孩子般的信心和深處的寶藏
作者：萬達-阿爾傑 Wanda Alger
原文來源：以利亞名單 https://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=28164
日期：2022.10.12
翻譯：Kate
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在最近的一天，我正努力保持對手頭事情的關注和重視。雖然我認真履行職責，並深切關心我所接觸的人，但還有一些事物始終牽動著我的靈。這是一個看不見的領域，我知道所有的真理、善良、純潔和自由都在那裡。那是聖靈的領域，那裡有絕對的平安和對黑暗的完全勝利。
我想到了許多其他人，他們在這個充滿挑戰的時代，在尋找一些平衡方面也有同樣的爭戰。每天都受到相互矛盾的報告和許多未知因素的攻擊，我們內心渴望從這一切中獲得自由。我開始懷疑這種掙扎是否像它感覺的那樣真實，或者只是我自己不安的想法的誇大。
你不是從這裡來的
當我坐在書桌前思考這些事情時，我突然聽到一個聲音："你不是從這裡來的。"
祂就在我耳邊說話，就像祂剛走進房間一樣，直接站在我身後，蹲下身子，確保我聽到祂的聲音。這不是責備或糾正，而是肯定了我的靈已經告訴我的事物。我們不是從"這裡"來的。我們被創造出來是為了更高的事物，更宏偉的事物。
當我思考祂的話語時，我的內心有些激動。一種深深的渴望開始升起，我突然被帶回到我第一次見到剛才說話的那位的記憶。
在一個美麗的夏日，我躺在草地上，作為一個六歲的孩子，抬頭看著一望無際的藍天和飄動的雲朵，立刻知道我來自 "那裡"。我覺得離那個看不見的領域如此之近，我幾乎可以觸摸到它。我莫名其妙地知道那是我的來處，也是我的歸宿。創造這片廣闊天地的人也創造了我--我們是錯綜複雜地聯繫在一起的。我覺得離那個現實如此之近，我幾乎可以把自己包裹在雲層裡，作為一條毯子。它是如此超凡脫俗，但奇怪的是，它感覺像家一樣。在那一刻，我幾乎沒有意識到這一天會給我帶來怎樣的影響。
"自從造天地以來，神的永能和神性是明明可知的，雖是眼不能見，但藉著所造之物就可以曉得，叫人無可推諉......" （羅馬書1:20）
當我繼續坐在書桌前，思考我剛剛聽到的內容時，主和我開始了一次內在的對話。我看到了擺在我們面前的爭戰和決心讓我們困在地上的黑暗力量。雖然我的靈渴望自由，渴望超越這一切，但敵人一直在無情地將我們拉到牠的水準，讓我們固守在我們無法控制的事情上。牠用較小的事情分散我們的注意力，希望讓我們看不到更高的事物。
主繼續對我的靈說祂關於這些交戰現實的計畫，以及祂對我們這些信徒的目的。祂說得越多，我的靈就越能理解祂的話語，釋放的淚水開始流下。我再次與我的希望和渴望的源頭重新聯繫起來，一個清晰的目的開始出現了。祂停留的時間越長，我就越渴望從這個絕對自由和靈魂與靈解放的現實中生活。所有對祂看不見的王國提出的世俗論據和辯論似乎都在祂創造性設計的這種簡單而深刻的知識中融化了。
內在的孩子握著鑰匙
然後......在這次親密對話的時刻，我突然意識到祂是在對誰說話。祂不是在對書桌前的成年人說話--我這個 "成熟 "和長大的自己，通過多年的試驗和考驗獲得了一定的理解。不，祂一直在對內心深處的那個孩子說話。不知何故，祂直接進入我的靈，引出那個六歲的女孩，並提醒她那些最初的啟示和對祂的純粹信心。在那些時刻，一切成為可能，沒有什麼比祂壓倒性的同在和能力更重要。祂讓我想起了內心的孩子，祂掌握著領悟祂王國寶藏的鑰匙。
"當時，門徒進前來，問耶穌說：天國裡誰是最大的？耶穌便叫一個小孩子來，使他站在他們當中，說：我實在告訴你們，你們若不回轉，變成小孩子的樣式，斷不得進天國。所以，凡自己謙卑像這小孩子的，他在天國裡就是最大的。（馬太福音18:1-4）
我現在意識到祂所傳遞的信息--不僅僅是對我，而是對所有渴望從這個假冒的矩陣中釋放出來的人。對於所有為擺脫利維坦的驕傲和對地球的控制而禱告的人，神正在向我們展示祂的秘密武器。這是一個簡單的孩子般的信心，可以戰勝世界。從我們受孕的那一刻起，永恆就被種在了我們的心裡（傳道書3:11），而這種對他在所有受造物上的絕對保證隱藏在我們每個人的心中；它有大能戰勝來自深淵的蛇。
"豺狼必與綿羊羔同居，豹子與山羊羔同臥；少壯獅子與牛犢並肥畜同群；小孩子要牽引他們......。吃奶的孩子必玩耍在虺蛇的洞口；斷奶的嬰兒必按手在毒蛇的穴上。在我聖山的遍處，這一切都不傷人，不害物；因為認識耶和華的知識要充滿遍地，好像水充滿洋海一般。"（以賽亞書11:6,8-9）
