五 但以理十一章三十二节下半说，“惟独认识神的子民，必刚强行事；”这意思就是说，神的子民必定开疆拓土；我们越认识神的旨意，就越能抓住机会；认识神的人，绝不奉行故事—参申四25与注1。 |
Ｅ Daniel 11:32b says, “The people who know their God will show strength and take action”; this means that the people of God will open up new horizons; the more we know God’s will, the more we will seize the opportunities; those who know God will never live in a habitual way day after day—cf. Deut. 4:25 and footnote. |
六 “你们看见神祝福常受弟兄作工，他的长处就是不放松每一个机会，难得有一个机会不被他用的。一有机会他就应用”—倪柝声弟兄讲于一九五○年七月十九日（倪柝声文集第三辑第九册，二三四页）。 |
Ｆ “We have seen how God has blessed Brother Witness’s work. His strong point is that he does not allow any opportunity to slip by. It is hard to find him missing an opportunity. Once the opportunity arises, he takes advantage of it”—speaking from Brother Watchman Nee on July 19, 1950 (The Collected Works of Watchman Nee, vol. 55, p. 199). |
七 我们的事奉，如果是合乎神的心意的话，也可以一日顶得许多日的，但如果是在神旨意之外，所花去的时日祂都不算；在神的国之外，没有一个人是神所雇用的；（太二十6~7；）尼布甲尼撒满意于自己所作的（但四30，37下）—这是巴比伦的原则。 |
Ｇ If our service is according to God’s will, one day will equal many days, but the days spent outside the will of God are not counted; outside the kingdom of God, no human beings are employed by God (Matt. 20:6-7); Nebuchadnezzar was satisfied with his own work (Dan. 4:30, 37b)—this is the principle of Babylon. |
八 但是感谢主，祂还给我们一个安慰，就是约珥书二章二十五节所说，蝗虫所吃去的那些年，神要补还我们；我们如果旷废年日，那么十年也许只能算一天，但我们如果赎回光阴，也可能一日抵上十年。 |
Ｈ However, thank the Lord for His word of comfort, the words of Joel 2:25— the years that the locust has eaten will be restored to us; if we waste our days, ten years may be equal to one day, but if we redeem the time, one day may equal ten years. |
九 诗篇九十篇十二节说，“求你指教我们怎样数算自己的日子，好叫我们得着智慧的心；”八十四篇十节说，“在你的院宇住一日，胜似在别处住千日；”天上的日子不是以二十四小时来计算的；神的算法是另一种的算法。 |
Ｉ Psalm 90:12 says, “Teach us then to number our days / That we may gain a heart of wisdom,” and 84:10 says, “A day in Your courts is better than a thousand”; the days in heaven are not counted by a cycle of twenty-four hours; God has a different way of counting days. |
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珥二25 “〔耶和华说，〕我打发到你们中间的大军队，就是群蝗、舔蝗、毁蝗、剪蝗，那些年所吃的，我要补还你们。” 诗九十12 “求你指教我们怎样数算自己的日子，好叫我们得着智慧的心。” 八四10“在你的院宇住一日，胜似在别处住千日…。” 盼望我们…学习训练我们属灵的感觉，学习训练我们属灵的眼光。如果两个都差，一遇见事情，我们就不知道如何应付。天天都当如此作。…时间是常有的，而机会不是常有的。机会是在时间里。时间是长远不断的。但机会有的时候有，有的时候没有，所以我们要抓住机会。我们今天一有机会就要觉得，一有机会就要顶上去。（倪柝声文集第三辑第九册，二三四页。） |
Joel 2:25 [Jehovah said], I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten… Psa. 90:12 Teach us then to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. 84:10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand… [May the Lord] train our spiritual sense and spiritual sight. If we are short in these two things, we will not know how to deal with situations when they come up. We should give ourselves to Him in this way daily….Time is constant, but opportunities are not. Opportunities appear in time. Time is continuous, but opportunities come and go. Therefore, we must grasp the opportunities. We must sense the opportunities whenever they come and make the most of them. (CWWN, vol. 55, p. 198) |
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今天不是主不给我们机会；今天乃是我们失落了机会。我们弟兄个个要起来。…我们不要放弃神所给我们的机会。你们看见神祝福常受弟兄作工，他的长处就是不放松每一个机会。难得有一个机会不被他用的。一有机会他就应用。如果你放弃机会，神的工作就要因你受限制。 有一天当你站在神面前的时候，你要看见，神的旨意一大半就是神所给的机会。能认识那个机会，就认识神的旨意。这是相当严重的事。但以理十一章三十二节说，“认识神的子民，必刚强行事；”这意思就是说，神的子民必定开疆拓土。我们越认识神的旨意，就越能抓住机会。凡是停在这里的人，都是奉行故事的人。认识神的人绝不奉行故事。…神一动，我们就动。我们不放弃任何的机会。（倪柝声文集第三辑第九册，二三四至二三六页。） 每一次当我想到〔许多人枉费时日〕的时候，真难受，无法过去。可是还感谢神，祂在这失望的当中，给我一个安慰，就是约珥书二章二十五节所说，蝗虫所吃去的那些年，神要补还我们。（希伯来文的意思。）感谢神，祂还有办法。也许你今年已六十岁了，曾空花了三、四十年。 从前有一个青年的女子，因为犯罪的缘故，生了肺病，在医院中，快要死了。有一位年老的仆人去讲道给她听，劝她该承认她的罪，懊悔并接受耶稣作她的救主，因主耶稣已担当她一切的罪。这位女子…接受了主，得救了，顶快乐，心里也十分平安。过了几天，那年老的仆人再去看她。希奇，见她满面愁容，顶忧伤…说，“我的年日将完了，…当我站在主面前的时候，主说我是得救的了，但是我有什么带去给祂呢？我说我的手是空的呀！我怎能空手见我主呢？”…那老仆人对她说，“姊妹，不要紧，我现在就用你这句话当题目，在你床旁边作一首诗，鼓励人去布道。但愿什么人因着这首诗而出外布道得着人的，这赏赐都归给你。”这就是现在顶出名的“我岂可去，双手空空？岂可如此见主面？”那一首诗。〔诗歌六六八首。〕有顶多人受了这诗的感动而出外布道的。这就是群蝗、舔蝗、毁蝗、剪蝗所吃去的那些年，主要补还你们。 人在世上十年也许只能算一天，可是一天也有能算为一千日的。大卫说，在你的院宇住一日，胜似在别处住千日。所以，我们的事奉是不落空的。天上的日子不是以二十四小时来计算的。这个算法是属灵的，并非我们的一天，它也就是一天。（倪柝声文集第一辑第十九册，六一至六三页。） 参读：倪柝声文集第一辑第十九册，四三至六三页；第二辑第十八册，第四十四篇。 |
