DAY 149
持久的異象
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate
轉載/轉寄 請註明出處：國度禱告網

在建立了持久的信心和持久的愛之後，如果我們要在實現目標的道路上堅持下去，就必須有一個持久的異象。要使我們有一個持久的異象，它必須是神呼召我們的異象。我們如何知道異象是神呼召我們的呢？

首先，它應該是我們心中最深的渴望。主在創立世界之前就以一個目的創造了我們每個人。祂把這個目的放在我們的心裡，在我們實現這個目的之前，沒有其他事物能讓我們完全滿足。活水來自於我們的內心深處。我們內心深處的渴望就是我們被呼召的目的。

當然，由於罪惡和邪惡，或受制於灌輸不安全感和/或悖逆的宗教和控制的靈，許多人很難辨別什麼是他們心中最深的願望。祂剝去遮蔽我們視線的帕子的主要方式是向我們揭示祂的榮光。人是按照祂的形象造的，當我們看到祂，看到祂的榮耀時，就會喚起我們生命中最深的渴望，喚起我們被創造的目的。

主的榮耀不只是許多絢麗的色彩，而是通過祂的行為揭示祂的性格。這就是我們在約翰福音2:11中讀到的關於祂的第一個神蹟的內容："這是耶穌所行的頭一件神蹟，是在加利利的迦拿行的，顯出他的榮耀來；他的門徒就信他了。"。當我們看到神的作為時，我們可以辨別祂的方式和祂的屬性。在這些作品中，我們看到了祂的憐憫，祂的恩典，祂的愛，有時還有祂公義的審判。我們還可以在自然界中看到祂的榮耀，正如主所說，即使是所羅門在他所有的榮耀中，也沒有給自己穿上像主對田野裡的百合花那樣的衣服（見馬太福音6:28-29）。

當我們在這些方面看到祂的榮耀時，剝去了覆蓋我們真實心靈的帕子，改變了我們，使我們變得像祂一樣。也正是我們的呼召決定了我們看到祂的方式。如果你被呼召為牧師，你會在耶穌所做的一切中看到祂的牧養。如果你被呼召為教師，你會在祂所做的一切中看到祂教導的榮耀。如果你被呼召為傳道人，你會看到祂所有的教導和工作都是傳道人的呼召。如果你是一個先知，你可能會在其中看到預言啟示的榮耀。

當然，有一個事件比其他任何事件都更能顯示出祂的榮耀和本性，那就是十字架。祂被永遠地稱為 "羔羊"，因為我們將永遠在十字架上看到祂的榮耀和愛。十字架的這種榮耀是以越來越多的層次和深度來揭示的，我們在整個永恆中都不會窮盡。幾十億年後，我們仍然會對十字架心存敬畏。當我們現在看到通過十字架所揭示的愛時，我們不得不變得像祂一樣，每天背起自己的十字架，把我們的生命獻給為祂人服務的犧牲。當我們這樣做的時候，祂能夠把祂越來越多的能力託付給我們，這進一步顯示了祂的榮耀和方式。

為了成為我們被創造的人，我們應該始終在一切事物中尋找祂的榮耀。正如伊莉莎白-巴雷特-勃朗（Elizabeth Barrett Browning）寧曾經說過的："地上擠滿了天堂，每一個普通的灌木叢都被上帝點燃了；但只有看到的人才會脫下鞋子，其餘的人都圍坐在那裡採摘黑莓。" 如果我們能看見，我們的生活會有多大不同？

同樣地，我們生活的首要目標應該是在一切事物中看到神的榮耀。這不是一件容易的事，這就是為什麼作為一個新信徒，當我第一次讀到以賽亞書6:1-3時感到震驚。

"當烏西雅王崩的那年，我見主坐在高高的寶座上。他的衣裳垂下，遮滿聖殿。
其上有撒拉弗侍立，各有六個翅膀：用兩個翅膀遮臉，兩個翅膀遮腳，兩個翅膀飛翔；
彼此呼喊說：聖哉！聖哉！聖哉！萬軍之耶和華；他的榮光充滿全地！"

