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July 6
"Neither know we what to do; but our eyes are upon thee." (2 Chron. 20:12.)
A LIFE was lost in Israel because a pair of human hands were laid unbidden upon the ark of God. They were placed upon it with the best intent, to steady it when trembling and shaking as the oxen drew it along the rough way; but they touched God's work presumptuously, and they fell paralyzed and lifeless. Much of the life of faith consists in letting things alone.
If we wholly trust an interest to God, we must keep our hands off it; and He will guard it for us better than we can help Him. "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass."
Things may seem to be going all wrong, but He knows as well as we; and he will arise in the right moment if we are really trusting Him so fully as to let Him work in His own way and time. There is nothing so masterly as inactivity in some things, and there is nothing so hurtful as restless working, for God has undertaken to work His sovereign will.
─A. B. Simpson.
"Being perplexed, I say,
Lord, make it right!
Night is as day to Thee,
Darkness as light.
I am afraid to touch
things that involve so much;
My trembling hand may shake,
My skilless hand may break;
Thine can make no mistake.'
"Being in doubt i say,
`Lord, make it plain;
Which is the true, safe way?
Which would be gain?
I am not wise to know,
Nor sure of foot to go;
What is so clear to Thee,
Lord, make it clear to me!' "
It is such a comfort to drop the tangles of life into God's hands and leave them there.
「父要另外賜給你們一位保惠師,叫他永遠與你們同在……因他常與你們同在,也要在你們裏面。」約翰福音十四章16、17節
我們通常想到主耶穌內住的應許,因基督清清楚楚地說:「你們要常在我裏面,我也常在你們裏面。」「常在我的愛裏。」(約十五章)這些「常在」、內住之意的應許,為聖靈在我們心中證明及實現。我們再看一次這段經文,基督內住在我們心裏,我們在祂裏面——「你們在我裏面,我也在你們裏面」——一同依靠在聖靈的內住,所以我們領悟聖靈永遠內住是最重要的課題。
我們唯一能做的,就是每天在永遠內住的聖靈裏,藉著更新、無罪的信心來朝見神,這位保惠師是當耶穌無法以肉身與門徒同在時來遞補祂的地位,在任何時候以屬天的安慰來安慰我們。藉著聖靈,耶穌住在我們心裏,賜給我們生活有力量,教導我們使我們靠祂行事;這是屬於我們的應許。自然我們天天在基督裏與神親近,如此就能重新得力,去影響並賜福別人。
哦!我的弟兄!把今天獻給三而一的神,花時間去敬拜父神和基督,把自己完全交託給聖靈,讓他管理,讓祂在你身上完成那大工,使基督內住在你裏面。
「乾渴之地,要變為泉源。」以賽亞書卅五章7節
異象是事件未有實現之前而有的,雖然我們感覺得異象是真實的,而它未在我們身上成為真實,撒但還得要來試探我們說,這個異象是不能成為事實的。不但異象未變成真實,反而陷於失敗於悲慘。
生命不像露出土面的礦石,
是從地心掘出來的生鐵,
因命運之坎坷的錘打,
變成熟鐵以致用。
神給與我們異象,而後領我們下到谷中,把我們錘合異象之形。惟其我們陷入了深谷,因此我們之中有許多人灰心而喪志。如果我們具有忍耐之心,無論甚麼異象都得以實現。想想神的閒暇悠餘!祂從不慌忙。我們總是慌忙的,我們要藉著異象的光榮,出去工作。但是異象在我們裡頭還未實現;神要領我們到深谷之中,使我們經過水火,錘成物形,直到我們達到祂能將真實交託我們的地步。自我們有異象以來,神曾經工作過,把我們造成理想的物形,但是我們屢想逃出祂的掌握,把自己錘成自己所喜歡的樣式。
異象不是空洞的幻象,是神要你達到的理想。惟願你讓神將你放在祂的模型之中,隨祂的意思轉動你,把你鑄成異象一樣的模形,可是在過程中,不要喪膽,如果你曾見過神的異象,必樂於在較低的平線上求滿足,可是神絕不許你如此。
「若是一家的人太少,喫不了一隻羊羔,本人就要和他隔壁的鄰舍共取一隻……要按著人數……計算。」出埃及記十二章4節
「若是一家的人太少,喫不了一隻羊羔。」這對我們這些已經得贖的人來說,有什麼意義呢?這表示我們沒有權利獨佔救主的寶血。而如果我們自私、不誠實、不感恩;只滿足於已有的救恩,卻不為失去永生的靈魂著想,那麼我們就有罪了。我們是否已經瞭解這個真理,是否能與他人分享主耶穌——我們的代罪羔羊?
到底哪些人是我們應該分享神羔羊的鄰居呢?經上是說隔壁的鄰居,也就是與我們接觸最多的人。有時神會讓我們遇到某些人,為要使我們成為祂恩典的管家。所以我們家中的親人、旅行的夥伴、社交圈子裡的朋友以及同事,都是我們的鄰居,我們對他們都有屬靈的責任。試問:我們是否已經盡心竭力了呢?
主啊!您既然愛我,
又為我這個罪人釘死,
我真應該為那些失喪的靈魂多想想。
只要是為您的緣故,我願作福音的使者。