| 呼召工人 | |
| 經文: 「要收的莊稼多，作工的人少。所以你們當求莊稼的主，打發工人出去，收他的莊稼。」（馬太福音九：37～38） | |
| 耶穌曾把上面這段話，像種子般放在門徒的心中，門徒當時仍不明白這話是什麼意思，直到五旬節他們在等候聖靈，看到因著長時間同心禱告，聖靈沛然下降，多人悔改信主，見證耶穌，他們才感覺到這完全是聖靈所結的果子。 耶穌就是要他們明白，即使要收的莊稼多，做工的人少，但禱告是最有效的武器，徹底深入的禱告是惟一補破口的最佳防禦。 我們必須明白，不是在有危急困難的時候，我們才想到要禱告，而是平時就要隨著聖靈多方禱告，使我們的行動配合上帝的心意，讓我們所做的工，在上帝國度的計劃中有份。 中國內地會的發展，就是最好的例證，當初有兩百名的同工，後來他們深覺西北偏遠地區，需要更多的同工投入，在多次禱告後，他們大膽向上帝求一百個工人加入，還有一萬英鎊的奉獻，他們約定一年的時間，每天都為這樣的事禱告，結果到年底，果然有一百位合適的工人來報到，附帶奉獻一萬英鎊。 世界的禾場是如此大，待拯救的靈魂又是如此的多，教會常抱怨錢不夠，工人不夠，但耶穌不是呼召我們，要像初代使徒同心合意，不斷地禱告嗎？上帝是信實的，祂要藉著聖靈，幫補我們一切的不足，教會要起來同心合意的祈求，上帝是聽禱告的。 「親愛的主耶穌：求祢教導我們明白，何謂為祢而活，何謂將自己擺上，獻在祭壇。讓我們確信祢在各樣的事上掌權，而且祢垂聽禱告，要賞賜給我們超過所求所想的，讓我們腳掌所踏之地，都屬於我們。阿們。」 | |
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| INTERCESSION FOR LABOURERS | |
| Scripture: "The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourer; are few, pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth labourers into His harvest."—MATT. ix. 37, 38. | |
| The disciples understood very little of what these words meant. Christ gave them as a seed-thought, to be lodged in their hearts for later use. At Pentecost, as they saw how many of the new converts were ready in the power of the Spirit to testify of Christ, they must have felt how the ten days of continuous united prayer had brought this blessing too, as the fruit of the Spirit's power—labourers in the harvest. Christ meant to teach us that, however large the field may be, and however few the labourers, prayer is the best, the sure, the only means for supplying the need. What we need to understand is that it is not only in time of need that the prayer must be sent up, but that the whole work is to be carried on in the spirit of prayer, so that the prayer for labourers' shall be in perfect harmony with the whole of our life and effort. In the China Inland Mission, when the number of mission¬aries had gone up to 200, at a Conference held in China they felt so deeply the need of more labourers for districts quite unprovided for, that after much prayer they felt at liberty to ask God to give them within a year 100 additional labourers and £10,000 to meet the expenses. They agreed to continue in prayer day by day throughout the year. At the end of the time the 100 suitable men and women had been found, with £11,000. To meet the need of the world, its open fields, and its waiting souls, the churches all complain of the lack of labourers and of funds. Does not Christ's voice call us to the united and unceasing prayer of the first disciples? God is faithful, by the power of His Spirit, to supply every need. Let the Church take the posture of united prayer and supplication. God hears prayer. Blessed Lord Jesus, teach Thy Church what it means so to live and labour for Thee, in the Spirit of unceasing prayerfulness, that our faith may rise to the assurance that Thou wilt in very deed, in a way surpassing all expectation, meet the crying need of a dying world. AMEN. | |
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