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第六十天： 2011年11月26日(Cheshvan 29, 5772)

請讀： 約翰福音第二十章

超越你過去恐懼與寬恕的能力

    在約翰福音第二十章記載，耶穌死了之後，祂所說的那些事情開始發生了。在七日的第一天，門徒們都聚在一起，因為他們覺得他們只剩下彼此了。會有些時候能與你一起同行的，就只剩下神所給你的那些人而已，而我希望能以祂所給我的那些人來作為結束。請記得，祂有預言過，祂說，「我不會失去你們任何一個真正要跟從我的人。」

    那時候門徒鎖上門，因為他們相信那殺耶穌的人，也同樣會來殺他們(第19節)。他們心裡充滿了恐懼，就將門鎖起來，他們聚在一起，然後耶穌來站在他們當中，說，「願你們平安！」祂竟然穿過一扇緊閉、鎖住的門。你知道嗎？就算你將自己鎖藏起來，祂仍然可以進來說，「我們可以超越這個地方」。祂會對我們說，「你可能認為這是你要去躲藏的地方，但是我會直接穿越、進入你要將自己關起來成為修女或修士的地方，我會找到你，再帶你出來，因為我要你去超越。沒有必要在一個看見的季節中，將自己隔離起來，因為我要使你在那地方感到非常痛苦，那麼你就會厭惡你在那裡所看到的一切。那會使你說，『我必須離開這裡。』你的身份並不屬於那個隱藏的地方。」

    祂出現在門徒們所躲藏的房子裡，說「我會帶你們超越你們過去的能力、以及恐懼抓住你們的地方。」你知道你所陷入的恐懼，是與你能夠做到的事情有關嗎？你會恐懼是因為你想靠自己來完成，但卻不能。祂對他們說，「讓我帶你們走過恐懼，並讓我派你去與寬恕。」那是他們向前進的唯一途徑，對我們來說也同樣如此。你無法達到超越，除非你能通過那稱為寬恕的路標，你必須通過篩麥子、恐懼以及寬恕的考驗，然後你就能超越了。

Day 60 of 100 Days: Go beyond your last ability to fear and forgive Read: John 20

Chuck Pierce 寫於 2011年11月26日 2:41

     In John 20, after Jesus died, those things He said began to manifest. On the first day of the week, the disciples were all together, because they thought all they had left was each other. There are times when all you have left to walk with are those whom God has given you. I want to end up with those He’s given me. Remember, He prophesied that. He said, “I won’t lose one of you who truly wants to follow after Me.”

     The disciples locked the door because they believed that the same ones who killed Jesus would come and kill them (v. 19). They were filled with fear. The door was locked, they were assembled, and Jesus came and stood in the midst of them, saying,“Peace be with you.” He came through a closed, locked door. Are you aware that even if you lock yourself away He can still come in and say, “We can go beyond this place”? He can say to us, “You might think this is where you’re going to hide out, but I am going to come right on through, into that locked-up place you have sequestered yourself in, trying to become a nun or a monk. I will find you and bring you right out again, because I want you to go beyond. There is no need to try to isolate yourself in a season of seeing, because I’ll make you so miserable in that place that you’ll get sick of everything you’re seeing there. It will cause you to say, ‘I’ve got to get out of here.’ Your identity is not in that hidden place.”

     He showed up in the room the disciples were hiding in and said, “I’m taking you beyond your last ability and where fear is gripping you.” Are you aware that the fear you’re engulfed in is related to what you’re capable of doing? Some of your fear is because you’re relying upon yourself to pull things off, and you can’t do it. He said to them, “Let Me bring you past that fear, and let Me commission you to go and forgive.”That was the only way they could move forward, and the same holds true for us. You won’t get to your beyond unless you can get past the signpost called forgiveness. You have to get past sifting, fear, and forgiveness, and then you can go beyond.