0904 祂的！
他們本是你的，你將他們賜給我…《約翰福音 17:6》
傳教士是聖靈在其心中帶來這種認識的人：「你們不是自己的人」（哥林多前書 6:19）。說「我不屬於我自己」，就是在我的靈性高度上達到了一個高峰。那種生命在日常生活混亂中的真實本質，是體現在通過一個主權的決定，有意放下自己，交給另一位，而那一位就是耶穌基督。聖靈向我解釋和闡明耶穌的本質，使我與我的主合一，不是讓我只成為祂展示的獎盃。我們的主從來沒有基於祂為門徒所做的事而差遣他們出去。直到耶穌復活後，當門徒通過聖靈的力量認識到祂到底是誰時認識到耶穌的真正身份時，祂才說：「去」（馬太福音 28:19；另見路加福音 24:49 和使徒行傳 1:8）
「人到我這裡來，若不愛我勝過愛自己的父母、妻子、兒女、弟兄、姐妹，和自己的性命，就不能作我的門徒。」（路加福音 14:26）。祂並不是說這個人不能是善良和正直的，而是他不能成為耶穌可以在他們身上寫上「我的」這個詞的人。在這節經文里，我們的主提到的任何一種關係都可以與我們和祂的關係競爭。我可能更願意屬於我母親、我妻子或我自己，但如果是這樣的話，那麼，耶穌說，「[你]不能是我的門徒。」這並不意味着我不會得救，而是意味着我不能完全屬於祂。
我們的主使祂的門徒成為祂自己私有財產，並對這個人負責。「你們…作我的見證。」（使徒行傳 1:8）。門徒的願望不是為耶穌做任何事，而是成為祂的完滿喜悅。傳教士的秘訣在於真的能夠說：「我是祂的我屬於他，祂正在通過我完成祂的工作和目的。」
要完全屬於祂！
來自章伯斯的智慧
我們不是要宣揚行善。善行不是被宣講的，而是要被實踐的。《故我差遣你》
0904 His!
They were Yours, You gave them to Me… —John 17:6
A missionary is someone in whom the Holy Spirit has brought about this realization: “You are not your own” (1 Corinthians 6:19). To say, “I am not my own,” is to have reached a high point in my spiritual stature. The true nature of that life in actual everyday confusion is evidenced by the deliberate giving up of myself to another Person through a sovereign decision, and that Person is Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit interprets and explains the nature of Jesus to me to make me one with my Lord, not that I might simply become a trophy for His showcase. Our Lord never sent any of His disciples out on the basis of what He had done for them. It was not until after the resurrection, when the disciples had perceived through the power of the Holy Spirit who Jesus really was, that He said, “Go” (Matthew 28:19; also see Luke 24:49 and Acts 1:8).
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26). He was not saying that this person cannot be good and upright, but that he cannot be someone over whom Jesus can write the word Mine. Any one of the relationships our Lord mentions in this verse can compete with our relationship with Him. I may prefer to belong to my mother, or to my wife, or to myself, but if that is the case, then, Jesus said, “[You] cannot be My disciple.” This does not mean that I will not be saved, but it does mean that I cannot be entirely His.
Our Lord makes His disciple His very own possession, becoming responsible for him. “…you shall be witnesses to Me…” (Acts 1:8). The desire that comes into a disciple is not one of doing anything for Jesus, but of being a perfect delight to Him. The missionary’s secret is truly being able to say, “I am His, and He is accomplishing His work and His purposes through me.”
Be entirely His!
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