权柄全是你的
马太福音二十八章16至20节
16十一个门徒往加利利去，到了耶稣约定的山上。
17他们见了耶稣就拜他，然而还有人疑惑。
18耶稣进前来，对他们说：天上地下所有的权柄都赐给我了。
19所以，你们要去，使万民作我的门徒，奉父、子、圣灵的名给他们施洗（或作：给他们施洗，归于父、子、圣灵的名）。
20凡我所吩咐你们的，都教训他们遵守，我就常与你们同在，直到世界的末了。
信息分享
我们都知道，我们如果靠自己，并没有能力为基督而活，也没有能力在试探中站立得稳。我们没有能力在压力下挺身发言；没有能力去爱和关心别人；更没有能力去到最需要我们服侍的地方。正如一首诗歌中所唱「靠着耶稣的名，大有能力」。我们在任何情况下，都需要这份能力。
我们要记着，神已经借着圣灵，将这种能力赐给每位基督徒。基督对众门徒说：「但圣灵降临在你们身上，你们就必得着能力。」（徒一8）当人接受基督作为他的救主时，圣灵便会立刻进入他的心中居住。祂会让我们经历到祂的同在。问题是：我们是否愿意让祂按照基督的心意，在我们的生命中作工？圣灵当然有能力工作，可是，除非我们容让祂在我们的生命中工作，否则祂不会主动作工。当然，祂可以一直带领我们，以致我们学会顺服，但祂始终要我们愿意，祂才会在我们身上成就祂的工作。
有些时候，我们很难明白自己怎么会跌倒；寻其原因，乃是因为我们倚靠自己行事。事实上，我们必须依靠圣灵的能力，方能成事。当我们为主作工之前，必须认真花时间去祷告，祈求圣灵按着基督的心意来成就祂的工作。圣灵愿意在信徒身上成就祂的工作，也喜欢借着信徒来作成祂的工，只要我们愿意。
甚么是得力的秘诀？笔者相信，秘诀是在于我们每天、甚至是每时每刻都愿意顺服基督和内住的圣灵。但愿我们每早祷告主说：「主耶稣，我愿意将自己献上给你。愿圣灵今天按着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.