是他把你不能表達的東西表達出來。
祈禱◆主啊，我願稱頌和讚美你，然而，當我身體軟弱，我感到讚美你是何其困難，但為何必然是這樣呢？這意味著惟有當我感到愉快，我才讚美你。但願我的心能持續不斷地讚美你！
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December 15, 2014
February 09, 2014
Are You Exhausted Spiritually?
The everlasting God . . . neither faints nor is weary —Isaiah 40:28
Exhaustion means that our vital energies are completely worn out and spent. Spiritual exhaustion is never the result of sin, but of service. Whether or not you experience exhaustion will depend on where you get your supplies. Jesus said to Peter, “Feed My sheep,” but He gave him nothing with which to feed them (John 21:17). The process of being made broken bread and poured-out wine means that you have to be the nourishment for other people’s souls until they learn to feed on God. They must drain you completely— to the very last drop. But be careful to replenish your supply, or you will quickly be utterly exhausted. Until others learn to draw on the life of the Lord Jesus directly, they will have to draw on His life through you. You must literally be their source of supply, until they learn to take their nourishment from God. We owe it to God to be our best for His lambs and sheep, as well as for Him.
Have you delivered yourself over to exhaustion because of the way you have been serving God? If so, then renew and rekindle your desires and affections. Examine your reasons for service. Is your source based on your own understanding or is it grounded on the redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually look back to the foundation of your love and affection and remember where your Source of power lies. You have no right to complain, “O Lord, I am so exhausted.” He saved and sanctified you to exhaust you. Be exhausted for God, but remember that He is your supply. “All my springs are in you” (Psalm 87:7).
你的靈疲憊不堪麼？
永在的神耶和華……並不疲乏，也不困倦。 （賽四十28）
疲憊就是生命的活力耗盡。屬靈的疲憊並非因罪而來，而是因事奉而來。你疲憊與否，就視乎你的供應從何而得。 耶穌對彼得說：[餵養我的羊。 ]卻沒有給他飼料。要成為劈開的餅，倒出來的酒，就必須要耗盡你的一點一滴，所以你要趕快得著供應，否則不需多久，你就精疲力竭了。人未懂得直接向主汲取供應之前，他們要透過你去獲得；你要像被人吮吸一般，直到他們學會了從神得養料。我們在神面前有這責任，不但要盡忠於他，也要為他得羊群盡上一切。
你事奉神的方式是否令你疲憊不堪？若然，就該重新挑旺你的熱誠。你的事奉從哪裡出發？是從你個人的同情心，還是基於耶穌基督的救贖？要追溯你熱誠的根源，並回想你能力來自何方。你沒有權這樣說：[主啊，我多麼困倦。 ]他拯救你，叫你成聖，正是要燃燒你。為神耗盡吧，但緊記你的供應從他而來。 [我的泉源都在你裡面。 ]
祈禱◆噢，主啊，我所渴求的是你！ [我的心渴想神，就是永生神，我幾時得朝見神呢？ ]噢，願你得感動、你得生命、你得美善，此刻臨到我，主啊，就在我禱告的這一刻。
Exhaustion means that our vital energies are completely worn out and spent. Spiritual exhaustion is never the result of sin, but of service. Whether or not you experience exhaustion will depend on where you get your supplies. Jesus said to Peter, “Feed My sheep,” but He gave him nothing with which to feed them (John 21:17). The process of being made broken bread and poured-out wine means that you have to be the nourishment for other people’s souls until they learn to feed on God. They must drain you completely— to the very last drop. But be careful to replenish your supply, or you will quickly be utterly exhausted. Until others learn to draw on the life of the Lord Jesus directly, they will have to draw on His life through you. You must literally be their source of supply, until they learn to take their nourishment from God. We owe it to God to be our best for His lambs and sheep, as well as for Him.
Have you delivered yourself over to exhaustion because of the way you have been serving God? If so, then renew and rekindle your desires and affections. Examine your reasons for service. Is your source based on your own understanding or is it grounded on the redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually look back to the foundation of your love and affection and remember where your Source of power lies. You have no right to complain, “O Lord, I am so exhausted.” He saved and sanctified you to exhaust you. Be exhausted for God, but remember that He is your supply. “All my springs are in you” (Psalm 87:7).
