0516 认识神供应的习惯
…得与神的性情有分。《彼得后书1:4》
我们成为「与神的性情有分」，藉由神的应许接受并分享祂的本性。然后我们必须藉着培养敬虔的习惯，将神的本性融入到我们的人性中。第一个要养成的习惯是认识神对我们的供应。然而，我们说：「哦，我负担不起。」最大的谎言之一就包含在那句话中。我们说得好像我们的天父把我们抛弃，没有任何一分钱的支持！我们认为在一天结束时说，「好吧，我勉强熬过今天，但那是艰苦的挣扎」是真正谦虚的表现。然而全能神的一切，在主耶稣里都是我们的！只要我们顺服祂，祂会不惜一切祝福我们，甚至搆到最后一粒沙子和最遥远的星星。我们的处境困难真的很重要吗？为什么不应该有困难呢？！如果我们沉溺于自怜，沉迷于痛苦的奢侈里，我们就会把神的丰富从我们的生活中移除，并阻碍别人获得祂的供应。没有什么罪比自怜的罪更严重了，因为它把神从我们生命的宝座上移除，以我们自己的私利取而代之。它使我们张口只会抱怨，我们简直成了灵性海绵——总是吸收，从不付出，也从不满足。我们的生活没有任何可爱或慷慨之处。
在神对我们满意之前，祂会拿走我们所谓财富的一切，直到我们学会祂是我们的源泉；正如诗篇作者所说：「我的源泉都在你那里」（诗篇 87:7）。如果神的威严、恩典和能力没有在我们身上展现出来，神就要我们负责。「神能将各样的恩惠多多地加给你们，使你们凡事常常充足，能多行各样的善事。」（哥林多后书 9:8）——然后学习将神的恩典慷慨地施与别人，慷慨地付出自己。要被神的本质所标记并与神的本质认同，祂的祝福就会一直透过你涌流而出。
来自章伯斯的智慧
祂将要擅自使用你的生命呢？还是你醉心于你对自己未来的构想？神对我们的生命负责，一个伟大的主旨就是不计后果地信赖祂。《蒙神悦纳》
0516 The Habit of Recognizing God’s Provision
…you may be partakers of the divine nature… —2 Peter 1:4
We are made “partakers of the divine nature,” receiving and sharing God’s own nature through His promises. Then we have to work that divine nature into our human nature by developing godly habits. The first habit to develop is the habit of recognizing God’s provision for us. We say, however, “Oh, I can’t afford it.” One of the worst lies is wrapped up in that statement. We talk as if our heavenly Father has cut us off without a penny! We think it is a sign of true humility to say at the end of the day, “Well, I just barely got by today, but it was a severe struggle.” And yet all of Almighty God is ours in the Lord Jesus! And He will reach to the last grain of sand and the remotest star to bless us if we will only obey Him. Does it really matter that our circumstances are difficult? Why shouldn’t they be! If we give way to self-pity and indulge in the luxury of misery, we remove God’s riches from our lives and hinder others from entering into His provision. No sin is worse than the sin of self-pity, because it removes God from the throne of our lives, replacing Him with our own self-interests. It causes us to open our mouths only to complain, and we simply become spiritual sponges— always absorbing, never giving, and never being satisfied. And there is nothing lovely or generous about our lives.
Before God becomes satisfied with us, He will take everything of our so-called wealth, until we learn that He is our Source; as the psalmist said, “All my springs are in You” (Psalm 87:7). If the majesty, grace, and power of God are not being exhibited in us, God holds us responsible. “God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you…may have an abundance…” (2 Corinthians 9:8)— then learn to lavish the grace of God on others, generously giving of yourself. Be marked and identified with God’s nature, and His blessing will flow through you all the time.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Is He going to help Himself to your life, or are you taken up with your conception of what you are going to do? God is responsible for our lives, and the one great keynote is reckless reliance upon Him. Approved Unto God, 10 R