GOD CAN USE YOUR MOUTH AND STILL REJECT YOUR HEART. Read that again.
Balaam was a man God used to speak. He heard from God because God was speaking to Him clearly. He prophesied ACCURATELY. He became a mouthpiece through which God declared blessing over Israel.
But here is the terrifying part: Being used by God did not mean Balaam was approved by God.
Balaam could speak God’s words with his mouth while his heart was being pulled by selfish motives.
He could prophesy over God’s people and yet become part of the reason they fell.
When Balaam could not curse Israel directly, he counseled Balak to entice Israel into sin and idolatry. Israel stumbled, and Scripture later remembers it as “the doctrine of Balaam.” (Numbers 31:16; Revelation 2:14)
And eventually, Balaam was killed. (Numbers 31:8)
This should terrify every person who is in the MINISTRY!
You can be gifted and still be drifting.
You can be anointed to minister and still be compromised in your private life.
You can preach powerful sermons and still have a heart that is slowly falling away from God.
You can be used by God while God is dealing with you.
Never mistake manifestation for approval.�Never mistake influence for intimacy.�Never mistake being used by God for being pleasing to God.
Even Jesus warned His disciples about this. When they returned rejoicing that even the demons were subject to them, Jesus said:
“Do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” (Luke 10:20)
Don't build your identity on what God does through you. Build it on your relationship with God.
The greatest tragedy is not that God stops using you. The greatest tragedy is that God keeps using you while your heart is slowly becoming distant from Him—and you mistake His use of you as His approval of you.
Guard your heart. Stay humble. Stay in the Word. Repent quickly. Obey completely.
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神可以使用你的口,却可能并不认可你的心。请再读一遍这句话。
巴兰曾是神用来传达话语的人。他能从神那里领受信息,因为神清晰地向他说话。他的预言**准确无误**。他成为了神用来向以色列宣告祝福的出口。
但可怕之处在于:被神使用并不意味着巴兰得到了神的认可。
巴兰可以用口传讲神的话语,内心却受私欲的牵引。
他既能向神的子民发出预言,又能成为导致他们跌倒的原因之一。
当巴兰无法直接咒诅以色列时,他便向巴勒献计,诱使以色列人陷入罪恶与偶像崇拜之中。以色列人因此跌倒,而这段历史后来被称为“巴兰的教训”。(民数记 31:16;启示录 2:14)
最终,巴兰被杀身亡。(民数记 31:8)
这应当让每一位从事**事工**的人感到战兢!
你可能拥有恩赐,却在灵性上随波逐流。
你可能受膏去服事,私生活却已妥协败坏。
你可能讲出大有能力的道,内心却正悄然远离神。
你可能正被神使用,而神同时也正在管教你。
切勿将“显出的果效”误认为“神的认可”;切勿将“影响力”误认为“亲密关系”;切勿将“被神使用”误认为“蒙神喜悦”。
就连耶稣也曾就此告诫门徒。当门徒因鬼服了他们而欢喜回来时,耶稣说道:
“不要因鬼服了你们就欢喜,要因你们的名记录在天上欢喜。”(路加福音 10:20)
不要将你的身份认同建立在神借你所做的事上,而要建立在你与神的关系上。
最大的悲剧并非神停止使用你;最大的悲剧在于,当你的心正逐渐远离神时,神却仍在继续使用你——而你竟误以为祂的使用就是对你的认可。
保守你的心。保持谦卑。持守神的话语。迅速悔改。完全顺服。

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