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"Giving thanks always for all things unto God."(Eph. 5:20.)
ＮO matter what the source of the evil, if you are in God and surrounded by Him as by an atmosphere, all evil has to pass through Him before it comes to you. Therefore you can thank God for everything that comes, not for the sin of it, but for what God will bring out of it and through it. May God make our lives thanksgiving and perpetual praise, then He will make everything a blessing.
We once saw a man draw some black dots. We looked and could make nothing of them but an irregular assemblage of black dots. Then he drew a few lines, put in a few rests, then a clef at the beginning, and we saw these black dots were musical notes. On sounding them we were singing.
"Praise God from whom all blessing flow,
Praise Him all creature here below."
There are many black dots and black spots in our lives, and we cannot understand why they are there or why God permitted them to come. But if we let God come into our lives, and adjust the dots in the proper why, and draw the lines He wants, and separate this from that, and put in the rests at the proper places; out of the black dots and spots in our lives He will make a glorious harmony. Let us not hinder Him in this glorious work!
─C. H. P.
"Would we know that the major chords were sweet,
If there were no minor key?
Would the painter's work be fair to our eyes,
Without shade on land or sea?
"Would we know the meaning of happiness,
Would we feet that the day was bright,
If we'd never known what it was to grieve,
Nor gazed on the dark of night?"
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.
─C. H. Spurgeon.
When the musician presses the black keys on the great organ, the music is as sweet as when he touches the white ones, but to get the capacity of the instrument he must touch them all.
─Selected.
「豈不知你們的身子就是聖靈的殿嗎？這聖靈是從神而來，住在你們裏頭的，並且你們不是自己的人，因為你們是重價買來的，所以要在你們的身子上榮耀神。」哥林多前書六章19、20節
在這兒你已經答覆了聖靈對我有什麼期望的問題，你的身子是祂的殿，神的殿本是聖潔的，供人事奉神而用，所以你不再是屬於自己的人，沒有自己喜好的權利；你是基督用祂寶血重價買來的，所以聖靈在你身上有絕對的主權。所以你要用屬神的身子和靈魂來榮耀祂。聖靈是神聖潔的靈，祂來了，要使我聖潔，祂期望我完全順服祂。
由於反覆思想這些話，使我清楚領悟聖靈與我之間的關係。祂在我身上有權柄，祂要我這被基督寶血的重價買來的人，在凡事上討祂喜悅、跟隨祂的引導。我是屬於父神，也屬於主耶穌，所以必須向聖靈顯示出我的好行為、凡事順服祂的引導。祂在我身上有完全的主權，祂每早晨等著我對祂說：「主啊！請說！僕人敬聽，我降服在您面前，隨時順服您在我裏的指示。」祂期望我完全地順服。
此外，祂還期望我時常親近祂，每天要花時間，更新祂和我之間的關係，我整個生命降服在祂面前，祂也把在榮耀裏的完全帶給我。
祂也期望我靠著祂加給我的力量，做耶穌基督的見證，領我周圍的人歸向主耶穌。聖靈期望我這用重價買來的身子，可以成為神的殿，不斷用來敬拜頌讚父神和耶穌基督。
「你們得在基督耶穌裡是本乎神……聖潔。」哥林多前書一章30節
生的方面，成聖的神祕就是耶穌基督的完全分與我，這不是逐漸完成的，乃是於我因信因深覺耶穌基督的時候，便忽然在我裡面成功了。成為聖潔，並不是別的，就是耶穌的聖性在我身上彰顯出來。
一種聖潔生活的祕訣，不在摹仿耶穌，而在讓耶穌的完全彰顯在我的身上。成聖是「基督在我裡面」。就是祂的奇妙生命，因著信心，在成聖裡分與我，如同神的恩賜分與我一樣，我願神使成聖實現在我裡面，如同實現在祂的道理一樣麼？
成聖是領受耶穌基督的聖性。是祂的忍耐，祂的愛心，祂的聖潔，祂的信仰，祂的純潔，祂的虔敬，在每個成聖的人身上彰顯出來。成聖不是從耶穌取得成聖的力量；是取得在耶穌裡所表顯的聖性，而祂也將這聖性在我裡面彰顯出來。成聖是授與，不是摹仿。摹仿是另一件事。無論甚麼事，只有在耶穌基督裡得著完全。而成聖的神祕，是耶穌的一切完全由我取用，我漸漸過著一種條理，健康、聖潔的生活。這是「因神能力而保持的」。
「耶穌說，拿過來給我。」馬太福音十四章18節
你為什麼還沒得著聖靈一切的祝福呢？你難道不想得到那剩下的油嗎？(利十四17—18)看看你的四周，你豈能忽略許多人的需要，看著他們被困難、試煉，和急難的事所壓倒？神願意以聖靈充滿這些人。如果你能瞭解其中的真意，這些人會成為你得到新的祝福和釋放的機會，而且你除了藉這些失喪的人得到此祝福之外，別無他法。
帶領這些靈魂到神面前吧！穩穩地用信心和禱告在神的面前托住他們吧！保持安靜，停止自己「不安的」努力，讓神來動工。只做祂所命令的事，不要任意妄為。我們若是給祂機會做工，祂必然會成就。然後，你會發現那些曾經幾乎使你喪志的試煉以及災難，將會變成神在你生命中，顯現祂恩典和榮耀的機會，就好像你從來未曾瞭解祂有這樣的能力一般。照著耶穌所說：「(把你的需要)都拿過來給我。」