0607 力量的最大源頭
你們奉我的名無論求什麼，我必成就。 《約翰福音 14:13》
我是否在生命隱秘深處履行了這個代禱的職事？在真正代禱中，沒有陷阱，也沒有任何被欺騙或顯示驕傲的危險。這是一項隱藏的事工，結出果子，天父因此得榮耀。我是讓我的靈命被浪費，或我專註將一切都帶到一個中心點——我的主的代贖？耶穌基督是越來越主宰着我生活中的每一個興趣嗎？如果我生活的重心或最強大的影響力是主的代贖，那麼我生活的各方面都會為祂結出果實。
然而，我必須花時間去意識這個力量的中心點什麼。我願意每小時花一分鐘來專註於此嗎？「你們若常在我裡面…」，亦即，如果你繼續不斷地從那個中心點開始行動、思考和工作，「凡你們所願意的，祈求就給你們成就。」（約翰福音 15:7）。我是住在祂裡面嗎？我花時間住在祂裡面？我生命中能力最大的源頭是什麼？是我的工作、服事和為人所做的犧牲，還是我儘力為神工作？那不應該是這些，在我的生命中施加最大力量的應該是主的救贖。最塑造我們的，不是我們花最多時間的事物，而是對我們產生最大影響力的。我們必須下定決心限制並集中我們的願望和興趣在基督十字架的贖罪上。
「你們奉我的名無論求什麼，我必成就……」住在耶穌里的門徒就是神的旨意，而看似他的自由選擇，實際上乃是神預定的旨意。這很神秘嗎？它看起來與健全的邏輯互相矛盾或似乎完全荒謬嗎？是的，但對神的聖徒來說，那是多麼榮耀的真理啊。
來自章伯斯的智慧
自然地說，沒有什麼比衰敗更能讓我們迅速喪失信心了——身體美麗的衰退、自然生命的衰退、友誼的衰退、關係的衰退，所有這些都使人心灰意冷；但保羅說，當我們信靠耶穌基督時，這些事情就不會令我們沮喪，光明會透過它們而來。《幫助之地》
0607 The Greatest Source of Power
Whatever you ask in My name, that I will do… —John 14:13
Am I fulfilling this ministry of intercession deep within the hidden recesses of my life? There is no trap nor any danger at all of being deceived or of showing pride in true intercession. It is a hidden ministry that brings forth fruit through which the Father is glorified. Am I allowing my spiritual life to waste away, or am I focused, bringing everything to one central point— the atonement of my Lord? Is Jesus Christ more and more dominating every interest of my life? If the central point, or the most powerful influence, of my life is the atonement of the Lord, then every aspect of my life will bear fruit for Him.
However, I must take the time to realize what this central point of power is. Am I willing to give one minute out of every hour to concentrate on it? “If you abide in Me…”— that is, if you continue to act, and think, and work from that central point— “you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you” (John 15:7). Am I abiding? Am I taking the time to abide? What is the greatest source of power in my life? Is it my work, service, and sacrifice for others, or is it my striving to work for God? It should be none of these— what ought to exert the greatest power in my life is the atonement of the Lord. It is not on what we spend the greatest amount of time that molds us the most, but whatever exerts the most power over us. We must make a determination to limit and concentrate our desires and interests on the atonement by the Cross of Christ.
“Whatever you ask in My name, that I will do….” The disciple who abides in Jesus is the will of God, and what appears to be his free choices are actually God’s foreordained decrees. Is this mysterious? Does it appear to contradict sound logic or seem totally absurd? Yes, but what a glorious truth it is to a saint of God.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
There is nothing, naturally speaking, that makes us lose heart quicker than decay—the decay of bodily beauty, of natural life, of friendship, of associations, all these things make a man lose heart; but Paul says when we are trusting in Jesus Christ these things do not find us discouraged, light comes through them. —The Place of Help, 1032 L