What loss have you grieved only to be grateful that what you desired you didn’t get? How did the situation serve to bolster your trust in the Lord?
你曾因失去而难过，但后来却为此感恩吗？这些处境如何帮助你更信靠上帝？
They tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.Acts 16:7
他们想要往庇推尼去，耶稣的灵却不许。-使徒行传16章7节
It can be difficult when we’re told “no” or “not now,” especially when we sense God has opened a door for us to serve others. Early in my ministry, two opportunities came my way where I thought my gifts and skills matched the churches’ needs, but both doors eventually closed. After these two disappointments, another position came along, and I was selected. With that ministry call came thirteen years of life-touching pastoral labors.
当我们觉得上帝已经开路给我们机会去服事他人时，结果得到的答案却是“不”或“不是现在”，相信我们都会感到挫败和难过。记得多年前，在我事奉的初期，曾经遇到两个新的事奉机会。当时，我认为自己的恩赐和能力符合教会的需要，但最后这两道门都关了。经历两次的失望之后，另一个服事的职分出现了，我终于获选任职，走上13年牧养事奉之路，让我有机会影响许多人的生命。
Twice in Acts 16 Paul and company were redirected by God. First, they were “kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia” (v. 6). Then, “When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to” (v. 7). Unknown to them, God had other plans that would be right for His work and workers. His no to the previous plans put them in a position to listen to and be confidently led by Him (vv. 9–10).
在使徒行传16章，上帝两次让保罗和他的同工们绕道而行。起初，圣灵“禁止他们在亚西亚讲道”（6节），后来“到了每西亚的边界，他们想要往庇推尼去，耶稣的灵却不许”（7节）。那时，他们并不明白上帝另有计划，不知道上帝对祂的工作和仆人有最恰当的安排。上帝只是对他们所定的计划说“不”，要他们完全听凭上帝的带领（9-10节）。
Who among us hasn’t grieved what we initially thought to be a painful loss? We’ve felt wounded when we didn’t get a certain job, when a service opportunity didn’t materialize, when a relocation got derailed. Though such things can momentarily be weighty, time often reveals that such detours are actually divine diversions that God graciously uses to get us where He wants us, and we are grateful.
如果失去了机会，有谁不会感到难过呢？我们都曾因没有得到某份工作、某个事奉机会，或调迁的计划告吹而感到伤心失望。开始时我们会觉得那是莫大的损失，但时间却往往证明，这样的“绕道”其实是上帝的奇妙安排，让我们能前往祂要我们去的地方，我们都当心怀感恩。
Father, I praise You that in Your wisdom You know how to best arrange my life. Thank You for protecting me through Your detours.
天父，我赞美祢，因祢满有智慧，知道如何为我的生命制定最好的计划。感谢祢让我在绕道时蒙祢保守

Acts 16:6-10  NIV

6 Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygiaand Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. 7 When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. 8 So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas. 9 During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

使徒行传 16:6-10 

6 圣灵既然禁止他们在亚细亚讲道，他们就经过弗吕家、加拉太一带地方。7 到了每西亚的边界，他们想要往庇推尼去，耶稣的灵却不许。8 他们就越过每西亚，下到特罗亚去。9 在夜间有异象现于保罗：有一个马其顿人站着求他说：“请你过到马其顿来帮助我们！” 10 保罗既看见这异象，我们随即想要往马其顿去，以为神召我们传福音给那里的人听。

INSIGHT

灵粮透视

On his second missionary journey (Acts 16:1–18:22), Paul wanted to preach the gospel in the provinces of Asia Minor (modern-day western Turkey) and Bithynia (modern-day northern Turkey); however, God redirected Paul northwest to Troas. Through “a vision of a man of Macedonia” God called Paul to bring the gospel into Europe (16:8–9). The identity of the “man of Macedonia” is much debated. Because the pronoun “they” in verse 8 changes to “we” in verse 10, some scholars say this man is Luke himself who has now joined the mission team. Luke, a gentile medical doctor (Colossians 4:14), wrote the gospel of Luke and Acts and became Paul’s traveling companion and co-worker (Acts 16:10–40, 20:4–17, Philemon 1:24). He also took care of Paul during his last days in prison before his death (2 Timothy 4:11).
保罗在第二次宣教旅程中（使徒行传16章1节-18章22节），原本打算在亚西亚（现今土耳其西部）和庇推尼（现今土耳其北部）传福音，但上帝却指引他往西北去，前往特罗亚。藉着“马其顿人”的异象，上帝呼召保罗将福音传入欧洲（16章8-9节）。这个“马其顿人”的身分，引起了很多争议。因为第8节的代名词“他们”，在第10节变成了“我们”，有些学者说这个人就是路加本人，他于当时加入了这个宣教团队。路加是一位医生，也是个外邦人（歌罗西书4章14节），撰写了路加福音和使徒行传，他也是保罗的旅伴和同工（使徒行传16章10-40节，20章4-17节；腓利门书1章24节）。在保罗生前最后坐监期间，他曾照顾保罗（提摩太后书4章11节）。
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