2月16日 屬靈動力的源頭
當醒過來，從死裏復活。（弗五14）
幷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！把你的閑懶治死，勇往直前！”這屬人的推動力。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，我們都有不少异象理想；可是總有一天，會發覺根本無力實現。所渴望的若無法實行，就會視這等异象理想爲已死。然後神對你說：“從死裏復活。”當神的感動真的臨到，會帶出神奇無比的能力，叫我們能從死裏複生，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。神的感動來了，他說：“從死裏復活。”我們必須自己起來，因神幷不拖我們起來。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。他必須采取主動。你若肯起來，就必發現神的感動，因爲他立即把生命給你。
祈禱◆“肉體是何等經常陷于危險和困頓之中”——然而這在我生命中激起什麽呢？當我醒來，願你以你靈的默示伴隨我。
February 16 The Inspiration of
Spiritual Initiative
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.
