0809 禱告蒙天父垂聽
耶穌舉目望天說：「父啊，我感謝你，因為你已經聽我…」《約翰福音 11:41》
當神的兒子禱告時，祂只會留意並意識到祂的父。神總是垂聽祂兒子的禱告，如果神的兒子已經成形在我裡面（見加拉太書 4:19），天父總會垂聽我的禱告。但我必須確保神的兒子在我肉身中展現出來。「…你們的身子就是聖靈的殿…」（哥林多前書6:19），也就是說，你的身體是神兒子的伯利恆。神的兒子是否被賦予機會在我身上作工呢？祂的生命的直接單純，是否在我身上做成與祂在地上生活時做成的完全一樣？當我身為普通人去接觸到日常生活事務時，神永恆兒子向祂的父的禱告是否在我心裡被禱告呢？耶穌說：「到那日，你們要奉我的名祈求…」（約翰福音 16:26）。祂指的是哪一天？祂指的是聖靈降臨在我身上，並使我與我的主合為一的那一日。
主耶穌基督是否對你的生命感到極大的滿足？或你在祂面前表現出一種靈性驕傲的行事為人呢？永遠不要讓你的常識變得如此突出和強勢，以至於將神的兒子推到一邊。常識是神賜給我們人性的禮物，但常識並不是祂兒子的禮物。超自然的意識是祂兒子的禮物，我們永遠不應該把常識放在寶座上。聖子總是認識並認同聖父，但常識從不，也永遠不；我們的普通能力永遠不會敬拜神，除非被內住的神的兒子所改變。我們必須確保我們的肉體完全順服於祂，讓祂時時刻刻地透過它工作。我們是否活在人類如此依賴耶穌基督的層次中，以至於祂的生命在我們身上時時刻刻被展現出來呢？
來自章伯斯的智慧
對那些沒有經歷過痛苦的人，耶穌說：「我沒有什麼可以給你的；站穩自己的腳，挺起自己的肩膀（挺身而立）。我是為這樣的人而來：知道自己所面對的遠超出他能應付的，知道有他無法觸碰的勢力；若他放手讓我來，我必為他做一切的事。只要讓一個人承認他有需要，我必出手幫助他。」《痛苦的陰影》
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