Thursday, 2nd June 2022
Rev Daniel Xi An Poon
Section One V1-4 Receive God’s Vision
What is the Principle of God? It comes from the Word of God, it’s everlasting and unchanging. A lot of times when people tell us they hear God talking to them or they see God opening the ways for them, we must go back to the Principle of God, and seek confirmation from the Word of God. When the Israelites were in Egypt, they received the vision of Moses, even though it had been a long time since they heard from God, but when they heard Moses, they were committed to his vision, and bind to the vision.
V1-2 ‘The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the excellency of our God.’ Do we see the glory of God in our lives? Do we receive the same vision as our leaders of our church? God has given us this vision to become a network satellite church, so have we received this vision? To extend our network, so the wilderness and the wasteland can be glad; and the desert rejoice? God wants us and the people around us to see His glory.
In Psalm 149:9, it says, ‘To execute on them the written judgment—This honour have all His saints. Praise the Lord!’ This is the glory of God, when we see the glory, we will no longer be afraid of the judgement of God, because in the judgement, we will be set apart and we will be full of glory and honour. We must see this glory in our lives because God has already glorified in our lives. When God gave us authority and status, we must bind it and be committed in it.
V3-4 ‘Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are fearful-hearted, be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save you.’ In the vision of the network satellite church, we are to strength the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees through the Word of God. God is rising us up to be leaders and shepherds, it’s not about solving problems for others, we also have problems in our own lives, but it’s about redirecting our attention to God. The more we see God, the less we will see our problems, and the quicker God will come to deliver and rescue us. God will strengthen us first, to walk out of Egypt, and to enter the promised land.
Section Two V5-10 Believe God will Prepare
V5 ‘Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.’ When we receive the vision, we should not stay in the same place and wait for other to do something, but to believe that God will prepare, and be alert in God’s timing. When the time comes, we must walk out boldly. Because if we always sit there without stepping out then we cannot see the Red Sea open, we cannot cross the Jordan River.
V6-7 ‘Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. The parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, there shall be grass with reeds and rushes.’ When the time comes, when we step out, when God intervene, then we will see all the miracles happen in our lives. Our church focus on following the flow from above, we must let the vision flows through us from above, to the people we serve. Do not stop the flow, but to let it continue nourishing the land.
V8 ‘A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray.’ The highway will be opened for us, and this way is the same way David talked about in Psalm 84:5-7 ‘Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, whose heart is set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a spring; the rain also covers it with pools. They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.’ We will walk the path to Zion, to the Temple of God, and to the Promise Land. Those who are unwilling to repent and follow God cannot come to this path. We thought we may be fools, but when we believe and follow, God will not let us go astray.
V9-10 ‘No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it; it shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk there, and the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.’ This highway will lead to joy and gladness, God has already opened this way for us, there may be sorrow and sighing along the way, but they will soon flee, when we don’t give up on this way, at the end, it will be the Glory of God, which last forever.
以赛亚书 35 – 进入荣耀
2022年6月2日 星期四
潘锡安牧师
神要跟我们说话，因为他看见在末世里，我们面对多方的冲击，我们的心无法在神的国扎稳，反而随着世界偏离。世界上的一切都要被神审判，我们这群走在神法则里的子民是不害怕神审判的，因为神对我们所怀的意念是赐平安的意念。以色列的余民看见周围列国被审判时，神的心意不是要打击他的子民。若不明白神借着这一章的经文所传达的心意，就无法面对环境中一波又一波的攻击。当神出手的时候，我们所要做的回应就是“进入荣耀”。“进入荣耀”不是一蹴而就的，反倒像当初从埃及出来的以色列百姓，要先领受从神而来的异象，不然他们只会留在原地，而那传到千代万代的祝福就不能临到他们。以色列人是在“十灾”的印证之后才离开埃及。我们所要的印证不是随手在圣经中翻出一节经文来看，而是每一天扎根在神的话语里，让神一步一步的带领，使我们知道，当我们遵循或不遵循神的法则时会各自有什么样的结果。以色列人在埃及400年，已经忘记神了，但是他们领受神借着摩西给他们的异象。今天的我们是否领受神给我们的异象？是否相信神要我们跨出去、建立卫星网络教会，还是等着别人来牧养我们？
一、v.1-4 领受异象
V1 神都知道我们里面的旷野、干旱、和沙漠。我们看到的只是灰、沙、一无所有。我们经历旷野、干旱、沙漠，说明我们靠着自己已经走不下去了，我们要领受神给我们的异象。我们的教会不仅是给人有温暖的家的感觉，而是帮助人能够兴起成为“卫星”、建立“网络”。
V2 “人”指的是外邦人。神让我们在原本是旷野、干旱、沙漠的地方，让人看见“耶和华的荣耀，我们神的华美”。诗篇149:9 说“要在他们身上施行所记录的审判。他的圣民都有这荣耀。你们要赞美耶和华！”我们不害怕审判，因为审判就是“分别出来”，在审判中别人面对拆毁，而我们是有“荣耀”的。天国近了，当我们悔改跟从神的时候，我们就必有荣耀，且能跟着主一起审判世界。神的荣耀、华美就在我们身上，我们是否领受神的异象，还是看不起自己？我们要看到自己有从神而来的权柄，委身在异象中。
V3“你们”就是领受神异象的人。在卫星网络教会这个异象中，我们要去坚固那些软弱的人。
V4 对别人说这段话的人就是“老师”、“夫子”，神要我们对所教导、带领的人说，“你们要刚强，不要惧怕！…”。神要我们兴起，每一个人都能成为领袖，而不是坐在自己的地方舔舐伤口、沉浸在个人的问题当中。我们需要的不是“埃及”的帮助，不是人来舔我们的伤口，我们需要的是神。我们要刚强壮胆，走出埃及，因为没有人可以帮助，我们唯有倚靠神。
二、v.5-10 相信神必有预备
V5 当我们领受神的异象后，不要停留在原地不动。当我们愿意起来、跨出去，就经历“那时”的神迹奇事。遇到艰难险阻时我们仍要相信神，“那时瞎子的眼必睁开，聋子的耳必开通”。
V6-7 我们教会注重“水流”- 我们什么时候能够承接从上而来的水流，并且传承下去，就在“那时”，“在旷野必有水发出，在沙漠必有河涌流”，神要我们成为活水江河。我们从权柄那里接过来的水流是否使“发光的沙要变为水池，干渴之地要变为泉源”，以致可以滋润“青草、芦苇和蒲草”？
V8 “那里”就是旷野、干旱、和沙漠。诗篇84:5-7 说:“靠你有力量，心中想往锡安大道的，这人便为有福！他们经过流泪谷，叫这谷变为泉源之地，并有秋雨之福盖满了全谷。他们行走，力上加力，各人到锡安朝见神。”这条大路让我们能够去到锡安，成为神圣所里的圣民。“圣路”是分别出来的，是不遵从神话语的人所不能走的。这条圣路“必专为赎民行走，行路的人虽愚昧也不致失迷”，所以不用担心自己什么都不懂，因为耶和华是我们的大牧者，他的杖他的竿会带领我们回到他的锡安。
V9 耶稣来要寻找的是罪人。我们常常论断教会或世界上的人不好的地方，却看不到自己也是蒙恩的罪人。在教会里我们讲的是爱，而不是批评论断，自以为比别人好。
V10 这条路帮助我们回到锡安，在那里有“永乐”，就算经过“忧愁叹息”，但这些都会过去。
当我们领受神给的异象，就要对着世界说出主耶稣的真理，我们是要进入荣耀的！