The inspiration of spiritual initiative. 영적 회복

 

 

Arise from the dead . . . 

Ephesians 5:14

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Not all initiative, the willingness to take the first step, is inspired by God.

Someone may say to you, 

"Get up and get going! Take your reluctance by the throat and throw it overboard - just do what needs to be done!"

That is what we mean by ordinary human initiative.

 

But 

when the Spirit of God comes to us and say, in effect, 

"Get going,"

suddenly we find that the initiative is inspired.

 

We all have many dreams and aspirations when we are young, 

but sooner or later we realize we have no power to accomplish them.

 

We cannot do the things we long to do, 

so our tendency is to think of our dreams and aspirations as dead.

 

But 

God comes and says to us,

"Arise from the dead . . ."

 

When God sends His inspiration, 

it comes to us with such miraculous power that

we are able to "arise from the dead" and do the impossible.

 

The remarkable thing about spiritual initiative is that the life and power comes 

after we "get up and get going"

God does not give us overcoming life -

He gives us life as we overcome.

When the inspiration of God comes, and He says, 

"Arise from the dead . . ." 

we have to get ourselves up; God will not lift us up.

 

Our Lord said to the man with the withered hand.

"Stretch out your hand" (Matthew 12:13).

As soon as the man did so, his hand was healed.

But he had to take the initiative.

 

If we will take the initiative to overcome, 

we will find 

that we have the inspiration of God, 

because 

He immediately gives us the power of life.

 

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주께서 말씀하신다.

"죽은 자들 가운데서 일어나라."

하나님의 영감은 기적 같은 능력과 함께 임하기 때문에, 우리는 죽은 자들 가운데서 일어나 불가능한 일들을 할 수 있게 된다.

영적 시발점에서 주목할 만한 것은 우리가 '일어난' 후에 생명이 온다는 사실이다.

하나님께서는 무작정 승리하는 삶을 주지 않으신다.

내가 일어나 극복할 때 나에게 생명을 주신다.

"죽은 자들 가운데서 일어나라" 고 주께서 말씀하실 때 내가 일어나면 하나님의 영감이 임하신다.

 

내가 일어나면 하나님께서 당장 생명을 주신다. 그러면 나는 주의 영감으로 충만하게 된다.

 

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