0207 灵性沮丧
但我们素来所盼望、要救赎以色列民的就是祂！不但如此，而且这事成就，现在已经三天了。《路加福音 24:21》
门徒们所陈述的每个事实都是正确的，但他们从这些事实中得出的结论却是错误的；任何事物带有灵性沮丧的暗示都是错误的。如果我感到沮丧或烦恼，那是我的错，不是神或其他人的错。沮丧根源于两个来源之一——我已经满足了一个欲望，或我没有满足欲望；无论哪一种情况，沮丧就是结果。欲望的意思是「我必须立即得到它」。灵性上的私欲导致我向神强求答案，而不是寻求那位给出答案的神自己。我一直期望或信任神会做什么？今天是「第三天」而祂仍然没有做我所期望的吗？我因此有理由感到沮丧并责怪神吗？每当我们坚持神应该回答我们的祷告时，我们就偏离了正轨；祷告的目的是我们抓住神，而不是得到答案。要身体健康的同时又感到沮丧，这是不可能的，因为沮丧是生病的迹象；灵性上也是如此。灵性的沮丧是错误的，我们总是应该为此受到指责。
我们寻求来自天上的异象和震撼世界的事件，以见神的大能；即使我们感到沮丧此一事实，也证明我们这么做了。然而，我们从来没有意识到神一直在我们日常事件和周围的人中工作。只要我们顺从并完成祂布置在离我们最近的任务，我们就会见到祂。当我们学会是在日常生活中我们才认识到耶稣基督的崇高神性时，神最令人惊奇的启示之一就临到了我们。
来自章伯斯的智慧
我们永远不能通过头脑中的问题得到解答而进入神的国，只能通过献身。《至善—你伟大的救赎》
0207 Spiritual Dejection
We were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened. —Luke 24:21
Every fact that the disciples stated was right, but the conclusions they drew from those facts were wrong. Anything that has even a hint of dejection spiritually is always wrong. If I am depressed or burdened, I am to blame, not God or anyone else. Dejection stems from one of two sources— I have either satisfied a lust or I have not had it satisfied. In either case, dejection is the result. Lust means “I must have it at once.” Spiritual lust causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God Himself who gives the answer. What have I been hoping or trusting God would do? Is today “the third day” and He has still not done what I expected? Am I therefore justified in being dejected and in blaming God? Whenever we insist that God should give us an answer to prayer, we are off track. The purpose of prayer is that we get ahold of God, not of the answer. It is impossible to be well physically and to be dejected, because dejection is a sign of sickness. This is also true spiritually. Dejection spiritually is wrong, and we are always to blame for it.
We look for visions from heaven and for earth-shaking events to see God’s power. Even the fact that we are dejected is proof that we do this. Yet we never realize that all the time God is at work in our everyday events and in the people around us. If we will only obey, and do the task that He has placed closest to us, we will see Him. One of the most amazing revelations of God comes to us when we learn that it is in the everyday things of life that we realize the magnificent deity of Jesus Christ.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We never enter into the Kingdom of God by having our head questions answered, but only by commitment. –The Highest Good—Thy Great Redemption, 565 R