Thursday, September 17, 2009

主工人的性格

享受弟兄的交通,关于主工人的性格。

我们的性格是30%先天,70%后天的,所以大部分是靠后天培养的。没有一个性格比懒惰更严重。一个懒惰的人会把大事化成小事,小事化成无事。然后,事情在他手中会拖延。一个懒惰的人,照马太福音,就有资格不进诸天的国,因为他是又恶又懒的仆人。一个懒惰的人,甚至连撒旦也用不着。

主说要"举目观看"因为庄稼已经发白了,可是我们好像门徒一样说要等四个月。我们若“举目观看”一下召会里的服事,单单利未服事,事情是要作都作不完,那牧养年幼圣徒呢?谁来作?求主怜悯我们,叫我们不懒惰;使徒保罗乃是殷勤多作主工。

弟兄然后说到如何“听人说话”。当有圣徒来和我们交通,我们要学习从他的话中听三样东西:1 讲出来的话; 2 没有讲出来的话; 和 3 他灵里面的话。作主的工有一个需要,就是能安静的坐下来听别人的话,并且听懂;如果不能听懂别人的难处,那我们在主手中就没有用处。

那我们如何能听懂人的话呢?弟兄给我们三点:1 不要主观(没有自己的意见); 2 思想安静、不留荡; 3 感觉别人所感觉的(自己的感觉必须相当客观)。为着这个,我们的感觉必须受对付。我们的感觉受了对付,才不忙。我们这个人的思想是川流不息的,需要十字架的对付。我们是神的器皿,是神的量表;若这个量表不行,就不能测出别人的“体温”来。(主工人的性格。第一篇:会听别人的话)

Thursday, September 3, 2009

哦,主耶稣!

为着弟兄姐妹的帮助实在要感恩
我们很常会觉得有人服事我们是很应该的
其实不是这样
在传28保罗因弟兄们到亚比乌市和三馆迎接他们
保罗就感谢神,壮起胆来。
他很宝贝肢体的供应和帮助

弟兄打电话来
他说,我们在顺利的环境里爱主
那是没问题的
但如果在不顺利的环境里爱主
那就有点不容易
那时信心会受试验

当我知道我需要回到沙巴的时候
整个人好像落在黑暗里
真的会觉得什么也摸不到
什么也看不见
最近一直麻烦了很多弟兄姐妹
为着他们要感谢主
然后也学习到祷告和交通
并且主也暴露到底我的负担在什么程度
因为这个东西是不能骗人的

主我向你敞开
常常呼求你的名
坚固我的信心
叫我在一切事上仍然可为你作得胜的见证

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Song of Songs (2)

Verse 2:3 says, "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste."

Notice the words "apple tree among the trees." In the original language "apple" is "bergamot orange." It is an evergreen plant and does not shed its leaves in winter. Outwardly, it looks somewhat like a pomegranate, and it tastes somewhat like an orange and lemon. "The sons" can only be compared to ordinary trees, whereas the beloved has three characteristics: (1) He can become a forest. Emphasis is placed on the word "wood," which denotes tallness. (2) His overshadowing never fails. He is an evergreen and therefore provides shade all the time. (3) He bears fruit. Many trees are green but do not bear fruit. He is tall, overshadowing, and fruitful. The maiden has come to realize the Lord as the One who is all in all.

Monday, August 3, 2009

The Best Love for the Lord

早晨呼求主名享受祂时
突然想唱诗歌
就翻了我们大专排诗歌本
翻到这首- The Best Love for the Lord
就唱了起来

"Loving You, Lord's all I'm living for;
Loving You, Lord to the uttermost. "
当唱到下一句时,
眼泪好像要流下来:
"Lord, forgive me if I've left my first love,
that's the bridal love to You."

然后很享受第三节:
"I treasure my time alone with You,
Just to gain the best love You long for.
My dearest Husband,
draw me with Yourself
Into Your chamber right now.
Be the first in all my work and life,
Be the first in all my service too.
In relationships, You must be the first;
Have preeminence in me."

