Thursday, 1st September 2022
Rev Daniel Xi An Poon
Section One V1-5 Become a Testimony
V1-2 We have entered into spring, God created the four seasons to show us that the winter will always pass and spring will always come. Furthermore God wants us to share our testimonies so we can show people how we continue to have hope in the darkness.
Zion and Jerusalem are chosen by God, God is calling His people to live there, where He will help us and teach us to become the light of the world. Every morning God is speaking to us, to guide us and train us to be His light so that the nations can see all the wonderful things God has done for us.
God will deliver His people out of slavery, He will give them a new name, because as slaves, their names do not matter, but as the people of God, names are given by God, every name has a special destiny in the Kingdom of God, and it’s very important. God will give His people a new name, so they can find their true calling and destiny. Do we live in slavery? God wants us to live in His plan, in the destiny He has already prepared for us.
V3 We are crowned, we have identities and we are not abandoned, God restores our identities so we can know who we are.
V4-5 God’s plan for us is for us to become a testimony, not by our own strength. When people see us, they will want to connect with us, and they will want to know the God in our lives.
Section Two V6-9 Become a Watchman
V6-7 God’s plan for us is to become a watchman, to speak out for God’s plan and to call out God’s salvation. We should not just focus on our own lives and needs, we must see the needs of the Kingdom of God, become the watchmen of God in this world, to pray and to intercede.
V8-9 God wants us to see that our prayers are heard, we will sow and we will reap. God wants us to know that we can bear fruits and we can receive abundance. God calls us together to come near Him, and to gather others to come to His Temple. We are never along, and we are not receive His blessings by ourselves, but we shall call those poor and needy to come and receive the blessings together.
Section Three V10-12 Become a Holy People
V10 God’s plan is for us to become the holy people in His Kingdom. We are not slaves but we have identities. We will receive the citizenship, then we can receive the blessings of the land. We also need to remember those who are lost, to help them and prepare the way for them so they can also enter Jerusalem.
V11 Everything we have is from God, He has a special plan for us, He wants us to be His testimony and watchmen, so people can see God through us. Let us remove the stumbling blocks before us and before others, so we can quickly follow God.
V12 Do we believe God is calling us right now? Can we follow and respond to His calling? If we are willing, then we will be a part of His great plan. Let us be His glorious testimonies.
以赛亚书 62 – 神对我们的计划
2022年9月1日 星期四
潘锡安牧师
神创造四季，让我们看到冬季会过去，春季终会到来。新西兰现在正进入万物复苏的春天，我们常说一年之计在于春，神借着以赛亚书62章对我们每一个蒙召的人说他的计划。
一、v.1-5 要成为见证
我们讲的见证不是分享个人成功，而是在我们的低点中神怎样兴起我们、怎样带我们走过秋冬、来到春天，开花结果。
V1-2 在本章一开始神就对我们说话。锡安是圣山、耶路撒冷是圣城，是神所拣选、召聚的人居住的地方。为了我们居住的圣山圣城，神“必不静默…必不息声”，而是帮助我们、保护我们。神要帮助我们，让我们的生命成为明灯照亮世界。每天的晨祷就是神对我们说话的时刻，他教导我们，使我们的公义、救恩如光发出，让列国、列王看到神在我们身上所做美好的事，让我们成为见证。我们不再是nobody（籍籍无名）, 而是somebody（举足轻重），是神所栽种建立的，是有新名的。名字对以色列人来说代表他们特殊的命定，然而在巴比伦为奴为仆的地方，一个奴仆的名字就不再重要了，只是一个被他们的主人呼叫的称谓而已。神对这些从被掳被囚的地方出来的百姓说，我会给你新的名字。神给我们的不仅是好听的名字，而是要我们活在他的计划、命定中。
V3 华冠代表贵重，冕旒代表有身份。神要我们在他手中恢复贵重的身份，是他的见证人。
V4 神在我们生命中的计划不是要我们羞愧、坎坷，而是成为见证。不是因为我们努力成就什么，而是神亲自在我们生命中成就他给我们的命定、计划。
V5 人会渴慕跟我们连接，如同“少年人怎样娶处女”，我们不再是没有价值的，因为在我们身上他们看见神的荣耀、祝福。神要喜悦我们，我们要成为那被喜悦的，而不是被厌弃的。我们怎样看我们自己和生命中的光景？我们是否看到神在我们身上的计划？
二、v.6-9 要成为守望者
V6-7 神的计划是要我们成为守望者 – 为神的计划、为神所拣选的人昼夜发声。我们不要过单靠个人的生活，要看到别人的需要，成为神国的守望者，不断祷告，为人发声。
V8-9 守望的人并非只是祷告，也要成为收割的人。我们的祷告不是念念有词，神要我们看到我们的祷告是有果效的。我们的生命树是能够开花结果，栽种了是能够收割的。“聚敛”就是召聚，神要我们去召聚，因他的计划不是让我们独自在他的圣所享受，而是去召聚那些失丧的、贫穷的、有需要的、被囚的人。
三、v.10-12 要成为圣民
我们跟从神，很多时候会以为自己就是做事的工人，但神的计划是让我们成为他国度里的圣民。我们不是被掳没有身份的人，神要我们在他的国度不是只拿PR，而是成为公民，因为拿PR的人只看居住在这里看看，公民才能从这地上得到祝福。
V10 神对我们这些蒙召的人说，我们要从耶路撒冷的城门来来去去地“经过”，帮助那些找不到去路的人能进入耶路撒冷；我们也不要让路上有石头，所以要捡去我们生命中绊倒别人的石头，成为神国的光和见证；也要“竖立大旗”，使人能从很远的地方看见神荣耀、胜利的旌旗，众人就回归耶路撒冷了。
V11 神要让在地极那些他所拣选的人明白，一切都出于耶和华。我们不是nobody, 神要我们成为见证，让人在我们身上看见神。
V12 神要拯救我们出黑暗、进入奇妙光明。我们是否愿意相信、是否愿意回应神对我们的呼召？是否愿意在神的计划中成为荣神益人的见证？