Spiritual Thought for the Week 2009/4/19

DATE: 2009/4/19
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受难节过了，复活节来了。受难节那天耶稣的祷告还言犹在耳："然而不要照我的意思，只要照你的意思。"（太26：39）复活节的今天，主旨得成，原来已经实现了。
我们走属灵道路的时候，常遇见一个难处，就是自己的意思与神的意思不同而发生干扰。当神的旨意是叫我们遭遇损失和痛苦的时候，就不容易顺服或者别有自己的欲望和喜好，而不是神的旨意所许可的，这就发生了矛盾和冲突。如果不肯放下自己的意思去遵行神的旨意，在属灵的路上就无法前进，甚至跌倒後退了。
许多信徒就是在这里发生了问题，如果神的旨意与自己的意思相合，就愿意遵行。否则就要坚持自己的意思，不肯照神的旨意行。并且要求神成就自己的意思，否则对神感到不满和不服，这实在是可怕的光景。如果神真的让我们成就了自己的意思，後果岂不是很危险。
我们应当相信，神的旨意比我们自己的意思好，比我们的目的高，对我们最有益，且有永恒的价值。自己的意思是目光短浅，只顾眼前的利益。而且神常不让我们自己的意思成就，因为那样心中必没有平安，喜乐，信心和盼望，将来的损失更不必说了。主耶稣在最艰难困苦的时候，仍然求父说，不要照他的意思，只要照父的意思。
凡愿意放下自己的意思，只求神的旨意成就，这是神最喜悦的。神绝不会将对我们无益的旨意强加在我们身上，乃是预先计划决定的，为我们拣选最好的，最高的，最美的事。我们要安息在神的旨意中，并要欢喜迎接那按神旨意临到我们身上的事。
Spiritual Thought for the Week
Good Friday has gone. Easter has arrived. While Jesus words of prayer still resonate in our ears, “Yet not as I will, but as you will”, the realization that God’s will be done is already a fact before our eyes in this Easter season.
In the spiritual journey, we often come across such difficult times when our will is different from God’s will. When God’s will makes our days miserable we tend to move away from his cause and go our own ways. While we insist on our likes and desires, God’s will become a hindrance. If we let this conflict continue without giving up any of our interests, our spiritual journey can not proceed.
Many believers find themselves stuck in this problem. They go along with God’s will only when it makes them happy. If it doesn’t they go against His will. They want God to comply with their thoughts. Otherwise they feel discontent towards God. This is a dangerous undertaking. Say if God does everything according to our likes, wouldn’t the consequence be disastrous?
We need to believe that God’s thoughts are higher than our thoughts. God’s way is wiser than our ways. His plans have everlasting value. Our eye sight is narrow-minded. We often look at the temporal while God looks at the eternal. God doesn’t let our will be done because God knows we won’t get peace, joy, faith and hope if we get only what we want. While we lose life in the eternity, what good do we get even if we gain the whole world? That’s why we see Jesus Christ in his time of greatest sorrow still says the words, “Yet not as I will but as you will.”
Whoever puts down his own will for the fulfillment of God’s will will be most pleasing in God’s sight. God will not impose harmful things on our life. Everything to Him is planned. He wants the best for us. So let us rest in His will. Let us accept and enjoy whatever things in life He has prepared for us.
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