0211 你的心志停留在神身上吗？
坚心倚赖祢的，祢必保守他十分平安，因为他倚靠祢。《以赛亚书 26:3》
你的心志是停留在神身上？或它饿了？由疏忽而造成的心志饥饿，是仆人生活中疲惫和软弱的主因之一。如果你从未用你的心志将自己置于神面前，你现在就要开始这样做；没有理由要等待神来找你。你必须将你的思想和眼睛从偶像的脸上移开，并仰望祂而得救（见以赛亚书45:22）。
你的心志是神赐予你最伟大的礼物，它应该完全被奉献给祂。你应该努力「将人所有的心意夺回，使它都顺服基督。」（哥林多后书 10:5下）；当考验来临时，这将是你信心的最大资产之一，因为那时你的信心和神的灵会一起工作。当你有值得归功于神的思想和意念时，要学着将它们与自然界发生的一切进行比较和联系——日出日落，月亮星星的照耀，以及季节的变化，。你会开始看到你的思想也来自于神，你的心志将不再怜悯你的冲动思维，却总是被用来服事神。
「我们与我们的祖宗一同犯罪…不记念…」（诗篇 106: 6-7）。然后刺激你的记忆力并立即甦醒过来。不要对你自己说：「但神现在不是在对我说话。」祂应该是。要记住你是谁的，以及你服事谁；鼓励自己要记住，你对神的感情就会增加十倍。你的心志将不再饥饿，而是快速且热情，且你的盼望将无以言喻地光明。
来自章伯斯的智慧
基督徒生活中的许多痛苦并不是因为魔鬼与我们交锋，而是因为我们从未理解我们本性的简单法则。我们必须把身体视为基督耶稣的仆人：当身体说「坐下」，而祂说「去」，那就去！当身体说「吃」，而祂说「禁食」，那就禁食！当身体说「打哈欠」，而祂说「祷告」，那就祷告！《圣经伦理》
0211 Is Your Mind Stayed on God?
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. —Isaiah 26:3
Is your mind stayed on God or is it starved? Starvation of the mind, caused by neglect, is one of the chief sources of exhaustion and weakness in a servant’s life. If you have never used your mind to place yourself before God, begin to do it now. There is no reason to wait for God to come to you. You must turn your thoughts and your eyes away from the face of idols and look to Him and be saved (see Isaiah 45:22).
Your mind is the greatest gift God has given you and it ought to be devoted entirely to Him. You should seek to be “bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ…” (2 Corinthians 10:5). This will be one of the greatest assets of your faith when a time of trial comes, because then your faith and the Spirit of God will work together. When you have thoughts and ideas that are worthy of credit to God, learn to compare and associate them with all that happens in nature— the rising and the setting of the sun, the shining of the moon and the stars, and the changing of the seasons. You will begin to see that your thoughts are from God as well, and your mind will no longer be at the mercy of your impulsive thinking, but will always be used in service to God.
“We have sinned with our fathers…[and]…did not remember…” (Psalm 106:6-7). Then prod your memory and wake up immediately. Don’t say to yourself, “But God is not talking to me right now.” He ought to be. Remember whose you are and whom you serve. Encourage yourself to remember, and your affection for God will increase tenfold. Your mind will no longer be starved, but will be quick and enthusiastic, and your hope will be inexpressibly bright.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Much of the misery in our Christian life comes not because the devil tackles us, but because we have never understood the simple laws of our make-up. We have to treat the body as the servant of Jesus Christ: when the body says “Sit,” and He says “Go,” go! When the body says “Eat,” and He says “Fast,” fast! When the body says “Yawn,” and He says “Pray,” pray! Biblical Ethics, 107 R