0620 你到「當時」了嗎？
約伯為他的朋友禱告，耶和華就使約伯從苦境轉回，並且耶和華賜給他的比他以前所有的加倍。《約伯記42:10》
一種可憐的、病態的和以自我為中心的禱告，以及一種決心努力和自私的慾望想要與神和好，在新約聖經中從未找到過。我試圖與神和好的這個事實，實際上是我正在抵擋基督十字架的贖罪的一個記號。我禱告說：「主啊，如果袮垂聽我的禱告，我就會潔凈我的心；如果袮幫助我，我就會正確地行走在袮面前。」但我無法使自己與神和好，我無法讓我的生命完全。如果我接受主耶穌基督贖罪作為絕對性的禮物，我才能與神和好。我是否夠謙卑地接受它呢？我必須降服我所有的權利和要求，停止一切的自我努力。我必須將自己完全交託在祂手中，然後我才能開始將我的生命傾注在代禱的祭司工作中。有大量的禱告實際上是出於對贖罪的不信。耶穌不僅僅開始拯救我們——祂已經完全地拯救了我們。那是一個已成的事實，我們請求祂做祂已經做成的事，那就是對祂的侮辱。
如果你現在還沒有領受耶穌所應許的「百倍」（見馬太福音19:29），也沒有得到對神話語的洞察力，那麼就開始為你的朋友禱告——進入內在生活的事奉中。 「約伯為他的朋友禱告，耶和華就使約伯從苦境轉回。」作為一個得救的靈魂，你生命中真正的事情就是代禱。無論神將你置於什麼處境，總是要立即禱告，求祂的贖罪之工在別人的生活中被認知何理解，就像在你的生活中一樣。現在就為你的朋友禱告，也為那些你現在接觸到的人禱告。
來自章伯斯的智慧
祂將要擅自使用你的生命呢？還是你醉心於你對自己未來的構想？神對我們的生命負責，一個偉大的主旨就是不計後果地信賴祂。《蒙神悅納》
0620 Have You Come to “When” Yet?
The Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. —Job 42:10
A pitiful, sickly, and self-centered kind of prayer and a determined effort and selfish desire to be right with God are never found in the New Testament. The fact that I am trying to be right with God is actually a sign that I am rebelling against the atonement by the Cross of Christ. I pray, “Lord, I will purify my heart if You will answer my prayer— I will walk rightly before You if You will help me.” But I cannot make myself right with God; I cannot make my life perfect. I can only be right with God if I accept the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ as an absolute gift. Am I humble enough to accept it? I have to surrender all my rights and demands, and cease from every self-effort. I must leave myself completely alone in His hands, and then I can begin to pour my life out in the priestly work of intercession. There is a great deal of prayer that comes from actual disbelief in the atonement. Jesus is not just beginning to save us— He has already saved us completely. It is an accomplished fact, and it is an insult to Him for us to ask Him to do what He has already done.
If you are not now receiving the “hundredfold” which Jesus promised (see Matthew 19:29), and not getting insight into God’s Word, then start praying for your friends— enter into the ministry of the inner life. “The Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends.” As a saved soul, the real business of your life is intercessory prayer. Whatever circumstances God may place you in, always pray immediately that His atonement may be recognized and as fully understood in the lives of others as it has been in yours. Pray for your friends now, and pray for those with whom you come in contact now.
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