0907 祝福之泉
我所賜的水要在他裡頭成為泉源，直涌到永生。《約翰福音 4:14》
我們的主在這裡所描繪的圖景不是一條簡單的水流，而是一個滿溢的噴泉。繼續「被聖靈充滿」（以弗所書5:18），你與耶穌至關重要的關係之甜美，將從你身上慷慨地流淌出來，如同所賜給了你的一樣。如果你發現祂的生命沒有如應有的那樣湧現，你就該受責備——有些東西阻礙了它的流動。耶穌是在說要持續專註於源頭，以便你個人可以得到祝福嗎？不，你要專註於源頭，以便於從你身上「流出活水的江河來」——充滿精力的生命（約翰福音7:38）。
我們要成為泉源，是耶穌可以作為「活水的江河」流淌而出，祝福每個人。然而我們有些人就像死海一樣，總是領受卻從來不付出，因為我們與主耶穌的關係不對。正如我們從祂那裡領受祝福一樣，祂也會通過我們傾注祝福。但每當祝福未以所領受的同樣程度傾倒而出時，我們與祂的關係是有缺陷的。在你和耶穌基督之間，是否有什麼東西嗎？有什麼阻礙你對祂的信心呢？如果沒有，那麼，耶穌說：從你身上「要流出活水的江河來」。那不是你傳遞出去的一個祝福，也不是你與別人分享的一個經歷，而是一條不斷透過你而流淌的河流。停留在源頭，緊緊守護你對耶穌基督的信心以及你與祂的關係，這樣就會有穩定流入別人生命的泉源，沒有任何乾涸或死亡。
說江河會從個別信徒流出，是否過分呢？你是否看着自己說：「但我沒有看到河流啊？」通過神工作的歷史，你通常會發現祂是從那些默默無聞、不被人知、被忽略的人開始，但那些人一直都是忠於耶穌基督。
來自章伯斯的智慧
我們沒有權利決定我們應該被安置在何處，也不能有關於神正在準備我們做什麼的預設觀念。神設計了一切；無論祂把我們安置在哪裡，我們唯一至高的目標應該是在這項特定的工作中，傾注我們的生命，全心委身於神。 「凡你手所當做的事，要儘力去做。」《竭誠為主》， 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