0614 行動起來！(1)
常常在我裡面《約翰福音 15:4》
關於決心的問題。耶穌的靈藉著基督十字架的贖罪進入我裡面。然後，我必須耐心地建立我的思想，使之與我的主完全和諧。神不會使我像耶穌那樣思考——我必須自己去做。我必須「…將人所有的心意奪回，使它都順服基督」（哥林多後書 10:5）。「常在我裡面」，在智力問題上，在金錢問題上，在使人類生活是這個樣子的每一個問題上。我們的生活並不只是由一個整齊劃定的領域組成的。
我是否阻止神在我的處境下行事，認為那隻會阻礙了我與神相交而已？這是多麼不相干和不尊重啊！我的環境如何並不重要。我可以確信，我在任何一個環境中都住在耶穌里，就像我在任何禱告會中一樣。我沒有必要自己去改變和安排我的處境。我們的主的內住是純潔和無瑕疵的。無論祂的身體在哪裡，祂都與神同在。祂從不選擇自己的處境，而是溫順地服從天父為祂制定的計劃和指示。想想我們主的生活是多麼令人驚奇的輕鬆啊！但我們往往在我們的生活中讓神處於緊張的狀態。我們沒有「與基督一同藏在神里」那種生活中的平靜（歌羅西書 3:3）。
想一想那些會讓你離開住在基督里的位置的事情。你說：「是的，主啊，請稍等——我還有這事要做。是的，一旦這件事完成，或者這周結束，我將會住在你裡面。一切都會好的，主啊，那時我就會住在袮裡面了。」起來行動——現在就開始住在主里。在最初的階段，住在祂裡面將是持續不斷的努力，但當你持續下去，那將成為你生活的一部分，你將不再有意識的努力，就會住在祂裡面。要下定決心，無論你現在在哪裡，或將來可能被放置在哪裡，都要住在耶穌里。
來自章伯斯的智慧
信心的根源是對那一位的認識，而最大陷阱之一，就是認為神一定會帶領我們到成功。《竭誠為主》，3月19日。
0614 Get Moving! (1)
Abide in Me–John 15:4
In the matter of determination. The Spirit of Jesus is put into me by way of the atonement by the Cross of Christ. I then have to build my thinking patiently to bring it into perfect harmony with my Lord. God will not make me think like Jesus— I have to do it myself. I have to bring “every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5). “Abide in Me”— in intellectual matters, in money matters, in every one of the matters that make human life what it is. Our lives are not made up of only one neatly confined area.
Am I preventing God from doing things in my circumstances by saying that it will only serve to hinder my fellowship with Him? How irrelevant and disrespectful that is! It does not matter what my circumstances are. I can be as much assured of abiding in Jesus in any one of them as I am in any prayer meeting. It is unnecessary to change and arrange my circumstances myself. Our Lord’s inner abiding was pure and unblemished. He was at home with God wherever His body was. He never chose His own circumstances, but was meek, submitting to His Father’s plans and directions for Him. Just think of how amazingly relaxed our Lord’s life was! But we tend to keep God at a fever pitch in our lives. We have none of the serenity of the life which is “hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3).
Think of the things that take you out of the position of abiding in Christ. You say, “Yes, Lord, just a minute— I still have this to do. Yes, I will abide as soon as this is finished, or as soon as this week is over. It will be all right, Lord. I will abide then.” Get moving— begin to abide now. In the initial stages it will be a continual effort to abide, but as you continue, it will become so much a part of your life that you will abide in Him without any conscious effort. Make the determination to abide in Jesus wherever you are now or wherever you may be placed in the future.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The root of faith is the knowledge of a Person, and one of the biggest snares is the idea that God is sure to lead us to success. –My Utmost for His Highest, March 19, 761 L