从天上赐下的复兴
祷告的灵

经文
撒迦利亚书十二1-14
1耶和华论以色列的默示。铺张诸天、建立地基、造人里面之灵的耶和华说:
2我必使耶路撒冷被围困的时候,向四围列国的民成为令人昏醉的杯;这默示也论到犹大(或译:犹大也是如此)。
3那日,我必使耶路撒冷向聚集攻击他的万民当作一块重石头;凡举起的必受重伤。
4耶和华说:到那日,我必使一切马匹惊惶,使骑马的颠狂。我必看顾犹大家,使列国的一切马匹瞎眼。
5犹大的族长必心里说:耶路撒冷的居民倚靠万军之耶和华─他们的神,就作我们的能力。
6那日,我必使犹大的族长如火盆在木柴中,又如火把在禾捆里;他们必左右烧灭四围列国的民。耶路撒冷人必仍住本处,就是耶路撒冷。
7耶和华必先拯救犹大的帐棚,免得大卫家的荣耀和耶路撒冷居民的荣耀胜过犹大。
8那日,耶和华必保护耶路撒冷的居民。他们中间软弱的必如大卫;大卫的家必如神,如行在他们前面之耶和华的使者。
9那日,我必定意灭绝来攻击耶路撒冷各国的民。
10我必将那施恩叫人恳求的灵,浇灌大卫家和耶路撒冷的居民。他们必仰望我(或译:他;本节同),就是他们所扎的;必为我悲哀,如丧独生子,又为我愁苦,如丧长子。
11那日,耶路撒冷必有大大的悲哀,如米吉多平原之哈达临门的悲哀。
12境内一家一家地都必悲哀。大卫家,男的独在一处,女的独在一处。拿单家,男的独在一处,女的独在一处。
13利未家,男的独在一处,女的独在一处。示每家,男的独在一处,女的独在一处。
14其余的各家,男的独在一处,女的独在一处。
信息分享
多年前我从今天的一句经文得到亮光,使我对复兴这课题有了全新的看法,这句经文就是:「施恩叫人恳求的灵」。经文指在基督再来的日子,神会将祂的灵浇灌以色列的百姓,令他们看到被他们钉十字架的那一位,是他们唯一真正的弥赛亚。由于圣灵在他们心里动工,以致他们能够以从未经历过的祷告和代求来接近神。
我相信在那些对复兴有很大负担的人心里,也有类似的事情发生。他们被提升到一个祷告的新领域,令他们的祷告充满从未经历过的热诚和迫切感。有时一些记载复兴的文献会称这为「祷告的灵」或「代求的灵」。
过去几天我们一起思想了一些十分个人和富挑战性的问题。现在请容许我再问你另一个问题:你是否愿意让神将复兴的负担放在你心中?你会不会预备被征召进入「复兴祷告」的队伍里?请仔细考虑后才回答,因为这须要在时间、精力、委身和努力上,付出很大的代价。不过要记得,奖赏比代价更大;没有任何人在为神付出以后,不会得到更大的奖赏!
「神总是给予我们更大的奖赏」
进深研究
耶二十三33-40;民十一11
1. 以色列失去了甚么?
2. 他们怎么样轻看它?
祈祷
亲爱的父神,今天,你让我面对另一个挑战,求您帮助我看到,您并不是单单向我提出极高的要求,也给我力量去应付。奉耶稣的名祈求,阿们。
Heaven-Sent Revival
"The spirit of prayer"

Bible reading:
Zechariah 12:1-14
1 A prophecy: The word of the Lord concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares:
2 "I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem.
3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.
4 On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness," declares the Lord. "I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.
5 Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, 'The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God.'
6 "On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place.
7 "The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem's inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.
8 On that day the Lord will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord going before them.
9 On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem. Mourning for the One They Pierced
10 "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit[a] of grace and supplication. They will look on[b] me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
11 On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
12 The land will mourn, each clan by itself, with their wives by themselves: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives,
13 the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,
14 and all the rest of the clans and their wives.
Message
One of the insights I discovered many years ago which threw a whole new light upon the subject of revival came from the phrase found in the verse before us today: "a spirit of grace and supplication". The passage refers to the days of Christ's return when God will pour out His Holy Spirit upon the people of Israel so that they recognise the One they crucified as their one true Messiah. As a result of the Spirit's work in their hearts, they will be able to approach God with a degree of prayer and supplication that they never before experienced.
I believe something similar happens in the hearts of those who carry a great burden for revival. They are lifted out of themselves into a new dimension of praying, so that their prayers become filled with a passion and an urgency that is greater than anything they ever before knew. Sometimes this is referred to in revival literature as "the spirit of prayer" or "the spirit of intercession".
Over the past few days I have asked you some deeply personal and challenging questions. Permit me to ask yet another: Are you willing to let God put upon your heart a burden for revival? Would you be prepared to be enrolled in the company of those who know what it means to be involved in what we have been calling "revival praying"? Think long before you answer, for the cost is great in terms of time, dedication, energy, commitment and effort. Keep in mind, however, that the rewards are worth more than the cost and no one can give anything to God without experiencing something greater in return.
"God always gives something greater in return"
Prayer
Father God, help me see as I face yet another challenge that You not only set before me extremely high demands but You also provide the power by which I can meet them. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Further study
Jeremiah 23:33-40
Numbers 11:11
1. What had Israel lost?
2. How did they make light of it?
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