6月8日
标 题:神多次多方地晓谕
经 节:神既在古时借着众先知多次多方地晓谕列祖,就在这末世借着祂儿子晓谕我们。(希伯来书一章1~2节上)
我们这世代偏好方法论。在工作上,一发现某个程序有效果,我们就将它包装分送出去,叫别人也能使用。这种态度也被运用到属灵的生活。我们花了许多精力寻找“有用”的属灵操练方法、阅读属灵书籍、参加“有效”的会议或大型聚会,好充实我们的基督徒生活。但神并没有要我们相信方法,祂要我们相信祂。
相信方法而不相信祂,是我们个人的损失,如此做会限制我们经历神。当我们只期待神以预言的方式晓谕我们,就是忘记神远比我们所认识的祂要复杂得多了。过去,神以梦与异象晓谕人。祂也使用大自然、神迹、先知、低沉微小的声音、火、号角、羊毛、摇签与天使。祂在深更半夜、在敬拜之中、在吃饭的时候、在葬礼中、在人行路时、借着讲道、在暴风雨中、借着祂的儿子,来晓谕我们。
重要的不是祂怎样与我们沟通,而是祂对我们说话的内容。倘若神总是借着异梦向我们说话,我们要常常待在床上,等待祂神圣的启示!也就是说,神用什么方式与我们沟通并不重要,祂所要告诉我们的事情才是重点。
不要把自己局限于某一个方法,也不要期待仅仅由预言的方式才能听见神的话。要开放自己,愿意接受神的任何沟通方式。容许圣灵在任何地方及任何环境,使你时时敏锐地聆听神的信息。当你听到祂的话语时,你对神会有全新的认识。
God Speaks in
Many Times and Ways
God, who at
various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the
prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son. (Hebrews 1:1-2a)
Our generation is preoccupied with methods. When we find a program that
works in one business, we immediately want to package and distribute it so that
it will work for others. This attitude carries over into the spiritual life as
well. We spend much energy looking for spiritual disciplines, books, seminars,
or conferences that “work” in order to feel satisfied with our Christian life.
God does not want us to trust in methods. He wants us to trust in Him.
Trusting in methods rather than in a Person seriously limits the way we
experience God. When we expect Him to speak to us only in predictable ways, we
forget that God is much more complex than our perception of Him. In times past,
God spoke in dreams and visions. He used nature; miraculous signs; prophets; a
still, small voice; fire; trumpets; fleece; the casting of lots; and angels. He
spoke in the middle of the night, during worship services, at mealtimes, during
funerals, while people were walking along the road, through sermons, in the
middle of a storm, and through His Son.
The important thing was not how God communicated, but that He spoke. If
God always spoke to us through dreams, we would remain in our beds awaiting a
divine revelation! The means God uses to communicate with us is irrelevant; the
fact that He is communicating is what is critical.
Don’t limit yourself to a method, expecting only to hear from your
Father in predictable ways. Rather, open yourself up to other means by which
God wants to commune with you. Allow the Holy Spirit to sensitize you to God’s
message at all times, in every location, under any circumstance. Then you will
experience God in entirely new dimensions as you are receptive to His voice.