JOC: Seeing Beyond The Logical | Joel Osteen 超越邏輯喬爾·奧斯汀

> JOEL: GOD BLESS YOU. IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. I HOPE YOU'LL STAY CONNECTED WITH US DURING THE WEEK, THROUGH OUR DAILY PODCAST, OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'LL KEEP YOU ENCOURAGED AND INSPIRED. I LIKE TO START WITH SOMETHING FUNNY. ONE DAY IN HEAVEN, GOD SAID TO THE MEN, “I WANT YOU TO FORM TWO LINES. ONE LINE IS FOR THE MEN WHO WERE THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE. THE OTHER LINE IS FOR THE MEN WHO LET THE WOMAN BE THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE.” THE LINE WHERE THE WOMAN RAN THE HOUSE WAS A HUNDRED MILES LONG. THE OTHER LINE ONLY HAD ONE MAN IN IT. GOD SAID, “MEN, I'M ASHAMED OF YOU. I CREATED YOU TO BE THE HEAD BUT ONLY ONE MAN STOOD UP TO MAKE ME PROUD.” HE LOOKED AT THE MAN AND SAID, “SON, TELL THEM HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO BE THE ONLY ONE IN THIS LINE?” THE MAN LOOKED CONFUSED AND SAID, “I DON'T KNOW. MY WIFE TOLD ME TO STAND HERE.” SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT. THIS IS MY BIBLE. I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM. I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE. I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS I CAN DO. TODAY, I WILL BE TAUGHT THE WORD OF GOD. I BOLDLY CONFESS: MY MIND IS ALERT. MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE. I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME IN JESUS' NAME. GOD BLESS YOU. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT SEEING BEYOND THE LOGICAL. ON THE WAY TO YOUR DESTINY, YOU WILL FACE DREAMS THAT YOU CAN'T ACCOMPLISH ON YOUR OWN, OBSTACLES THAT ARE TOO BIG FOR YOU, PEOPLE THAT COME AGAINST YOU THAT ARE MORE POWERFUL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATION IN THE NATURAL, YOU REASON IT OUT, THERE'S NO WAY. THE MEDICAL REPORT SAYS YOU CAN'T GET WELL. YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR YOUR DREAMS. YOU'VE HAD THE ADDICTION FOR YEARS, YOU TRIED BUT COULDN'T BREAK IT. ALL OF YOUR LOGIC SAYS, “JUST ACCEPT IT, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE.” THIS IS WHAT FAITH IS ALL ABOUT. GOD WILL PUT YOU IN SITUATIONS ON PURPOSE WHERE THERE IS NO SOLUTION IN THE NATURAL. THAT'S A TEST. ARE YOU GOING TO GET DISCOURAGED AND GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS, OR ARE YOU GOING TO WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT? JESUS SAID TO PETER IN MATTHEW 16, “YOU ARE A DANGEROUS TRAP TO ME. FOR YOU ARE SEEING THINGS ONLY FROM A HUMAN POINT OF VIEW, AND NOT FROM GOD'S.” IT'S SIGNIFICANT THAT HE USED SUCH A STRONG WORD. HE SAID, “PETER, IT'S DANGEROUS TO LOOK AT IT ONLY FROM THE LOGICAL.” HE COULD HAVE SAID, “PETER, YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE FAITH. YOU NEED TO THINK BETTER, BE A LITTLE MORE POSITIVE.” THE REASON HE SAID DANGEROUS IS YOU CAN MISS YOUR DESTINY IF YOU ONLY LOOK AT THINGS FROM A NATURAL PERSPECTIVE. GOD IS SUPERNATURAL. WHEN YOU GET IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM, THERE IS A FORCE BEHIND YOU THAT WILL MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE HAPPEN. HE WILL OPEN DOORS THAT NO PERSON CAN SHUT. HE WILL DO WHAT MEDICINE CANNOT DO. YOU WILL DEFEAT GIANTS THAT ARE MUCH BIGGER. YOU'RE NOT DOING LIFE ON YOUR OWN. THE MOST HIGH GOD IS BREATHING IN YOUR DIRECTION. ALL HE NEEDS IS A LITTLE FAITH. “GOD, I DON'T SEE A WAY, ALL MY REASONING SAYS IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE A WAY. I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR MY DREAMS, BUT GOD, I KNOW YOU OWN IT ALL. MY CHILD IS OFF COURSE, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD BUT I BELIEVE AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.” DON'T BE LIMITED BY YOUR LOGIC. LOGIC CAN BE A DREAM STEALER. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SITUATION ONLY FROM A HUMAN POINT OF VIEW, WHAT YOU CAN DO, YOUR RESOURCES, YOUR CONNECTIONS, YOUR EXPERIENCE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THE GREATNESS GOD PUT IN YOU. THE BOOK OF GENESIS TELLS ABOUT HOW GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. ON THE FIRST DAY, HE SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT AND LIGHT CAME. THE SECOND DAY, HE SEPARATED THE WATERS FROM THE SKY. THIRD DAY, HE CREATED PLANTS AND TREES. THE FOURTH DAY, HE MADE THE SUN AND THE MOON. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THERE WAS LIGHT ON THE FIRST DAY, BUT HE DIDN'T MAKE THE SUN UNTIL THE FOURTH DAY. HOW CAN YOU HAVE LIGHT WITHOUT THE SUN? GOD WAS SHOWING US, HE'S NOT LOGICAL. HE'S SUPERNATURAL. HE'S GOING TO DO THINGS IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE UNEXPLAINABLE, THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE. HOW COULD MY MOTHER BE ALIVE FORTY-ONE YEARS AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL CANCER? THAT'S NOT LOGICAL. THAT DEFIES THE ODDS. THAT'S THE GOD WE SERVE. HOW COULD I BE UP HERE TODAY? I DIDN'T HAVE THE TRAINING, THE EXPERIENCE, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO SEMINARY. BUT GOD DOESN'T CHOOSE THE WAY WE CHOOSE. HE DOES THINGS THAT ARE UNCOMMON, UNUSUAL, OUT OF THE ORDINARY. HOW COULD WE BE HAVING CHURCH IN THE FORMER COMPAQ CENTER, A BASKETBALL ARENA? THE COMPANY THAT WAS AGAINST US TRYING TO GET THE FACILITY WAS THE LARGEST TAXPAYER IN TEXAS, A HUGE REAL ESTATE COMPANY. IT WAS DAVID VERSE GOLIATH. THEY HAD MORE CONNECTIONS, MORE FUNDS, MORE EXPERIENCE. BUT GOD IS NOT INTIMIDATED BY THE SIZE OF YOUR PROBLEM. HE'S NOT LOSING SLEEP OVER WHO'S AGAINST YOU. ONE ANGEL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT DEFEATED 185,000 OF THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL. GOD BEING FOR YOU IS MORE THAN THE WORLD BEING AGAINST YOU. YOU MAY HAVE SOME BIG OBSTACLES BUT YOU HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF WE SERVE A BIG GOD. SOMETIMES HE'LL LET THE ODDS BE AGAINST YOU ON PURPOSE SO WHEN HE TURNS IT AROUND IT WILL BE A BIGGER MIRACLE. WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO ACQUIRE THE COMPAQ CENTER, A VERY INFLUENTIAL BUSINESS LEADER IN OUR CITY WAS AT A BANQUET WITH A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. HE DIDN'T KNOW MY FRIEND KNEW ME, HE LAUGHED AND SAID VERY SARCASTICALLY, “IT WILL BE A COLD DAY IN HELL BEFORE LAKEWOOD GETS THE COMPAQ CENTER.” EVERY TIME I DRIVE UP TO OUR BUILDING AND SEE THAT LAKEWOOD SIGN, I THINK IT MUST BE A COLD DAY IN HELL BECAUSE HERE WE ARE. THE PROMISES GOD PUT IN YOUR HEART, WHAT HE'S WHISPERED TO YOU IN THE NIGHT, MAY NOT SEEM POSSIBLE, IT'S TOO BIG, IT'S NEVER HAPPENED FOR YOUR FAMILY, YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. ALL YOUR LOGIC SAYS THERE'S NO WAY. THAT'S OKAY. JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 19, “HUMANLY SPEAKING IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.” HERE'S THE QUESTION, ARE YOU GOING TO LET YOUR HUMAN REASONING, WHAT YOU CAN SEE, WHAT'S NATURAL, SET THE LIMITS FOR YOUR LIFE? OR ARE YOU GOING TO SEE BEYOND THE LOGICAL, ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE THE ALL-POWERFUL CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, THE GOD WHO FLUNG STARS INTO SPACE, THE GOD WHO PARTS RED SEAS, THE GOD WHO BRINGS LIGHT WITHOUT THE SUN, WILL MAKE A WAY WHERE YOU DON'T SEE A WAY. I WANT TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE. I HAVE THESE ROMAN NUMERALS UP HERE. THE LETTER “I” AND THE LETTER “X”. “I” IN ROMAN NUMERALS IS ONE. “X” IS TEN. WHEN THE SMALLER NUMBER IS IN FRONT OF THE LARGER NUMBER THEN YOU SUBTRACT THE SMALLER. SO, TEN MINUS ONE, THIS IS NINE. MY QUESTION IS WITH ONE STROKE OF THE PEN, CAN YOU MAKE THIS SIX? IF I PUT ANOTHER “I” THAT WOULD BE EIGHT. YOU CAN'T PUT TWO, JUST ONE STROKE. “V” IN ROMAN NUMERALS IS FIVE. IF YOU PUT THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE IT FOUR. THERE ARE NO MORE OPTIONS. HOW DO YOU MAKE IT SIX? HERE'S HOW. I'M GOING TO ADD━I'M GOING TO ADD THE “S”. SIX. IT SPELLS SIX. I HAD YOU THINKING ROMAN NUMERALS. YOU WERE LIMITED TO ONE WAY. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS WITH GOD. WE LOOK AT THINGS IN THE NATURAL━WE LOOK AT THINGS IN THE NATURAL. WE DON'T SEE A WAY. GOD STEPS IN AND SAYS, “I'M SUPERNATURAL. MY WAYS ARE NOT YOUR WAYS.” WE COME TO A DEAD END AT THE RED SEA AND THINK, “OKAY, GOD, WE'RE STUCK, WE'RE DONE.” GOD SAYS, “YOU'RE NOT DONE. I PART RED SEAS. I BRING WATER OUT OF A ROCK. I OPEN BLIND EYES; I MAKE YOU FIREPROOF IN A FURNACE.” DON'T BE LIMITED BY YOUR LOGIC. GOD DEFIES LOGIC. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH MARY. SHE WAS A TEENAGER LIVING IN NAZARETH, ENGAGED TO A YOUNG MAN NAMED JOSEPH. AN ANGEL APPEARED TO HER AND SAID, “MARY, YOU WILL GIVE BIRTH TO A SON WITHOUT KNOWING A MAN. YOU ARE TO NAME HIM JESUS.” THE SCRIPTURE SAYS MARY WAS CONFUSED AND DISTURBED. I CAN UNDERSTAND. GOD JUST GAVE HER A PROMISE THAT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE. YOU CAN'T HAVE A BABY WITHOUT A MAN. THAT DEFIES THE LAWS OF NATURE. MARY SAID TO THE ANGEL. “HOW CAN I HAVE A CHILD? I'M A VIRGIN.” THE ANGEL SAID, “THE SPIRIT OF THE MOST HIGH WILL COME UPON YOU AND CAUSE YOU TO CONCEIVE.” THE ANGEL DIDN'T GET UPSET BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE. HE DIDN'T SAY, “TOO BAD, MARY, YOU BLEW IT. GOD PROMISED IT BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH.” HE SIMPLY HELPED HER HAVE A NEW PERSPECTIVE. HE WAS SAYING IN EFFECT, “MARY YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT IN THE NATURAL, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE. IN YOUR OWN ABILITY, IT WON'T HAPPEN. BUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.” I BELIEVE GOD SENT ME, LIKE THIS ANGEL, TO HELP YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE. THERE IS A FORCE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE, A POWER THAT WILL CAUSE THE IMPOSSIBLE TO BECOME POSSIBLE. MARY WAS AT A CRITICAL POINT. WHAT SHE DID NEXT WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER SHE'D HAVE THE BABY. SHE COULD HAVE SAID TO THE ANGEL, “I DON'T THINK SO. YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND TAKE BIOLOGY. YOU CAN'T HAVE A BABY WITHOUT A MAN.” BUT MARY DID WHAT WE ALL HAVE TO DO. SHE LOOKED BEYOND THE LOGICAL. SHE DIDN'T LET HER HUMAN REASONING TALK HER OUT OF IT. SHE SAID TO THE ANGEL, “BE IT UNTO ME EVEN AS YOU HAVE SAID.” SHE WAS SAYING, “I DON'T SEE HOW. IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT GOD I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU. LET IT HAPPEN.” LIKE WITH MARY, GOD IS GOING TO PUT PROMISES IN YOUR HEART THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE. THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN GET WELL, NO WAY YOU CAN GET YOUR BUSINESS OFF THE GROUND, NO WAY YOU CAN HAVE A BABY. YOU'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE FERTILITY TREATMENTS. YOU'VE BEEN TOLD NO AGAIN AND AGAIN. YOU'RE RIGHT WHERE MARY WAS. ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP SEEING IT ONLY FROM A HUMAN POINT OF VIEW OR ARE YOU GOING TO GET IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD AND BELIEVE WHAT THE ANGEL SAID? HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE YOUR OWN STRENGTH, YOUR OWN INTELLECT, YOUR OWN HARD WORK, THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN. IT'S GOING TO BE SUPERNATURAL, SOMETHING YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN, YOU CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR IT. EVERYONE WILL KNOW, IT'S THE HAND OF GOD. I TALKED TO A MAN THAT HAD CANCER ON HIS VOCAL CORDS. HE WAS IN TOWN FOR SURGERY AT MD ANDERSON. HE STOPPED BY THE CHURCH AND ASKED US TO PRAY FOR HIM. THE DOCTORS WERE GOING TO REMOVE MOST OF HIS VOCAL CORDS. HE WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE SOUNDS, BUT HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TALK. FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, IT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD, THE ODDS WERE AGAINST HIM. I TOLD HIM WHAT I'M TELLING YOU, GOD HAS THE FINAL SAY. HE CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE. WHEN YOU BELIEVE, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, HE WAS BACK AT CHURCH. HE CAME UP TO ME, TALKING AS CLEARLY AS I'M TALKING TO YOU. I SAID, “WHAT HAPPENED? YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE SURGERY?” HE SMILED REAL BIG, SAID, “YES, I HAD THE SURGERY BUT I CAN STILL TALK LIKE I COULD BEFORE.” NINETY PERCENT OF HIS VOCAL CORDS WERE REMOVED AND HE CAN STILL TALK NORMALLY. THE DOCTORS CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. THE SURGEON SAID, IN ALL OF HIS YEARS PRACTICING, HE'S NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF THIS. THAT'S GOD BRINGING LIGHT WITHOUT A SUN, BRINGING A BABY WITHOUT A MAN. JESUS SAID TO THE PHARISEES IN JOHN 8, “YOU JUDGE ME WITH ALL YOUR HUMAN LIMITATIONS.” DON'T PUT YOUR HUMAN LIMITATIONS ON THE GOD WHO SPOKE WORLDS INTO EXISTENCE. GOD IS NOT LIMITED BY THE LAWS OF MEDICINE, THE LAWS OF ECONOMICS, THE LAWS OF NATURE, THE LAWS OF SCIENCE. WHEN HE IS READY TO BLESS YOU, HE DOESN'T CHECK WITH YOUR BOSS, HE DOESN'T LOOK AT YOUR 401K. HE DOESN'T GOOGLE THE STOCK MARKET REPORT, HE DOESN'T SEE WHAT FRIENDS YOU HAVE, WHAT FAMILY YOU COME FROM. HE'S NOT MOVED BY THE NATURAL. HE'S SUPERNATURAL. WHEN THE ISRAELITES WERE IN THE DESERT, THEY COMPLAINED TO MOSES THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MEAT TO EAT. THEY WERE TIRED OF EATING THE MANNA EVERY DAY. MOSES WENT TO GOD AND SAID, “GOD, THESE PEOPLE WANT MEAT. YOU KNOW I CAN'T GET THAT OUT IN THE DESERT.” GOD SAID, “MOSES THAT'S NO PROBLEM FOR ME. I'LL GIVE YOU MEAT FOR A WHOLE MONTH.” MOSES SAID, “GOD, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. DO YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE? IF WE BUTCHERED ALL OF OUR FLOCKS, ALL OF OUR HERDS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MEAT FOR THESE TWO MILLION PEOPLE FOR EVEN ONE MEAL.” THERE WERE NO GROCERY STORES OUT THERE, WHERE THEY COULD BUY THE FOOD, NO UBER EATS, NO DOMINO'S DELIVERY. FROM A LOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, MOSES WAS RIGHT. BUT GOD DEFIES LOGIC. HE'S NOT LIMITED BY WHAT LIMITS US. ONE TOUCH OF HIS FAVOR AND THE IMPOSSIBLE BECOMES POSSIBLE. GOD SHIFTED THE WINDS AND MILLIONS OF QUAIL FLEW INTO THEIR CAMP. THEY WERE THREE OR FOUR FEET OFF THE GROUND, PEOPLE GRABBED ALL THEY WANTED. FOR A MONTH, THEY HAD STEAK DINNERS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. WHAT'S SIGNIFICANT IS QUAIL DON'T NORMALLY FLY THAT FAR AWAY FROM WATER. YOU'D NEVER FIND A QUAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT, BUT GOD CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE. IF YOU'LL TAKE THE LIMITS OFF OF HIM, HE'LL CAUSE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND YOU. GOOD BREAKS WILL CHASE YOU DOWN. THE RIGHT PEOPLE WILL COME KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR. DON'T DO LIKE MOSES AND TELL GOD ALL THE REASONS YOU CAN'T BE BLESSED, YOU CAN'T GET WELL, YOU CAN'T ACCOMPLISH YOUR DREAM. YOU'RE STUDYING THE FACTS, THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHAT PEOPLE SAY, WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS. THE PROBLEM IS YOU'RE BEING LIMITED BY YOUR LOGIC. YOU'RE SEEING IT ONLY FROM A HUMAN POINT OF VIEW. GOD SAYS THAT'S DANGEROUS. YOU CAN MISS YOUR QUAIL, YOU CAN MISS YOUR COMPAQ CENTER, YOU CAN MISS YOUR HEALING. HAVE A NEW PERSPECTIVE, “GOD, I'M IN THE DESERT, IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO ME BUT I KNOW YOU CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE. YOU MAKE RIVERS IN THE DESERT, YOU TURN SHEPHERDS INTO KINGS, YOU BRING BABIES OUT OF BARREN WOMBS, YOU OPEN DOORS THAT ARE DEADBOLTED. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, “IS THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?” I WAS OUT RIDING MY BIKE THE OTHER DAY DOWN THIS LONG PATH TOWARD DOWNTOWN. I SAW A YOUNG MAN ON A SKATEBOARD A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS IN FRONT OF ME. I RODE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND NOTICED THAT I WASN'T GAINING ON HIM. I THOUGHT, “THAT'S STRANGE. I'M ON THIS LARGE BIKE WITH BIG WHEELS. I'M PEDALING FAST. HE'S ON THAT LITTLE SKATEBOARD, WITH LITTLE THREE-INCH WHEELS, YET HE'S OUTPACING ME.” AT ONE POINT, WE WERE BOTH GOING UP THIS LARGE HILL, HE WAS JUST SCOOTING ALONG, NO PROBLEM. I WAS HUFFING AND PUFFING, TRYING TO GET UP THE HILL. HE WAS DOING IT WITH SUCH EASE. IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS. ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES, I SAW HIM SITTING ON A PARK BENCH. HE HAD HIS SKATEBOARD TURNED OVER ON THE SIDE. WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE IS HIS SKATEBOARD HAD A MOTOR ON IT. HE HAD THE REMOTE CONTROL IN HIS HAND. THE REASON HE WAS GOING FASTER, FURTHER, WITH LESS EFFORT IS HE HAD AN ADVANTAGE. HE HAD SOMETHING I COULDN'T SEE. IN THE SAME WAY, AS A CHILD OF THE MOST HIGH, YOU HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. THERE IS A FORCE BREATHING IN YOUR DIRECTION THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO DEFY THE ODDS. YOU'RE GOING TO GO FURTHER, FASTER, WITH LESS STRUGGLE. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT YOU AND NOT UNDERSTAND IT. THINK, “HOW COULD YOU GET OUT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I SAW HOW YOU WERE RAISED.” THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A HUMAN POINT OF VIEW. WHAT THEY CAN'T SEE IS YOU HAVE A MOTOR, AN ANOINTING, A FAVOR, A BLESSING ON YOUR LIFE. “HOW COULD YOU LEAD YOUR COMPANY IN SALES? YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.” LOGICALLY SPEAKING THEY'RE CORRECT, BUT WHAT GOD IS DOING IN YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO DEFY LOGIC. “HOW COULD YOU BEAT THAT SICKNESS? THE MEDICAL REPORT SAID NO WAY.” YES, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER REPORT YOU CAN'T SEE. JEHOVAH RAPHA, THE LORD MY HEALER IS BREATHING ON MY LIFE. DON'T JUDGE YOUR FUTURE BY YOUR HUMAN LIMITATIONS. WHAT GOD IS ABOUT TO DO IN YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO AMAZE YOU, THE DOORS HE'S ABOUT TO OPEN, THE INFLUENCE HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU, THE RESOURCES, THE IDEAS, THE CREATIVITY, THE DIVINE CONNECTIONS. THE ENEMY WOULD LOVE TO KEEP YOU STUCK, WITH A LIMITED MINDSET, FOCUSED ONLY ON THE LOGICAL. “JOEL, I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS, MY BACKS BEEN HURTING FOR YEARS, MY CHILD IS ACTING UP, MY BOSS DOESN'T TREAT ME RIGHT, I DON'T COME FROM AN INFLUENTIAL FAMILY.” DO YOU THINK THAT CAN STOP YOUR DESTINY, THAT THE GOD WHO BREATHED LIFE INTO YOU, WHO CHOSE YOU BEFORE YOU COULD CHOOSE HIM, IS SOMEHOW AT A LOSS OF HOW TO BRING YOU INTO YOUR PURPOSE? OR COULD IT BE THAT YOU'RE SEEING THINGS ONLY FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE. MY PRAYER IS GOD OPEN OUR EYES. HELP US TO SEE WHAT YOU SEE, NOT JUST A LOGICAL POINT OF VIEW BUT A HEAVENLY PERSPECTIVE, HELP US TO REALIZE THAT YOU ARE ALL POWERFUL, THAT YOU ARE IN CONTROL, THAT YOU ARE FOR US.” IN ACTS 27, THE APOSTLE PAUL HAD BEEN ON A BOAT HEADED TO ROM FOR FOURTEEN DAYS WHEN IT WAS SHIPWRECKED. THEY ALL SWAM TO THE SHORE ON THIS SMALL ISLAND. PAUL WENT OVER TO PICK UP SOME STICKS TO MAKE A FIRE AND A POISONOUS SNAKE BIT HIS WRIST, LATCHED ON AND WOULDN'T LET GO. THE TEETH WERE PENETRATING THE SKIN, THE VENOM GOING IN. THE NATIVES ON THE ISLAND KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY HAD SEEN IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. WHEN SOMEONE WAS BITTEN, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THEY WOULD SWELL UP, GET SICK AND DIE. THE NATIVES WAITED AND WAITED AND WAITED. THE PROBLEM WAS NOBODY TOLD PAUL HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DIE. SOMETIMES WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS GOOD FOR YOU. IF YOU GET A NEGATIVE REPORT AND YOU OVERANALYZE IT, REASON IT OUT, STUDY IT ALL DAY, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE YOUR FAITH. THAT'S WHY THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, “LEAN NOT TO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.” TAKE THIS IN THE RIGHT SENSE, BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TURN YOUR MIND OFF. FAITH IS NOT OF THE MIND; FAITH IS OF THE HEART. YES, WE SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE, MAKE GOOD DECISIONS BUT DON'T LET YOUR LOGIC TALK YOU OUT OF WHAT GOD PUT IN YOUR HEART. GOD TOLD PAUL THAT HE WAS GOING TO STAND BEFORE CAESAR. PAUL SIMPLY SHOOK THE SNAKE OFF AND WENT ABOUT HIS BUSINESS. IT NEVER DID AFFECT HIM. THE PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND WERE SO AMAZED, THEY THOUGHT HE WAS A GOD. BUT IF PAUL WOULD HAVE MADE THE MISTAKE OF SEEING IT ONLY FROM A LOGICAL, HUMAN POINT OF VIEW, KNOWING THAT HE HAD JUST BEEN BITTEN BY A POISONOUS SNAKE, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN WORRIED, AFRAID, “WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?” MAYBE THE VENOM WOULD HAVE HARMED HIM, MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN SICK. WHEN THINGS COME AGAINST YOU, IT'S