你的靈疲憊不堪麼？
永在的神耶和華……並不疲乏，也不困倦。 （賽四十28）
疲憊就是生命的活力耗盡。屬靈的疲憊並非因罪而來，而是因事奉而來。你疲憊與否，就視乎你的供應從何而得。 耶穌對彼得說：[餵養我的羊。 ]卻沒有給他飼料。要成為劈開的餅，倒出來的酒，就必須要耗盡你的一點一滴，所以你要趕快得著供應，否則不需多久，你就精疲力竭了。人未懂得直接向主汲取供應之前，他們要透過你去獲得；你要像被人吮吸一般，直到他們學會了從神得養料。我們在神面前有這責任，不但要盡忠於他，也要為他得羊群盡上一切。
你事奉神的方式是否令你疲憊不堪？若然，就該重新挑旺你的熱誠。你的事奉從哪裡出發？是從你個人的同情心，還是基於耶穌基督的救贖？要追溯你熱誠的根源，並回想你能力來自何方。你沒有權這樣說：[主啊，我多麼困倦。 ]他拯救你，叫你成聖，正是要燃燒你。為神耗盡吧，但緊記你的供應從他而來。 [我的泉源都在你裡面。 ]
祈禱◆噢，主啊，我所渴求的是你！ [我的心渴想神，就是永生神，我幾時得朝見神呢？ ]噢，願你得感動、你得生命、你得美善，此刻臨到我，主啊，就在我禱告的這一刻。
December 15, 2013
“Approved to God”
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth —2 Timothy 2:15
If you cannot express yourself well on each of your beliefs, work and study until you can. If you don’t, other people may miss out on the blessings that come from knowing the truth. Strive to re-express a truth of God to yourself clearly and understandably, and God will use that same explanation when you share it with someone else. But you must be willing to go through God’s winepress where the grapes are crushed. You must struggle, experiment, and rehearse your words to express God’s truth clearly. Then the time will come when that very expression will become God’s wine of strength to someone else. But if you are not diligent and say, “I’m not going to study and struggle to express this truth in my own words; I’ll just borrow my words from someone else,” then the words will be of no value to you or to others. Try to state to yourself what you believe to be the absolute truth of God, and you will be allowing God the opportunity to pass it on through you to someone else.
Always make it a practice to stir your own mind thoroughly to think through what you have easily believed. Your position is not really yours until you make it yours through suffering and study. The author or speaker from whom you learn the most is not the one who teaches you something you didn’t know before, but the one who helps you take a truth with which you have quietly struggled, give it expression, and speak it clearly and boldly.
蒙神悅納
你當努力，在神面前得蒙喜悅，作無愧的工人，接著正意分解真理的道。 （提後二15）
要是你不能在任何題目上表達自己，就當好好努力，直至你能表達出來，否則，有些人會因此一生貧瘠。試把神某些真理對自己再三說出來，力求改進，神會藉你的話叫別人得益。要進入神的壓酒池，竭力用各種方式把道理表達，時候到了，那些話就成為別人得力的美酒。若你懶洋洋地說：[我自己不必努力去表達，我可以藉用別人的話。 ]這樣，不但自己無用，對別人也無益。試把神的真理說出來，這樣你就給神機會，把資訊帶給人。
經常保持反謅的習慣，刺激腦袋再三思想那些理所當然的東西。經過苦練，崗位才真正成為我們的。一個作者叫你收益最大，不是因他把你從不知曉的東西告訴你，而是他把你不能表達的東西表達出來。
祈禱◆主啊，我願稱頌和讚美你，然而，當我身體軟弱，我感到讚美你是何其困難，但為何必然是這樣呢？這意味著惟有當我感到愉快，我才讚美你。但願我的心能持續不斷地讚美你！
If you cannot express yourself well on each of your beliefs, work and study until you can. If you don’t, other people may miss out on the blessings that come from knowing the truth. Strive to re-express a truth of God to yourself clearly and understandably, and God will use that same explanation when you share it with someone else. But you must be willing to go through God’s winepress where the grapes are crushed. You must struggle, experiment, and rehearse your words to express God’s truth clearly. Then the time will come when that very expression will become God’s wine of strength to someone else. But if you are not diligent and say, “I’m not going to study and struggle to express this truth in my own words; I’ll just borrow my words from someone else,” then the words will be of no value to you or to others. Try to state to yourself what you believe to be the absolute truth of God, and you will be allowing God the opportunity to pass it on through you to someone else.
