0809 祷告蒙天父垂听
耶稣举目望天说：「父啊，我感谢你，因为你已经听我…」《约翰福音 11:41》
当神的儿子祷告时，祂只会留意并意识到祂的父。神总是垂听祂儿子的祷告，如果神的儿子已经成形在我里面（见加拉太书 4:19），天父总会垂听我的祷告。但我必须确保神的儿子在我肉身中展现出来。「…你们的身子就是圣灵的殿…」（哥林多前书6:19），也就是说，你的身体是神儿子的伯利恒。神的儿子是否被赋予机会在我身上作工呢？祂的生命的直接单纯，是否在我身上做成与祂在地上生活时做成的完全一样？当我身为普通人去接触到日常生活事务时，神永恒儿子向祂的父的祷告是否在我心里被祷告呢？耶稣说：「到那日，你们要奉我的名祈求…」（约翰福音 16:26）。祂指的是哪一天？祂指的是圣灵降临在我身上，并使我与我的主合为一的那一日。
主耶稣基督是否对你的生命感到极大的满足？或你在祂面前表现出一种灵性骄傲的行事为人呢？永远不要让你的常识变得如此突出和强势，以至于将神的儿子推到一边。常识是神赐给我们人性的礼物，但常识并不是祂儿子的礼物。超自然的意识是祂儿子的礼物，我们永远不应该把常识放在宝座上。圣子总是认识并认同圣父，但常识从不，也永远不；我们的普通能力永远不会敬拜神，除非被内住的神的儿子所改变。我们必须确保我们的肉体完全顺服于祂，让祂时时刻刻地透过它工作。我们是否活在人类如此依赖耶稣基督的层次中，以至于祂的生命在我们身上时时刻刻被展现出来呢？
来自章伯斯的智慧
对那些没有经历过痛苦的人，耶稣说：「我没有什么可以给你的；站稳自己的脚，挺起自己的肩膀（挺身而立）。我是为这样的人而来：知道自己所面对的远超出他能应付的，知道有他无法触碰的势力；若他放手让我来，我必为他做一切的事。只要让一个人承认他有需要，我必出手帮助他。」《痛苦的阴影》
0809 Prayer in the Father’s Hearing
Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.” —John 11:41
When the Son of God prays, He is mindful and consciously aware of only His Father. God always hears the prayers of His Son, and if the Son of God has been formed in me (see Galatians 4:19) the Father will always hear my prayers. But I must see to it that the Son of God is exhibited in my human flesh. “…your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit…” (1 Corinthians 6:19), that is, your body is the Bethlehem of God’s Son. Is the Son of God being given His opportunity to work in me? Is the direct simplicity of His life being worked out in me exactly as it was worked out in His life while here on earth? When I come into contact with the everyday occurrences of life as an ordinary human being, is the prayer of God’s eternal Son to His Father being prayed in me? Jesus says, “In that day you will ask in My name…” (John 16:26). What day does He mean? He is referring to the day when the Holy Spirit has come to me and made me one with my Lord.
Is the Lord Jesus Christ being abundantly satisfied by your life, or are you exhibiting a walk of spiritual pride before Him? Never let your common sense become so prominent and forceful that it pushes the Son of God to one side. Common sense is a gift that God gave to our human nature— but common sense is not the gift of His Son. Supernatural sense is the gift of His Son, and we should never put our common sense on the throne. The Son always recognizes and identifies with the Father, but common sense has never yet done so and never will. Our ordinary abilities will never worship God unless they are transformed by the indwelling Son of God. We must make sure that our human flesh is kept in perfect submission to Him, allowing Him to work through it moment by moment. Are we living at such a level of human dependence upon Jesus Christ that His life is being exhibited moment by moment in us?
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
To those who have had no agony Jesus says, “I have nothing for you; stand on your own feet, square your own shoulders. I have come for the man who knows he has a bigger handful than he can cope with, who knows there are forces he cannot touch; I will do everything for him if he will let Me. Only let a man grant he needs it, and I will do it for him.” —The Shadow of an Agony