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Pastoral Letter 22nd May 2022

牧聲二零二二年五月二十二日
22/5/2022
by
Pastor Steaven Cheung

‘Rend your heart and not your garments’ - Joel 2:13

I have the honour and privilege to serve in formal ministry, and therefore get a front row seat to see God’s work amongst the hearts of His people. In my position as a pastor, I’ve noticed the difference between those that are overcome by their dysfunction, and those that are able to grow despite their sin.’

It’s simply this, ‘heart work saves us the hard work’. Disciples of Christ who work on their heart issues like pride, compassion, humility and vulnerability are much better equipped to deal with adversity in relationships, work and marriage. The reason being is that those that have done the work on their heart to grow it to be more Christlike, are less distracted by their impulses in challenging circumstances. It is like practicing your fundamentals in badminton, it allows you to be flexible while you play.

Scripture affirms that in Galatians, when Paul writes about the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) where a mature spirit is not at all about the physical things, but heart things.

I think sometimes we get distracted by only looking at the physical and we confuse ourselves. We think we’re spiritually healthy because we serve in church, lead a bible study or are liked by others. But those things are not necessarily indicators you’ve done the heart work.

This Sunday, let’s be encouraged to turn to God with not simply our physical presence, but with our hearts fully attended to the Lord.

“你們要撕裂心腸,而不是撕裂衣服”——約珥書 2:13

我有幸作為一名神職人員在事工中服侍,因此可以在最前線看到上帝在祂子民心中的工作。在我作為牧者的職位上,我注意到那些被功能障礙所戰勝的人,與那些儘管犯罪仍能成長的人之間的分別。

簡而言之就是“內心的工作能解救我們於艱難”。那些在驕傲、同情心、自卑和脆弱等內心問題上用時間改進的基督門徒,更有能力應對在人際關係、工作和婚姻中的逆境。原因是那些在內心深處作工使其成長得更像基督的人,在充滿挑戰的環境中較少被自己的衝動分心。這就像在羽毛球運動中練習基本功一樣,它可以讓你在打球時變得靈活。

聖經在加拉太書中確認了這一點,當保羅寫到聖靈的果子時(加拉太書 5:22-23),成熟的靈完全不是關於肉體上的事,而是關於內心的事。

我想有時我們會因為只看到肉體上的事而分心,令我們被自己搞亂了。我們以為因著我們在教會裡事奉,帶領查經班,或受到他人的喜愛,我們在靈性上便是健康的。但這些事情並不一定表明你做了內心的工課。

這個星期天,讓我們受到鼓勵轉向上帝,不僅僅是我們肉體的出席,而是我們能用心全神貫注於主。

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