0328 难道没有误解吗？
「我们再往犹太去吧。」门徒对他说：「…你还往那里去吗？」《约翰福音 11:7-8》
仅因为我不明白耶稣基督所说的话，我就没有权利断定祂所说的话一定是错误的。那是危险的观点，认为我顺服神的指示会带给耶稣羞辱，这永远是不对的认定。唯一会带来羞辱的，是不顺服祂。将我对祂尊荣的看法置于祂明确引导我的事之前，那永远是不对的，尽管那可能是出于想要防止祂被公开羞辱的真实欲望。我知道神的指示何时临到，是因为它们的默默坚持。但当我开始权衡利弊，怀疑和辩论进入我的头脑时，我就引进了一个不属于神的元素；那只会导致我得出这个结论：祂给我的指示是不正确的。我们很多人都忠于自己对耶稣基督的想法，但有多少人是忠于耶稣本人呢？对耶稣忠诚意味着我必须跨出去，甚至在我看不见之时和看不见之处（见马太福音14:29）；但忠于我自己的想法意味着我首先要清除思想上的道路。然而，信心并不是理智上的理解，而是对耶稣基督这一位的刻意委身，即使我看不见前方的道路。
你正在争论是否应该迈出相信耶稣的一步，还是你应该等到你能清楚地看见如何去做祂所要你做的事吗？只要怀着无拘无束的喜乐顺服祂即可。当祂告诉你一些事情而你开始争论时，那是因为你对什么是尊荣祂、什么是不尊荣祂有所误解。你是忠于耶稣，还是忠于你对祂的看法？你是忠于祂所说的话，还是你试图以从来不是来自祂的想法来妥协祂的话？ 「祂告诉你们什么，你们就做什么。」（约翰福音 2:5）。
来自章伯斯的智慧
「是我拣选了你们」（约翰福音 15:16）。记下这伟大的的信条。不是你拥有了神，而是神拥有了你。《竭诚为主》， 10月25日
0328 Isn’t There Some Misunderstanding?
“Let us go to Judea again.” The disciples said to Him, “…are You going there again?” —John 11:7-8
Just because I don’t understand what Jesus Christ says, I have no right to determine that He must be mistaken in what He says. That is a dangerous view, and it is never right to think that my obedience to God’s directive will bring dishonor to Jesus. The only thing that will bring dishonor is not obeying Him. To put my view of His honor ahead of what He is plainly guiding me to do is never right, even though it may come from a real desire to prevent Him from being put to an open shame. I know when the instructions have come from God because of their quiet persistence. But when I begin to weigh the pros and cons, and doubt and debate enter into my mind, I am bringing in an element that is not of God. This will only result in my concluding that His instructions to me were not right. Many of us are faithful to our ideas about Jesus Christ, but how many of us are faithful to Jesus Himself? Faithfulness to Jesus means that I must step out even when and where I can’t see anything (see Matthew 14:29). But faithfulness to my own ideas means that I first clear the way mentally. Faith, however, is not intellectual understanding; faith is a deliberate commitment to the Person of Jesus Christ, even when I can’t see the way ahead.
Are you debating whether you should take a step of faith in Jesus, or whether you should wait until you can clearly see how to do what He has asked? Simply obey Him with unrestrained joy. When He tells you something and you begin to debate, it is because you have a misunderstanding of what honors Him and what doesn’t. Are you faithful to Jesus, or faithful to your ideas about Him? Are you faithful to what He says, or are you trying to compromise His words with thoughts that never came from Him? “Whatever He says to you, do it.” (John 2:5).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
“I have chosen you” (John 15:16). Keep that note of greatness in your creed. It is not that you have got God, but that He has got you. –My Utmost for His Highest, October 25, 837 R