0309 離去還是與耶穌同行？
你們也要去嗎？《約翰福音6:67》
多麼尖銳深刻的問題啊！當我們的主以最簡單的方式說話時，祂的話卻常常打中我們的內心。儘管我們知道耶穌是誰，祂還是問：「你們也要離開嗎？」我們必須對祂繼續保持冒險的態度，儘管有任何個人的風險。
「從此，他門徒中多有退去的，不再與他同行。」（約翰福音 6:66）。他們轉離，不再跟耶穌同行，不是犯罪，而是離開祂。今天，許多人都傾倒生命為耶穌基督工作，但並沒有真正與祂同行。神經常要求我們的一件事，就是與耶穌基督合一。在經由成聖而被分別出來後，我們應該訓練我們的屬靈生活，以保持這種親密的合一。當神給你清楚堅定的旨意時，你竭盡一切要以某種特定方法來維持那種關係的努力，完全是不必要的；所需要的只是過一種絕對依靠耶穌基督的自然生活。永遠不要嘗試以神的方式之外的任何方式來與神同行；祂的方式意味着對祂的絕對獻身。不要關心前面的不確定性，此乃與耶穌同行的秘訣。
彼得在耶穌身上看到的只是一個能給他和世界救恩的人；但我們的主想要我們與祂一起同工。
在約翰福音 6:70中，耶穌慈愛地提醒彼得，他被揀選與祂同行。我們每個人都必須為自己而不是其他人回答這個問題：「你們也要離去嗎？」
來自章伯斯的智慧
根據神在你的環境中的護理安排來讀聖經，此乃讀經唯一之道，即，在個人生活的熱血和激情中讀經。《真的門徒》
0309 Turning Back or Walking with Jesus?
Do you also want to go away? —John 6:67
What a penetrating question! Our Lord’s words often hit home for us when He speaks in the simplest way. In spite of the fact that we know who Jesus is, He asks, “Do you also want to go away?” We must continually maintain an adventurous attitude toward Him, despite any potential personal risk.
“From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more” (John 6:66). They turned back from walking with Jesus; not into sin, but away from Him. Many people today are pouring their lives out and working for Jesus Christ, but are not really walking with Him. One thing God constantly requires of us is a oneness with Jesus Christ. After being set apart through sanctification, we should discipline our lives spiritually to maintain this intimate oneness. When God gives you a clear determination of His will for you, all your striving to maintain that relationship by some particular method is completely unnecessary. All that is required is to live a natural life of absolute dependence on Jesus Christ. Never try to live your life with God in any other way than His way. And His way means absolute devotion to Him. Showing no concern for the uncertainties that lie ahead is the secret of walking with Jesus.
Peter saw in Jesus only someone who could minister salvation to him and to the world. But our Lord wants us to be fellow laborers with Him.
In John 6:70 Jesus lovingly reminded Peter that he was chosen to go with Him. And each of us must answer this question for ourselves and no one else: “Do you also want to go away?”
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
To read the Bible according to God’s providential order in your circumstances is the only way to read it, viz., in the blood and passion of personal life. Disciples Indeed, 387 R