EASY TO LOOK AT IT ONLY IN THE NATURAL, “LOOK AT THIS MEDICAL REPORT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? MY BUSINESS HAD A SETBACK; MY CHILD GOT IN TROUBLE.” BUT YOU HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF GOD IS STILL ON THE THRONE. NOTHING CAN SNATCH YOU OUT OF HIS HANDS. HE WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED IT, IF HE DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE A SOLUTION. WE KNEW A MAN GROWING UP NAMED CASEY. HE OWNED A COMPANY THAT MOVED HOUSES. ONE DAY THEY HAD TRAVELED SEVERAL HOURS DOWN THESE COUNTRY ROADS, MOVING THIS HOUSE, HAVING TO RAISE THE POWERLINES, MOVE THE SIGNAGE TO CLEAR THE WAY. THEY FINALLY MADE IT TO THEIR DESTINATION. CASEY REALIZED THEY HAD FORGOTTEN THEIR MAIN CHAIN THAT THEY NEEDED TO UNLOAD THE HOUSE. IT WAS SEVERAL HOURS BACK TO THE CITY. IT WAS LATE IN THE DAY. HE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE HOUSE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE TOLD HIS MEN THAT HE WAS GOING TO PRAY AND ASK GOD TO GIVE HIM A CHAIN. THEY KIND OF SNICKERED AND SAID SARCASTICALLY, “WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, PRAY THAT GOD RAINS DOWN A CHAIN FROM HEAVEN?” THEY ALL LAUGHED, MADE FUN. CASEY SAID, “GOD, I KNOW THERE'S NOTHING TOO HARD FOR YOU. I DON'T SEE HOW IN THE NATURAL, NOTHING IN MY LOGIC SAYS THIS MAKES SENSE BUT I KNOW YOU'RE SUPERNATURAL. YOU HAVE WAYS THAT I'VE NEVER THOUGHT OF, SO I'M ASKING YOU TO GIVE ME A CHAIN.” ALL OF HIS MEN WERE ROLLING THEIR EYES. BUT JESUS SAID, “DON'T JUDGE ME WITH YOUR HUMAN LIMITATIONS. DON'T PUT ME IN THE SAME CATEGORY OF WHAT YOU CAN DO. I AM ALL POWERFUL.” WHEN YOU'RE NOT LIMITED BY YOUR LOGIC, YOU'LL PRAY BOLD PRAYERS. YOU'LL SHAKE OFF A SNAKE LIKE PAUL, A BAD BREAK AND GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS. YOU'LL BELIEVE FOR YOUR COMPAQ CENTERS, FOR YOUR DREAMS, FOR WHAT LOOKS UNLIKELY. CASEY AND HIS MEN WERE STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WAS A BIG CURVE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM. THEY WERE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. ABOUT THAT TIME THIS OLD BEAT-UP PICK-UP TRUCK CAME BARRELING DOWN THE ROAD GOING WAY TOO FAST. IT HAD ITS TAIL GATE OPEN. WHEN IT TOOK THAT SHARP CURVE, A CHAIN SLUNG OUT OF THE BACK OF THE BED, SLID ACROSS THE ROAD AND CURLED UP AT CASEY'S FEET. HE PICKED IT UP AND SAID, “HERE'S MY CHAIN BOYS. LET'S GO TO WORK.” IS THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD? ARE YOU BASING YOUR PRAYERS ON YOUR ABILITY, YOUR CONNECTIONS, YOUR FINANCES, FROM A NATURAL, LOGICAL POINT OF VIEW? YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THE FULLNESS OF WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE. IT'S DANGEROUS TO LIMIT HIM TO ONLY WHAT YOU THINK CAN HAPPEN. TAKE THE LIMITS OFF. PRAY SOME BOLD PRAYERS. DREAM SOME BIG DREAMS. IF YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH YOUR DREAM IN YOUR OWN ABILITY, WITH YOUR CONNECTIONS, YOUR FINANCES, THEN YOUR DREAM IS TOO SMALL. GOD HAS THINGS IN YOUR FUTURE THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN, LEVELS THAT YOU HAVEN'T IMAGINED. WHEN YOU DON'T LIMIT HIM BY THE LOGICAL, WHEN YOU BELIEVE EVEN WHEN YOUR MIND SAYS, “THAT'S TOO FAR OUT, YOU'LL NEVER GET WELL, NEVER START YOUR BUSINESS, NEVER SEE YOUR FAMILY RESTORED.” ALL THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU, THEN YOU'RE IN PERFECT POSITION FOR GOD TO SHOW OUT IN YOUR LIFE, TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN. GOD TOLD ABRAHAM AND SARAH THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A BABY. THEY WERE BOTH WAY TOO OLD. WHEN SARAH HEARD IT, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, SHE LAUGHED AND SAID, “HOW COULD A WORN-OUT WOMAN LIKE ME HAVE A BABY?” SHE THOUGHT, “THAT'S SO FAR OUT, IT'S FUNNY, IT'S COMICAL, ME HAVE A CHILD?” SARAH DID WHAT MANY OF US DO. SHE LOOKED AT IT ONLY IN THE NATURAL. IN HER HUMAN REASONING, SHE WAS RIGHT. YOU CAN'T HAVE A BABY AT EIGHTY YEARS OLD. BUT WHEN GOD PUTS A PROMISE IN YOUR HEART, WHEN HE WHISPERS SOMETHING TO YOU IN YOUR SPIRIT, IT MAY SEEM FAR OUT, UNLIKELY, YOU COULD EASILY DISMISS IT. TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH. DO LIKE MARY, “GOD LET IT HAPPEN. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU. I DON'T SEE HOW, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LIMIT YOU TO MY HUMAN POINT OF VIEW.” WHEN SARAH WAS NINETY YEARS OLD, AGAINST ALL ODDS, SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, SHE LAUGHED AGAIN, AND SAID, “GOD HAS BROUGHT ME LAUGHTER AND ALL WHO HEAR ABOUT THIS WILL LAUGH WITH ME.” SHE EVEN NAMED HER SON ISAAC WHICH MEANS LAUGHTER. THE FIRST TIME SHE LAUGHED IN UNBELIEF, THINKING, “THERE'S NO WAY.” THE SECOND TIME SHE LAUGHED IN AMAZEMENT, THINKING, “LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE.” IN THE PAST, YOU MAY HAVE LAUGHED IN UNBELIEF, THINKING WHAT GOD PROMISED YOU COULD NEVER COME TO PASS. YOU DISCOUNTED IT, “IT'S TOO LATE, JOEL, IT'S TOO BIG, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.” THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT DIDN'T STOP THE PROMISE. I BELIEVE YOUR SECOND LAUGH IS COMING. GOD IS ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING SO AWESOME, SO BIG, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LAUGH IN AMAZEMENT. THE SECOND LAUGH IS GOING TO SURPRISE YOU. IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, SOMETHING YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN, SOMETHING THAT CATAPULTS YOU TO A NEW LEVEL. GET READY, GOD IS ABOUT TO DEFY THE ODDS, HE'S ABOUT TO SHOW OUT IN YOUR LIFE. YOU HAVEN'T SEEN, HEARD OR IMAGINED WHAT HE'S ABOUT TO DO. LIKE SARAH, YOU'RE GOING TO STAND IN AWE AT THE GREATNESS OF OUR GOD. YOU WOULDN'T BE HEARING THIS IF THAT SECOND LAUGH WASN'T ON THE WAY. NOW DO YOUR PART. DON'T SEE THINGS ONLY FROM A HUMAN POINT OF VIEW. DON'T LET YOUR LOGIC LIMIT WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO. I'M NOT SAYING DENY THE FACTS, ACT LIKE THEY DON'T EXIST, I'M SAYING SEE BEYOND THE LOGICAL. GET A HEAVENLY PERSPECTIVE. THE MOST-HIGH GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE. HE HASN'TT FORGOTTEN WHAT HE PROMISED YOU. HE HAS THE RIGHT PEOPLE, THE RIGHT BREAKS, THE SOLUTIONS ALREADY IN ROUTE. IF YOU'LL DO THIS I BELIEVE AND DECLARE, NEW DOORS ARE ABOUT TO OPEN, SICKNESSES ARE TURNING AROUND, ADDICTIONS ARE BEING BROKEN, HEALING, WHOLENESS, ABUNDANCE, THE FULLNESS OF YOUR DESTINY, IN JESUS' NAME. IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN YOU SAY AMEN? I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? JUST SAY, “LORD JESUS, I REPENT OF MY SINS. COME INTO MY HEART. I MAKE YOU MY LORD AND SAVIOR.” IF YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLE PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU GOT BORN AGAIN. WE'D LOVE TO SEND YOU SOME FREE INFORMATION ON YOUR NEW WALK WITH THE LORD. YOU CAN TEXT THE NUMBER OR GO TO THE WEBSITE. I HOPE YOU'LL GET INTO A GOOD BIBLE-BASED CHURCH AND KEEP GOD FIRST PLACE.
> 喬爾：上帝保佑你。