Always make it a practice to stir your own mind thoroughly to think through what you have easily believed. Your position is not really yours until you make it yours through suffering and study. The author or speaker from whom you learn the most is not the one who teaches you something you didn’t know before, but the one who helps you take a truth with which you have quietly struggled, give it expression, and speak it clearly and boldly.
蒙神悅納
你當努力，在神面前得蒙喜悅，作無愧的工人，接著正意分解真理的道。 （提後二15）
要是你不能在任何題目上表達自己，就當好好努力，直至你能表達出來，否則，有些人會因此一生貧瘠。試把神某些真理對自己再三說出來，力求改進，神會藉你的話叫別人得益。要進入神的壓酒池，竭力用各種方式把道理表達，時候到了，那些話就成為別人得力的美酒。若你懶洋洋地說：[我自己不必努力去表達，我可以藉用別人的話。 ]這樣，不但自己無用，對別人也無益。試把神的真理說出來，這樣你就給神機會，把資訊帶給人。
經常保持反謅的習慣，刺激腦袋再三思想那些理所當然的東西。經過苦練，崗位才真正成為我們的。一個作者叫你收益最大，不是因他把你從不知曉的東西告訴你，而是他把你不能表達的東西表達出來。
祈禱◆主啊，我願稱頌和讚美你，然而，當我身體軟弱，我感到讚美你是何其困難，但為何必然是這樣呢？這意味著惟有當我感到愉快，我才讚美你。但願我的心能持續不斷地讚美你！
February 09, 2013
Are You Exhausted Spiritually?
The everlasting God . . . neither faints nor is weary —Isaiah 40:28
Exhaustion means that our vital energies are completely worn out and spent. Spiritual exhaustion is never the result of sin, but of service. Whether or not you experience exhaustion will depend on where you get your supplies. Jesus said to Peter, “Feed My sheep,” but He gave him nothing with which to feed them (John 21:17). The process of being made broken bread and poured-out wine means that you have to be the nourishment for other people’s souls until they learn to feed on God. They must drain you completely— to the very last drop. But be careful to replenish your supply, or you will quickly be utterly exhausted. Until others learn to draw on the life of the Lord Jesus directly, they will have to draw on His life through you. You must literally be their source of supply, until they learn to take their nourishment from God. We owe it to God to be our best for His lambs and sheep, as well as for Him.
Have you delivered yourself over to exhaustion because of the way you have been serving God? If so, then renew and rekindle your desires and affections. Examine your reasons for service. Is your source based on your own understanding or is it grounded on the redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually look back to the foundation of your love and affection and remember where your Source of power lies. You have no right to complain, “O Lord, I am so exhausted.” He saved and sanctified you to exhaust you. Be exhausted for God, but remember that He is your supply. “All my springs are in you” (Psalm 87:7).
你的靈疲憊不堪麼？
永在的神耶和華……並不疲乏，也不困倦。 （賽四十28）
疲憊就是生命的活力耗盡。屬靈的疲憊並非因罪而來，而是因事奉而來。你疲憊與否，就視乎你的供應從何而得。耶穌對彼得說：[餵養我的羊。 ]卻沒有給他飼料。要成為劈開的餅，倒出來的酒，就必須要耗盡你的一點一滴，所以你要趕快得著供應，否則不需多久，你就精疲力竭了。人未懂得直接向主汲取供應之前，他們要透過你去獲得；你要像被人吮吸一般，直到他們學會了從神得養料。我們在神面前有這責任，不但要盡忠於他，也要為他得羊群盡上一切。
你事奉神的方式是否令你疲憊不堪？若然，就該重新挑旺你的熱誠。你的事奉從哪裡出發？是從你個人的同情心，還是基於耶穌基督的救贖？要追溯你熱誠的根源，並回想你能力來自何方。你沒有權這樣說：[主啊，我多麼困倦。 ]他拯救你，叫你成聖，正是要燃燒你。為神耗盡吧，但緊記你的供應從他而來。 [我的泉源都在你裡面。 ]
祈禱◆噢，主啊，我所渴求的是你！ [我的心渴想神，就是永生神，我幾時得朝見神呢？ ]噢，願你得感動、你得生命、你得美善，此刻臨到我，主啊，就在我禱告的這一刻。
Exhaustion means that our vital energies are completely worn out and spent. Spiritual exhaustion is never the result of sin, but of service. Whether or not you experience exhaustion will depend on where you get your supplies. Jesus said to Peter, “Feed My sheep,” but He gave him nothing with which to feed them (John 21:17). The process of being made broken bread and poured-out wine means that you have to be the nourishment for other people’s souls until they learn to feed on God. They must drain you completely— to the very last drop. But be careful to replenish your supply, or you will quickly be utterly exhausted. Until others learn to draw on the life of the Lord Jesus directly, they will have to draw on His life through you. You must literally be their source of supply, until they learn to take their nourishment from God. We owe it to God to be our best for His lambs and sheep, as well as for Him.
