於2015-07-18發佈

最棒的基督徒生命25

祂重建的心

我們上週討論到在祂的職事和恩賜中,我們是如何藉著看見主的榮光而更新變化,但在祂裡面有彰顯祂榮光的全面性屬性,當我們注視祂的全面性屬性時,我們同樣也會被更新變化。在這些全面性屬性中最大的就是祂的愛,其他則有祂的平安、忍耐、信實與所有聖靈所結的果子 。因此,像祂一樣在智慧和身量中成長,我們必須同時在聖靈的恩賜和聖靈的果子中成長。

主的榮耀也在祂的目的中彰顯,當主在做某件事,建造某件事,或重建某件事,我們將在祂的工作中注視祂的榮耀,也可以藉著注視這些工作而被改變。亞伯拉罕展開他的寄居生活,是因為他看見神正在建造的城,為了參與在其中,他放下他所知道的一切。這即是何以參與在主正在做的計畫、任務或建造的事物上可以轉化我們。

當我還是初信者時,我對主重建的目的深感著迷,將聖經前三章和後三章一起讀時,就是完整的故事。在這六章之間的每一件事都與一個主題有關,那就是神基本的目的─重建。祂的意圖在於重建人墮落之後所失去的一切,我們在許多預言性的經文中看見主將完全重建全地,成為祂當初所創造的樂園,例如以賽亞書十一章。當我們一重生得救,祂便開始在我們裡面重建的過程。接著我們被呼召成為祂重建的工具,在那要來的世代與祂一同掌權。這即是我們在這世代訓練的目的。

因此,投入神所做之事的主要方式是擁有祂重建的心,直到全地完全被重建。在我的生命中,神賜給我越來越大、越來越艱鉅的重建計畫,其中有些是建築物,例如前產業大飯店和會議中心。我們需要重建的地方已惡化到一個地步,沒有人認為可以被重建起來。雖然重建破舊的建築物非常困難,卻沒有像協助重建祂賜給我們的人來得艱鉅或重要。然而,我認為沒有任何事能像參與重建計畫一樣,使我更多瞭解神與祂的目的或彰顯祂對我們深度的愛。

當然,我們也仍在重建之中,我們理當充滿感恩,主並沒有因為人或物的瑕疵而丟棄他們,祂乃是重建他們。我們擁有祂重建的心嗎?我發現很少人擁有,既然重建已成為祂對這世代與要來世代的目的,我們需要在祂重建之心中看見祂的榮耀。我從一個方式得知是否某人擁有神重建的基本目的,就是他們對犯罪或失敗之人所擁有的恩慈。

 (摘自喬納 word for the week, Week25, 2015)



His Heart for Restoration- The Greatest Christian Life, Part 25
Week 25, 2015 
Rick Joyner

We discussed how we are changed by seeing the Lord’s glory in His ministries and gifts, but there are overall aspects of His nature that reveal His glory, and as we behold them we are likewise changed by them. The biggest of these is His love. The others are His peace, patience, faithfulness, and all that makes up the fruit of the Spirit. So to grow in wisdom and stature as He did, we must be growing in both the gifts of the Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit.

His glory is also revealed in His purposes. When the Lord is doing something, building something, or restoring something, we will behold His glory in His works and can be changed by beholding these as well. Abraham began His sojourn because he saw the city God was building, and he left everything he knew to be a part of it. That is why being a part of any project, mission, or building the Lord is doing can transform us.

As a new Christian, I was captivated by the Lord’s purpose in restoration. The first three chapters of The Bible and the last three chapters, when read together, make a complete story. Everything between those six chapters deals with one subject, which is a basic purpose of God—restoration. His intent is to restore all that was lost by the Fall. 
We see in many prophetic Scriptures such as Isaiah 11 that the Lord will completely restore the earth to become the paradise He originally created it to be. When we are born again, He begins the process of restoration in us. Then we are called to be His instruments of restoration as we rule and reign with Him in the age to come. This is what we are training for in this age.

So, until the earth is fully restored, having God’s heart for restoration is primary to being engaged in what He is doing. Throughout my life, I have been given increasingly bigger and more difficult restoration projects. Some of these have been buildings, such as when we acquired the former PTL Heritage Grand Hotel and Conference Center. We needed to restore what had deteriorated to the point where almost no one thought it could be restored. It was difficult, but not nearly as hard, or as important, as the people He gave us to help restore. However, I don’t think anything has stretched my understanding of God and His purposes or revealed the depth of His love for us like being a part of these restoration projects.

Of course, we too are still in restoration. We should all be very thankful that the Lord does not throw things or people away just because they are flawed, but He restores them. Do we have His heart in this? I have found that very few do, and since it is a basic part of His purpose for this age and the age to come, we need to see His glory in His heart for restoration. One way I know if someone is in touch with this basic purpose of God is by the grace they have for others who sin or have failures in their life.