我的問題是撒拉弗怎麼能說全地都充滿了祂的榮耀。我想到了所有的戰爭、仇恨、虐待兒童、種族主義、疾病等等，並誠實地認為這是一個錯誤的翻譯。然後有一天，我感覺到主對我說，撒拉弗之所以看到整個世界充滿了祂的榮耀，是因為他們住在祂的面前，如果我願意住在祂的面前，我也會在一切事物中看到祂的榮耀。我不僅會看到目前的狀況，而且會看到祂救贖這些狀況的計畫，並恢復祂一直想要充滿全地的榮耀。這使我走上了在生活中進行必要改變的道路，如果我想在祂面前服侍，就必須進行這種改變。

如果我們要走彰顯祂的榮耀的道路，攜帶並展示祂的道路、祂的救贖和祂對人類的最終計畫的榮耀，我們必須開始看到祂的榮耀，以便我們被改變為榮耀的展示。這就是你的最終呼召--彰顯主的榮耀。

DAY 149
Enduring Vision
Rick Joyner

After establishing enduring faith and enduring love, we must have an enduring vision if we are going to stay on the path to the fulfillment of our purpose. For us to have a vision that endures, it must be the vision to which God has called us. How do we know the vision is something to which God has called us?

First, it should be the deepest desire of our hearts. The Lord created each one of us with a purpose before the foundation of the world. He put that purpose in our hearts, and there is nothing else that will be completely fulfilling to us until we are fulfilling that purpose. Living waters come from our innermost beings. The deepest desire of our hearts is what we have been called to.

Of course, because of sin and wickedness, or subjection to religious and control spirits that instill insecurities and/or rebellion, many have a hard time discerning what is the deepest desire of their hearts. The primary way He strips away the veils that cloud our vision is by revealing His glory to us. Man was made in His image, and when we see Him and behold His glory, it calls to the deepest desire of our beings and what we were created to be.

The glory of the Lord is not just a lot of brilliant colors, but it is His character revealed through His actions. That is what we read concerning His first miracle in John 2:11, "This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him." As we behold the works of God, we can discern His ways and His nature. In them we see His mercy, His grace, His love, and sometimes His righteous judgment. We can also see His glory in nature, as the Lord stated even Solomon in all of his glory did not clothe himself as well as the Lord did the lilies of the field (see Matthew 6:28-29).

As we behold His glory in these ways, it strips away the veils that cover our true hearts and changes us so we become like Him. It is also our calling that determines the primary way we see Him. If you are called as a pastor you will see the shepherding of Jesus in everything He does. If you are called as a teacher you will see the glory of His teaching in everything He does. If you are called as an evangelist you will see all of His teaching and works as an evangelistic call. If you are a prophet you may see the glory of prophetic revelation in them.

Of course, the one event that reveals His glory and nature more than any other is the cross. He is eternally called "the Lamb" because we will forever be seeing His glory and love in the cross. This glory of the cross is revealed in increasing layers and depth that we will not exhaust for all of eternity. Billions of years from now we will still be in awe of the cross. As we now behold the love revealed through the cross, we are compelled to become like Him, taking up our own crosses daily to give our lives to the sacrifice of service to others. As we do this He is able to trust us with more and more of His power which further reveals His glory and ways.

To become who we were created to be, we should always be looking for His glory in everything. As Elizabeth Barrett Browning once said, "Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes—the rest sit round it and pluck blackberries." How different would our lives be if we could see?

Again, our primary goal in life should be to see His glory in everything. This is not an easy task, which is why, as a new believer I was stunned when I first read Isaiah 6:1-3:

In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne,
lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.
Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings; with two he covered his face,
and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
And one called out to another and said, "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts,
the whole earth is full of His glory."

My problem with this was how the seraphim could say that the whole earth was full of His glory. I thought of all of the wars, hatred, child abuse, racism, disease, etc., and honestly thought this was a mistranslation. Then one day I felt the Lord speak to me and say that the reason why the seraphim saw the whole world full of His glory was because they dwell in His presence, and if I would dwell in His presence, I too would see His glory in everything. I would not just see the present conditions, but I would see His plan for redeeming them and restoring the glory that He always intended to fill the earth. This put me on the path for the necessary change in my life that would be required if I was to serve in His presence.

If we are going to walk the path that reveals His glory, carrying and demonstrating the glory of His ways, His redemption, and His ultimate plan for mankind, we must start to behold His glory so that we are changed into a demonstration of it. That is your ultimate calling—to reveal the glory of the Lord.