12月31日
标 题:成了!
经 节:耶稣尝了那醋,就说:“成了!”便低下头,将灵魂交付神了。(约翰福音十九章30节)
神总是完成祂所开始的善工(腓立比书一:6)。神的话从来没有不兑现的(以赛亚书五十五:11)。基督是阿拉法,是俄梅戛,是首先的,是末后的(启示录一:8、17)。基督是创始成终的。
耶稣曾被交付极大的重任,祂要活出无罪的生活,要完全彻底顺服天父,甚至祂的死,也成就了许多先知在圣经中所预言的(马太福音廿六:24、31、54、56,廿七:9、35,四十六章;约翰福音十九:28、36~37)。尽管耶稣从天父所领受的任务极其复杂,祂能在十架上得胜地大喊:“成了!”
基督现在居住在每个信徒的心中。祂今天的任务,是在每个基督徒身上完成神的旨意。祂决意要在我们的生命完成这份工作,就像祂过去在世上完成天父的旨意一样。除非你抵挡基督,才能排除神的旨意。神在你的生命到底有什么计画?你是否愿意让祂在你身上,完成当初祂所开始的工作?祂不会强迫你接受祂为你所预备的一切。如果神的工并没有让你结实累累,这并非是基督没有殷勤作工,而是你得释放自己生命的某些方面给祂,并且定意要让神的工成就在你的身上,就像基督一样。回想在过去一年之中,神向你说的话。你是否拒绝让神完成任何祂所给你的应许呢?若是有的话,今天就把你自己的意志,交在神的手中吧!
It Is Finished!
So when
Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And
bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. (John 19:30)
God
always finishes what He begins (Phil. 1:6). God never speaks a word without
ensuring that it comes to pass (Isa. 55:11). Christ is both the Alpha and the
Omega, the beginning and the end (Rev. 1:8, 17). Christ is as much at the end
of His work as He is at its beginning.
Jesus
was given an enormous mandate. He was to live a sinless life, remaining
absolutely obedient to His Father. Even the manner of His death was to fulfill
numerous prophecies that had been foretold in Scripture (Matt. 26:24, 31, 54,
56; 27:9, 35; 46; John 19:28, 36–37). Yet, despite the extremely complex
assignment Jesus received from His Father, He could shout triumphantly from the
cross, “It is finished!”
Christ
now resides within each believer. His assignment today is to complete God’s
will in each Christian. He is just as determined to do this in us as He was to
complete God’s will for Himself. You will have to resist Christ in order to
remain out of the will of God. What is it God wants to do in you? Have you
allowed Him to complete what He has begun? He will not force you to receive all
that He has for your life. If God’s work has not been brought to fruition in
you, it is not that Christ has not been diligently working toward that end.
Rather, you may need to release areas of your life to Him and be as determined
to see God’s work in you completed as Christ is. Review the things God has said
to you over this last year. Are there promises God has made to you that you
have refused to allow Him to complete? If so, commit to yield your will to God
today.