Spiritual Thought for the Week 2009/5/31

我离开这礼拜堂的日子已定了。我的心满有平安。因为觉得我在这里过去的三年时光，没有一分是浪费的。我爱惜光阴，过去如是，将来也如是。正如使徒保罗说的，"要爱惜光阴，因为现今的世代邪恶"（弗5：16）我们在世馀下的光阴实在有限，几乎只有一点点的时间了，或者主再来或者我们死去，都可能随时发生。所以机会并不常有，一旦错过，失去就在不能挽回，永远後悔莫及。今天的光阴就是机会，可能是最後的，每一分一秒的光阴，关系到永恒的的祸福，得失，这一分一秒该是何等的珍贵，无价可估，真是太重要了。
那末此时可能是最後一刻了，当怎样度过呢？首先当认罪，悔改，转变。那就是说，如果有甚麽心中不安的事，或明明知道是罪，是不合理的，神所不喜悦的事，对不起神，对不起人，对不起自己永生的事，都必须立刻解决，免得留到审判臺前受报。因为不彻底转变，就要过到那边被定型了，永远的前途没有了，那真是可怕的。
就在最後一刻，将自己完全献给神，放在死的祭坛上做活祭。绝对地对世界，对肉体和对自己死了，只有向神活着，让主在里面活着。这馀下的光阴，完全顺从圣灵的引导，照神的旨意而行，一刻不能放松，随己意而行。因为这可能就是最後的一刻，如果主来正遇见我们是在放纵，散漫，悠闲，那是何等的羞耻，损失，懊悔。每分钟的光阴都当爱惜，不是说要自己尽量的忙乱做事，而是要认真的活在神的面前，在祂的光中，遵行神的旨意，每一分钟都用得有永恒的价值。
Spiritual Thought for the Week
My time of leaving this church has been fixed. My heart is filled with peace, because I know I have not wasted one minute during my three years of tenure here. I treasured every moment in the past. I will treasure every moment in the future. Just like Paul said, “making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16) Our remaining days on this earth are limited. There is not much time left. Either the Lord returns or we die will end this time. So opportunity is not always available. Once we lose it we can not retrieve it. Today’s time is our opportunity. It could be the last opportunity. Each minute and second are so preciously related to our eternity that we can not afford to look at it lightly.
Now is the time for the last opportunity. How do we make the most of it? First let us repent. If there is something in your heart that makes you uncomfortable, acknowledge it. Could it be things that you did wrong to God, to other people or to yourself? If you don’t face it now, you will have to face it before the judgment seat in eternity. Then it will be too late because your future in eternity will be all gloom and doom. What a terrible scene to behold.
Before it is too late, let’s offer up our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God. We treat our flesh, our selves and our earthly desire as dead things. We are living things only to God who let Christ to live in us. In this way we are totally submitted to the guiding of the Holy Spirit. We can not lose sight but keep on guard always knowing that this could be the very last day. What if the Lord returns and finds us off guard, lazy and not doing anything productive? What a shame! Every moment has to be lived with dignity and integrity. This is not to say that we necessarily live in fear and panic. But we live with great care before God, walk in His light, and do His will. Then every moment we live will be a moment that brings meaning to eternity.