3月11日
标 题： 燃起我们的期望
经 节： 你求告我，我就应允你，并将你所不知道、又大又难的事指示你。（耶利米书卅三章3节）
我们往往还没有完成神要我们做的事，就停下来。当我们读到耶利米书卅二章27节：“我是耶和华，是凡有血气者的神，岂有我难成的事吗？”我们回应：“是的，主啊！在??没有难成的事。”然而，一旦遭遇困难，我们却开始修正自己对神的信心，降低对神能力的期盼。相信神能够行圣经中的神迹、在一千年前行奇事，或在朋友身上施展大能，那是一码事；而全心全意相信神完全掌控我们的生命，又是另一码事！
当全能神对我们说话，不管我们口中的回应是什么，我们接下去的行为已证实了信心的多寡。神向摩西透露自己的计画，要编写人类历史中最伟大的出埃及记，祂要使用摩西完成这个计画。摩西的第一个反应，竟是向神讨价还价！摩西无法置信自己刚刚听见的信息，并且开始找借口，不愿参与神的行动。摩西可能早就相信神的大能，只是无法相信神可以借着自己行奇事。摩西与神讨价还价的结果，限制了他一生的事奉（出埃及记四：13～16）。
你是否感受到，神给你的使命比你现在的经历要大的多？求神光照祂到底要你做什么，然后以信心回应神的呼召，顺服祂的旨意。
Raising
Our Expectations
‘Call
to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you
do not know.’ (Jeremiah 33:3)
Too often we settle for much less than
what God wants to do through us. We read in Jeremiah 32:27: “I am the Lord, the
God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for Me?” and we answer, “No Lord.” Yet,
when we face difficult situations we begin to qualify our belief in God and
lower our expectations of what God will do. It is one thing to believe God
could perform a miracle in the Bible, or a thousand years ago, or even in the
life of a friend; it is quite another matter to wholeheartedly believe God can
do anything He chooses to do in our lives!
When almighty God speaks to us, what we do
next proves what we believe about Him, regardless of what we say. God revealed
to Moses His plan to orchestrate the greatest exodus in human history, and He
wanted to use Moses to accomplish it. Moses responded by arguing with God!
Moses was overwhelmed by what he heard and began to make excuses for why he
could not participate in God’s activity. Moses would have readily acknowledged
his belief in God’s power, he simply did not believe God could do His
miraculous work through his life. Moses’ argument with God limited his ministry
for the rest of his life (Exod. 4:13–16).
Do you sense there may be far more that
God wants to do through your life than what you have been experiencing? Ask God
to show you what it is, then be prepared to respond in faith and obedience to
what He tells you.
