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第六十一天： 2011年11月27日(Kislev 1, 5772)

請讀：約翰福音第二十一章

「超越你過去對呼召的理解」

這是最難的一個。門徒超越了，但是之後他們又回去他們所習慣做的事，你是否覺得現在對我們所有的人而言，這是非常危險的處境？我們面臨了選擇，是要超越我們的過去、或是回到三年半以前的季節？門徒回去捕魚，他們再度重操舊業，但是耶穌在工作中與他們相遇！不要被欺騙、或是落入宗教的謊言，讓你覺得如果你沒有做你應該要做的事，你就會無法成功。祂能夠使你昌盛，即使你沒有去做你應該做的事，祂能使你亨通順利，祂幫助祂的門徒在他們的工作上成功順利。

在他們認出祂並吃了早餐之後，耶穌對彼得說話。那談話有可能像這樣的內容：「彼得，讓我們來談談你的呼召，要記得，是我讓撒旦篩你，你是否覺得你已經被篩夠了，還是你要再被篩一次？」那就是祂在說的，彼得只有一次機會去超越，然而耶穌允許讓他待在捕魚的工作，而且祂還讓他再被篩一次，當耶穌問彼得，「你愛我嗎？」彼得回答，「是的，主。」

耶穌說，「但是，你真的愛我嗎？」彼得回答，「是的，主。」耶穌又再問，「但是，你真的愛我嗎？」彼得回答，「主啊，只有你知道。」彼得以他認為正確的方式來回答了每一個問題，而他在之前也這樣做過，結果仍然是一團混亂。耶穌有可能對彼得說，「如果你真的愛我，你記得我對你說過，你會像麥子般被篩的預言嗎？而之後你必須堅固你的弟兄的事嗎？你必須回到你的呼召，你必須超越你過去的三年半，並進入一個新型態的呼召。」

你可能會認為彼得會垂頭喪氣地說，「主啊，我在這裡！」但是他居然說，「約翰會發生什麼事？」耶穌卻回答他說，「這與你有什麼相干的？我在問你，你是否會超越。」耶穌並沒有談論逃避責任之事，而是問他：「即使他們決定不要，而你會繼續跟從我嗎？」

Day 61 of 100 Days: “Go beyond the last understanding of your call” Read: John 21

Chuck Pierce 寫於 2011年11月27日 0:21

      This is the hardest one. The disciples went beyond, but then they went right back to what they used to do. Are you aware that’s a very dangerous place for all of us right now? We’re faced with the choice of going beyond where we’ve been or going back to the season from three and a half years ago. The disciples went back to fishing. They took up their business again. But Jesus met them in the business! Don’t be deceived or get into the religious lie that you can’t prosper if you are not doing what you’re supposed to be doing. He can prosper you even when you’re not doing what you’re supposed to be doing. He can allow you to prosper. He helped His disciples prosper in their business.

      After they recognized Him and had eaten breakfast, Jesus talked with Peter. It could have gone something like this: “Peter, let’s talk about your call. Remember, I let Satan sift you. Do you feel like you’ve been sifted enough, or do you want to go to round two?” That’s what He was saying. Peter had one shot at moving beyond, but Jesus would have let him stayin the fishing business. He would also have let him be sifted again. When Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love Me?” Peter answered, “Yes, Lord.”

      Jesus said, “But do you really love Me?” Peter answered, “Yes, Lord.” Jesus asked again, “But do you really love Me?” Peter answered, “Lord, only You know that.” Peter had answered every question in what he thought was the right way, and he’d done this before and still ended up in a mess. Jesus could have said to Peter, “If you do love Me, do you remember that prophecy I gave saying that you would be sifted like wheat and then you’d have to strengthen your brothers? You’re going to have to go back into your call. You’ll have to go beyond your last three and a half years and into a new type of call.”

      You would think Peter would have fallen on his face and said, “Here I am, Lord!” But what he actually said was, “What’s going to happen with John?” Jesus answered him and basically said, “What is that to you? I’m asking you if you will go beyond.” Jesus was not talking about shirking responsibility but was asking this: “Will you keep following Me, even if they decide not to?”