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第六十九天：2011年12月5日(Kislev 9, 5772)

請讀： 提摩太前書第六章 提摩太後書2:3-4 以弗所書第六章 馬太福音第十章 啟示錄3:21 出埃及記12:51

「爭戰得以看見貧窮破除」

如果你被差派去打仗結果卻輸了，你就會蒙羞直到你贏得下一場勝利為止。在基督的身體中有很多人很害怕去爭戰，但是爭戰是必需的，是為了要擊敗我們的仇敵、並攻佔所應許給我們的產業。爭戰是領受恩典去打仗(請看提摩太前書6:12，提摩太後書2:3-4)，爭戰是領受得勝所需的全副軍裝(以弗所書6:11–17)，爭戰給我們一個機會能進入勝利(啟示錄3:21)。

神是以軍隊的方式來帶領祂的百姓離開埃及的(出埃及記12:51)，是以一種號角聲和戰爭的呼喊聲來帶領他們。之後祂用約櫃–神的同在，帶領他們出來(撒母耳記上4:5–6)。在必要的時候，祂會使用自然界的力量來幫助他們擊敗敵人(約書亞記第十章)。神常會賜下策略使我們能夠掠奪仇敵的產業、並昌盛、得以立足(馬太福音第十章，以弗所書第六章)。祂為我們預備一個得勝的旌旗在我們之上，當耶和華尼西將一個旌旗遮蓋我們的同時，萬軍之耶和華就差派天使天軍來幫助我們，祂是全地軍隊的神(撒母耳記上17:45)，也是那看不見的天使軍隊的神(列王紀上22:19)，祂是萬軍之耶和華(羅馬書9:29)，祂已經為你得勝了！看你的勝利擊敗了貧窮。

我們必須去聽那貧窮是如何說話的、並作用在另一個心靈身上。神命令我們以仁慈和慷慨來對付貧窮，正如波阿斯允許路得在田裡拾取麥穗，所以要讓人們在我們的葡萄園裡拾取，使他們能有機會得到我們的剩餘(路得記第二章)。我們與貧窮爭戰，是要藉由發展策略來幫助那些遭受體制上貧窮的人，換句話說，我們要幫助其他人得到智慧，來打破撒旦在財務上所俘虜他們的制度，而我們也需要發展出收割的策略(阿摩司書9:13)，當我們如此行時，我們就會得勝，並且我們的增長就會多而又多。

付出能讓你脫離貧窮，得以看見你的道路與昌盛的循環，正如有一些聖經經文我們都曾學過的，詩篇二十三篇是我們所記得的經文之一，在憂傷與困苦之中可以成為我們的安慰。然而我們大部分的人並不了解這個詩篇真正在說的是，「因著我名的緣故，我將會在你昌盛的道路上引導你走義路。」(作者改述)。

在希伯來文，「道路」這個字是`agol，是「循環地或是一個週期」的意思，神引導我們走在公義的循環中，仇敵一想到我們停留在公義的路上，就會恨惡不已，因為牠知道我們將會看見神為我們的生命所預備的豐盛計畫，神已經將我們昌盛的道路預備妥當，而這條道路或是循環，與每年循環的耶和華節期中所領受到祝福的有關。

希伯來文的chag或是「節慶」(festival)，是表示「產生一個循環」，如果我們明白節期就能了解循環的意義了。我們可以被正確地引導、開始昌盛、進入豐盛，而當我們留在神的時機當中時，我們就沒有缺乏。「主是我的牧者，我必不致缺乏，因為祂引導我走在昌盛的循環中，無論我到那裡去，我必看見我的祝福，即使有死蔭的幽谷，我也能夠讚美祂而不離開神的時間，並會看見我的祝福！」羅柏特．海得勒(Robert Heidler)在他的「彌賽亞的教會興起」(The Messianic Church Arising)一書中解釋了神的節期，藉由了解節期的時間意義，你就能從收割到收割、直到倍增成為一種生活方式。節期在本質上也是預言，你從逾越節到五旬節到住棚節，這都與教會從一個季節走到另一個季節是相同的循環。

Day 69 of 100 Days: “The War to See Poverty Break” Read: 1 Tim. 6, 2 Tim, 2:3-4, Eph. 6, Matt. 10, Rev. 3:21, Exod. 12:51

Chuck Pierce 寫於 2011年12月5日 5:42

If you are sent to war but lose the battle, you wear a reproach until you gain a subsequent victory. Many in the body are afraid to war, but war is necessary in order to conquer our enemies and take possession of what has been promised to us. War is receiving grace to fight. (See 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 2:3–4.) War is receiving the necessary armor for victory (Eph. 6:11–17). War produces an opportunity for us to enter into victory (Rev. 3:21).

The Lord used armies to bring His people out of Egypt (Exod. 12:51) with a trumpet sound and a battle cry. Later He brought them out with the ark, the presence of God (1 Sam. 4:5–6). He used forces of nature when necessary to help them defeat their enemies (Josh. 10). God always releases strategies that enable us to plunder the enemy’s holdings, to prosper, and to stand. (See Matthew 10; Ephesians 6.) He has a banner of victory over us. While Jehovah Nissi puts a banner over us to cover us, the Lord Sabaoth sends the hosts of heaven to help us. He is God of the armies of Earth (1 Sam. 17:45) and God of the unseen armies of angels (1 Kings 22:19). He is the Lord of the armies (Rom. 9:29). He already has victory for you! See your victory over poverty.

We must hear how poverty speaks and then operate in the opposite spirit. We are required to combat poverty by being kind and generous to others. Just as Boaz allowed Ruth to glean in field, we combat poverty by allowing people to glean in our vineyard and provide them with access to our excess (Ruth 2). We combat poverty by developing strategies to help those who have been ravaged by systemic poverty. In other words, we help others gain wisdom on how to break out of the system that Satan is using to hold them captive financially. We are also required to develop reaping strategies (Amos 9:13). When we do this, we overcome, and our increase will go from multiplication to multiplication.

Give your way out of poverty. See your path and cycle of prosperity. As children there were several Bible passages that many of us were taught. Psalm 23 was one that we memorized and used for comfort in distress and affliction. However, most of us never realized that this psalm really says, “I will lead you in your path of prosperity through paths of righteousness for My name’s sake” (author’s paraphrase).

In Hebrew, the word for “path” is `agol, which means “to be round or a cycle.” The Lord guides us in the cycles of righteousness. The enemy hates the thought of us staying on a path of righteousness because he knows that we will see the fullness of God’s plan for our lives. God already has our path of prosperity in place. This path or cycle is linked with the yearly return received from the feasts of Yahweh.

The Hebrew word chag, or “festival,” means “to make a cycle.” If we understand the feasts, then we understand cycles. We can be led properly, begin to prosper, move into abundance, and have no lack when we stay in the timing of God. “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want because He leads me in the cycle of prosperity. I will see my blessings wherever I walk. Even through the valley of the shadow of death, I can celebrate Him and not get out of time and see my blessings!” Robert Heidler’s book The Messianic Church Arising explains God’s feasts. By understanding the timing of the feasts, you go from harvest to harvest until increase becomes a way of life. The feasts are also prophetic in nature. You go from Passover to Pentecost to Tabernacles. This is the same cycle that the church is in from season to season.