0907 祝福之泉
我所赐的水要在他里头成为泉源，直涌到永生。《约翰福音 4:14》
我们的主在这里所描绘的图景不是一条简单的水流，而是一个满溢的喷泉。继续「被圣灵充满」（以弗所书5:18），你与耶稣至关重要的关系之甜美，将从你身上慷慨地流淌出来，如同所赐给了你的一样。如果你发现祂的生命没有如应有的那样涌现，你就该受责备——有些东西阻碍了它的流动。耶稣是在说要持续专注于源头，以便你个人可以得到祝福吗？不，你要专注于源头，以便于从你身上「流出活水的江河来」——充满精力的生命（约翰福音7:38）。
我们要成为泉源，是耶稣可以作为「活水的江河」流淌而出，祝福每个人。然而我们有些人就像死海一样，总是领受却从来不付出，因为我们与主耶稣的关系不对。正如我们从祂那里领受祝福一样，祂也会通过我们倾注祝福。但每当祝福未以所领受的同样程度倾倒而出时，我们与祂的关系是有缺陷的。在你和耶稣基督之间，是否有什么东西吗？有什么阻碍你对祂的信心呢？如果没有，那么，耶稣说：从你身上「要流出活水的江河来」。那不是你传递出去的一个祝福，也不是你与别人分享的一个经历，而是一条不断透过你而流淌的河流。停留在源头，紧紧守护你对耶稣基督的信心以及你与祂的关系，这样就会有稳定流入别人生命的泉源，没有任何干涸或死亡。
说江河会从个别信徒流出，是否过分呢？你是否看着自己说：「但我没有看到河流啊？」通过神工作的历史，你通常会发现祂是从那些默默无闻、不被人知、被忽略的人开始，但那些人一直都是忠于耶稣基督。
来自章伯斯的智慧
我们没有权利决定我们应该被安置在何处，也不能有关于神正在准备我们做什么的预设观念。神设计了一切；无论祂把我们安置在哪里，我们唯一至高的目标应该是在这项特定的工作中，倾注我们的生命，全心委身于神。 「凡你手所当做的事，要尽力去做。」《竭诚为主》， 4 月 23 日
0907 Fountains of Blessings
The water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life. —John 4:14
The picture our Lord described here is not that of a simple stream of water, but an overflowing fountain. Continue to “be filled” (Ephesians 5:18) and the sweetness of your vital relationship to Jesus will flow as generously out of you as it has been given to you. If you find that His life is not springing up as it should, you are to blame— something is obstructing the flow. Was Jesus saying to stay focused on the Source so that you may be blessed personally? No, you are to focus on the Source so that out of you “will flow rivers of living water”— irrepressible life (John 7:38).
We are to be fountains through which Jesus can flow as “rivers of living water” in blessing to everyone. Yet some of us are like the Dead Sea, always receiving but never giving, because our relationship is not right with the Lord Jesus. As surely as we receive blessings from Him, He will pour out blessings through us. But whenever the blessings are not being poured out in the same measure they are received, there is a defect in our relationship with Him. Is there anything between you and Jesus Christ? Is there anything hindering your faith in Him? If not, then Jesus says that out of you “will flow rivers of living water.” It is not a blessing that you pass on, or an experience that you share with others, but a river that continually flows through you. Stay at the Source, closely guarding your faith in Jesus Christ and your relationship to Him, and there will be a steady flow into the lives of others with no dryness or deadness whatsoever.
Is it excessive to say that rivers will flow out of one individual believer? Do you look at yourself and say, “But I don’t see the rivers”? Through the history of God’s work you will usually find that He has started with the obscure, the unknown, the ignored, but those who have been steadfastly true to Jesus Christ.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We have no right to judge where we should be put, or to have preconceived notions as to what God is fitting us for. God engineers everything; wherever He puts us, our one great aim is to pour out a whole-hearted devotion to Him in that particular work. “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.” —My Utmost for His Highest, April 23, 773 L