今天和你在一起真是太好了。 我希望您

在

本週通過我們的每日

播客、我們的 YouTube

頻道和社交媒體與我們保持聯繫。

我們會讓您受到鼓勵

和啟發。

我喜歡從

有趣的事情開始。

有一天，在天堂，上帝對人們說

：“我希望你們形成

兩條線。 一條線

是為那些曾經是

一家之主的人準備的。

另一條線是給那些

讓女人當家主

的男人。”

女人

跑房子的線路有一百

英里長。

另一條線只有一個人。

上帝說：“伙計們，我為你們感到

羞恥。 我創造了你來

當頭，但只有一個人

站出來讓我感到驕傲。”

他看著那個

男人說：“兒子，告訴

他們你是怎麼

做到這一行的？”

男人一臉茫然，說道

：“我不知道。

我的妻子讓我站在

這裡。”

照你的意思說。

這是我的聖經。

我就是它所說的我。

我有它所說的我有的。

我可以做它說

我可以做的事情。 今天，我將

學習上帝的話語。

我大膽地承認：我的頭腦很

警覺。 我的心很

容易接受。 以

耶穌的名義，我永遠不會是一樣的

。 上帝祝福你。

我今天想和你

談談超越

邏輯的眼光。

在通往你的命運的路上，

你會面對


你自己無法實現的夢想，對你來說太大的障礙，

與你


對抗的人更強大。

當你看自然的

情況時，

你會推理出來，沒有

辦法。

醫療報告說你

不能好起來。

您沒有資金

支持您的夢想。 您已經

上癮多年，

您嘗試過但無法

戒除它。

你所有的邏輯都在說，

“接受它，它不是

故意的。” 這就是

信仰的意義所在。

上帝會讓你

處於

自然無解的境地

。

那是一個測試。 你是要


灰心喪氣，放棄你的夢想，還是要憑


信心而不是憑眼見？

耶穌在馬太福音 16 章對彼得說：

“你

對我來說是一個危險的陷阱。

因為你

只是從人的角度看

事情，而不是從上帝的角度。”