這段經文不僅是一幅世界和平的圖畫，而且是一個認識他們的神的人的力量。在這場為真理而戰的爭戰中，不是那些被認為聰明或強壯的人擁有勝利的優勢。而是那些擁有孩子般信心的人，他們從未停止過對所有看不見的事物的好奇和敬畏；他們敢於相信不可能的事情仍然可以發生。
孩子不需要嘗試和相信。他們只是相信。擁有這種品質的人不會被失望者的不信或受騙者的憤世嫉俗所毒害。他們繞過爭論，無視懷疑，因為他們已經被一個超越他們所有人的永恆的現實所俘獲。他們已經見到了他們的造物主，而且他們絕對信任他。
孩子般的信心和深處的寶藏
天父呼召的正是這種孩子般的信心；呼召我們記住那些最初的時刻，我們知道只有祂是神；呼召我們擁抱祂偉大的啟示，即使面對最可怕的邪惡，也敢於相信祂絕對的善良。在房間裡的成年人質疑和辯論的地方，孩子只是跑到原地。正是這種對我們的主創造者的不可動搖的信任，可以使掌控的靈失效，摧毀欺騙性的謊言。驕傲的國王在這種純粹和簡單的信心面前別無選擇，只能低頭。
主想給我們的是深層的寶藏--隱藏的真理，令人難以置信的啟示，以及對未來日子的難以計數的供應。分享祂國度的豐盛，向所有單純相信的人揭示祂豐盛的榮耀，這是祂心中的喜悅。
這段旅程中唯一的秘密是瞭解已經在你體內的東西。開啟祂的國度的寶藏的秘密是像孩子一樣進入。
Childlike Faith and Treasures of the Deep
Wanda Alger, Winchester, VA
On a recent day, I was struggling to maintain my focus and attention on the things at hand. Though I take my responsibilities seriously, and deeply care about the people I reach, there is something else that always tugs on my spirit. It is that unseen realm where I know all truth, goodness, purity, and freedom reside. It is that realm of the Spirit where there is absolute peace and total victory over the darkness.
I think about the many others who feel the same battle in finding some equilibrium in these challenging times. Being assaulted on a daily basis with conflicting reports and so many unknowns, something inside of us just longs to be free from it all. I begin to wonder if the struggle is as real as it feels, or merely an exaggeration of my own unsettled thoughts.
You Don't Come from Here
As I sit at my desk and contemplate these things, out of nowhere I hear a voice: "YOU DON'T COME FROM HERE."
He speaks right in my ear, as if He had just walked in the room, and stands directly behind me, crouching down to be sure I hear Him. It is not a rebuke or correction but an affirmation of what my spirit has already been telling me: We don't come from "here." We've been created for something much higher and much grander.
