11月23日
神的大能
“在那日，你们要说：当称谢耶和华，求告他的名；将他所行的传扬在万民中，提说他的名已被尊崇。”
以赛亚书 12:4
无政府主义并非人们想象的那样。无论是怎样的无政府主义，它一定是失去控制的混乱状态。受操控的无政府主义与无政府主义却恰恰相反。无政府主义状态，就是政权与管理的缺失。在这样的状态下，社会充满恐怖活动、虚假协定，人心惶惶，灾难频发。所谓“摆脱权威的自由”，很快就会演化成权力贩子之间的内战。
在2700年前，以色列战乱不断，民不聊生，先知以赛亚已经注意到无政府状态问题的严重性。但是，先知看到了异象。就是上帝的仆人弥赛亚，在万民中兴起祂的国度。靠着主的灵和神的大能，保守贫穷的，招回被掳的，镇压邪恶的，用公义和真理审判不义的。因着这个异象，先知以赛亚就有了信心和盼望，对当时无政府状态不再恐惧和担心，因为拯救的王必要来到。
今日祷告：
耶稣，祢是万民的盼望。求祢使用我，向世界传扬祢的美名。阿们。
November 23
For His Mighty Power
In that wonderful day you will sing: “Thank the Lord! Praise his name! Tell the nations what he has done. Let them know how mighty he is!”
ISAIAH 12 : 4
Anarchy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Or is it? Whatever anarchy is, it is certainly a mess that cannot control itself. Controlled anarchy would be the opposite of anarchy, after all. Anarchy is a void of power and the absence of control. The flames of it spread through terror and false agreements, fear and disasters. What people initially think of as “freedom from authority” quickly devolves into a civil war between power mongers.
Isaiah was concerned about this very thing 2,700 years ago. And yet, he had a vision. He saw the Servant of the Lord, the Messiah, rising out of the destruction of a nation, with the Spirit of the Lord resting on him, defending the poor and the exploited, ruling against the wicked and destroying them with the commissioning of his breath, and overwhelming them with fairness and truth (Isaiah 11–12). Isaiah’s fear of the disintegration of society was overcome by the coming King. Aren’t you glad someone is actually in control?
Pray for the Day:
Jesus, you are the hope of the nations. Commission me to tell the world about you. Amen.
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