不要高举“瓦器”

Dec 17, 2023

我们……里面却有这宝贝。(哥林多后书4:7)

当上帝呼召你做某事时,意味着你蒙召进入更高的责任层次。耶稣说:“多托付谁,就向谁多要。”(路加福音12:48)但也就是在这点上,我们弄错了。我们以为那些蒙召的人跟我们不一样。错了!仅仅因为某人的祷告很得力,巧妙地传达上帝的话语,并不等于他们就没有某些挣扎。他们的挣扎可能看不出来,但仍然是真实的。我们必须谨慎地区分宝贝和瓦器。如果你是一名领袖,千万不要让任何人把你当宝贝。你要审视自我。保罗说“我们不过是瓦器”,并没有说我们是那宝贝。说实在话,上帝使用的人,我们不会去用。比如喇合,是在耶利哥的“红灯区”生活的。然而当她相信上帝,上帝就使用她去赢得耶利哥战役,而且后来还把她引进了基督的家谱里(参约书亚记第二章)。耶弗他又怎么样呢?他是个私生子,被逐出家门,与群匪同住在山洞里(参士师记第十一、十二章),但上帝使用他去拯救以色列人;他也成了那个民族最年轻的士师。恩典奇妙吧?上帝专门修复那些破碎的瓦器。祂使用那些没有成效的事情——失败的婚姻,以及有问题的人。祂教导他们在事工当中如何得胜,并带出成果。明白这一点,我们就得到力量和决心去面对所要临到的,因为我们知道当上帝把宝贝放在我们的里面,祂就会珍惜、保护并使它昌盛。

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