用油填滿你的燈
作者：克雷格庫尼 CRAIG COONEY
原文來源：克雷格庫尼臉書
日期：2022.10.12
翻譯：Kate
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用油填滿你的燈。
在等待期間，很容易產生不滿和沮喪的情緒。
感覺好像你的生活處於暫停狀態。
什麼也沒有發生。
神已經忘記了你。
所有那些你一直堅持的應許和預言都變成了模糊的記憶。
你開始懷疑："神真的說過嗎？"
催促或推動事情的誘惑很強。把事情掌握在你自己手中。
你想讓某些事情發生轉變。你需要看到變化。
你已經厭倦了"現在"--你想看到"下一步"。
這就是信心出現的地方。
真正的信心。那種能感動神的心和手的信心。
堅守你還看不到的東西。
相信神所說的，即使證據似乎指向其他地方。
帶著自信的期望生活，你將經歷神的仁慈。
在我們所處的地方保持忠誠，即使它不是我們想去的地方。
回憶一下你是如何一次又一次看到神的信實的。
做好準備。保持警惕。保持你的心純淨。
緊緊抓住這些真理。
神是好的；神是幫助我的；神不說謊。
要有不懈的希望，不可動搖的決心；堅定不移的信心。
神正在寫一個故事。你是它的一部分。這一章可能不是以你為中心。但你在劇情中仍有一個關鍵角色。
不要讓沮喪減少你的喜悅。
不要讓漫長的等待導致你的徘徊。
不要滿足於次好或劣質的選擇。
不要沉睡或失去你的注意力。
不要低估這個季節的意義。
僅僅因為你看不到很多活動或變化，並不意味著沒有很多事情發生。
神正在無形/靈界中轉變和搖動事物。很快你就會在你的生活中看到它。
變化會發生得更突然，而且會比你可能想像的更大。
現在做好準備。
修剪你的燈芯。給你的燈加滿油。
因為，當它發生時，它將迅速而意外地發生。

馬太福音25:3-4
愚拙的拿著燈，卻不預備油；聰明的拿著燈，又預備油在器皿裡。

詩篇27:13-14
我若不信在活人之地得見耶和華的恩惠，就早已喪膽了。要等候耶和華！當壯膽，堅固你的心！我再說，要等候耶和華！

希伯來書11:1
信就是所望之事的實底，是未見之事的確據。

希伯來書11:6
人非有信，就不能得神的喜悅；因為到神面前來的人必須信有神，且信他賞賜那尋求他的人。

羅馬書4:19-20
他將近百歲的時候，雖然想到自己的身體如同已死，撒拉的生育已經斷絕，他的信心還是不軟弱；並且仰望神的應許，總沒有因不信心裡起疑惑，反倒因信心裡得堅固，將榮耀歸給神......



FILL YOUR LAMP WITH OIL.

It's easy to grow discontent and frustrated during periods of waiting.
It feels as if your life is on pause.
That nothing is happening.
That God has forgotten about you.
All of those promises and prophecies that you have been holding onto are becoming faint memories.
You begin to wonder: “Did God really say?”
The temptation to rush or push things is strong. To take matters into your own hands.
You want something to shift. You need to see change.
You are tired of ‘now’ - you want to see ‘next’.
This is where faith comes in.
Real faith. The kind of faith that moves the heart and hand of God.
Hold on to what you cannot yet see.
Believe what God said even when the evidence seems to point elsewhere.
Live with confident expectation that you will experience the goodness of God.
Remain faithful where we are, even if it’s not where we want to be.
Recall how you have seen God’s faithfulness again and again.
Prepare. Remain alert. Keep your heart pure.
Hold firmly to these truths:
God is good; God is for me; God does not lie.
Have a relentless hope, an unshakable resolve; an unwavering confidence.
God is writing a story. You are part of it. This chapter may not be centred on you. But you still have a key role in the plot.
Don't permit discouragement to diminish your joy.
Don't allow the long wait to cause you to wander.
Don’t settle for second best or inferior options.
Don’t slumber or lose your focus.
Don't underestimate the significance of this season.
Just because you can't see a lot of activity or change, doesn't mean that there isn't much happening.
God is shifting and shaking things in the invisible/spiritual realm. Soon you see it in your life.
The change will happen more suddenly and will be more significant than you can possibly imagine.
Get ready now.
Trim your wick. Fill your lamp with oil.
Because, when it happens, it will happen quickly and unexpectedly.

Matthew 25:3-4
The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.

Psalm 27:13-14
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.

Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Romans 4:19-20
Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead - since he was about a hundred years old - and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God…