Have you delivered yourself over to exhaustion because of the way you have been serving God? If so, then renew and rekindle your desires and affections. Examine your reasons for service. Is your source based on your own understanding or is it grounded on the redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually look back to the foundation of your love and affection and remember where your Source of power lies. You have no right to complain, “O Lord, I am so exhausted.” He saved and sanctified you to exhaust you. Be exhausted for God, but remember that He is your supply. “All my springs are in you” (Psalm 87:7).
你的靈疲憊不堪麼？
永在的神耶和華……並不疲乏，也不困倦。 （賽四十28）
疲憊就是生命的活力耗盡。屬靈的疲憊並非因罪而來，而是因事奉而來。你疲憊與否，就視乎你的供應從何而得。耶穌對彼得說：[餵養我的羊。 ]卻沒有給他飼料。要成為劈開的餅，倒出來的酒，就必須要耗盡你的一點一滴，所以你要趕快得著供應，否則不需多久，你就精疲力竭了。人未懂得直接向主汲取供應之前，他們要透過你去獲得；你要像被人吮吸一般，直到他們學會了從神得養料。我們在神面前有這責任，不但要盡忠於他，也要為他得羊群盡上一切。
你事奉神的方式是否令你疲憊不堪？若然，就該重新挑旺你的熱誠。你的事奉從哪裡出發？是從你個人的同情心，還是基於耶穌基督的救贖？要追溯你熱誠的根源，並回想你能力來自何方。你沒有權這樣說：[主啊，我多麼困倦。 ]他拯救你，叫你成聖，正是要燃燒你。為神耗盡吧，但緊記你的供應從他而來。 [我的泉源都在你裡面。 ]
祈禱◆噢，主啊，我所渴求的是你！ [我的心渴想神，就是永生神，我幾時得朝見神呢？ ]噢，願你得感動、你得生命、你得美善，此刻臨到我，主啊，就在我禱告的這一刻。
December 15, 2012
“Approved to God”
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth —2 Timothy 2:15
If you cannot express yourself well on each of your beliefs, work and study until you can. If you don’t, other people may miss out on the blessings that come from knowing the truth. Strive to re-express a truth of God to yourself clearly and understandably, and God will use that same explanation when you share it with someone else. But you must be willing to go through God’s winepress where the grapes are crushed. You must struggle, experiment, and rehearse your words to express God’s truth clearly. Then the time will come when that very expression will become God’s wine of strength to someone else. But if you are not diligent and say, “I’m not going to study and struggle to express this truth in my own words; I’ll just borrow my words from someone else,” then the words will be of no value to you or to others. Try to state to yourself what you believe to be the absolute truth of God, and you will be allowing God the opportunity to pass it on through you to someone else.
Always make it a practice to stir your own mind thoroughly to think through what you have easily believed. Your position is not really yours until you make it yours through suffering and study. The author or speaker from whom you learn the most is not the one who teaches you something you didn’t know before, but the one who helps you take a truth with which you have quietly struggled, give it expression, and speak it clearly and boldly.
