0927 棄絕的「去」
…有一人對耶穌說：「你無論往哪裡去，我要跟從你。」 《路加福音 9:57》
我們的主對這個人的態度是極其令人沮喪，「因他知道人心裡所存的。」（約翰福音 2:25）。我們可能會說：「我無法想象祂為什麼失去贏得那人的機會！想象一下對他如此冷淡，並拒絕他，令他如此沮喪！」永遠不要為你的主辯解。主的話會傷害和冒犯人，直到沒有什麼可被傷害或冒犯的了；耶穌基督對任何最終會毀掉一個人服事神的事物毫不溫柔。我們的主的回答不是基於一時的心血來潮或衝動的想法，而是基於對「人心裡所存」的認識。如果神的靈讓你心裡想起主刺傷你的話，你可以肯定在你裡面有一些東西，是祂想要戳傷，直到它死亡的地步。
路加福音 9:58。這句話摧毀了服事耶穌基督而感到愉快的論點。祂對我的拒絕要求之嚴格，不允許我的生命還有什麼，除了我的主、我自己，和一種絕望的盼望感。祂說我必須讓其他人來來去去，而我必須完全被我與祂的關係所引導，而祂說「…人子沒有枕頭的地方。」
路加福音 9:59。這個人不想讓耶穌失望，也不想對他父親表現出不尊重。我們把對親友的忠誠放在對耶穌基督的忠誠之前，迫使祂處於末位。當你的忠誠發生衝突時，無論代價是什麼，總要順服耶穌基督。
路加福音 9:61 ，說「主啊，我要跟從你，但…」的人，是一個強烈準備好要去，但卻從不會去的人。這個人對去有所保留。耶穌嚴格的呼召是沒有告別的餘地；我們經常使用的「再見/告別」是外邦人的說法，而不是基督徒的，因為它們會使我們的呼召分心。一旦神的呼召臨到你，就開始去，永不停止。
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》
0927 The “Go” of Renunciation
…someone said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.” —Luke 9:57
Our Lord’s attitude toward this man was one of severe discouragement, “for He knew what was in man” (John 2:25). We would have said, “I can’t imagine why He lost the opportunity of winning that man! Imagine being so cold to him and turning him away so discouraged!” Never apologize for your Lord. The words of the Lord hurt and offend until there is nothing left to be hurt or offended. Jesus Christ had no tenderness whatsoever toward anything that was ultimately going to ruin a person in his service to God. Our Lord’s answers were not based on some whim or impulsive thought, but on the knowledge of “what was in man.” If the Spirit of God brings to your mind a word of the Lord that hurts you, you can be sure that there is something in you that He wants to hurt to the point of its death.
Luke 9:58. These words destroy the argument of serving Jesus Christ because it is a pleasant thing to do. And the strictness of the rejection that He demands of me allows for nothing to remain in my life but my Lord, myself, and a sense of desperate hope. He says that I must let everyone else come or go, and that I must be guided solely by my relationship to Him. And He says, “…the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
Luke 9:59. This man did not want to disappoint Jesus, nor did he want to show a lack of respect for his father. We put our sense of loyalty to our relatives ahead of our loyalty to Jesus Christ, forcing Him to take last place. When your loyalties conflict, always obey Jesus Christ whatever the cost.
Luke 9:61. The person who says, “Lord, I will follow You, but…,” is the person who is intensely ready to go, but never goes. This man had reservations about going. The exacting call of Jesus has no room for good-byes; good-byes, as we often use them, are pagan, not Christian, because they divert us from the call. Once the call of God comes to you, start going and never stop.
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