是主先爱我们
把自己倾倒下来
为要得着我们
所以祂配得我们给祂上好的爱
主啊,保守我的心
叫我离开仇敌的试诱
在一切人事物里凡是向你敞开
让你来作主

Sunday, August 2, 2009

The Song of Songs

1:4 , "The King hath brought me into his chambers."

"The "chambers" are the "secret place" (Psa. 91:1), which are the bedrooms. Unless we have very deep friendship with a person, we will not bring him into our chambers. Therefore, when the King brings her into the chambers, it signifies the beginning of fellowship and revelation. In the chambers she tastes of a fellowship that was previously unknown. But more than this, she sees something that she has not seen before."

Lord, draw me into Your chamber now, I long for Your fellowship and revelation. Save me from this trial. Let me see something.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

The Life of Altar and Tent pioneered by Abraham

The Christian life is a life of Abraham's life. The generation of Jesus Christ is the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. Our generation also starts with Abraham, not Adam. Abraham was called by God, walked in faith. So we were also called by God, and are walking in faith.

People might think that Abraham was mighty due to his faith. However, his faith did not originated from himself. Faith is just an ability to believe something in future. Or rather, faith is "I am not, but God is." We need to set ourselves aside, believe that Christ is the one living.

God's calling is His glorious appearing to us. We could believe in Him because God first called us. By His appearance, He will call us out of our comfort zone, our background, living, familiar practice. So we need to forsake everything we have and we are, and take His presence as our roadmap.

An altar is for satisfying God; and tent is for our living / testimony on this earth. An altar means burn offering. What we have today should pass though the altar, and God will return some to us for our need of living today. Everything we have today is not ours, it is His. Then, we live a life of tent- testify that we are sojourner on this earth and we "eagerly waited for the city which has the foundation, whose Architect and Builder is God." (Heb 11:10)

Finally, we need to be uprooted, unsettled by the Lord, to be able to walk with Him wherever He goes. We will be much more useful. It is absolutely normal for a called one to be unsettled.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

神的福音

这是神的福音,不是人的。罗16:25说“神能照着我的福音。。。”我的福音-这是主观的。这里说神的福音“坚固你们”-这话是对罗马圣徒说的。这指出就连召会也需要福音。那,什么样的福音能坚固我们?这福音肯定与神的心头愿望发生关系。保罗在使徒行传里对以弗所的圣徒说:我没有一样违避不和你们说的-就是神的旨意。所以,这整个东西能坚固你们-就是神的福音。试验来了,我们就摇动了,什么能坚固召会?就是神的福音。不仅坚固,还能成就神的旨意。

这个福音是关于耶稣基督的人位,这个启示是“照历世以来密而不宣之奥秘”- 一面是神的奥秘(神的历史,就是基督自己),另一面是基督的奥秘-召会。基督作为三一神的具体化身,在我们里面成了荣耀的盼望,把我们作成神的扩大、彰显,这就是基督的奥秘。这样的福音不是照着人的需要,乃是为着神的目的。

基督是在人性里的三重后裔-女人的后裔,亚伯拉罕的后裔,和大卫的后裔。这三重后裔各自都有三个讲究-individual seed,transfigured seed,corporate seed。说到基督是女人的后裔:

(a) Individual seed- 基督自己就是女人的后裔,来伤蛇的头。哈里路亚!福音开始于撒旦的被咒 诅,开始于伤蛇的头!
(b) Transfigured seed- 基督成为赐生命的灵(女人的后裔改变形象,进到我们里面,作儿子名分的灵。)在我们里面天天伤蛇的头-藉着我们的呼求主名!
(c) Corporate seed- 启12说宇宙光明的妇人生出男孩子-这位生出来是打蛇的,不仅打蛇,他是打龙的!是团体的seed,是得胜者。

罗16:20- 平安的神快要将撒旦践踏在你们的脚下。愿我们主耶稣的恩,与你们同在。所以,我们越享受主,就越践踏蛇。

你看,这样的福音岂不是能坚固人?