0414 內心無敵
你們當負我的軛，學我的樣式。《馬太福音11:29》
「主所愛的他必管教」（希伯來書 12:6）。我們的抱怨是多麼微不足道啊！我們的主開始帶領我們與祂相交的地步，卻聽到我們抱怨和嘆息，說：「主啊，就讓我像其他人一樣吧！」耶穌要求我們站在祂旁邊，拿起另一頭的軛，這樣我們就能一起拉；這就是為什麼耶穌對我們說：「我的軛是容易的，我的擔子是輕省的。」（馬太福音11:30）。你是否像那樣與主耶穌緊密地聯合/認同呢？如果是這樣，當你感受到神的手壓在你身上時，你會感謝祂。
「…軟弱的，祂加力量。」（以賽亞書 40:29）。神來了，把我們從情感主義中帶出來，然後我們的抱怨就變成一首讚美詩。認識神的力量的唯一方法就是把耶穌的軛放在我們身上並向祂學習。
「因靠耶和華而得的喜樂是你們的力量。」（尼希米記 8:10）。聖徒的喜樂從哪裡來？如果我們不太了解一些基督徒，我們可能只是通過觀察他們，就認為他們沒有任何重擔可擔。但我們必須揭開我們眼睛的面紗，神的平安、亮光和喜樂在他們裡面的事實，就證明他們也有重擔。神放在我們身上的重擔，壓榨我們生命中的葡萄，產生出美酒；但我們大多數人只看到了美酒而非重擔。世上或地獄中任何力量都無法征服住在人靈裡面的神的靈；它創造了一種內在的無敵。
如果你的生活只產生牢騷而不是美酒，那麼，就無情地把它踢出去。基督徒在神的力量中軟弱，這絕對是犯罪。
來自章伯斯的智慧
如果我們想在人們中間熟練地使用神的話語，我們就必須保持與人而非於理論的接觸，並且永不脫離與人的接觸。《神的工人》
0414 Inner Invincibility
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me… —Matthew 11:29
“Whom the Lord loves He chastens…” (Hebrews 12:6). How petty our complaining is! Our Lord begins to bring us to the point where we can have fellowship with Him, only to hear us moan and groan, saying, “Oh Lord, just let me be like other people!” Jesus is asking us to get beside Him and take one end of the yoke, so that we can pull together. That’s why Jesus says to us, “My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:30). Are you closely identified with the Lord Jesus like that? If so, you will thank God when you feel the pressure of His hand upon you.
“…to those who have no might He increases strength” (Isaiah 40:29). God comes and takes us out of our emotionalism, and then our complaining turns into a hymn of praise. The only way to know the strength of God is to take the yoke of Jesus upon us and to learn from Him.
“…the joy of the Lord is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10). Where do the saints get their joy? If we did not know some Christians well, we might think from just observing them that they have no burdens at all to bear. But we must lift the veil from our eyes. The fact that the peace, light, and joy of God is in them is proof that a burden is there as well. The burden that God places on us squeezes the grapes in our lives and produces the wine, but most of us see only the wine and not the burden. No power on earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God living within the human spirit; it creates an inner invincibility.
If your life is producing only a whine, instead of the wine, then ruthlessly kick it out. It is definitely a crime for a Christian to be weak in God’s strength.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We must keep ourselves in touch, not with theories, but with people, and never get out of touch with human beings, if we are going to use the word of God skillfully amongst them. — Workmen of God, 1341L