【双语灵修】让我们准备好去接受！MAKE US READY TO RECEIVE!

「『如今我将这地摆在你们面前，你们要进去得这地，就是耶和华向你们列祖亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各、起誓应许赐给他们和他们后裔为业之地。」-申 1:8

每一个新年都会带来新的机会和挑战；在今年，愿主预备我们的心去接受一些新的事物来改善我们的生活。

很多人都会定下新年大计和承诺来开始新的一年，可是这个方法却甚少有效。去接受神的赐与时，我们必须相信祂已为我们预备好了某些东西，也必须摒除我们不配或不值得蒙神赐福的想法。我们可以想象和猜测神将会为我们做甚么，然而我们其实不知道（参看哥林多前书 2:9）。

去接受神的赐与时，我们必须相信祂必定会按祂所说的而行。我们不可以倚靠自己的理解或老是想着过去，因为我们可能忽略了神手所作的工（以赛亚书 43:19）。当神轻推我们前进时，我们不应该让畏惧令自己滞留在舒适圈，或满足于我们的现况，我们是不可以说服自己不去做神要我们去做的事。

让我们记着过往经历神的一切，准备好去接受神的赐与。我们可以信靠祂并以顺服来回应；可以祈求圣灵来帮助我们，在这新的一年接受神的恩福。神要我们踏出一步，去接受祂为我们预备的福份。

祷告

慈爱的神，在我们开始这新的一年时，我们愿意作好准备来接受祢为我们预备的任何恩福。求祢天天唤醒我们，去接受在祢里面的新生命。阿们。

以下所记的，是摩西在约旦河东的旷野，疏弗对面的亚拉巴，就是巴兰、陀弗、拉班、哈洗录、底撒哈中间，向以色列众人所说的话。从何烈山经过西珥山，到加低斯巴尼亚，有十一天的路程。出埃及第四十年十一月初一日，摩西照耶和华借着他所吩咐以色列人的话，都晓谕他们。那时，他已经击杀了住希实本的亚摩利王西宏和住以得来、亚斯他录的巴珊王噩。摩西在约旦河东的摩押地讲律法说：「耶和华

我们的神在何烈山晓谕我们说：『你们在这山上住的日子够了， 要起行转到亚摩利人的山地和靠近这山地的各处，就是亚拉巴、山地、高原、南地、沿海一带迦南人的地，并黎巴嫩山，又到伯拉大河。如今我将这地摆在你们面前，你们要进去得这地，就是耶和华向你们列祖亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓应许赐给他们和他们后裔为业之地。』

MAKE US READY TO RECEIVE!

“See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.”                                                  —Deuteronomy 1:8

Every new year brings new opportunities and challenges. May the Lord prepare us to receive something new this year to improve our lives.

Many people begin the year by making New Year's resolutions and promises, but that approach rarely works well. To receive from God, we must believe that he has prepared something for us. We need to dismiss thoughts of not being worthy or deserving of God’s blessings. We may imagine and speculate what God will do for us, but we do not really know (see 1 Corinthians 2:9).

To receive from God, we must believe he will do as he says. We cannot lean into our own understanding or dwell too much on the past because we might miss seeing God’s hand at work (Isaiah 43:19). When God nudges us forward, we cannot allow fear to keep us in our comfort zone or be satisfied with our current situation. We cannot talk ourselves out of what God wants to do.

Let us remember our history with God and be ready to receive. We can trust him and respond in obedience. We can ask the Holy Spirit to help us receive God’s blessings in this new year. God wants us to step out and receive the blessings he has in store for us.

Gracious God, as we begin this new year, we want to be ready for whatever you have prepared. Awaken us each day to the newness of life in you. Amen.