0126 再次觀看並聖化
你們這小信的人哪！野地里的草今天還在，明天就丟在爐里，神還給它這樣的妝飾，何況你們呢！《馬太福音 6:30》
耶穌這簡單陳述對我們來說總是一個謎，因為我們不願意簡單。 我們如何能保持耶穌的純一，以便我們能理解祂呢？ 透過接受祂的聖靈，認識並依靠祂，且順從祂，當祂將祂話語的真理帶給我們時，生活將變得驚人的簡單。 耶穌要我們思考：「如果神給野地里的草這樣的裝飾…」如果你保持與神正確的關係，「祂豈不更加…」裝飾你嗎？
每當我們在與神相交中失去立足點時，都是因為我們無禮地認為自己比耶穌基督更懂。 我們允許「世上的憂慮」進來（馬太福音13:22），卻忘記了我們天父的「更何況」。
「你們看天上的飛鳥…」（馬太福音6:26），牠們的功能是順從神放在牠們裡面的本能，而神看顧着牠們。 耶穌說，如果你與祂有正確的關係，並順從祂在你裡面的聖靈，那麼神也會照顧你的「羽毛」。
「你想野地里的百合花….」（馬太福音6:28），它們生長在被種植的地方。我們中的許多人拒絕在神種植我們的地方成長； 因此，我們不會在任何地方紮根。 耶穌說，如果我們順服在我們裡面神的生命，祂就會照顧所有其他的事情。耶穌基督欺騙我們了嗎？ 我們是否正在經歷祂所應許的「更何況」呢？ 如果沒有，那是因為我們沒有順從神所賜予我們的生命，並且我們的心中充滿了混亂的思想和憂慮。我們本應當完全自由地專註於服事祂，然而我們浪費了多少時間在問神毫無意義的問題？分別為聖是一種作為，就是不斷將自己從一切分開來，除了上帝指定我去做的事。 這不會是一次性的經歷，而是一個持續進行的過程。 我是否生命中每一天都不斷地把自己分別出來並仰望神？
來自章伯斯的智慧
耶穌對門徒所說的偉大之語是「舍己」。當神把我們帶進門徒的關係中時，我們必須冒險相信祂的話，完全信靠祂，並注意當祂帶我們去冒險時，我們就接受之。《登山寶訓研究》
0126 Look Again and Consecrate
If God so clothes the grass of the field…, will He not much more clothe you? —Matthew 6:30
A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us because we will not be simple. How can we maintain the simplicity of Jesus so that we may understand Him? By receiving His Spirit, recognizing and relying on Him, and obeying Him as He brings us the truth of His Word, life will become amazingly simple. Jesus asks us to consider that “if God so clothes the grass of the field…” how “much more” will He clothe you, if you keep your relationship right with Him?
Every time we lose ground in our fellowship with God, it is because we have disrespectfully thought that we knew better than Jesus Christ. We have allowed “the cares of this world” to enter in (Matthew 13:22), while forgetting the “much more” of our heavenly Father.
“Look at the birds of the air…” (Matthew 6:26). Their function is to obey the instincts God placed within them, and God watches over them. Jesus said that if you have the right relationship with Him and will obey His Spirit within you, then God will care for your “feathers” too.
“Consider the lilies of the field…” (Matthew 6:28). They grow where they are planted. Many of us refuse to grow where God plants us. Therefore, we don’t take root anywhere. Jesus said if we would obey the life of God within us, He would look after all other things. Did Jesus Christ lie to us? Are we experiencing the “much more” He promised? If we are not, it is because we are not obeying the life God has given us and have cluttered our minds with confusing thoughts and worries. How much time have we wasted asking God senseless questions while we should be absolutely free to concentrate on our service to Him? Consecration is the act of continually separating myself from everything except that which God has appointed me to do. It is not a one-time experience but an ongoing process. Am I continually separating myself and looking to God every day of my life?
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The great word of Jesus to His disciples is Abandon. When God has brought us into the relationship of disciples, we have to venture on His word; trust entirely to Him and watch that when He brings us to the venture, we take it. –Studies in the Sermon on the Mount