0308 降服的生活
我已经与基督同钉十字架了。《 加拉太书2:20》
为了与耶稣基督合而为一，一个人不仅必须愿意放弃罪恶，而且还必须放下他看待事物的整个方式。被神的灵重生意味着我们必须首先愿意放下，然后才能抓住其他东西。我们必须放弃的，首先就是我们所有的假装或欺骗。我们的主想要我们献上给祂的，不是我们的善良、诚实或我们想要做得更好的努力，而是真实的罪。事实上，这就是祂能从我们身上接受的一切，而祂以真正坚实的义来交换我们的罪。但我们必须放弃我们是什么人的所有假装，并放弃所有我们自以为配得神关注的宣称权利。
一旦我们做到了这一点，神的灵就会指示我们接下来需要交出什么。在这个过程的每一步中，我们都必须放弃对自己权利的主张。我们是否愿意放弃对我们所拥有的一切、我们的欲望以及我们生活中的一切？我们准备好与耶稣基督的死认同了吗？
在我们完全降服之前，我们将经历一场尖锐痛苦的幻灭。当人们真正看他们自己如同主看他们时，令他们震惊的，不是肉体上极其令人厌恶的罪恶，而是他们内心反对耶稣基督的骄傲的可怕本性。当他们在主的光中看到自己时，羞愧、恐惧和绝望的信念就深深击中他们。
如果你面临是否降服的问题，要下定决心继续度过此一危机，将你拥有和你所是的一切都交出给祂。然后神就会装备你去做祂要求你做的一切。
来自章伯斯的智慧
我没有权利说我相信神，除非我把我的生活安排在祂全知的眼下。《真的门徒》
0308 The Surrendered Life
I have been crucified with Christ… —Galatians 2:20
To become one with Jesus Christ, a person must be willing not only to give up sin, but also to surrender his whole way of looking at things. Being born again by the Spirit of God means that we must first be willing to let go before we can grasp something else. The first thing we must surrender is all of our pretense or deceit. What our Lord wants us to present to Him is not our goodness, honesty, or our efforts to do better, but real solid sin. Actually, that is all He can take from us. And what He gives us in exchange for our sin is real solid righteousness. But we must surrender all pretense that we are anything, and give up all our claims of even being worthy of God’s consideration.
Once we have done that, the Spirit of God will show us what we need to surrender next. Along each step of this process, we will have to give up our claims to our rights to ourselves. Are we willing to surrender our grasp on all that we possess, our desires, and everything else in our lives? Are we ready to be identified with the death of Jesus Christ?
We will suffer a sharp painful disillusionment before we fully surrender. When people really see themselves as the Lord sees them, it is not the terribly offensive sins of the flesh that shock them, but the awful nature of the pride of their own hearts opposing Jesus Christ. When they see themselves in the light of the Lord, the shame, horror, and desperate conviction hit home for them.
If you are faced with the question of whether or not to surrender, make a determination to go on through the crisis, surrendering all that you have and all that you are to Him. And God will then equip you to do all that He requires of you.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
I have no right to say I believe in God unless I order my life as under His all-seeing Eye. Disciples Indeed, 385 L