Revisiting Miracles
再談神蹟
再談神蹟
文: 陳瑩
神的話沒有一個部份是可以給人表演的，也沒有一個人能表演得來。神肯聽以利亞在迦密山上的禱告，降下火來，乃要證明只有耶和華是神（王上18︰30～39）。神肯藉着神蹟來證明祂自己，但絕不肯讓人拿神蹟來表演。若有人想拿來表演，神必讓他們失敗，神必不替他們表白，不替他們證明。神只作祂自己要作的，祂絕不照人的意思來作。信心是最自然的東西，是不必花氣力的。不是要在那裏喊叫說︰「我在這裏信呀！」這樣的信心，累都累死了。神蹟也是自自然然的，並不是人用多少力氣去信出來，去作出來的。當年以色列人過紅海，聖經並沒有記載他們大喊︰「多麼偉大的神蹟呀！」他們是過了紅海那一邊才唱詩讚美。當他們回頭看時，才覺得這是個神蹟。多少次你碰着難處而得解決，你當時覺得有大事情發生嗎？沒有，乃是當你回頭看時，才覺得有事情發生過。就是連回頭看也不是故意的，也是自自然然的。信主的人也是這樣，神在他們身上行神蹟時，他們並不知道，當回頭看時，才知道是神為他作了。保羅那次被毒蛇咬了，他就把蛇甩到火裏去（徒28︰3～5）。他沒有對米利大島的人說︰「我要行神蹟給你們看！」他就是簡簡單單把蛇甩到火裏，沒有一點鼓吹。不認識神的人才在那裏鼓吹神蹟，以為那是了不得的事，這不過証明他們的幼稚。人若立志要行神蹟，神蹟就遠離他，正如立志為善，偏就行不出來。我們若活在神前，不知不覺中就有神蹟。我們在這裏摸到了基督徒經歷中一個重要的原則，就是︰神垂聽人的禱告，替我們行事乃在不知不覺中，在保羅身上有許多神蹟奇事。但他說自己是「又軟弱、又懼怕、又戰競」（林前2︰3）。一個真被神所用的人，不會覺得他能作這個，作那個。作了就是作了而已。我們作基督徒是越作越簡單，若變得複雜，就有毛病。
Witness of the Body
By: Dorine Chan
No part of God's word is for people to perform, and no one can perform them at all. God was willing to listen to the prayer of Elijah on the Caramel mountains and cooled down, because he wanted to prove that only Jehovah was God (1 Kings 18:30-39). God was willing to prove himself through miracles, but never allowed human beings to perform with miracles. If anyone wants to bring miracles for performances, God will let them fail and God will not help them tell the truth nor prove for them. God only does what he wants to do and will never do according to human being's will. Confidence is the most natural thing without effort. It is not standing there shouting, "I believe in at here!" Such confidence would make you die through fatigue. Miracles are also natural, not believed or done by people with much. When describing the scene that Israelis went through the Red Sea, the Bible does not record them shouting, "What a great miracle!" They only sang psalms to praise after reaching the other side of the Red Sea. When they looked back, they thought it was a miracle. How many times have you bumped difficulties which were resolved, and did you feel that big things happen? No, it was only when you looked back you found something happened. Even the looking back was not deliberately but naturally. Those who believe in the Lord are the same. When God is doing the miracle on them, they do not know. And only when they look back they learn that God has done a miracle for them. Paul once was bitten by a snake and he took the snake to the fire (Acts 28:3-5). He did not say to the people on the Malta Island, "I want you to see a miracle!" He just simply threw the snake into the fire without any advocate. People do not know God would advocate God's miracles and think that was an extraordinary thing, which only proves their naive. If a man is determined to do miracles, miracles would be away from him. It is just as being determined to do good things and good things will not come out. If we live in front of God, there will be miracles unknowingly. Here we get an important principle in the Christian experience: God hears the prayers of people and works for us unconsciously. Paul had experienced many miracles and wonders, but he said that he had "weakness, fear and trembling" (1 Corinthians 2:3). The person truly used by God will not think that he can do this and do that. The things are just done. We as Christians will become simpler along with working. If it is complicated, there must be problem.