Luke 6:48-49 (NKJV) He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.
This passage warns us that the flood that comes will beat vehemently upon each house, regardless of whether it has a strong foundation or no foundation. The wise will build a strong foundation in the Lord by listening to Jesus, and the foolish will ignore the warning. The damage to our lives will be great when there is no foundation. Don’t be foolish; be wise and heed the advice of Jesus.
In Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus tells us not to worry about life and all that we need because we are more precious than the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. He tells us to seek first God’s Kingdom and His righteousness, and all that we need in life will be given to us because God is a good heavenly Father.
Our Father is not against success or against our becoming a top person in our profession. We cannot serve God and mammon at the same time because we will love one or the other. All of us want to be successful in our careers and businesses. We can either be successful God’s way or the way of the world. We have read about men and women of significance in the Old Testament. All of them were raised up for a purpose in God’s plan. Likewise, God will raise us up to be people of significance where we are at, so that we can be salt and light for Him. The question is: do we trust God? Do we trust that God has a good plan for our lives? If we do, we need to consecrate our lives and draw out from the depth of our hearts His calling for us. We are to take time to seek His face in the prayer closet, read the Bible and journal what we hear from the Holy Spirit. Then do what the Lord has placed in our hearts to do and follow that calling with God’s guidance. We also cannot discount the fact that God might call us to do something that we have no previous experience of. He will confirm His calling by giving us a personal Rhema word, a witness in our heart, Godly counsel and possibly a dream or a vision. Seeking, receiving and heeding guidance whilst consecrating our lives to Him are important steps towards building a life of resilience.
Praying about these plans, ideas, strategies and the decisions we are about to make are a result of a prayer-filled life because consecration and prayer are linked. We cannot live a life of consecration without prayer and we cannot have a prayer-filled life without consecration.
Sermon Series: Resilience (Part 3)
我们是否相信神
路加福音6:46-49他像建造房屋的人，很深地挖地，把根基建在磐石上，到发大水的时候，水冲击那房子，房子总不能动摇它，因为根基建在磐石上。若那听见而不去行的，就像人在地上建造房屋，没有根基，以致水一冲来。它随即倒塌了。那座房子坏的很严重。
当洪水来袭时会无差别地冲击每一所房子，才不会管它是否有一个稳固的根基。聪明的人会藉着聆听耶稣的话语，在主里建立坚固的根基。而愚笨的人会忽略这提醒。当我们的生命中没有根基的时候，损失伤害会很大。不要做愚拙人，而是做聪明人，听从耶稣的劝导。
在马太福音 6:25-34, 耶稣叫我们不要为生命和一切所需忧虑，因为我们比天上的飞鸟和野地里的百合花更宝贵。祂要我们要先寻求神的国和祂的义，我们生命中所需要的一切，都会赐给我们，因为神是一位好天父。
我们的天父并不反对成功，或反对我们成为企业界的顶尖人物。我们不能同时事奉神和玛门（金钱），这二者中我们只能爱其一。我们所有人都想在事业或生意上获得成功。或以神的方式，或以世俗的方式。我们已经读过在《旧约》中所有重要的男人和女人。每一个都是因着神计划中的某一个目的而被兴起。同样地，神也会将我们从当下兴起成为重要的人士，如此我们就能为祂作盐作光。问题是，我们是否相信神？我们是否相信神对我们的生命有个美好的计划？我们若相信，就要将生命献上，从我们内心深处汲取祂对我们的呼召。我们要花时间在祷告的密室里去寻求祂的面，读圣经和并记下我们从圣灵所听到的。然后做神放在我们心中要我们去做的事，并且在神的带领下跟随那呼召。不可否认这样一个事实就是：神呼召我们去做的事可能是我们未曾做过的。祂将通过给予我们个人的瑞玛（Rhema）话语、我们心中的印证、敬虔人的忠告和异梦/异象来确认这呼召。寻求、领受并且听从神的带领，同时将自己献上给祂，这些都是建造坚韧生命的重要步骤。
为这些计划、想法、策略和我们将要做出的决定祷告，这是充满祷告的生命的结果，因为献身与祷告是相关联的。没有祷告，我们就无法活出献身的生命，不献上自己，我们就无法拥有充满祷告的生命。
讲章系列：韧性（反弹/恢复能力)（第三部分）