於2015-07-31發佈

最棒的基督徒生命27

從不足到倚靠

當主呼召我承擔一些非常艱難的重建計畫,那是一段最好也最壞的日子。祂給予我別人不想要的工作,這些重建計畫不僅對我個人很難,對我的名聲更難,有時還會失去好朋友。但透過此我更多認識主的心,勝過研讀一些書籍。工作越艱難,我越多認識祂、越有成就感,我認為也結更多的果子。

我們全都是神的重建計畫,此包括我們的心思更新、行為改變,還包括在聖靈的果子中成長、翻轉我們屬肉體的本性,並且埋葬『老我』。然而,我對許多人所謂的『內在醫治』有所困擾,因為我認為那不過是更多挖出老我,試圖讓老我得醫治,而不是埋葬老我,單單擁抱在基督裡的新人。

然而,有一些合理的『內在醫治』或對付我們需要協助得自由的堅固營壘。只要是在十字架的恩膏與能力下做成的內在醫治,我可以理解並充滿感謝。我卻很擔憂那些自以為聰明可以挖掘別人靈魂並修理的人,在那些個案中我從未見過任何人真正得自由,反而掉入更深的自我耗盡黑洞中,過度專注在自己與自身的問題上。

正如我們在哥林多後書三章所讀到的,我們被改變是藉由看見主的榮光,而不是我們心中的黑暗。我會留意那些問題導向的人,或試圖要我們聚焦在我們的問題而非主的榮光。那是我個人的看法,我總是嘗試在我的看法上接受修正,但在我所看見藉此得著『醫治』的案例中,我並不覺得他們真正得著醫治。可能有一些這樣的人,只是我還沒遇到,我很確定自己將會收到許多來自他們的郵件。

我對『內在醫治』方式如此謹慎的原因,是因為我曾有二次因著它們而停止我的路線。每一次都花費我許多年的時間,促使我逃離神的呼召,因為我認為自己問題太多,這只是使我感到不足而已。新聞快訊:我們對神呼召我們去做之事永遠都不足勝任,是聖靈這位幫助者來接管我們的不足之處。

讓不足的感覺決定你做什麼或不做什麼是致命的陷阱,並且可能賠上我們的呼召。當我從神呼召我回去服事的路上逃離,是因為我仍覺得自己如此不足,主的怒氣燒到我,就像當摩西這樣做主對他發怒一樣。

我們永遠都不夠聰明、不夠老練、不夠剛強或不夠公義來做祂的工。因此,我們一直都需要祂。摩西曾做的,我曾做的,都是難以想像的自大,自認為我的不足遠大過神的充足。

當摩西這樣做時,主告訴他丟下他的杖,那代表他的呼召。當他這樣做時,杖變成蛇追著他,直到他再次撿起來。你的呼召是否在追趕著你?

你是否因為感到不足而逃離你的呼召?這裡的另一個新聞快訊─這與你或你的不足無關,而是關乎祂的充足來使用愚拙的,叫有智慧的羞愧,使用軟弱的,叫強壯的羞愧。因此,倘若你是愚拙的或軟弱的,你將成為神偉大僕人的最佳候選人。倘若你認為自己不夠格,你便是非常危險的人。若不倚靠神,我們便無法做神真實的工作,當我們知道自己如此不足時,我們將單單倚靠祂。接受你的不足,全然倚靠祂的恩典與能力。

(摘自喬納 word for the week, Week27, 2015)


From Inadequacy to Dependence- The Greatest Christian Life, Part 27
Week 27, 2015 
Rick Joyner 

When the Lord called me to take on some very difficult restoration projects, it was the best of times and the worst of times. He gave me jobs no one else wanted. They were hard on me and harder on my reputation, and sometimes cost me good friends. But through them I got to know the heart of the Lord better than I ever had through study. The harder the job, the more deeply I grew to know Him and the more fulfilling it was, and I think, the more fruit that came.

We are all restoration projects. This includes having our minds renewed and our behavior changed. It includes growing in the fruit of the Spirit and turning from our carnal nature and burying our “old man,” or old nature. However, I have a problem with what many call “inner healing,” because I think it is nothing more than digging up the old man and trying to get him healed rather than leaving him buried and simply embracing our new nature that is only found in Christ. 
However, there is some legitimate “inner healing” or the dealing with strongholds that are so gripping that we need help getting free of them. I understand that and appreciate it, as long as this is done under the anointing and power of the cross. I have grave concerns about those who presume they are wise enough to dig around in other people’s souls and fix them. In those cases I have not witnessed anyone really being set free, but rather falling deeper into the black hole of self-consumption, being overwhelmingly focused with themselves and their problems.

As we see in II Corinthians 3, we are changed by seeing the glory of the Lord, not the darkness of our own hearts. I am wary of those who are problem oriented, or who try to get us to focus on our problems more than the glory of the Lord. That’s my opinion, and I always try to remain open to correction about my opinion, but all of the examples of “healed” people I have been shown from this did not seem very healed to me. There may be some I just have not met. I’m sure I will get plenty of emails from them.

One reason I am so reticent to embrace the “inner healing” methods is that twice I have been knocked off my course because of them. Each one cost me years, by causing me to run from the call of God because I thought I had so many problems, which only led to me feeling inadequate. NEWS FLASH: We are all inadequate for what God calls us to do. It is in that place of inadequacy where the Helper takes over.

Letting feelings of inadequacy determine what you do or not do is a deadly trap and can cost us our calling. When I ran from God’s call to return to ministry because I still felt so inadequate, the anger of the Lord burned against me just as it did against Moses when he did this.

We will never be smart enough, experienced enough, strong enough, or righteous enough to do His work. Therefore, we will always need Him. What Moses did, and what I did, was the unimaginable arrogance of thinking that my inadequacy was greater than God’s adequacy.

When Moses did this, the Lord told him to throw down his staff, which represented his calling. When he did so, it turned into a serpent and chased him until he picked it up again. Is your calling chasing you?

Are you running from your calling because you feel inadequate? Here’s another news flash—it’s not about you or your inadequacy. It’s about His adequacy to use the foolish to confound the wise and the weak to confound the strong. So if you’re foolish or weak, you are a good candidate for being a great man or woman of God. If you think you are adequate, you are a very dangerous person. There is no way we can do the true work of God without dependence on Him, and we will only depend on Him when we know how inadequate we are. Embrace your inadequacies in full dependence upon His grace and power.