0627 神亲自拯救的荫蔽
…因为我与你同在，要拯救你。《 耶利米书 1:8》
神应许耶利米，祂会亲自拯救他——「…要以自己的命为掠物」（耶利米书 39:18）。这就是神对祂儿女们的全部应许。无论神差遣我们到哪里，祂都会守护我们的生命。我们个人财产和所有物对我们来说应该是无关紧要的，我们对这些东西的掌控应该非常宽松。如果不是这样，我们就会惊慌、心痛和苦恼。拥有正确的观点是对神亲自拯救的荫蔽根深蒂固信任的证据。
登山宝训表明，当我们为耶稣基督执行使命时，就没有时间为自己挺身而出。耶稣实际上是说：「不要担心你是否受到公正对待。」寻求公正实际上是我们已经偏离对祂的专注的一个标志。永远不要在这个世界上寻找公正，但也永远不要停止给予公正。如果我们寻求公正，我们只会开始抱怨，并沉浸在自怜的不满之中，仿佛在说：「为什么我该被如此对待？」
如果我们专注于耶稣基督，我们所遇到的事情无论公正与否，我们都与之无关。本质上，耶稣说：「继续坚定地做我吩咐你们去做的事，我会保护你们的生命。如果你试图自己守护你的生命，你就使你自己脱离我的拯救了。」即使是我们当中最虔诚的人在这方面也会成为无神论者——我们不相信祂。我们把常识放在宝座上，然后将神的名字附加在上面。我们确实倾向于倚靠自己的聪明，而不是全心信靠神（见箴言3:5-6）。
来自章伯斯的智慧
没有一种生活状态是我们不能住在耶稣里的。无论我们身在何处，我们都必须学习住在祂里面。《我们辉煌的遗产》
0627 The Overshadowing of God’s Personal Deliverance
“…I am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord. —Jeremiah 1:8
God promised Jeremiah that He would deliver him personally— “…your life shall be as a prize to you…” (Jeremiah 39:18). That is all God promises His children. Wherever God sends us, He will guard our lives. Our personal property and possessions are to be a matter of indifference to us, and our hold on these things should be very loose. If this is not the case, we will have panic, heartache, and distress. Having the proper outlook is evidence of the deeply rooted belief in the overshadowing of God’s personal deliverance.
The Sermon on the Mount indicates that when we are on a mission for Jesus Christ, there is no time to stand up for ourselves. Jesus says, in effect, “Don’t worry about whether or not you are being treated justly.” Looking for justice is actually a sign that we have been diverted from our devotion to Him. Never look for justice in this world, but never cease to give it. If we look for justice, we will only begin to complain and to indulge ourselves in the discontent of self-pity, as if to say, “Why should I be treated like this?” If we are devoted to Jesus Christ, we have nothing to do with what we encounter, whether it is just or unjust. In essence, Jesus says, “Continue steadily on with what I have told you to do, and I will guard your life. If you try to guard it yourself, you remove yourself from My deliverance.” Even the most devout among us become atheistic in this regard— we do not believe Him. We put our common sense on the throne and then attach God’s name to it. We do lean to our own understanding, instead of trusting God with all our hearts (see Proverbs 3:5-6).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
There is no condition of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus. We have to learn to abide in Him wherever we are placed. –Our Brilliant Heritage