他

用了這麼一個強有力的詞是很重要的。 他

說：“彼得，


只從邏輯上看是很危險的。” 他本可以

說：“彼得，

你需要有更多的信心。

你需要思考得更好，

更積極一點。”

他說

危險的原因是，

如果您只

從自然的角度看待事物，您可能會錯過

命運。

上帝是超自然的。

當你

與他


達成一致時，你背後就會有一股力量讓你

無法做到的事情發生。

他會打開

無人能關的門。

他會做醫學

做不到的事情。

您將擊敗更大的

巨人。

你不是靠

自己過日子。


至高的神在你的方向呼吸。

他所需要的只是一點點

信心。

“上帝，我沒有辦法，

我所有的推理都說這

不會發生，但我

知道你有辦法。

我沒有資金

支持我的夢想，但上帝，我

知道你擁有這一切。

我的孩子不在課程中，

看起來不太好，但我

相信對於我和我的

房子，我們會侍奉

主。” 不要被

你的邏輯限制。

邏輯可以成為夢想

竊取者。

如果你

只從人的角度看待你的

處境，你能做什麼

，你的資源，你的人

脈，你的

經驗，那麼你就會錯過


上帝賜予你的偉大。

創世記講述了

上帝是如何

創造天地的。

第一天，他說

讓

光和光來。

第二天，他把

天上的水分開了

。

第三天，他創造了

植物和樹木。

第四天，他創造了

太陽和月亮。

有趣的是

第一天有光，

但直到第四天他才造出太陽

。


沒有太陽你怎麼能有光？

上帝在向我們展示，他

不合邏輯。

他是超自然的。

他會在

你的生活中做一些

無法解釋的事情，那些

沒有意義的事情。

我的母親在被


診斷出患有

晚期癌症後怎麼可能還活著 41 年？

這不合邏輯。

這無視賠率。

這就是我們所侍奉的上帝。

我今天怎麼會在這裡

？

我沒有接受過培訓，沒有

經驗，我從未

去過神學院。

但上帝不會

選擇我們選擇的方式。

他做的

事情是不尋常的，不尋常的，不尋常的

。

我們怎麼能

在以前的康柏

中心，一個籃球場上建立教堂？




反對我們試圖獲得該設施的公司是德克薩斯州最大的納稅人，

一家大型房地產公司。

這是大衛詩歌歌利亞。

他們有更多的人脈、

更多的資金、更多的經驗。

但是上帝不會被

你的

問題的規模嚇倒。 他不會因為誰反對


你而失眠。


舊約中的一位天使擊敗了 185,000 名

以色列的敵人。

上帝對你

的存在比世界

對你的存在更重要。

你可能有一些大

障礙，但你必須

提醒自己，我們侍奉一位

大神。

有時他會故意讓

賠率對你

不利，所以當他

扭轉局面時，這將是一個更大的

奇蹟。

當我們試圖收購

康柏中心時，


我們城市一位非常

有影響力的商業領袖正在與

我的一個好朋友參加宴會。

他不知道我的朋友

認識我，他笑著

非常諷刺地說：“在萊克伍德獲得康柏中心之前，地獄

將是寒冷的一天


。” 每次

我開車到我們的


大樓並看到萊克伍德標誌時，我都認為這

一定是地獄裡寒冷的一天，

因為我們在這裡。

上帝


放在你心裡的應許，他在晚上對你耳語，似乎不可能，它太大了


，

它從來沒有發生在你的家人身上

，你沒有

經驗。

你所有的邏輯都說沒有

辦法。

沒關係。

耶穌在馬太福音 19 章說：

“人說是

不可能的，但在神

凡事都能。”

問題來了，

你要讓你的

人類推理，你能看到的，自然的，


為你的生活設定界限嗎？

或者你是否會

超越邏輯，你是否會

相信


全能的宇宙



創造者，將星星拋入太空的上帝，分開紅海的上帝，在沒有

太陽的情況下帶來光明的上帝 一種

你看不到的方式。

我想給你看一個

例子。

我這裡有這些羅馬

數字。

字母“I”和

字母“X”。

羅馬數字中的“我”是

一。

“X”是十。

當較小的數字

在較大的

數字前面時，您

減去較小的數字。

所以，十減一，這是

九。

我的問題是用

筆劃一下，你能

寫成六次嗎？

如果我再放一個“我”，那就是

八。

你不能放兩個，只打一個

。

羅馬數字中的“V”是

五。

如果你這樣說，那就是

四個。

沒有更多的選擇。

你怎麼把它變成六個？

就是這樣。

我要加——我

要加“S”。

六。

它拼寫六個。

我讓你想到羅馬

數字。

您僅限於一種方式。

這就是與

上帝相處的方式。

我們看自然中的事物——我們看

自然中的事物

。

我們沒有辦法。

上帝介入並說：“我是

超自然的。

我的方式不是你的方式。”

我們

在

紅海走到了盡頭，然後想，“好吧，上帝，我們被困住了，

我們完了。” 上帝說，

“你還沒有完成。

我分紅海。

我從岩石中取水。

我睜開盲眼； 我讓

你在爐子裡

防火。” 不要

被你的邏輯限制。

上帝無視邏輯。

這就是

瑪麗發生的事情。

她是一個住

在拿撒勒的青少年，與一個

名叫約瑟夫的年輕人訂婚。

一位天使出現在她面前

說：“瑪麗，你會

在不認識

男人的情況下生下一個兒子。

你要給他起名叫耶穌。”

聖經說馬利亞很

困惑和不安。

我能理解。

上帝

剛剛給了她一個看似不可能的應許。


沒有男人你就不能生孩子。

這違反了

自然法則。

瑪麗對天使說。

“我怎麼能有孩子？

我是個處女。”

天使說：“

至高的靈會

臨到你，使你

懷孕。” 天使沒有

因為她

不相信而心煩意亂。

他沒有說，“

太糟糕了，瑪麗，你搞砸了。

上帝應許了，但你

沒有足夠的信心。”

他只是幫助她有了

新的視角。

他實際上是在說，“瑪麗，你在自然界中看待它，你是對的，這是不可能的



。

憑你自己的能力，它

不會發生。

但上帝的

靈會讓它發生。” 我相信

上帝派我來，就像這個

天使一樣，幫助你有

正確的觀點。

有一種你

看不見的力量，一種讓

不可能

變為可能的力量。

瑪麗處於關鍵

點。

她

接下來所做的將決定她是否

有孩子。

她本可以對天使說：

“我不這麼認為。

你需要

回去學習生物學。


沒有男人你就不能生孩子。” 但

瑪麗做了我們都必須做的事。

她看起來

不合邏輯。

她沒有讓她的人類

推理說服她

。

她對天使說：“

照你

說的做給我吧。” 她說，“我

不明白。

這似乎是不可能的，但

上帝我同意

你的看法。 讓它發生。”

