1月10日

標題：神命立就立

經節：我口所出的話也必如此，決不徒然返回，卻要成就我所喜悅的，在我發他去成就的事上必然亨通。（以賽亞書五十五章11節）

當神一開口說話，沒有一件事能再保持原狀。在時間的起頭，神一開口，就由無變有，創造了整個宇宙。神照著一個模式創造天地：祂先說，事件接著成就，最後祂看所造為美好（創世記一：3～4）。神這個模式遍及整本聖經。每次祂顯示自己的計畫，事情就照著祂所說成立，祂看事情的結果為美好（腓立比書二：13）。神並非給建議，而是斷然地說出，然後看著祂所說的實現。

每回耶穌一開口說話，祂所說的事就發生。痳瘋病患發現，耶穌的一句話就等於是身體得潔淨（路加福音五：13，十七：14）。瞎子知道，耶穌的一句話就等於是重見光明（路加福音十八：42）。藉著一棵不結實的無花果樹，門徒們看見，耶穌的一句咒詛就等於是毀滅（馬可福音十一：20）。罪人藉著耶穌的一句話得到赦免（約翰福音八：11）。耶穌嘗試多少次才讓拉撒路死裏復活？只有一次（約翰福音十一：43）。耶穌一開口，沒有一次不照祂所說的成就。

如果耶穌向你說話，那會發生甚麼事情呢？你是否研讀聖經中耶穌的話語，卻從未經歷祂改變的大能？耶穌責備法利賽人，因為他們認為聖經的知識會帶給他們生命。他們滿足於話語的本身，卻不去經歷發出話語的那位（約翰福音五：39）。神的話在你生命的影響是何等強而有力！當你讀經禱告時，傾聽神在你身上的旨意。

When God Speaks, It Is So

So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11)

When God speaks, nothing remains the same. At the beginning of time, God spoke, and a universe was created out of nothing. God followed a pattern when He created the earth: He spoke; it was so; it was good (Gen. 1:3–4). This pattern continued throughout the Bible. Whenever God revealed His plans, things happened just as He said, and God considered the result “good” (Phil. 2:13). God doesn’t make suggestions. He speaks with the full determination to see that what He has said will come to fruition.

Whenever Jesus spoke, what He said came to pass. Lepers found that a word from Jesus meant healing (Luke 5:13; 17:14). The blind man discovered that a word from Jesus meant sight (Luke 18:42). Through a barren fig tree the disciples saw that a curse from Jesus meant destruction (Mark 11:20). The sinner experienced forgiveness through a word from Jesus (John 8:11). How many attempts did it take Jesus to raise Lazarus from the dead? Only one (John 11:43). There was never a time that Jesus spoke that what He said did not happen.

What happens when Jesus speaks to you? Have you been reading the words of Jesus in your Bible without experiencing His word that transforms everything around you? Jesus condemned the Pharisees because they assumed that knowledge of the written Scriptures would give them life. They were satisfied with having the words instead of experiencing the person who spoke the words (John 5:39). How powerful a word from God is to your life! As you read your Bible and pray, listen to what God has to say to you about His will for your life.