3月11日

標　　題： 燃起我們的期望

經　　節： 你求告我，我就應允你，並將你所不知道、又大又難的事指示你。（耶利米書卅三章3節）

我們往往還沒有完成神要我們做的事，就停下來。當我們讀到耶利米書卅二章27節：「我是耶和華，是凡有血氣者的神，豈有我難成的事嗎？」我們回應：「是的，主啊！在??沒有難成的事。」然而，一旦遭遇困難，我們卻開始修正自己對神的信心，降低對神能力的期盼。相信神能夠行聖經中的神跡、在一千年前行奇事，或在朋友身上施展大能，那是一碼事；而全心全意相信神完全掌控我們的生命，又是另一碼事！

當全能神對我們說話，不管我們口中的回應是甚麼，我們接下去的行為已證實了信心的多寡。神向摩西透露自己的計畫，要編寫人類歷史中最偉大的出埃及記，祂要使用摩西完成這個計畫。摩西的第一個反應，竟是向神討價還價！摩西無法置信自己剛剛聽見的信息，並且開始找藉口，不願參與神的行動。摩西可能早就相信神的大能，只是無法相信神可以藉著自己行奇事。摩西與神討價還價的結果，限制了他一生的事奉（出埃及記四：13∼16）。

你是否感受到，神給你的使命比你現在的經歷要大的多？求神光照祂到底要你做甚麼，然後以信心回應神的呼召，順服祂的旨意。

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.