0226 我们对耶稣的疑虑
妇人说：「先生，没有打水的器具，井又深，祢从哪里得活水呢？」 《 约翰福音 4:11》
你是否曾对自己说过：「神话语中的奇妙真理给我留下了深刻的印象，但祂不能真正指望我能够达到这一点，并将所有那些细节融入到我的生活中！」当我们根据耶稣基督的品格和能力来面对祂时，我们的态度反映了宗教上的优越感。我们认为祂的理想很高尚，让我们印象深刻，但我们相信祂与现实脱节，祂所说的实际上无法实现。我们每个人在生活的某方面都会对耶稣有这样的想法。当我们考虑那些将我们的注意力从神身上转移的问题时，这些对耶稣的怀疑或疑虑就开始了。当我们谈论我们与祂的互动往来时，其他人问我们：「你从哪里得到足够的钱来生活？你将如何生活，谁来照顾你？」或者，当我们告诉耶稣，我们的处境对祂来说有点太困难时，我们内心开始产生疑虑。我们说：「说『要信靠主』很容易，但人必须生活。此外，耶稣没有任何可用来打水的东西——没有任何手段能给我们这些东西。」要谨防展现出宗教上的欺骗，说：「哦，我对耶稣没有疑虑，只有对我自己的疑虑。」如果我们诚实，我们就会承认我们从来没有对自己有疑虑或怀疑，因为我们确切地知道自己有能力或无能力做什么。但我们确实对耶稣心存疑虑。即使想到祂能做我们做不到的事，我们的自尊心也会受到伤害。
我的疑虑源于这个事实：我内心搜寻，要找出祂将如何实现祂所说的。我的怀疑源于我深度的自卑。如果我在自己身上发现这些疑虑，我就应该把它们带到光中，并公开承认它们：「主，我对祢有过疑虑。我不相信祢的能力，只相信我自己的能力。除了我有限的理解之外，我也没有相信祢的全能。」
来自章伯斯的智慧
随着年龄的增长，我是否变得更高尚、更好、更有帮助、更谦卑呢？我是否展现出让人认识到与耶稣同在的生命？或者我是否变得更加自我主张，更加有意地坚持自己的方式？对自己说真话是一件很伟大的事情。《帮助之地》
0226 Our Misgivings About Jesus
The woman said to Him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw [water] with, and the well is deep.” —John 4:11
Have you ever said to yourself, “I am impressed with the wonderful truths of God’s Word, but He can’t really expect me to live up to that and work all those details into my life!” When it comes to confronting Jesus Christ on the basis of His qualities and abilities, our attitudes reflect religious superiority. We think His ideals are lofty and they impress us, but we believe He is not in touch with reality— that what He says cannot actually be done. Each of us thinks this about Jesus in one area of our life or another. These doubts or misgivings about Jesus begin as we consider questions that divert our focus away from God. While we talk of our dealings with Him, others ask us, “Where are you going to get enough money to live? How will you live and who will take care of you?” Or our misgivings begin within ourselves when we tell Jesus that our circumstances are just a little too difficult for Him. We say, “It’s easy to say, ‘Trust in the Lord,’ but a person has to live; and besides, Jesus has nothing with which to draw water— no means to be able to give us these things.” And beware of exhibiting religious deceit by saying, “Oh, I have no misgivings about Jesus, only misgivings about myself.” If we are honest, we will admit that we never have misgivings or doubts about ourselves, because we know exactly what we are capable or incapable of doing. But we do have misgivings about Jesus. And our pride is hurt even at the thought that He can do what we can’t.
My misgivings arise from the fact that I search within to find how He will do what He says. My doubts spring from the depths of my own inferiority. If I detect these misgivings in myself, I should bring them into the light and confess them openly— “Lord, I have had misgivings about You. I have not believed in Your abilities, but only my own. And I have not believed in Your almighty power apart from my finite understanding of it.”
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Am I getting nobler, better, more helpful, more humble, as I get older? Am I exhibiting the life that men take knowledge of as having been with Jesus, or am I getting more self-assertive, more deliberately determined to have my own way? It is a great thing to tell yourself the truth. -The Place of Help, 1005 R