0606 作出神作在你裡面的
…作成你們得救的功夫，因為你們立志行事，都是神在你們心裡運行…《腓立比書2:12-13》
你的意志與神一致，但在你的肉體有一種本性，使你無力去做你知道自己應該做的事。當主最初來接觸到我們的良心時，我們的良心首先做的是喚醒我們的意志，而我們的意志總是與神一致。然而你說：「但我不知道我的意志是否與神一致。」仰望耶穌，你會發現你的意志和你的良心每次都與祂一致。導致你說「我不會順服」的，是比你的意志更不深入、更不具滲透的東西；那是悖逆或固執，它們從來都不是與神一致。一個人裡面最深的東西是他的意志，而不是罪。
意志是神創造人類的基本要素——罪是變態的本性，進入了人裡面。在重生的人身上，意志的源頭就是全能的神。「因為你們立志行事，都是神在你們心裡運行，為要成就祂的美意。」你必須以全神貫注、極大謹慎來「作成」神在你身上「運行」的事【作出神作在你們裡面】——不是作工來完成或賺得「你自己的救恩」，而是作出你自己的救恩，以至於你會展現出一種生活的證據，那生活是基於對主完成和完全的救贖的堅定決心和不可動搖的信心。當你這樣做時，你不是帶出與神的意志【旨意】對立的意志——神的意志就是你的意志。你自然的選擇將符合神的旨意，而過這樣的生活將會像呼吸一樣自然。固執是一個愚蠢的障礙，拒絕啟蒙並阻礙其流動。對付這頑固的障礙唯一之道就是用「炸藥」【威力】將其炸毀，而這「炸藥」就是順服聖靈。
我相信全能的神是我意志的源頭嗎？神不僅期望我遵行祂的旨意，而且祂在我裡面實行之。
來自章伯斯的智慧
我們的危險在於淡化神的話來迎合自己。神從不調整祂的話來迎合我；祂調整我來符合祂。《不知往何處去》
0606 “Work Out” What God “Works in” You
…work out your own salvation…for it is God who works in you… —Philippians 2:12-13
Your will agrees with God, but in your flesh there is a nature that renders you powerless to do what you know you ought to do. When the Lord initially comes in contact with our conscience, the first thing our conscience does is awaken our will, and our will always agrees with God. Yet you say, “But I don’t know if my will is in agreement with God.” Look to Jesus and you will find that your will and your conscience are in agreement with Him every time. What causes you to say “I will not obey” is something less deep and penetrating than your will. It is perversity or stubbornness, and they are never in agreement with God. The most profound thing in a person is his will, not sin.
The will is the essential element in God’s creation of human beings— sin is a perverse nature which entered into people. In someone who has been born again, the source of the will is Almighty God. “…for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” With focused attention and great care, you have to “work out” what God “works in” you— not work to accomplish or earn “your own salvation,” but work it out so you will exhibit the evidence of a life based with determined, unshakable faith on the complete and perfect redemption of the Lord. As you do this, you do not bring an opposing will up against God’s will— God’s will is your will. Your natural choices will be in accordance with God’s will, and living this life will be as natural as breathing. Stubbornness is an unintelligent barrier, refusing enlightenment and blocking its flow. The only thing to do with this barrier of stubbornness is to blow it up with “dynamite,” and the “dynamite” is obedience to the Holy Spirit.
Do I believe that Almighty God is the Source of my will? God not only expects me to do His will, but He is in me to do it.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Our danger is to water down God’s word to suit ourselves. God never fits His word to suit me; He fits me to suit His word. –Not Knowing Whither, 901 R