0211 你的心志停留在神身上嗎？
堅心倚賴禰的，禰必保守他十分平安，因為他倚靠禰。《以賽亞書 26:3》
你的心志是停留在神身上？或它餓了？由疏忽而造成的心志飢餓，是僕人生活中疲憊和軟弱的主因之一。如果你從未用你的心志將自己置於神面前，你現在就要開始這樣做；沒有理由要等待神來找你。你必須將你的思想和眼睛從偶像的臉上移開，並仰望祂而得救（見以賽亞書45:22）。
你的心志是神賜予你最偉大的禮物，它應該完全被奉獻給祂。你應該努力「將人所有的心意奪回，使它都順服基督。」（哥林多後書 10:5下）；當考驗來臨時，這將是你信心的最大資產之一，因為那時你的信心和神的靈會一起工作。當你有值得歸功於神的思想和意念時，要學着將它們與自然界發生的一切進行比較和聯繫——日出日落，月亮星星的照耀，以及季節的變化，。你會開始看到你的思想也來自於神，你的心志將不再憐憫你的衝動思維，卻總是被用來服事神。
「我們與我們的祖宗一同犯罪…不記念…」（詩篇 106: 6-7）。然後刺激你的記憶力並立即甦醒過來。不要對你自己說：「但神現在不是在對我說話。」祂應該是。要記住你是誰的，以及你服事誰；鼓勵自己要記住，你對神的感情就會增加十倍。你的心志將不再飢餓，而是快速且熱情，且你的盼望將無以言喻地光明。
來自章伯斯的智慧
基督徒生活中的許多痛苦並不是因為魔鬼與我們交鋒，而是因為我們從未理解我們本性的簡單法則。我們必須把身體視為基督耶穌的僕人：當身體說「坐下」，而祂說「去」，那就去！當身體說「吃」，而祂說「禁食」，那就禁食！當身體說「打哈欠」，而祂說「禱告」，那就禱告！《聖經倫理》
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