基督教藝術家 Iveth Luna：“我感覺上帝總是在說話”

基督教藝術家 Iveth Luna 鼓勵她的聽眾相信上帝的時機。

Christian artist Iveth Luna is encouraging her listeners to trust in God’s timing.

基督教藝術家 Iveth Luna 鼓勵她的聽眾相信上帝的時機。

“I always considered myself a really impatient person. And, you know, when God gives you a promise, we think it’s going to happen the next day or maybe in a couple months or the next year,” Luna said of her musical career. “But God gave me a promise when I was 19 in college, and He gave me a vision, and His presence was incredible, and His promise was incredible.”

「我一直認為自己是一個非常缺乏耐心的人。而且，你知道，當上帝給你一個承諾時，我們認為它會在第二天或幾個月後或明年發生，」露娜談到她的音樂生涯時說道。 「但是當我 19 歲上大學時，上帝給了我一個應許，他給了我一個異象，他的存在令人難以置信，他的應許也令人難以置信。”

She continued, “Ten years later, I am walking in this promise. I am writing music for His people and getting to sing these songs and getting to tour and do all these amazing things for His glory.”

她繼續說：「十年後，我正在實踐這個諾言。我正在為他的子民創作音樂，並演唱這些歌曲，並進行巡演，為他的榮耀做所有這些令人驚奇的事情。

Luna started releasing music in 2022 and has already amassed a fanbase. According to Spotify, she boasts over 31,000 monthly listeners.

Luna 於 2022 年開始發行音樂，並已經累積了一群粉絲。據 Spotify 稱，她每月有超過 31,000 名聽眾。

“I feel like God is always speaking. He’s always speaking, and it’s our job to tune in and listen to what He is speaking over us and current events,” she said of her writing process.

「我覺得上帝總是在說話。他總是在說話，我們的工作就是收聽和聆聽他對我們所說的話和時事，」她在談到她的寫作過程時說。

Luna said she asks herself, “What do these people need to hear? What does your church need to hear? That’s a prayer I always ask the Lord — What does your church need to hear? What’s the best message? What do you want to say?”

露娜說，她問自己：「這些人需要聽到什麼？你的教會需要聽到什麼？這是我常問主的禱告－你的教會需要聽到什麼？最好的消息是什麼？你想說什麼？

“I always invite the Lord into the writers’ room and just lay it out for Him, and I believe He will give us the words,” she concluded.

「我總是邀請主進入作家的房間，為他佈置，我相信他會給我們這些話，」她總結道。

Luna’s latest release, “Right On Time,” covers the singer’s trust in God’s plan.

Luna 的最新專輯《Right On Time》涵蓋了歌手對上帝計畫的信任。

“‘Right On Time’ is so special to me because I have experienced both sides of the coin when it comes to worrying about my future,” she said in a statement about the song. “Whether I find myself rushing and striving for the next thing or having anxiety over the next phase in life, I want to remind my soul of all the times God has been faithful to me in His perfect timing. This song reminds our hearts to have confidence in God’s timing and plan because of His perfect track record. I may not always be on time, but I can trust that God always is.”

「《Right On Time》對我來說非常特別，因為在擔心我的未來時，我經歷了硬幣的兩面，」她在一份關於這首歌的聲明中說道。 「無論我發現自己在為下一件事而奔波奮鬥，還是對人生的下一個階段感到焦慮，我都想提醒我的靈魂，神一直在他完美的時間裡對我忠誠。這首歌提醒我們要對神的時機和計劃充滿信心，因為祂有完美的記錄。我可能並不總是準時，但我可以相信上帝總是準時。

Luna elaborated on her views on God’s timing in an Instagram post.

盧娜（Luna）在 Instagram 帖子中詳細闡述了她對上帝時間安排的看法。

“When I was a little girl, I had these dreams of the future and what it could look like for me. I had such faith and belief that they would happen,” she wrote. “When I entered into my late teens the feeling came again every time I would go to a concert, every time I’d watch my favorite singers on TV or hear them on the radio. In my college days at a worship night, a very simple ordinary night I encountered the Lord in a powerful way I could not deny. I felt His never ending love like never before and he gave me a vision.”

「當我還是個小女孩的時候，我就夢想著未來以及它對我來說會是什麼樣子。我堅信它們會發生，」她寫道。 「當我進入十幾歲的時候，每次我去聽音樂會，每次我在電視上看到我最喜歡的歌手或在廣播中聽到他們時，這種感覺都會再次出現。在我大學時代的一個敬拜之夜，一個非常簡單、普通的夜晚，我以一種我無法否認的強大方式遇到了主。我前所未有地感受到他永無止境的愛，他給了我一個願景。

She continued, “In this vision it was a picture of me singing for him, worshiping him. I was not given a timeline, I was not given specifics on what that would look like, just an image of me singing for him. At the beginning I was floored that I was even met with His presence like that. But I think God gave me that promise because He knew I would have to WAIT for it, and He needed me to go back to His promise, back to His character, back to his Word. For so long I chased the dream but I learned He wanted me to seek Him first, because it was in Him that I would find myself and he would set me up at the right time.”

她繼續說，「在這個異像中，這是我為祂歌唱、敬拜祂的畫面。我沒有得到一個時間表，也沒有得到具體的情況，只是我為他唱歌的照片。一開始，我甚至對他這樣的存在感到驚訝。但我認為神給了我這個應許，因為祂知道我必須等待，祂需要我回到祂的應許，回到祂的品格，回到祂的話語。我追逐夢想很長一段時間，但我知道他希望我先尋求他，因為在他身上我才能找到自己，而他會在正確的時間幫助我。

“After many years since that vision, I can still say that I am walking in that dream in His perfect timing. I was not ready earlier for this gift he had for me because He knew it would crush me,” Luna concluded. “Whatever you’re waiting for, I promise that God’s plan and His timing is perfection. In this waiting I dare you to sing along to this song that I hope stirs your faith up to believe that His timing for your life is right on time, every time.”

「在那個異象發生多年之後，我仍然可以說，我在他完美的時間裡行走在那個夢中。我之前還沒準備好接受他送給我的這份禮物，因為他知道這會壓垮我，」露娜總結道。 「無論你在等待什麼，我保證上帝的計劃和時機都是完美的。在等待的過程中，我鼓勵你跟著唱這首歌，我希望這首歌能激發你的信心，讓你相信他每次對你生命的安排都是正確的。

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