0807 在天父家里祷告
…遇见他在殿里…耶稣说：「…岂不知道我应当以我父的事为念吗？」《路加福音 2:46, 49》
我们主的童年并不是等待长大成人的不成熟阶段；祂的童年是一个永恒的事实。我是否由于我与我的主和救主认同，成为神的圣洁、无辜的孩子？我是否视自己的生活为在天父的家里？神的儿子在我里面是否就是住在祂父的家里？
唯一持久的现实是神自己，祂的吩咐时时刻刻临到我。我是否持续与神的真实保持联系？还是只在事情出错时，当我的生活中出现一些干扰时，我才祷告？我必须学会以圣洁团契和合一的方式与我的主紧密地认同，但我们中间有些人甚至还没有开始学习。「我应当以我父的事为念」——我必须学会在每一刻都活在我父的家里。
考虑一下你自己的情况。你是否与主的生命如此紧密地认同合一，以至于你只是神的孩子，不断地与祂交谈，并意识到一切都出自祂的手？你内在永恒神子是活在祂父的家里吗？祂事奉的生命的恩典是否通过你在你的家庭、你的工作、你的朋友圈中表现出来？你是否想过为什么你会经历某些情况？事实上，并不是你必须经历它们；而是因为你与神的儿子的关系，祂通过天父护佑旨意进入你的生活。你必须让祂按照祂的方式对待你让祂作主，与祂保持完全的合一。
你的主的生命要成为你活泼有力、单纯的生命，祂在地上的人们中间工作和生活的方式，也必须是祂在你里面工作和生活的方式。
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0807 Prayer in the Father’s House
…they found Him in the temple…. And He said to them, “…Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” —Luke 2:46, 49
Our Lord’s childhood was not immaturity waiting to grow into manhood— His childhood is an eternal fact. Am I a holy, innocent child of God as a result of my identification with my Lord and Savior? Do I look at my life as being in my Father’s house? Is the Son of God living in His Father’s house within me?
The only abiding reality is God Himself, and His order comes to me moment by moment. Am I continually in touch with the reality of God, or do I pray only when things have gone wrong— when there is some disturbance in my life? I must learn to identify myself closely with my Lord in ways of holy fellowship and oneness that some of us have not yet even begun to learn. “…I must be about My Father’s business”— and I must learn to live every moment of my life in my Father’s house.
Think about your own circumstances. Are you so closely identified with the Lord’s life that you are simply a child of God, continually talking to Him and realizing that everything comes from His hands? Is the eternal Child in you living in His Father’s house? Is the grace of His ministering life being worked out through you in your home, your business, and in your circle of friends? Have you been wondering why you are going through certain circumstances? In fact, it is not that you have to go through them. It is because of your relationship with the Son of God who comes, through the providential will of His Father, into your life. You must allow Him to have His way with you, staying in perfect oneness with Him.
The life of your Lord is to become your vital, simple life, and the way He worked and lived among people while here on earth must be the way He works and lives in you.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
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