0628 被神紧握【得着】
我乃是竭力追求，或者可以得着基督耶稣所以得着我的。 《腓立比书 3:12》
永远不要选择成为神的工人，但一旦神呼召你，如果你「偏离左右」（申命记5:32），你就有祸了。我们在这里为神作工，不是因为我们选择这样做，而是因为神已经「抓住」了我们。一旦祂这样做了，我们就不会再有这样的想法：「嗯，我真的不适合做这个。」你所要传讲的也是由神来决定，而不是由你自己的天然倾向或欲望决定。让你的灵魂坚定地与神保持联系，并记住你被呼召不仅是要传达你的见证，也是要传福音。每个基督徒都必须见证神的真理，但当谈到呼召去传道时，必须有神的手紧抓着你，令你极其痛苦，你的生命被神紧握【得着】，就是为了那个目的。我们有多少人像这样被掌握呢？
永远不可淡化神的话语，要以其不加稀释的严格般传讲。对神的话语必须坚定不畏缩地忠心，但当你与他人交往时，则记住你是谁——你不是在天上被造的某个特殊者，而是一个靠恩典得救的罪人。
「弟兄们，我不是以为自己已经得着了，我只有一件事，就是忘记背后，努力面前的，向着标竿直跑，要得神在基督耶稣里从上面召我来得的奖赏。」（腓立比书 3:13-14）
来自章伯斯的智慧
「人子来的时候，遇得见世上有信德么？」我们对良好的原则、良好的管理、良好的常识都有信心，但我们当中谁对耶稣基督有信心呢？肉体的勇气是伟大的，道德的勇气更伟大，但是在面对生活中巨大问题时信靠耶稣基督的人，抵得上一群英雄。《至善》
0628 Held by the Grip of God
I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. —Philippians 3:12
Never choose to be a worker for God, but once God has placed His call on you, woe be to you if you “turn aside to the right hand or to the left” (Deuteronomy 5:32). We are not here to work for God because we have chosen to do so, but because God has “laid hold of” us. And once He has done so, we never have this thought, “Well, I’m really not suited for this.” What you are to preach is also determined by God, not by your own natural leanings or desires. Keep your soul steadfastly related to God, and remember that you are called not simply to convey your testimony but also to preach the gospel. Every Christian must testify to the truth of God, but when it comes to the call to preach, there must be the agonizing grip of God’s hand on you— your life is in the grip of God for that very purpose. How many of us are held like that?
Never water down the Word of God, but preach it in its undiluted sternness. There must be unflinching faithfulness to the Word of God, but when you come to personal dealings with others, remember who you are— you are not some special being created in heaven, but a sinner saved by grace.
“Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do…I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
“When the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?” We all have faith in good principles, in good management, in good common sense, but who amongst us has faith in Jesus Christ? Physical courage is grand, moral courage is grander, but the man who trusts Jesus Christ in the face of the terrific problems of life is worth a whole crowd of heroes. —The Highest Good, 544 R