1月8日
标 题：充充足足
经 节：神能照着运行在我们心里的大力充充足足地成就一切，超过我们所求所想的。（以弗所书三章20节）
有时候，我们以为自己为神和教会所做的一切，可以获得神的激赏。然而，即使是人类最崇高的抱负，也不会令神感动（诗篇八：3～4）。你绝不可能设立一个远大目标，或企图征服一个重要的任务，远远地超越神能在你身上所行的作为。大数扫罗比任何人都努力，好以自己的奋斗来获得神的激赏。但他发现自己最伟大的成就，比起神在他生命中的旨意，只不过是一堆粪土罢了（腓立比书三：7～8）！
我们的问题是太容易沉迷于自己的计画。当我们努力尝试做些高贵，或与众不同的事时，总是认为神会因为我们竭力发挥潜能，而大大赞赏。事实上，除非我们听到神的心意，否则根本无法想像自己可以成为什么样的生命，也无法想像神要借着我们成就何等事。
我们必须提醒自己：天父了解全盘计画，并且，祂的能力超过我们有限的想像力。不管我们的行事计画是多么崇高，我们一定要把它们放置一旁，绝不可满足于自己的梦想，因为它们充其量是有限的。当我们遵循神的指挥，将会亲身经历许多奇妙的事。而这些奇妙事唯有神的同在，才能够解释它们发生的原因。我们怎能满足那种次等丰盛的生命呢？
Exceeding Abundantly
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. (Ephesians 3:20)
At times we feel as if we could impress God with all we are trying to do for Him and His church. Yet God has yet to be impressed with even the most grandiose human aspirations (Ps. 8:3–4). You will never set a goal so big or attempt a task so significant that God does not have something far greater that He could do in and through your life. Saul of Tarsus worked harder than anyone else to impress God with his efforts, only to discover that his greatest achievements were but rubbish compared to God’s will for his life (Phil. 3:7–8).
Our problem is that we become too easily enamored with our own plans. If we are attempting to do noble or difficult things, we assume that we must be experiencing the maximum potential for our lives and that God must, therefore, be pleased with us. Until we have heard from God, we cannot even imagine all that our lives could become or all that God could accomplish through us.
We need to remind ourselves that the Father sees the “big picture,” that His power far exceeds our limited imagination. We must set aside our own agenda, however lofty. We must never become satisfied with our own dreams, for they are finite at best. When we follow God’s direction we will witness things happening in our lives that can only be explained by His powerful presence. How could we be satisfied with anything less?
