活在主的恩光中的服侍[1月19日被主的恩光照耀之年（2020）]

被主的恩光照耀之年（2020）｜活在主的恩光中的服侍

1月19日

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朱志山牧师

经文: 太 25:14-30

课题: 事奉医治, 神为与人为, 好管家, 教会, 仆人精神,

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当神创造亚当，赐他生养、管理、治理一切的应许之后，第一件事情就是将他放在伊甸园修理、看守一切《创2:15》，以此为服侍主。神的智慧与能力也就是在他如此服侍主当中体现出来。甚至，他的同工（夏娃）也是在他服侍主当中出现的。在此，服侍神的大观念就显明了。今天，很多人将服侍当做一种辛苦的劳动。一旦讲到服侍主就感觉要舍去精力与时间，且要卷入各种人事的复杂。因此，当人服侍到一个疲累的光景，就会觉得说：“自己只有给，没有得”，所以就选择放下服侍。然后，有一些常提倡“恩典”的教导就会说：神要的不是我们的服侍，乃是我们的心。我们不要因服侍而失去心中的恩典”。通常，这样的教导是非常吸引那些在教会长久服侍而灵里枯干的人。但是，这些人往往就渐渐成为“享受恩典”而不服侍的闲懒人，不是体现出恩典之能力的人。其实，神一切的恩典都是在信徒服侍当中显明出来的，不是在我们尽情去“享受恩典”而来的。服侍，虽然感觉上是在给（给出时间、精力、钱财、恩赐、才能等），但那是联结与神恩典的管道。因此，保罗在《林前15:10》说：…我比众使徒格外劳苦，这原不是我，乃是神的恩与我同在。确实，你经历的恩典多真实，你服侍的动力是多大。但为什么服侍中却这么容易会有埋怨与无助之心产生呢？那就是我们看不见主的恩典，进入人的服侍中了。人的服侍是有限的。因为人的眼光狭窄，容易被情况、光景、人的话影响。人的服侍少被圣灵引导，只多被事物催逼。人的服侍没有看见主的帮助，唯有继续要更加的用力而疲乏。人的服侍不以信心出发，乃受惧怕影响（如怕不能胜任，怕不被理解，怕与人摩擦、对质等）。其实，在恩光中的服侍并非如此。那是看见神的同在、帮助、引导、恩膏的服侍。那是反而在服侍中得着，不是因服侍而失去。那有些人会觉得话虽如此，但我们每个人时间有限，有家庭与工作要监护，可能没有这么多时间与精力参加聚会与投入服侍。其实，服侍神本是不容易的，不然使徒就不会说他比他人格外劳苦。但若我们认为自己需要取舍来服侍，那已经不是服侍的精神了。相反的，我们乃是看见服侍的价值和荣耀而愿意参与在其中。这等人绝对不是带着“取舍观”，乃是因为看见主的迫切与爱祂教会的心而竭力多做主工《林前15:58》。这样的服侍到最后一定会分享主的喜乐，不是进到埋怨与苦毒。主耶稣在服侍中也给我们很重要的一个教导说：趁着白日，我们必须做那差我来者的工；黑夜将到，就没有人能做工了《约9:4》。这句话告诉我们服侍是一定有他的期限。连主耶稣自己在地上也知道他有肉身和时间的期限。我们人活在地上有时间、空间和肉身的局限。神为我们定了在某些时候要完成的使命，若我们错过的话，那也再也不回来了。可能我们在某个年龄层，能影响某些的人；或我们在有精力的时候，能做某些的事；或是我们在某些的处境，有某些的感动与迫切。若我们因为忙于世界或是体贴自己的难处，我们就无法在那方面带出极荣耀与美好的服侍了。确实，才能、时间、体力、机会都会流失的。我们人生每一个阶段的服侍都是有期限的。让我们在有限的时间献上美好的服侍！

When God created Adam, after giving him the promise to be fruitful, rule over the earth and subdue all, the first thing God did was to put Adam in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it <Gen 2:15>, as a form of serving the Lord. God’s wisdom and power were reflected through the way Adam served the Lord. Even his co-worker (Eve) made her appearance when he was serving the Lord. From here, the big idea of serving God is clearly revealed. Today, many people consider serving as hard work. When talking about serving the Lord, some may think they had forgone their energy and time and also have to be involved in the complexity of various personnel matters. Hence, when a person serves to an extent of being in a tired state, he will feel, “I only give but did not receive”, therefore he chooses to give up his serving. Then some who advocate teachings of "grace" will say that “God does not want our service, but our hearts. Let us not lose the grace in our hearts through our serving." Often, such teachings are very appealing to those who have served long in the church but are withered in their spirits. However, these people often gradually become lazy by “enjoying grace" but not truly serving and do not show grace and power in their serving. In fact, all of God's grace is manifested in the serving of believers, and not from us "enjoying grace".  Although serving feels like giving (whether it is time, energy, money, gifts, talents, abilities, etc.), it is the way to connect with God's grace. Therefore, Paul said in <1 Co 15:10> ... “I worked harder than all of [the apostles]---yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.” Indeed, your motivation to serve is as great as how real the grace you have experienced. But why is it so easy to develop grumblings and helplessness in our serving? That is, we cannot see the grace of the Lord, and we enter into the serving of man. Human serving is limited. This is because human perspective is narrow, is easily affected by situations, circumstances, and people's words. Man's serving is less often guided by the Holy Spirit, but driven more only by things. Human serving does not see the Lord's help, but only results in greater effort and weariness. Human serving does not start with faith, but is influenced by fear (such as fear of incompetence, fear of not being understood, fear of friction with others, confrontation, etc.). In fact, this is not the case for serving in the gracious light. It is a serving which sees God's presence, help, guidance and anointing. It is gaining more in serving, rather than losing due to  serving. Some people may agree this is so, but, each of us has limited time, we have to take care of our family and work, and may not have so much time and energy to attend meetings and be involved in serving. In fact, it is not easy to serve God, otherwise the apostle would not say that he worked harder than others. But if we think we need to trade off to serve, it is no longer the spirit of serving. Instead, in seeing the value and glory of serving, we are willing to participate and be involved. Such people definitely do not have a “trade-off perspective” but because they see the earnestness of the Lord and because of the love for His church, they give themselves fully to the work of the Lord <1 Co 15:58>. Such serving will surely share the joy of the Lord eventually, and not go into grumblings and bitterness. The Lord Jesus also gave us a very important teaching in serving: As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work <Jn 9:4>. This verse tells us that there are definitely limitations in each of our serving. Even the Lord Jesus Himself knew that He had physical and time limits on earth. We all live on the earth with time, space, and physical limitations. God has set a mission for us at some point, and if we miss it, it will not come again. Maybe we can influence some people at a certain age level; or we can do certain things when we have energy; or we have certain convictions and eagerness in certain situations. If we are busy with the world or are only concerned about our own difficulties, we will not be able to bring out God’s glory and goodness in our serving. Indeed, talent, time, physical strength, and opportunity will be lost. There is a term for serving at every stage of our lives. Let us offer a wonderful serving in our limited time!

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