Today the problem is not that the Lord does not give us opportunities, but that we miss the opportunities. Every one of us must rise up….We do not want to let the opportunities from God go by. We have seen how God has blessed Brother Witness’s work. His strong point is that he does not allow any opportunity to slip by. It is hard to find him missing an opportunity. Once the opportunity arises, he takes advantage of it. If we let the opportunity go, we will limit God’s work. When we stand before God, we will see that most of God’s will lies in the opportunities He has given us. If we can identify the opportunities, we can identify God’s will. This is a very serious matter. Daniel 11:32 says, “The people who know their God will…take action.” This means that the people of God will open up new horizons. The more we know God’s will, the more we will seize the opportunities. Anyone who hesitates is living in a habitual way. Those who know God will never act in a habitual way….Once God moves, we should move. We should not give up any opportunity. (CWWN, vol. 55, pp. 199-200) Every time I think of [lost days], I become sorrowful and find the thought unbearable. However, I still thank the Lord who gives me comfort in my despair. In Joel 2:25 He said, “I will restore to you the years / That the swarming locust has eaten.” Thank the Lord that He still has a way. You may be sixty years old this year and have wasted thirty or forty years. Once there was a young girl who fell into sin and contracted tuberculosis. She was dying in the hospital. An old servant of the Lord preached the gospel to her, telling her that the Lord Jesus had borne all her sin and persuading her to confess her sins, repent, and accept Jesus as her Savior…. After she accepted the Lord, she was saved and became very happy, and peace filled her heart. After a few days, this old servant went to see her again. He was surprised to find her with a very sad face and very sorrowful…. [She said], “When I stand in front of the Lord, the Lord may reckon me as saved. But what do I have to bring to Him? I can only tell the Lord that I have come empty-handed! How can I face my Lord with empty hands?”…The old servant said to her, “Sister, do not worry. I will take what you have just said and will write a song right next to your bed to encourage others to preach the gospel. In this way, all those who preach the gospel and save souls because of this song will share their rewards with you.” He wrote the now well-known song: “ ‘Must I go, and empty-handed,’ / Thus my dear Redeemer meet?" [Hymns, #930]. Because of this song, many were touched to go out to preach the gospel. That is what the Lord means when He says, “I will restore to you the years / That the swarming locust has eaten.” Ten years of a man’s life on earth may be counted for only one day. But then one day may also be counted as one thousand days. David said that a day in the Lord’s courts is better than a thousand. Therefore, our service is not in vain. The days in heaven are not measured by twenty-four hours. This is spiritual accounting. The way we reckon a day is not necessarily the same way God reckons it. (CWWN, vol. 19, pp. 475-477) Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 19, pp. 463-478; CWWN, vol. 38, pp. 317-328 |