从上头来的能力
跟随耶稣时，你会不会有时感到害怕？毕竟，复活和升天的故事似乎是不可能和荒唐的，一个活在第一世纪的犹太人，怎可能成为人类历史的中心呢？
我欣赏早期跟随耶稣的人，因为他们坦诚讲出他们的疑惑和恐惧；他们起初不明白主的复活和荣耀，他们需要有确据，才能相信他们看见的是真有其事。骤眼看来，他们并非将来继续完成耶稣开始了的事工的最佳人选。
然而，神却选择使用害怕、疑惑的跟随者，去成就大事。耶稣对他们说：“你们就是这些事的见证。”祂差遣他们去分享圣经记载的故事，特别是传讲悔改和赦罪的信息；耶稣又说，他们将会“领受从上头来的能力，”祂向他们保证，他们必定能够完成这个重要的托付的。
在今天的基督教会里，仍然有软弱、疑惑的人。你或许因为破碎的关系、不羁的儿女、或有犯罪纪录而感到失望。耶稣是已经升到天上的主，祂不单应许在我们这些磨炼中与我们同行，祂更以“从上头来的能力”充满我们，来帮助我们与人分享悔改和赦罪的信息。
这是一个多么奇妙的应许啊！
主耶稣，你知道我们的软弱、疑惑、和失败。求你帮助我们理解悔改和赦罪的信息，又让我们领受从上头来的能力，好叫我们能忠心服事你。奉你的名祈求，阿们。
路加福音 24:36-49
36正说这话的时候，耶稣亲自站在他们当中，说：“愿你们平安！”
37他们却惊慌害怕，以为所看见的是魂。
38耶稣说：“你们为什么愁烦？为什么心里起疑念呢？
39你们看我的手、我的脚，就知道实在是我了。摸我看看！魂无骨无肉，你们看，我是有的。”
40说了这话，就把手和脚给他们看。
41他们正喜得不敢信，并且稀奇，耶稣就说：“你们这里有什么吃的没有？”
42他们便给他一片烧鱼，
43他接过来，在他们面前吃了。
44耶稣对他们说：“这就是我从前与你们同在之时所告诉你们的话说：摩西的律法、先知的书和诗篇上所记的，凡指着我的话都必须应验。”
45于是耶稣开他们的心窍，使他们能明白圣经。
46又对他们说：“照经上所写的，基督必受害，第三日从死里复活，
47并且人要奉他的名传悔改、赦罪的道，从耶路撒冷起直传到万邦。
48你们就是这些事的见证。
49我要将我父所应许的降在你们身上，你们要在城里等候，直到你们领受从上头来的能力。”
Power From On High
“Stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” - Luke 24:49
Have you ever felt the fear of following Jesus? After all, the story of the resurrection and ascension seems impossibly crazy. How can a first-century Jew be the center of human history?
I appreciate that Jesus’ first followers were honest about their doubts and fears. The resurrection and glory of their Lord was not something they understood at first. They had to be convinced that what they saw had really happened. At first glance, it wouldn’t seem like they would be the best candidates to continue the work Jesus had begun.
But God chooses to use fearful, doubting followers to do great things. “You are witnesses of these things,” Jesus says to them. He commissions them to share the story of the Scriptures and especially the message of repentance and forgiveness. And to assure them that they will be able to carry out this immense task, Jesus says they will be “clothed with power from on high.”
Christ’s church still contains weak, doubting people. Perhaps you know the disappointment of living with failed relationships, a prodigal child, or a criminal background. As the ascended Lord, Jesus does not simply promise to walk alongside us in these trials; he fills us with “power from on high” to share his message of repentance and forgiveness.
What an amazing promise!
Lord Jesus, you know our weaknesses, doubts, and failures. Help us grasp the message of repentance and forgiveness. Clothe us with power from on high so that we may serve you faithfully. In your name, Amen.
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