蒙神悅納
你當努力，在神面前得蒙喜悅，作無愧的工人，接著正意分解真理的道。 （提後二15）
要是你不能在任何題目上表達自己，就當好好努力，直至你能表達出來，否則，有些人會因此一生貧瘠。試把神某些真理對自己再三說出來，力求改進，神會藉你的話叫別人得益。要進入神的壓酒池，竭力用各種方式把道理表達，時候到了，那些話就成為別人得力的美酒。若你懶洋洋地說：[我自己不必努力去表達，我可以藉用別人的話。 ]這樣，不但自己無用，對別人也無益。試把神的真理說出來，這樣你就給神機會，把資訊帶給人。
經常保持反謅的習慣，刺激腦袋再三思想那些理所當然的東西。經過苦練，崗位才真正成為我們的。一個作者叫你收益最大，不是因他把你從不知曉的東西告訴你，而是他把你不能表達的東西表達出來。
祈禱◆主啊，我願稱頌和讚美你，然而，當我身體軟弱，我感到讚美你是何其困難，但為何必然是這樣呢？這意味著惟有當我感到愉快，我才讚美你。但願我的心能持續不斷地讚美你！
If you cannot express yourself well on each of your beliefs, work and study until you can. If you don’t, other people may miss out on the blessings that come from knowing the truth. Strive to re-express a truth of God to yourself clearly and understandably, and God will use that same explanation when you share it with someone else. But you must be willing to go through God’s winepress where the grapes are crushed. You must struggle, experiment, and rehearse your words to express God’s truth clearly. Then the time will come when that very expression will become God’s wine of strength to someone else. But if you are not diligent and say, “I’m not going to study and struggle to express this truth in my own words; I’ll just borrow my words from someone else,” then the words will be of no value to you or to others. Try to state to yourself what you believe to be the absolute truth of God, and you will be allowing God the opportunity to pass it on through you to someone else.
Always make it a practice to stir your own mind thoroughly to think through what you have easily believed. Your position is not really yours until you make it yours through suffering and study. The author or speaker from whom you learn the most is not the one who teaches you something you didn’t know before, but the one who helps you take a truth with which you have quietly struggled, give it expression, and speak it clearly and boldly.
蒙神悅納
你當努力，在神面前得蒙喜悅，作無愧的工人，接著正意分解真理的道。 （提後二15）
要是你不能在任何題目上表達自己，就當好好努力，直至你能表達出來，否則，有些人會因此一生貧瘠。試把神某些真理對自己再三說出來，力求改進，神會藉你的話叫別人得益。要進入神的壓酒池，竭力用各種方式把道理表達，時候到了，那些話就成為別人得力的美酒。若你懶洋洋地說：[我自己不必努力去表達，我可以藉用別人的話。 ]這樣，不但自己無用，對別人也無益。試把神的真理說出來，這樣你就給神機會，把資訊帶給人。
經常保持反謅的習慣，刺激腦袋再三思想那些理所當然的東西。經過苦練，崗位才真正成為我們的。一個作者叫你收益最大，不是因他把你從不知曉的東西告訴你，而是他把你不能表達的東西表達出來。
祈禱◆主啊，我願稱頌和讚美你，然而，當我身體軟弱，我感到讚美你是何其困難，但為何必然是這樣呢？這意味著惟有當我感到愉快，我才讚美你。但願我的心能持續不斷地讚美你！
February 09, 2012
Are You Exhausted Spiritually?
The everlasting God . . . neither faints nor is weary —Isaiah 40:28
Exhaustion means that our vital energies are completely worn out and spent. Spiritual exhaustion is never the result of sin, but of service. Whether or not you experience exhaustion will depend on where you get your supplies. Jesus said to Peter, “Feed My sheep,” but He gave him nothing with which to feed them (John 21:17). The process of being made broken bread and poured-out wine means that you have to be the nourishment for other people’s souls until they learn to feed on God. They must drain you completely— to the very last drop. But be careful to replenish your supply, or you will quickly be utterly exhausted. Until others learn to draw on the life of the Lord Jesus directly, they will have to draw on His life through you. You must literally be their source of supply, until they learn to take their nourishment from God. We owe it to God to be our best for His lambs and sheep, as well as for Him.
Have you delivered yourself over to exhaustion because of the way you have been serving God? If so, then renew and rekindle your desires and affections. Examine your reasons for service. Is your source based on your own understanding or is it grounded on the redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually look back to the foundation of your love and affection and remember where your Source of power lies. You have no right to complain, “O Lord, I am so exhausted.” He saved and sanctified you to exhaust you. Be exhausted for God, but remember that He is your supply. “All my springs are in you” (Psalm 87:7).
