0801 學習關乎祂的方式
耶穌吩咐完了十二個門徒，就離開那裡，往各城去傳道教訓人。 《馬太福音 11:1》
祂來到祂命令我們離開的地方。當神要你離開，如果你因為太關切在那裡你自己的人，而留在家裡，那麼你實際上是剝奪了他們直接領受耶穌基督自己教導的機會。當你順服並將一切後果交給神時，主就進你的城市教導，但只要你不順服，你就阻擋了祂的路。要注意你從開始與祂爭辯的地方，將你所謂的責任置於與祂的命令相爭之中。如果你說：「我知道祂叫我去，但我的責任是在這裡。」這就正意味着你不相信耶穌所說的是認真的。
祂在指示我們不要教導的地方教導。「夫子，我們…可以搭三座棚…」（路加福音 9:33）。
我們是否在扮演業餘的護佑者的角色，試圖在別人的生活中扮演神的角色？我們教導別人的時候是否如此嘈雜，以致神無法接近他們？我們必須學會閉嘴，靈里保持警惕。神想要教導我們關於祂兒子的事，並想要將我們的禱告時間轉變為變像山的時間。當我們確信神是以某種特定方式工作時，祂就再也不會以那種方式工作了。
祂在祂派我們等候的地方工作。「…等候，直到…」（路加福音 24:49）。 「當等候耶和華」，祂必行事（詩篇 37:34）。但不要因為看不到眼前的一寸，你等候時就靈里生悶氣，自憐自艾！我們是否與自己靈里的情緒波動有足夠脫離，「耐性等候祂」？（詩篇 37:7）。等待並不是雙手交疊坐着無所事事，而是學習去做我們被告知的事情。
這些是我們很少認識到祂行事方式的某些方面。
來自章伯斯的智慧
亞伯拉罕的一生是兩件事的例證：毫無保留地降服於神，以及神為了祂自己至高目的而完全擁有祂的孩子。《不知往何處去》
0801 Learning About His Ways
When Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples…He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities. —Matthew 11:1
He comes where He commands us to leave. If you stayed home when God told you to go because you were so concerned about your own people there, then you actually robbed them of the teaching of Jesus Christ Himself. When you obeyed and left all the consequences to God, the Lord went into your city to teach, but as long as you were disobedient, you blocked His way. Watch where you begin to debate with Him and put what you call your duty into competition with His commands. If you say, “I know that He told me to go, but my duty is here,” it simply means that you do not believe that Jesus means what He says.
He teaches where He instructs us not to teach. “Master…let us make three tabernacles…” (Luke 9:33).
Are we playing the part of an amateur providence, trying to play God’s role in the lives of others? Are we so noisy in our instruction of other people that God cannot get near them? We must learn to keep our mouths shut and our spirits alert. God wants to instruct us regarding His Son, and He wants to turn our times of prayer into mounts of transfiguration. When we become certain that God is going to work in a particular way, He will never work in that way again.
He works where He sends us to wait. “…tarry…until…” (Luke 24:49). “Wait on the Lord” and He will work (Psalm 37:34). But don’t wait sulking spiritually and feeling sorry for yourself, just because you can’t see one inch in front of you! Are we detached enough from our own spiritual fits of emotion to “wait patiently for Him”? (Psalm 37:7). Waiting is not sitting with folded hands doing nothing, but it is learning to do what we are told.
These are some of the facets of His ways that we rarely recognize.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The life of Abraham is an illustration of two things: of unreserved surrender to God, and of God’s complete possession of a child of His for His own highest end. —Not Knowing Whither, 901 R