0814 主的管教
我儿，你不可轻看主的管教，被他责备的时候，也不可灰心。《希伯来书 12:5》
使神的灵担忧是很容易的，我们通过轻看主的管教，或被主责备时灰心而做到这一点。如果我们与罪分离并通过成圣的过程成为圣洁的经历仍然很肤浅，我们就很容易将神的真实误认为是其它东西。当神的灵给我们一种警告或约束感时，我们很容易错误地说：「哦，那一定是来自于魔鬼。」
「不要消灭圣灵的感动」（帖撒罗尼迦前书 5:19），也不要轻看祂，祂实际上是对你说：「在这一点上不要再盲目了——你并没有你想象的那么属灵。到目前为止我还没能向你揭示这一点，但我现在就向你揭示」当主这样管教你时，让祂以祂的方式待你；允许祂将你放入与神的正确关系中。
「被祂责备的时候，也不可灰心。」我们开始撅嘴，变得对神恼火，然后说：「唉，我无能为力。我祷告了，但事情还是没有好转。所以我只能放弃一切。」试想一下，如果我们在生活中其他方面也这样做的话，会发生什么！
我是否全然预备好让神用祂的能力抓住我，并在我身上做真正配得上祂自己的工作？成圣不是我要神为我做什么的想法——成圣是神祂要为我做什么。但祂必须让我进入一种思想和灵里的状态，是我会让祂使我全然成圣，无论付出什么代价（见帖撒罗尼迦前书 5:23-24）。
来自章伯斯的智慧
我们不是要宣扬行善。善行不是被宣讲的，而是要被实践的。《故我差遣你》
0814 The Discipline of the Lord
My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him. —Hebrews 12:5
It is very easy to grieve the Spirit of God; we do it by despising the discipline of the Lord, or by becoming discouraged when He rebukes us. If our experience of being set apart from sin and being made holy through the process of sanctification is still very shallow, we tend to mistake the reality of God for something else. And when the Spirit of God gives us a sense of warning or restraint, we are apt to say mistakenly, “Oh, that must be from the devil.”
“Do not quench the Spirit” (1 Thessalonians 5:19), and do not despise Him when He says to you, in effect, “Don’t be blind on this point anymore— you are not as far along spiritually as you thought you were. Until now I have not been able to reveal this to you, but I’m revealing it to you right now.” When the Lord disciplines you like that, let Him have His way with you. Allow Him to put you into a right-standing relationship before God.
“…nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him.” We begin to pout, become irritated with God, and then say, “Oh well, I can’t help it. I prayed and things didn’t turn out right anyway. So I’m simply going to give up on everything.” Just think what would happen if we acted like this in any other area of our lives!
Am I fully prepared to allow God to grip me by His power and do a work in me that is truly worthy of Himself? Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me— sanctification is God’s idea of what He wants to do for me. But He has to get me into the state of mind and spirit where I will allow Him to sanctify me completely, whatever the cost (see 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We are not to preach the doing of good things; good deeds are not to be preached, they are to be performed. So Send I You, 1330 L