0506 自由與耶穌的標準
基督釋放我們，叫我們得自由，所以要站立得穩…..《加拉太書5:1》
一個富有靈性之心的人永遠不會到你那裡提出這樣的要求：「信這個或那個」；一個有屬靈心思的人會要求你把你的生活與耶穌的標準對齊。我們沒有被要求相信聖經，而是相信聖經所啟示的那一位（見約翰福音5:39-40）。我們被呼召為他人的良心提供自由，而不是為他們的思想和觀點帶來自由。如果我們自己在基督的自由里獲得了的自由，其他人也會被帶入同樣的自由——這種自由來自於意識到耶穌基督的絕對控制和權威。
永遠只用耶穌的標準來衡量你的生活。將自己降服在祂的軛下，單單在祂的軛下；始終要小心，永遠不要把不屬於耶穌基督的軛加在別人身上。神花了很長時間才讓我們停止這種認為：除非每個人都像我們一樣看待事物，否則他們一定是錯的。那從來不是神的觀點。只有一種真正的自由，耶穌的自由在我們的良心中發揮作用，使我們能夠做正確的事。
不要對別人失去耐心，記住神是如何對待你的——以耐心和溫柔；但絕不能淡化神的真理，讓它自然而行，永遠不要為此道歉。耶穌說：「所以，你們要去，使萬民作我的門徒…」（馬太福音 28:19），而不是「使人皈依你們自己的想法和觀點。」
來自章伯斯的智慧
我們沒有權利決定我們應該被安置在何處，也不能有關於神正在準備我們做什麼的預設觀念。神設計了一切；無論祂把我們安置在哪裡，我們唯一至高的目標應該是在這項特定的工作中，傾注我們的生命，全心委身於神。 「凡你手所當做的事，要儘力去做。」《竭誠為主》， 4 月 23 日
0506 Liberty and the Standards of Jesus
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free… —Galatians 5:1
A spiritually-minded person will never come to you with the demand— “Believe this and that”; a spiritually-minded person will demand that you align your life with the standards of Jesus. We are not asked to believe the Bible, but to believe the One whom the Bible reveals (see John 5:39-40). We are called to present liberty for the conscience of others, not to bring them liberty for their thoughts and opinions. And if we ourselves are free with the liberty of Christ, others will be brought into that same liberty— the liberty that comes from realizing the absolute control and authority of Jesus Christ.
Always measure your life solely by the standards of Jesus. Submit yourself to His yoke, and His alone; and always be careful never to place a yoke on others that is not of Jesus Christ. It takes God a long time to get us to stop thinking that unless everyone sees things exactly as we do, they must be wrong. That is never God’s view. There is only one true liberty— the liberty of Jesus at work in our conscience enabling us to do what is right.
Don’t get impatient with others. Remember how God dealt with you— with patience and with gentleness. But never water down the truth of God. Let it have its way and never apologize for it. Jesus said, “Go…and make disciples…” (Matthew 28:19), not, “Make converts to your own thoughts and opinions.”
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We have no right to judge where we should be put, or to have preconceived notions as to what God is fitting us for. God engineers everything; wherever He puts us, our one great aim is to pour out a whole-hearted devotion to Him in that particular work. “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.” –My Utmost for His Highest, April 23, 773 L