💜《神的心意-God’s Best Secrets》20220531『為聖靈充滿禱告-Prayer for All The Fulness of The Spirit』— 慕安德烈 [Andrew Murray]

經文: 「萬軍之耶和華說：你們要將當納的十分之一，全然送入倉庫，使我家有糧，以此試試我，是否為你們敞開天上的窗戶，傾福與你們，甚至無處可容。」—「聖經·瑪拉基書 3章10節」

這是舊約的最後一個應許，顯示上帝的恩典是何等豐厚。五旬節聖靈的降臨僅只是祝福的開端，上帝願意把更多更大的恩典賞賜給我們，只要我們大大地張口，要張口求，上帝等著要把最好的給我們，因為「你們中間作父親的，誰有兒子求餅，反給他石頭呢？求魚，反拿蛇當魚給他呢？」(路加福音 11章11節)。上帝要我們被聖靈充滿，讓我們渴望這樣的事，也向上帝求這樣的大事。

耶穌留給我們的大使命，向萬民傳福音，不僅是對門徒說的，也是對每一位弟兄姐妹們說的；同樣的，「你要等候那從上面來的能力」，這命令也是對眾弟兄姐妹們說的，「你要等候父所應許的」、「你要受聖靈的洗」，這些經文不但是對我們說的，也是給我們一個確據-同心合意的禱告必蒙垂聽。

讓我們花時間思想整個福音的禾場，以及所有教會的迫切需要吧！為什麼福音不興旺？為什麼信徒冷淡退後？無法勝過黑暗的權勢，也無法抗拒世界的誘惑？主要的原因就是缺乏上帝的同在，與聖靈能力的庇護。讓我們花時間等候在上帝面前，直到聖靈的能力庇護我們，使我們有確切的把握，知道我們不是憑藉己力爭戰，乃是靠著聖靈的大能，與屬靈界幽暗的勢力對抗。我們還能想出其他更好的方法來替代聖靈的工作嗎？斷乎沒有，因為救恩是屬乎耶和華，惟有聖靈能做改變人心的工作，叫人悔改歸向主。

當我們懇求上帝將屬天的能力澆灌在地上的教會時，我們就會體會到「願祢的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上」的意思是什麼，因為當上帝發現到地上有人願意完全地順服，且大有信心地為教會的弟兄姐妹能被聖靈充滿而禱告時，上帝就樂意傾下一切福氣，大大地賞賜給祂在地上的眾兒女們，讓他們經歷上帝的信實與大能。阿們。

—《 神 的 心 意 》
[每日靈修 5月31日]
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興

『Prayer for All The Fulness of The Spirit』

Scripture: “Bring ye all the tithes unto mine House, and prove me now therewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” — [Malachi 3:10]

This last promise in the Old Testament tells us how abundant the blessing is to be. Pentecost was only the beginning of what God was willing to do. The promise of the Father, as Christ gave it, still waits for its perfect fulfilment. Let us try and realize what the liberty is that we have to ask, and expect great things.

Just as the great command to go and preach the Gospel was not only meant for the disciples but for us too, so the very last command, “Tarry till ye be endued with power from on high,” “Wait for the promise of the Father,” “Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit,” is also for us, and is the ground for the confident assurance that our prayer with one accord will be heard.

Take time to think of what a cry of need there is throughout the whole Church, and throughout all our mission fields. Let us realize that the only remedy to be found for inefficiency or impotence, to enable us to gain the victory over the powers of this world or of darkness, is in the manifested presence of our Lord in the midst of His hosts and in the power of His Spirit. Let us take time to think of the state of all the Churches throughout Christendom until we are brought deeper than ever to the conviction that nothing will avail except the supernatural, Almighty intervention of our Lord Himself, to rouse His hosts for the great battle against evil. Can anyone conceive or suggest any other matter for prayer that can at all compete with this: for the power of God on the ministers of the Gospel, and on all His people, to endue them with power from on High to make the Gospel in very deed the power of God unto salvation?

As we connect the prayer for the whole Church on earth with the prayer for the whole power of God in heaven, we shall feel that the greatest truths of the heavenly world and the Kingdom of God have possession of us, and that we are in very deed asking what God is longing to give, as soon as He finds hearts utterly yielded to Himself in faith and obedience.

— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
「 31 May 」