0209 你灵性筋疲力尽了吗？
永在的神耶和华，创造地极的主，并不疲乏，也不困倦；祂的智慧无法测度。《以赛亚书 40:28》
筋疲力尽意味着我们的生命力被完全消耗殆尽；灵性筋疲力尽从来都不是罪的结果，而是服事的结果。你是否经历精疲力尽将取决于你从哪里获得补给。耶稣对彼得说：「你喂养我的羊。」但祂没有给他任何喂养羊群的东西（约翰福音 21:17）。成为被擘开的饼、被倾倒浇奠的酒，这个过程意味着你必须成为别人灵魂的营养品，直到他们学会以神为食。他们必须彻底耗尽你——直到最后一滴。但要小心补充你的供应，否则你很快就会完全筋疲力尽。在其他人学会直接汲取主耶稣的生命之前，他们将不得不通过你来汲取祂的生命。你必须真正成为他们的供应源泉，直到他们学会从神那里得到营养。我们有责任为神的羔羊和绵羊，以及祂，都要竭尽全力做到最好。
你是否因一直事奉神的方式而把自己交付给筋疲力尽？如果是这样，那就更新并重新点燃你的欲望和感情，检视你事奉的原因；你的来源是根基于你自己的理解，还是根基于耶稣基督的救赎？要不断回顾你的爱和感情的基础，并记住你力量的源泉在哪里。你没有权利抱怨：「主啊，我是如此筋疲力尽。」 祂拯救了你并圣化你，来使你筋疲力尽；但你要为神而筋疲力尽，但要记住祂是你的供应，「我的一切泉源都在你里面。」（诗篇 87:7）
来自章伯斯的智慧
先知们的信息是：尽管他们已经离弃了神，但那并没有改变神。使徒保罗强调同样的真理：我们纵然失信，祂仍是可信的，因为祂不能背乎自己（见提摩太后书 2:13）。 永远不要解释神是随着我们的变化而改变。祂永远不这样做【随我们改变而改变】；在祂里面没有改变。《以西结书注释》
0209 Are You Exhausted Spiritually?
The everlasting God…neither faints nor is weary. —Isaiah 40:28
Exhaustion means that our vital energies are completely worn out and spent. Spiritual exhaustion is never the result of sin, but of service. Whether or not you experience exhaustion will depend on where you get your supplies. Jesus said to Peter, “Feed My sheep,” but He gave him nothing with which to feed them (John 21:17). The process of being made broken bread and poured-out wine means that you have to be the nourishment for other people’s souls until they learn to feed on God. They must drain you completely— to the very last drop. But be careful to replenish your supply, or you will quickly be utterly exhausted. Until others learn to draw on the life of the Lord Jesus directly, they will have to draw on His life through you. You must literally be their source of supply, until they learn to take their nourishment from God. We owe it to God to be our best for His lambs and sheep, as well as for Him.
Have you delivered yourself over to exhaustion because of the way you have been serving God? If so, then renew and rekindle your desires and affections. Examine your reasons for service. Is your source based on your own understanding or is it grounded on the redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually look back to the foundation of your love and affection and remember where your Source of power lies. You have no right to complain, “O Lord, I am so exhausted.” He saved and sanctified you to exhaust you. Be exhausted for God, but remember that He is your supply. “All my springs are in you” (Psalm 87:7).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The message of the prophets is that although they have forsaken God, it has not altered God. The Apostle Paul emphasizes the same truth, that God remains God even when we are unfaithful (see 2 Timothy 2:13). Never interpret God as changing with our changes. He never does; there is no variableness in Him. –Notes on Ezekiel, 1477 L