權柄全是你的
馬太福音二十八章16至20節
16十一個門徒往加利利去，到了耶穌約定的山上。
17他們見了耶穌就拜他，然而還有人疑惑。
18耶穌進前來，對他們說：天上地下所有的權柄都賜給我了。
19所以，你們要去，使萬民作我的門徒，奉父、子、聖靈的名給他們施洗（或作：給他們施洗，歸於父、子、聖靈的名）。
20凡我所吩咐你們的，都教訓他們遵守，我就常與你們同在，直到世界的末了。
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我們都知道，我們如果靠自己，並沒有能力為基督而活，也沒有能力在試探中站立得穩。我們沒有能力在壓力下挺身發言；沒有能力去愛和關心別人；更沒有能力去到最需要我們服侍的地方。正如一首詩歌中所唱「靠著耶穌的名，大有能力」。我們在任何情況下，都需要這份能力。
我們要記著，神已經藉著聖靈，將這種能力賜給每位基督徒。基督對眾門徒說：「但聖靈降臨在你們身上，你們就必得著能力。」（徒一8）當人接受基督作為他的救主時，聖靈便會立刻進入他的心中居住。祂會讓我們經歷到祂的同在。問題是：我們是否願意讓祂按照基督的心意，在我們的生命中作工？聖靈當然有能力工作，可是，除非我們容讓祂在我們的生命中工作，否則祂不會主動作工。當然，祂可以一直帶領我們，以致我們學會順服，但祂始終要我們願意，祂才會在我們身上成就祂的工作。
有些時候，我們很難明白自己怎麼會跌倒；尋其原因，乃是因為我們倚靠自己行事。事實上，我們必須依靠聖靈的能力，方能成事。當我們為主作工之前，必須認真花時間去禱告，祈求聖靈按著基督的心意來成就祂的工作。聖靈願意在信徒身上成就祂的工作，也喜歡藉著信徒來作成祂的工，只要我們願意。
甚麼是得力的祕訣？筆者相信，祕訣是在於我們每天、甚至是每時每刻都願意順服基督和內住的聖靈。但願我們每早禱告主說：「主耶穌，我願意將自己獻上給你。願聖靈今天按著你的心意在我身上工作！」
THINE IS ... THE POWER
Matthew 28:16-20
16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.
17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Message
We know we need help to enable us to live for Christ. We need power to stand where we would otherwise fail. We need power to speak where often we would remain silent. We need power to love, to care, and to go where otherwise we would not go. For all of this as the chorus says, "There is power in the name of Jesus." It is adequate for any situation.
But remember, that power has been given to every Christian, every believer. It has been given to us in the person of the Holy Spirit. Christ said, "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you." (Ac 1:8) Every believer received the Holy Spirit when he or she accepted Christ as Saviour. He is there indwelling that life now. He is there to make real to each of us what Christ has made possible. Is He being allowed to do the work He came to do? I say it reverently - the Holy Spirit does not operate automatically in our lives. He will only do what we allow Him to do. True, He will work to bring us to the place of yieldedness but He will not work unless we allow Him to do so.
We wonder at times why we fail. It is because we have tried to do something in our own strength. Instead we should be relying on the Holy Spirit's power. Before we attempt any work for the Lord, we need to spend time in prayer asking that God the Holy Spirit will be free to do the work He comes to do. He wants to do it through and in God's children. He will do it if we will allow Him.
What is the secret? I believe it is a daily, even hourly attitude of yielding to Christ and the indwelling Spirit. "Lord Jesus, I give myself to you for this day that your Holy Spirit may have His way in me today." Make that your morning prayer.
THINE (not mine) IS THE POWER.