Your Decision 选择
Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God...
使徒行传 16:25 约在半夜,保罗和西拉,祷告唱诗赞美神。。。
Have you ever been in the time of the pit? Probably you are at the darkest hour of your life now, you do not know what you should do and you have come to a point that no matter what you try, instead of getting better, it just grew worse. Do you know that God is with you and he wants to deliver you? When Paul and Silas was being caught and put into prison, they did not complain but instead at their darkest hour, when they were in pain and wound, they choose to sing hymns and praises to God. The bible recorded that even the prisoners in the dungeon can hear them! Therefore, they must be praying and singing in a loud voice! How possible to react like that when you're already locked in a prison, and with pain? Naturally it is not how we will response, but Paul and Silas did not look at the natural, but the supernatural. Likewise, the devil will try all sorts of way to put pressure on you, but do know that rejoicing is a choice that you can make! Just like Paul and Silas, they can choose to cry over and complain, but they did not. As you rejoice in The Lord and sing to Him because he is good, it dissipates your fear and pressure; yet it gives strength when you're in your darkest hour! As you rejoice in The Lord, you shall see the chains of fear, bondage, sickness shall be broken, not only that, when Paul and Silas did that, even the foundation was shaken! Therefore you too can shake the world, your response and your decision determine what you believe, Paul and Silas believe in God, how about you? :)
你是否曾经处在生命的低谷?也许你正处生命中最黑暗的一刻,你不知道该怎么办,你已经来到一个地步,无论你做什么,都于事无补,事情不是越来越好,却是变得更糟糕。但你晓得吗?神祂与你同在,祂要拯救你!当保罗西拉被捉进监狱时,他们没有抱怨,在最艰难,处在痛苦和伤害中,他们选择唱歌赞美神。圣经记载,甚至在牢里的囚犯都能听到他们的声音!所以,他们必定是大声的祈祷和歌唱!当你被关进监牢,又受尽了煎熬,我们本能的反应怎么可能会这样呢?当然不会!但保罗和西拉选择不看自然界,他们看超自然界的。同样,魔鬼会尝试用各种诡计对你施压,但你要知道,你可以选择喜乐!就像保罗和西拉,他们其实可以选择以哭泣和抱怨来回应,但他们没有。如同当你靠着主喜乐,因着祂的美好来向祂歌唱时,你的恐惧和压力就渐渐没有了;当你处在最黑暗的时候,祂加给你力量!当你在主里喜乐,你就会看到惧怕的锁链,捆绑的锁链,疾病的锁链等,都要被切断!不仅如此,当保罗和西拉这样做时,甚至监牢的地基都被摇动了!所以,你也可以震动这世界;你的回应和你的决定了你的相信;保罗和西拉相信神,那么你呢? :)