As I ponder His words, something stirs inside of me. A deep longing begins to rise up and I am suddenly taken back to my very first memory of meeting the One who has just spoken:
I was lying on the grass on a beautiful summer day as a six-year-old child, looking up at the sweeping blue sky and the billowing clouds, and immediately KNEW I had come from "there." I felt so close to that unseen realm, I could almost touch it. I somehow knew that was where I came from and that's where I belonged. The One who created this broad expanse had also created me – and we were intricately knit together. I felt so close to that reality, I could almost wrap myself in the clouds as a blanket. It was so otherworldly and yet, strangely, it felt like home. Little did I comprehend at that moment how that day would mark me.
"For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see His invisible qualities – His eternal power and divine nature..." (Romans 1:20 NLT)
As I continue to sit at my desk, reflecting on what I have just heard, the Lord and I begin an inward conversation. I see the battles before us and the dark forces that are determined to keep us Earth-bound. Though my spirit longs to be free and soar above it all, the enemy has been relentless in pulling us down to his level, keeping us fixated on that which we cannot control. Distracting us with the lesser things, he hopes to blind us to the higher things.
The Lord continues to speak to my spirit about His plan concerning these warring realities and His purpose for us who believe. The more He speaks, the more my spirit grows in the comprehension of His words and tears of relief begin to flow. I am once again reconnected to the Source of my hope and longings, and a clarity of purpose begins to emerge. The longer He lingers, the greater my desire is to live from THIS reality of absolute freedom and liberation of soul and spirit. All of the earthly arguments and debates that have been raised against His unseen Kingdom seem to melt in this simple yet profound knowledge of His creative design.
The Child Within Holds the Key
And then...at some point in this intimate conversation, I suddenly realize who He has been speaking to. He has not been speaking to the adult at the desk – my "mature" and grown-up self that has gained a semblance of understanding through years of trials and testing. No. He has been speaking to that child within. Somehow, He reached right into my spirit and drew out that six-year-old girl and reminded her of those first moments of revelation and pure faith in Him. Those moments when all became possible, and nothing was greater than His overriding presence and power. He reminds me of the child within that holds the key to apprehending the treasures of His Kingdom.
"At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, 'Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?' And calling to Him a child, He put him in the midst of them and said, 'Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.'" (Matthew 18:1-4 ESV)
I now realize the message He is sending – not just to me but to all who have been yearning for deliverance from this counterfeit matrix. To all who have been praying for freedom from Leviathan's pride and control on the earth, God is showing us His secret weapon. It is a simple childlike faith that can overcome the world. Eternity was planted in our hearts from the moment we were conceived (Ecclesiastes 3:11), and this absolute assurance of His preeminence over all of creation lies hidden in each one of us; and it has great power over the serpent from the deep.
"The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them... The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea." (Isaiah 11:6, 8-9 ESV) (Photo via Unsplash)
This passage is not just a picture of a world at peace, but the power of one who knows their God. It is not those considered smart or strong by human standards that have the winning edge in this battle for truth. It is those with a childlike faith who have never stop pursuing the wonder and awe of all that is unseen; who dare to believe that the impossible can still happen.
A child doesn't have to try and believe. They simply believe. Those who possess this quality cannot be poisoned by the unbelief of the disappointed or the cynicism of the deceived. They bypass the arguments and disregard the doubts because they've been captured by an eternal reality that outlasts them all. They've met their Creator, and they absolutely trust Him.
Childlike Faith and Treasures of the Deep
It is this childlike faith that the Father is calling up; a calling to remember those first moments when we KNEW that He alone was God; a calling to embrace that revelation of His greatness and dare to believe in His absolute goodness even in the face of the most hideous evil. Where the adult in the room questions and debates, the child simply runs into place. It is this unshakable trust in our Master Creator that can nullify the spirits of control and destroy the deceptive lies. The king of pride has no choice but to bow in the presence of such pure and simple faith.
There are treasures of the deep that the Lord wants to give us – hidden truths, incredible revelations, and untold provision for the days ahead. It is the joy of His heart to share the abundance of His Kingdom and reveal the fullness of His glory to all who simply believe.
The only secret in this journey is to understand what is already inside of you. The secret to unlocking the treasures of His Kingdom is to enter in as a child.
