拒接情慾的種子(九)

        然這回，神不單單啟示她的家人，連她自己也在禱告中被神感動：時候到了他就要出現了。過幾天，認識在遠方讀書的弟兄，二人從未見過面，只在通訊中說過話。神跟她說，他是神所安排的人。她即將這件事告訴家人，請家人代禱。然過了一個多月，得知他已沒有和她結婚的想法。她沒有任何埋怨，也沒有懷疑神的默示，只是不住地懇求神憐憫，讓她知道當如何行，不要走錯路。

        神同時感動她和她的家人——他不是神所安排的結婚對象。神對她說：「恭喜妳，妳通過考驗了。」她把眼淚擦乾，笑了，原來這是主耶穌安排的再測。神沒有放棄她，仍然相信她是愛主耶穌、可以為神捨去所有、而沒有一句怨言的人。主耶穌是好老師，讓學生經歷刻骨銘心的火煉，自我覺察對神的信心、耐心和愛心在患難如火星飛騰的歲月裡長進多少？她非常高興！沒想到經過十四年，信仰已經進步、成長；昔日受熬煉留下的烙痕，消失了！感謝主！

        神的愛，多麼特別；愛到深處，愛到永遠。為了叫我們在屬靈的國度裡有分，守住我們聖潔的身子，不容任何汙穢沾染我們的心；使我們可以繼續跟隨祂傳福音的腳蹤，成為聖靈的見證；活出基督的樣式，與主同工，直奔天家。

Joseph's Life 2 約瑟的一生2

Worthiness Through Patience and Humility

Worthiness Through Patience and Humility

written by Angel Tien

translated by Annie Chen  
       On July 7, 2011, there was a believer who attended the evening service prayer. During the prayer, the Holy Spirit revealed the following:  "Humility is key. Patience with humility merits value. But patience without humility will cause anger and bitterness, which renders no value whatsoever."

           God examines our every deed and word, motive and intentions. When we don't submit to the Holy Spirit in our daily lives, lose our temper, and fight with others, God will not be pleased.

           On October, 2011, another believer was in the middle of praying for a preacher. The Holy Spirit revealed the following message: "A servant of God who is diligent in fulfilling his duties as a preacher will naturally carry a more strenuous load. Paul was the same."

            Those preachers who work faithfully and diligently for the Lord to fulfill their duties, will not pass through life easily. It will be inevitable that they will encounter many challenges and toils. Therefore, do not be concerned about how hard is the work or how much is the suffering. When offering ourselves to be used by the Lord, we must regard everything as worthless compared to the surpassing value of serving Christ. We must be continually be mindful of God's business, seeking to completely surrender ourselves to the Lord Jesus Christ as our utmost goal. When encountering difficult trials, do not ask why. Only ask God for more faith, patience, and love to meet these trials. Then simply obey and execute whatever Lord Jesus commands.

            This type of life of enduring faith must persevere to the end to be of value. If we allow ourselves to be provoked, we will find ourselves unable to endure and even blow up, yelling loudly. Such emotional outbursts will ruin whatever spiritual cultivation efforts we have built up, thus falling far short of the standards God expected us to meet.

            The type of person that God favors is a peaceful and quiet person. On November 4, 2004, a sister saw a vision that God was healing sick patients. Lord Jesus said to her: "The type of servant that God wants to use is a peaceful and quiet person. God favors this type of people. When any labor of work is done, the servant should keep quiet. There's no need to publicize the good deeds to others. Only provide proper answers if someone asks. It is best for a worker of God to keep quiet."

            It is difficult to keep quiet or a low profile if we have not first learned patience and humility. The Lord Jesus said: "You will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved" (Mt 10:22). Our ultimate goal in life is to go to heaven to enjoy eternal blessings. God particularly emphasizes for us to imitate him, which is to have a gentle and lowly heart.

           "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls" (Mt 11:29). Lord Jesus stated this not without reason. If we can reach this goal of spiritual cultivation, then we will attain inner peace. Everything that we do for the Lord and the spiritual training of disciplining and beating our body as referred in 1 Corinthians 9:16-27 will then not be done in vain. Our faith in God will not result in vain.