不被轄制

「凡事我都可行，但不都有益處；凡事我都可行，但無論哪一件，我總不受它的轄制。」（林前六12）

「無論哪一件，我總不受它的轄制」

這不僅是保羅所活出的見證，聖徒（我们）在處世為人所行的事上也都要以此為準則，不受任何事物來轄制自己。儘管那件事的本身與犯罪無關；但即使是正常的事，若它成了我們的轄制，就應藉著禱告來勝過它。

例如：在互聯網上瞭解各類資訊原是很正當的事，但我們若因此著了迷，欲罷不能，遲睡遲起，以致親近神和晨更的時間都被吞吃了，顯然我們是已經受了「上網」的轄制；若是這樣，我們就該藉著禱告，學習攻克己身叫身服主的功課，結出聖靈的果子—節制。要知道若我們放任自己，撒但就會藉此不斷地轄制牢籠我們，使我們的心和時間越過越被霸佔，而漸漸遠離神，落落到更不敬虔的地步。

故此，當我們蒙聖靈光照，看見在日常生活中有某件事正轄制著我們的時候，就應立刻藉著禱告來經歷基督的得勝。


經上說：「基督釋放了我們，叫我們得以自由。」（加五1）但願我們都能在生活中，真正享受那在基督裏的真自由，使主在凡事上居首位、得榮耀。:)

Have you make God the centre of your life ?

Let my walk speak loud, And my words be true
Let my life be whole, with my eyes on you
Lord I'm stepping out, from the comfort zone
Letting go of me, Holding onto You.

Freedom comes when I call You Lord
You are Lord my God,

I make you
The centre of my life.

Broken things can become blessed things if you let God do the mending.

[The vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter. Jeremiah 18:4 ]

## When my wife and I were engaged, her dad gave us a special wedding present. As a watchmaker and jeweler, he made our wedding rings. To make my wedding band, Jim used gold scraps left over from resizing other rings—scraps that were seemingly without much value. But in the hands of this craftsman, those pieces became a thing of beauty that I cherish to this day. It is amazing what a master craftsman can do with what others might view as useless. ##

That is also how God works in our lives. He is the greatest Master Craftsman of all, taking the wasted pieces and broken shards of our lives and restoring them to worth and meaning. The prophet Jeremiah described this when he compared God’s work to that of a potter working clay: “The vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.” (Jer. 18:4).

No matter what messes we have made of our lives, God can remold us into vessels that are good in His eyes. As we confess any sin and submit ourselves in obedience to His Word, we allow the Master to do His redemptive work in our lives (2 Tim. 2:21). That is the only way for the pieces of our brokenness to be made whole and good once again. — Bill Crowder

祂，是给第二次机会的上帝。

几年前的今天，美国航空1549航班上的155名乘客，以为当天是他们的死期。飞机由纽约市起飞后，撞上了一群雁，以致两个引擎丧失运转的功能。在一阵无动力的滑行之后，机长巧妙地闪避人口稠密的地区，同时宣布：「准备迫降!」 在90 秒内，失灵的飞机紧急降落在寒冷的哈德逊河上。许多船只和渡轮随即赶来救援，所幸机上的乘客及机组人员无人伤亡。这是事件即称为“哈德逊奇迹”，飞行员及空服员也倍受赞扬。一名心怀感恩的乘客说：“我们得到了生存的第二次机会”。

    在危机时刻，我们会把握每分每秒。然而，在日常生活中，我们经常会忘了每一天都是一个[第二次机会]。「我们不致消灭，是出于耶和华诸般的慈爱，是因他的怜悯不致断绝。每早晨这都是新的；你的诚实及其广大！我心里说：『耶和华是我的分，因此，我要仰望祂。』」（耶利米哀歌3章22-24节）

      我们应当感谢上帝的恩典与慈爱，相信并仰望祂的时刻眷顾，因为祂总与我们同在。

今天，也是上帝给我们的 [第二次机会]， 我们切要珍惜，把握当下。