就像瑪麗一樣，上帝

會在你心中做出毫無意義的應


許。

你

不可能好起來，你不可能讓

你的

生意一帆風順，你不可能有

一個孩子。

您已經完成了所有的

生育治療。

你一次又一次被告知沒有

。 你是對的

瑪麗在哪裡。

你是要

繼續從人的角度來看它

，還是要


與上帝達成協議並相信

天使所說的？

這怎麼會發生？

這不會是你

自己的力量、你自己的

智慧、你自己的努力

工作，

活神的精神會

讓它發生。

這將是

超自然的，你

無法解釋，你不能

相信它。

每個人都會知道，這是

上帝之手。

我和一個

聲帶上患有癌症的人交談過。

他在鎮上的

MD ANDERSON 接受手術。

他在教堂旁停下來

，請我們為他

祈禱。


醫生要切除他的大部分聲帶。

他被告知他會

發出聲音，但

他不會說話。

從人類的角度來看，

它看起來並不好，

賠率對他不利。 我告訴他我要

告訴

你的，上帝說了算。

他控制著宇宙。

當您相信時，

一切皆有可能。

幾個星期後，他

回到了教堂。

他向我走來，說得


一清二楚。

我說：“發生了什麼事？

你沒有

做手術嗎？” 他笑得很大

，說：“是的，我做了

手術，但我仍然可以

像以前一樣說話。”

他

百分之九十的聲帶被移除了，他

仍然可以正常說話。

醫生無法

解釋。

外科醫生說，在他所有這些

年的實踐中，他從未見過或聽說過這件事

。

那是上帝在

沒有太陽的情況下帶來光明，在

沒有男人的情況下帶來嬰兒。

耶穌在約翰福音 8 章對法利賽人說：

“你們用你們所有的人性來判斷我


。” 不要把

你的人性限制

放在說話世界的上帝

身上。

上帝不受醫學


定律、經濟定律、

自然定律、科學定律的限制。

當他準備祝福

你的時候，他不會和

你的老闆核對，他不會看

你的 401K。

他不穀歌

股票市場報告，他不

知道你有什麼朋友，

你來自什麼家庭。

他沒有被自然所感動

。

他是超自然的。

當以色列人在

沙漠中時，他們

向摩西抱怨說他們沒有

肉可吃。

他們厭倦了每天吃

嗎哪。

摩西走到上帝面前說：

“上帝，這些人想要

肉。

你知道我不能

在沙漠裡把它弄出來。” 上帝

說，“摩西這對

我來說沒有問題。

我給你

整整一個月的肉。” 摩西說：

“上帝，這不可能。

你看到我們在哪裡了嗎？

如果我們屠宰了我們所有的

羊群、所有的牛群，我們連一頓飯都吃不完這 200 萬人的


肉

。”

那裡沒有雜貨店

，

他們可以在哪裡買食物，沒有優

步吃，沒有多米諾骨牌的

送貨。

從邏輯的角度來看，

摩西是對的。

但上帝違背邏輯。

他不受我們的

限制。

一觸即發，讓

不可能成為

可能。

上帝讓

風和數以百萬計的鵪鶉飛入

他們的營地。

他們


離地面只有三四英尺，人們想抓什麼就抓什麼。

一個月以來，他們


在沙漠中部吃牛排晚餐。

重要的是鵪鶉

通常不會

飛離水那麼遠。

你永遠不會

在沙漠中找到鵪鶉，

但上帝控制著

宇宙。

如果你解除對他的

限制，他就會有

機會找到你。

好的休息會讓你

失望。


合適的人會來敲你的門。

不要像


摩西一樣告訴上帝你不能得到祝福的所有原因，你不能康復，你


不能實現你的夢想。

你正在研究事實

、情況、人們

所說的、通常發生的

事情。

問題是你被

你的邏輯限制了。

你只是

從人類的角度來看它。

上帝說那很危險。

您可能會想念您的鵪鶉，

您可能會想念您的康柏

中心，您可能會想念您的

治療。

有一個新的視角，

“上帝，我在沙漠中，

這對我來說似乎是不可能的，但

我知道你能

做到。

你在

沙漠中

開河，你把

牧羊人變成國王，你把嬰兒從貧瘠的子宮裡帶出來，

你打開了

死鎖的門。

聖經說：“有

什麼對

主來說太難了嗎？”

前幾天，我騎著自行車沿著

這條

通往市中心的長路騎行。

我看到一個


年輕人在我前面幾百碼處的滑板上。


我騎了大約五分鐘，注意到我沒有

得到他。 我想，

“這很奇怪。

我騎著這輛

大輪子的大型自行車。

我踩得很快。 他在

那個小滑板上，

帶著三英寸

的小輪子，但他的速度超過了

我。” 有一次，我們都在上

這

座大山，他只是在

滑行，沒問題。 我

氣喘吁籲，試圖爬上山

。

他做起來很

輕鬆。

這對我沒有意義。

我們分道揚鑣。

大約三十分鐘後，我看到他

坐在公園的長椅上。

他把

滑板翻到一邊。

我沒有意識到的是

他的滑板上有一個

馬達。

他手裡拿著遙控器

。

他

走得更快、更遠、更

省力的原因是他有

優勢。

他有一些我看不到的

東西。

同樣，作為最高的

孩子，你也

有優勢。

有一股力量

在你的方向上呼吸，這會讓

你

不畏艱險。

你會走得更遠，

更快，更少的掙扎。

人們會看著

你而不理解它。

想一想，“你怎麼能離開

那個社區，我

看到你是如何長大的。”

他們是

從人類的角度來看的。

他們看不到的是你在你的生命中

擁有動力、恩膏、恩寵、祝福


。

“您如何領導您的

公司進行銷售？

你沒有

經驗。” 從邏輯上講，它們是

正確的，

但上帝在

你的生活中所做的事情將違背

邏輯。

“你

怎麼能戰勝這種疾病？

醫學報告說

沒有。” 是的，但是

您看不到另一份報告

。

耶和華拉法，主我的

醫治者正在我的

生命中呼吸。

不要以人的局限來判斷你的未來

。

神在

你的生命中要做的事會讓你驚奇

，他要

打開的門，他要給你的影響

，

資源，想法，

創造力，神聖的聯繫

。


敵人很樂意讓你被

困住，思想有限，

只關注邏輯。

“

喬爾，我沒有錢，我的

背痛多年，我的孩子正在行動

，我的

老闆沒有對我好，我

不是來自一個

有影響力的家庭。” 你是否

認為這可以



阻止你的命運，在你選擇他之前為你注入

生命的上帝，

不知如何將你

帶入你的目標？

或者，您可能只是

從

人類的角度看待事物。

我的祈禱是上帝打開我們的

眼睛。

幫助我們




看到你所看到的，不僅僅是一個邏輯的觀點，而是一個天堂般的

視角，幫助我們認識到你都是強大的，你

在控制中，你是

為我們服務的。”

