12/03/2019
3/12/2019
How Do You Get Grace?
你如何得到恩典？
By Rick Warren
華理克牧師
“Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’” (2 Corinthians 12:8-9a NIV)
「爲這事，我三次求過主，叫這刺離開我。祂對我説：「我的恩典夠你用的，因爲我的能力是在人的軟弱上顯得完全。」（和合本 哥林多後書12: 8-9a）
What do you do when you can’t fix an unfixable problem? What do you do when you can’t solve an unsolvable riddle? What do you do when you can’t change an unchangeable circumstance? What do you do when you can’t control something that hurts deeply in your life?
當無法克服一個解決不了的難題時，你該怎麽辦？當無法解開一個無解的謎題時，你該怎麽辦？當無法改變一個永不變更的狀況時，你該怎麽辦？當無法掌控生命中沉痛的傷害時，你該怎麽辦？
You throw yourself on the sustaining grace of God.
你要使自己沉浸在上帝永不止息的恩典中。
How do you get the kind of grace to keep going in spite of temptations, trials, tension, tiredness, and troubles? You do four things:
要如何讓這份恩典帶領你繼續向前，即使面對種種誘惑，試煉，壓力，疲憊和困難？做以下四件事：
1. Call out. Cry out for God’s help. As long as you pretend to be self-sufficient, you short-circuit God’s power in your life. You need to admit your inadequacy and say, “God, I can’t handle this!” The Bible says, “God is against the proud, but he gives grace to the humble. So give yourselves completely to God .... Come near to God, and God will come near to you” (James 4:6-8a NCV).
1. 呼求。呼求上帝的幫助。若你偽裝自己能夠應付，你輕看了神在你生命中的大能。你必須承認自己的失當，向上帝說：「主啊，我應付不了這事！」聖經說：「上帝阻擋驕傲的人，賜恩給謙卑的人。故此，你們要順服上帝……你們親近上帝，上帝就必親近你們」（和合本 雅各書4:6-8a）
2. Fill your mind with God’s Word. Let God’s Word comfort, strengthen, fill, soothe, and give you the energy to keep going. Get into it every single day of your life. David prayed, “I lie in the dust; revive me by your word” (Psalm 119:25 NLT). If the answer were to look within yourself, you’d already be changed. You need to look to God! He’s the only one with sustaining strength.
2. 將上帝的話充滿你心。讓上帝的話安慰，堅固，充滿，撫平，並賜你能力繼續向前。每一天都要進到上帝的話語裏。大衛禱告：「我的性命幾乎歸於塵土，求你照你的話將我救活。」（和合本 詩篇119：25）。若是能從自身找到答案，你早已被更新。你必須仰望上帝！祂是唯一擁有永不止息能力的上帝。
3. Accept support from God’s people. The Bible says by helping each other with our troubles, we obey the law of Christ, which is, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” God never meant for you to go through life on your own. He puts weaknesses in our lives so we realize how much we need each other. You need to accept support from God’s people.
3. 接受屬上帝的人的支持。聖經說到，在患難中彼此幫助就是遵行基督「愛人如己」的律法。上帝從未要你一人孤獨走過一生。祂賜我們生命中的軟弱，使我們明白我們需要彼此。你要接受屬上帝的人的幫助。
4. Hold on to God’s promises. There are over 7,000 of them in the Bible waiting to be claimed. Here’s one of them: “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youth grow tired ... but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint” (Isaiah 40:29-31 NIV). Keep your hope in the Lord and your eyes focused on the hope of Heaven, not just on the here and now.
4. 依靠上帝的應許。聖經裏有超過七千個應許等著你來領受。其中之一是: 「疲乏的，祂賜能力；軟弱的，祂加力量。就是少年人也要疲乏困倦……但那等侯耶和華的，必從新得力。他們必如鷹展翅上騰，他們奔跑卻不困倦，行走卻不疲乏。」（和合本 以賽亞書40：29-31）盼望在上帝，定睛在屬天的盼望，而不局限在眼前的片刻。
The Bible says, “Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness’” (2 Corinthians 12:8-9a).
聖經說：「爲這事，我三次求過主，叫這刺離開我。祂對我説：「我的恩典夠你用的，因爲我的能力是在人的軟弱上顯得完全。」（和合本 哥林多後書12 ：8-9a）
When you’re going through a problem you can’t fix, don’t give up. Just look up!
正當你經歷無法解決的困境時，不要放棄，要凡事仰望！
