11月8日
标 题： 坚定你的决心
经 节： 耶稣被接上升的日子将到，祂就定意向耶路撒冷去。（路加福音九章51节）
基督徒很容易在生活中分心！当你了解神要你去做某件事时，你身边的人事物似乎很需要你的注意力！当耶稣走向十字架的那一刻，祂定意“面向”耶路撒冷而去，没有任何事情可以阻拦祂完成天父的旨意。祂的决心是那么明显，祂选择经过撒马利亚人的村庄，直接前往耶路撒冷。而撒马利亚人向来仇视犹太人，他们不愿接待耶稣，因为他们认出祂是犹太人，并且面向他们所仇恨的耶路撒冷而去。
耶稣定意不让自己的任务节外生枝，但是，祂还是在旅途中尽可能地辅导许多人。祂差遣七十个人去邻近城市，传天国来临的消息（路加福音十：1）。祂医治痳疯病人（路加福音十七：11～19）。祂医治一个患水肿的男人（路加福音十四：1～4）。祂把救恩带到撒该的家（路加福音十九：1～10）。祂继续教导祂的门徒（路加福音十五：1～32）。当祂前去加略山时，耶稣并没有拒绝辅导其他人，然而，祂自始至终拒绝让任何人事物，妨碍祂遵行天父的旨意。
如果你知道神要你做什么，你的眼目要朝目标正看，要定意完成它（箴言四：25）。你决心做神领你做的每一件事，会成为你周遭人的见证。要小心，不要被周围的机会分散心思，以至于失去了神给你的最终目标。不要因试探而延迟你的顺服，或根本抛弃神给你的目标。一旦你由神那儿领受到清楚的指示，你应该是坚定且义无反顾地顺服。
Steadfast in
Your Resolve
Now it came to
pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set
His face to go to Jerusalem. (Luke 9:51)
It is easy to become distracted in the Christian life! The moment you
understand what God wants you to do, it will seem as though everyone around you
requires your time and attention! When the time came for Jesus to go to the
cross, He “set His face” toward Jerusalem, so that nothing would prevent Him
from accomplishing His Father’s will. So obvious was His resolve to go to
Jerusalem that the Samaritans, who hated the Jews, rejected Him because they
recognized that He was a Jew traveling through their village to the hated city
of Jerusalem.
Jesus determined not to digress from His mission, but He took time to
minister to many people along His way. He sent out seventy disciples into the
surrounding towns (Luke 10:1). He healed lepers (Luke 17:11–19). He cured a man
of dropsy (Luke 14:1–4). He brought salvation to the home of Zaccheus (Luke
19:1–10). He continued to teach His disciples (Luke 15:1–32). Jesus did not
refuse to minister to others as He went to Calvary, but ultimately He refused
to be deterred from His Father’s will.
If you know what God wants you to do, set your sights resolutely toward
that goal with full determination to accomplish it (Prov. 4:25). Your resolve
to go where God is leading ought to be evident to those around you. Beware of
becoming so sidetracked by the opportunities around you that you lose sight of
God’s ultimate goal for you. Do not succumb to the temptation to delay your
obedience or to discard it altogether. Once you have received a clear
assignment from God, your response should be unwavering obedience.
