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August 14
"Thou couldst have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above." (John 19:11.)
NOTHING that is not God's will can come into the life of one who trusts and obeys God. This fact is enough to make our life one of ceaseless thanksgiving and joy. For "God's will is the one hopeful, glad, and glorious thing in the world;" and it is working in the omnipotence for us all the time, with nothing to prevent it if we are surrendered and believing.
One who was passing through deep waters of affliction wrote to a friend: "Is it not a glorious thing to know that, no difference how unjust a thing may be, or how absolutely it may seem to be from Satan. by the time it reaches us it is God's will for us, and will work for good to us? For all things work together for good to us who love God. And even of the betrayal, Christ said, "The cup which my Father gave me, shall I not drink it?" We live charmed lives if we are living in the center of God's will. All the attacks that Satan, through others' sin, can hurl against us are not only powerless to harm us, but are truned into blessings on the way.
─H. W. S.
In the center of the circle
Of the Will of God I stand:
There can come no second causes,
All must come from His dear hand.
All is well! for'tis my Father
Who my life hath planned.
Shall I pase through waves of sorrow?
Then I know it will be best;
Though I cannot tell the reason,
I can trust, and so am blest.
God is Love, and God is faithful,
So in perfect Peace I rest.
With the shade and with the sunshine,
With the joy and with the pain,
Lord, I trust Thee! both are needed,
Each Thy wayward child to train,
Earthly loss, did we but know it,
Often means our heavenly gain.
─I. G. W.
「『父啊!我將我的靈魂交在您手裏!』說了這話,氣就斷了。」路加福音廿三章46節
像大衛在詩篇卅一篇5節所說,基督將靈魂每日的生命和需要交在神手中,但此處有些特別新鮮的意義,祂若將自己的靈魂置於死亡權下,受之管轄,並放在黑暗而死陰的墳墓中,不能思想也不能禱告,但祂降服自己在神手中,信靠神在黑暗中照顧祂,並再次使祂復活。
假如我們實在死於基督裏,現在憑信心每天和祂同死,我們就要基督照所說的,恨惡並失去生命。
我們死在亞當裏,因我們從亞當所承受的,是死亡的生命,乏善可陳,也無屬天生命的本質。由於內部的敗壞,使我們從世界所得的整個生命必須死;除非治死老我或「舊人」,否則無法有真正的聖潔。很多人沒有治死自我而渴望靠自己的本性能在神面前活著,但都失敗了,因為一粒麥子若不死,絕不能活;治死老我是真虔誠的根本,若非死亡,則屬靈的生命無法成長。
但或有人問道,要如何才能得到基督死的心志,像基督一像把自己擺在神面前?除我們與耶穌一樣說:「父啊!我將我的靈魂交在您手中!」單純而絕對的依靠神賜下新生命,否則我們無法得到;神奇妙應許的話,成就在我們這些相信神將基督從死裏復活的大能大力之人身上。
這實在是真信心的考驗:每時刻絕對依靠神藉聖靈,親自直接而不斷賜與的屬靈生命。
「你不可輕看主的管教,被祂責備的時候,也不可灰心。」希伯來書十二章5節
消滅聖靈是很容易的;比如輕看主的管教,一受責備灰心喪志,如果我們僅有成聖膚淺的經驗,我們就將影子當作真實,神的靈來指責的時候,我們反說──「啊,那必是魔鬼!」
千萬不要消滅聖靈,當祂向你說──「不要在這點上再作瞎子;當明白你還沒有達到你所想到的地方。直到現在,我不能把它啟示給你,但是我現在要啟示了」──這些話,你不可輕視。當主像那樣管教的時候,讓祂管教好了。讓祂使你與神發生正當的關係。
「被祂責備的時候,也不可灰心。」我們對神有不悅之色,而且說──「好,我沒有辦法;我曾祈求過,但事情並沒有好轉,我要放棄一切了。」如果我們在任何其他事上像這樣說,將有何結果哩!
我是準備讓神用祂的能力握住我,在我裡面做一種與祂有價值的工作麼?成聖不是我希望神照我的意思;是神照自己的意思叫我們成聖,祂必要使我們具有這種心靈的態度,無論付甚麼代價,我仍然讓祂使我完全成聖。
「……不可難為我受膏的人,也不可惡待我的先知。」詩篇一百零五篇15節
我寧可被雷劈,也不願說一句反對基督僕人的話語。我寧可為電流所擊,也不願輕易地說主僕人的壞話,像那些用誹謗話語中傷弟兄姊妹的人。
或許我們會問:為什麼我們無法得醫治?為什麼沒有聖靈的喜樂?為什麼我們的生命中沒有祝福也沒有財富?這可能是因為我們在話語上中傷了人,更得罪了神。再說,我們若惡待他人,往往也會遭到同樣的禮遇。
願我們牢記,當我們迫害或是譭謗神的兒女時,事實上我們乃是在迫害祂,同時更是大大地傷害我們自己。
主啊!求您使我們對他人的感覺及權利更為敏感,就像對我們自己那樣敏感一般。求您使我們像您一樣地愛人,為他人而活。