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經文：「凡等候祂的，都是有福的。」（賽30:18） 關於「等候神」這方面的眞理，我們聽過很多。 有許多人相信也曾這麼說：只要履行當負的責任，神就會立即答應我們的禱告。他們認為：神永遠是現在的神；沒有過去，也沒有將來；如果我們能夠順服祂的旨意，實行祂的命令，立刻，我們的需要可以得到供給，慾望可以得到滿足，禱告可以得到應允。 這種觀念確實包含許多眞理，可惜的是只表達了眞理的片面。神永遠是現在的神，這句話雖然沒有錯；但是神的行事自有祂的「時候」。 一件呈在神面前的請求，就好像埋在地裡的種子。唯有靠著神的大能澆灌，直到所應許的真正實現。--譯自微小的聲音 The Still Small Voice 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "Blessed are all they that wait for him" (Isa 30:18). We hear a great deal about waiting on God. There is, however, another side. When we wait on God, He is waiting till we are ready; when we wait for God, we are waiting till He is ready. There are some people who say, and many more who believe, that as soon as we meet all the conditions, God will answer our prayers. They say that God lives in an eternal now; with Him there is no past nor future; and that if we could fulfill all that He requires in the way of obedience to His will, immediately our needs would be supplied, our desires fulfilled, our prayers answered. There is much truth in this belief, and yet it expresses only one side of the truth. While God lives in an eternal now, yet He works out His purposes in time. A petition presented before God is like a seed dropped in the ground. Forces above and beyond our control must work upon it, till the true fruition of the answer is given.--The Still Small Voice ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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