你的靈疲憊不堪麼？
永在的神耶和華……並不疲乏，也不困倦。 （賽四十28）
疲憊就是生命的活力耗盡。屬靈的疲憊並非因罪而來，而是因事奉而來。你疲憊與否，就視乎你的供應從何而得。耶穌對彼得說：[餵養我的羊。 ]卻沒有給他飼料。要成為劈開的餅，倒出來的酒，就必須要耗盡你的一點一滴，所以你要趕快得著供應，否則不需多久，你就精疲力竭了。人未懂得直接向主汲取供應之前，他們要透過你去獲得；你要像被人吮吸一般，直到他們學會了從神得養料。我們在神面前有這責任，不但要盡忠於他，也要為他得羊群盡上一切。
你事奉神的方式是否令你疲憊不堪？若然，就該重新挑旺你的熱誠。你的事奉從哪裡出發？是從你個人的同情心，還是基於耶穌基督的救贖？要追溯你熱誠的根源，並回想你能力來自何方。你沒有權這樣說：[主啊，我多麼困倦。 ]他拯救你，叫你成聖，正是要燃燒你。為神耗盡吧，但緊記你的供應從他而來。 [我的泉源都在你裡面。 ]
祈禱◆噢，主啊，我所渴求的是你！ [我的心渴想神，就是永生神，我幾時得朝見神呢？ ]噢，願你得感動、你得生命、你得美善，此刻臨到我，主啊，就在我禱告的這一刻。
Exhaustion means that our vital energies are completely worn out and spent. Spiritual exhaustion is never the result of sin, but of service. Whether or not you experience exhaustion will depend on where you get your supplies. Jesus said to Peter, “Feed My sheep,” but He gave him nothing with which to feed them (John 21:17). The process of being made broken bread and poured-out wine means that you have to be the nourishment for other people’s souls until they learn to feed on God. They must drain you completely— to the very last drop. But be careful to replenish your supply, or you will quickly be utterly exhausted. Until others learn to draw on the life of the Lord Jesus directly, they will have to draw on His life through you. You must literally be their source of supply, until they learn to take their nourishment from God. We owe it to God to be our best for His lambs and sheep, as well as for Him.
Have you delivered yourself over to exhaustion because of the way you have been serving God? If so, then renew and rekindle your desires and affections. Examine your reasons for service. Is your source based on your own understanding or is it grounded on the redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually look back to the foundation of your love and affection and remember where your Source of power lies. You have no right to complain, “O Lord, I am so exhausted.” He saved and sanctified you to exhaust you. Be exhausted for God, but remember that He is your supply. “All my springs are in you” (Psalm 87:7).
你的靈疲憊不堪麼？
永在的神耶和華……並不疲乏，也不困倦。 （賽四十28）
疲憊就是生命的活力耗盡。屬靈的疲憊並非因罪而來，而是因事奉而來。你疲憊與否，就視乎你的供應從何而得。耶穌對彼得說：[餵養我的羊。 ]卻沒有給他飼料。要成為劈開的餅，倒出來的酒，就必須要耗盡你的一點一滴，所以你要趕快得著供應，否則不需多久，你就精疲力竭了。人未懂得直接向主汲取供應之前，他們要透過你去獲得；你要像被人吮吸一般，直到他們學會了從神得養料。我們在神面前有這責任，不但要盡忠於他，也要為他得羊群盡上一切。
你事奉神的方式是否令你疲憊不堪？若然，就該重新挑旺你的熱誠。你的事奉從哪裡出發？是從你個人的同情心，還是基於耶穌基督的救贖？要追溯你熱誠的根源，並回想你能力來自何方。你沒有權這樣說：[主啊，我多麼困倦。 ]他拯救你，叫你成聖，正是要燃燒你。為神耗盡吧，但緊記你的供應從他而來。 [我的泉源都在你裡面。 ]
祈禱◆噢，主啊，我所渴求的是你！ [我的心渴想神，就是永生神，我幾時得朝見神呢？ ]噢，願你得感動、你得生命、你得美善，此刻臨到我，主啊，就在我禱告的這一刻。
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