在使徒行傳第 27 章中，使徒保羅在一艘駛往羅馬的船上14



天，

當時它遭遇了海難。

他們都游到

這個小島上的岸邊。

保羅


走過去撿起幾根木棍生火，一條毒蛇咬住了他的手腕，牢牢鎖住，不肯鬆手


。

牙齒

刺入皮膚，毒液進入

。 島上的當地人確切地

知道會發生什麼

。

他們一次又一次地看到它

。 當

有人被咬時，聖經說他們會腫脹、生病和死亡


。

原住民等待，

等待，等待。

沒有人告訴

保羅他應該死的問題。

有時你不

知道的東西對你有好處。

如果你得到一個負面的

報告並且你過度分析

它，

推理出來，整天研究它，那

會讓你相信。

這就是為什麼聖經

說，“不要靠自己的

理解”。 以正確的方式看待這

一點，但

有時你必須關閉你的

想法。

信心不在乎；

信心是發自內心的。 是的，

我們應該使用常識，

做出正確的決定，但

不要讓你的邏輯告訴

你上帝放在

你心裡的東西。

上帝告訴保羅他要站在凱撒


面前。

保羅乾脆甩掉蛇

，開始他的事業

。

它從來沒有影響過他。


島上的人們非常驚訝，他們認為

他是神。

但如果保羅犯了一個

錯誤，

只從




合乎邏輯的、人性的角度看待它，知道他剛剛被一條毒蛇咬了，他會擔心，害怕，

“我該怎麼辦？”

也許

毒液會傷害他，也許他會

生病。

當事情對你不利時，很容易只以自然的方式看待


它，

“看看這份醫療

報告，我們要做什麼

？

我的生意受挫；

我的孩子遇到了麻煩。”

但你必須

提醒自己，上帝仍然

在寶座上。

沒有什麼能把你從

他手中奪走。


如果他還沒有解決辦法，他不會允許

的。

我們認識一個名叫凱西的人

。

他擁有一家搬家的公司

。

有一天，他們沿著這些鄉間小路走了

幾個小時

，搬了這所

房子，


不得不拉高電力線，移動了標牌以掃清道路。

他們終於到達了

目的地。

凱西意識到他們已經忘記了他們需要卸下房屋的

主鏈


。

幾個小時後回到

城裡。

天色已晚。

他不想離開路邊的


房子。

他告訴他的手下他

要去祈禱並祈求上帝

給他一條鍊子。 他們

有點竊笑，諷刺地說

：“

你要做什麼，祈禱

上帝從天上降下一條

鍊子？” 他們都笑了，取笑了

。

凱西說：“上帝，我知道對你來說

沒有什麼太難的事

。

我看


不出本質上是怎樣的，我的邏輯中沒有任何東西說這是有道理的，

但我知道你是

超自然的。

你有我

從未想過的方式，所以我

請求你給我一條

鍊子。” 他所有的手下都在

翻白眼。

但是耶穌說：“不要

用你的人性來評判我

。

不要把我和

你能做的事情歸為一類。

我很強大。” 當

你不受

邏輯限制時，你會

勇敢地祈禱。

你會擺脫

像保羅這樣的蛇，一次糟糕的休息，然後開始

你的事業。

您會相信您的

康柏中心，相信您的

夢想，相信看起來

不太可能的產品。

凱西和他的手下站在


路邊。

他們面前有

一條大曲線。 他們

在

茫茫荒野中，試圖

弄清楚他們要做什麼

。



大約在那個時候，這輛破舊的皮卡車開得太快了

。 它的

尾門打開了。

當它走上陡峭的

曲線時，一條從床後垂下來的鍊子滑過馬路，

在

凱西的腳邊蜷縮起來

。

他拿起它說：

“這是我的連鎖男孩。

我們去上班吧。” 有

什麼對

主來說太難了嗎？

你的禱告是基於你的能力、你的人脈、你的財務，從一個自然、合乎邏輯的觀點出發




嗎？

你會

錯過神所儲存的一切

。

把他限制在

你認為可能發生的

事情上是很危險的。

取消限制。

做一些大膽的禱告。

夢想一些大夢想。 如果

你能以

你自己的能力、

你的人脈、你的

財務來實現你的夢想，那麼你的夢想就

太小了。

上帝在你的

未來有你


沒有見過的事情，你沒有想像過的水平。

當你不按邏輯限制他時

，

當你相信即使你的

頭腦說，“那

太遙遠了，你永遠不會好起來，

永遠不會開始你的事業，

永遠不會看到你的家人

恢復。” 所有的可能性都對

你不利，那麼你就處於

完美的位置，讓上帝

在你的生活中

展現出來，做一些你

從未見過的事情。

上帝告訴亞伯拉罕和

莎拉他們要生孩子了

。

他們都太老了。

當莎拉

聽到這句話時，聖經說，她笑著

說：“像我這樣精疲力竭的女人怎麼會生孩子


？” 她想，

“這

太離譜了，很有趣，很滑稽，我

有孩子嗎？” 莎拉做了我們

許多人所做的事。

她只在自然中看待它

。

在她的人類推理中，她是對的

。

你不能在

八十歲時生孩子。

但是，當上帝

在你心中作出應許時，當他在你的

靈裡向你低語時

，它可能

看起來很遙遠，不太可能，你可以輕易

地拒絕它。

嘗試不同的方法。

像瑪麗一樣，“上帝

讓它發生了。

我同意你的意見。

我不明白怎麼做，但我

不會將你限制在

我的人類觀點範圍內。”

當

莎拉九十歲時，她

不顧一切地生了一個孩子。

聖經說，她

又笑了，說：

“上帝給我帶來了

笑聲，所有聽到

這件事的人都會和

我一起笑。” 她甚至給兒子起

名叫艾薩克，意思是笑。

她第一次不相信地笑了

起來，心想：

“沒辦法。”

第二次她驚訝地笑了起來

，心想：“看看

主做了什麼。”

過去，您可能



會因不信而大笑，認為上帝對您的應許永遠不會實現

。

你打折了，“

太晚了，喬爾，太大了，

不可能。”

好消息是承諾並沒有

停止。

我相信你的第二次笑聲

即將來臨。

上帝將

要做一件如此偉大、如此之

大的事情，以至於你會驚奇地

大笑。

第二次笑聲

會讓你大吃一驚。

這將是一些不同尋常的東西

，一些你無法解釋的

東西，一些


讓你提升到一個新

水平的東西。

做好準備，上帝

即將挑戰一切，他將

在你的生活中大顯身手。

你還沒有看到、聽到或

想像過他將要做什麼

。

像莎拉一樣，你會


敬畏我們上帝的偉大。


如果沒有第二次笑聲，你就

不會聽到這個。

現在做你的一部分。 不要

只從人的角度

看待事物。

不要讓你的邏輯限制了

上帝想要做的事情。

我不是說否認

事實，就像他們不

存在一樣行事，我說的是

超越邏輯。

獲得天堂般的視角。

至高的神就在

你身邊。

他沒有

忘記他對你的承諾。

他有

合適的人，合適的休息時間，

解決方案已經在路上。

如果你願意這樣做，我

相信並宣布，新的

大門即將打開，疾病



正在好轉，

成癮正在被打破，治愈，完整，豐富，

你的命運的圓滿，以耶穌的

名義。

如果你收到了，你能說

阿門嗎？

我想給你一個

機會，讓

耶穌成為你生命的主宰。

你願意和我一起祈禱嗎？


只要說：“主耶穌，我悔改我的罪。

進入我的心。 我使

你成為我的主和救主。” 如果

你祈禱那簡單的

祈禱，我們相信你已經

重生了。 我們很樂意向

您發送一些

關於您

與主同行的免費信息。 您可以發送

電話號碼或

訪問網站。

我希望你能進入一個以

聖經為基礎的良好教會，並把

上帝放在首位。