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八月十日

「五旬節到了，門徒都聚集在一處。」（徒2:1）

當神道成肉身降世，來到祂的子民中間時，只有一小撮人在期望以色列蒙救贖。他們相信神要行事，并且要因著他們和借著他們來行。以后，當主耶穌在世上的日子，有大量的群眾跟隨著祂，但仍然只有那更少數的一班人在聲明：「主阿，你有永生之道，我們還歸從誰呢！」還有一次，當主耶穌升天以前，祂囑咐祂的門徒「要等候父所應許的。」這個命令很可能傳達到那五百多位看見祂從死里复活的弟兄們。然而，在五旬節的時候，只有一百二十人聚集在一起禱告，在神最新的行動中与祂同工。其余的那三百八十多位弟兄們在哪里呢？他們大概在以后都到齊，但問題是：在神要行動的那個時辰，他們卻不在場。

在實際上，神常常從祂大多數的子民中間，借著一班少數忠心的人而行動。這一班人，為著神在全教會中的旨意，甘愿在今日就完全向祂順服。

 

August 10

"When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place." (Acts 2:1)

When God became flesh and came among His people, only a handful of people expected Israel to be redeemed. They believed that God would act, and that he would act by and through them. Later, when the Lord Jesus was on earth, a large number of people followed Him, but still only a smaller group of people declared: "Lord, you have the words of eternal life, to whom shall we go?" Once, before the Lord Jesus ascended to heaven, He commanded His disciples to "wait for what the Father has promised." This command probably reached the more than 500 brothers who saw Him rise from the dead. At Pentecost, however, only one hundred and twenty gathered to pray and to work with God in His latest move. Where are the other three hundred and eighty brothers? They will probably all be there in the future, but the problem is that they are not there when God is going to act.

In reality, God often moves from the majority of His people through a faithful few. This group of people is willing to fully submit to God today for His will in the whole church.