0928 無條件認同的「去」
耶穌…對他說：「你還缺少一件，去變賣你所有的，分給窮人，就必有財寶在天上；你還要來跟從我。」《馬可福音 10:21》
這位有錢的少年官有着追求完美的強烈熱情，當他看到耶穌基督時，他想要像祂。當我們的主呼召門徒時，祂從來不會將任何人的個人聖潔置於一切之上。耶穌主要的考慮，是我徹底消滅我對自己的權利並與祂認同，這意味着與祂建立一種關係，在那關係中沒有其它的關係。路加福音14:26 與救恩或成聖無關，只論及與耶穌無條件的認同。我們很少有人真正知道無條件認同耶穌、棄絕和降服於耶穌的絕對的「去」的含義。
「耶穌看着他，就愛他…」（馬可福音 10:21）。耶穌的注視會使你的心永遠脫離對任何其他人事物的忠誠。耶穌曾經這樣看着你嗎？耶穌的注視改變、穿透和吸引人。你對神柔軟順從的地方，就是主看過你的地方。如果你剛硬和報復心強，堅持我行我素，並總是確信對方比你更有可能犯錯，那麼你本性整個領域是從未被祂的注視所改變。
「你還缺少一件…」從耶穌基督的觀點來看，與祂合一，之間並無他物，乃是唯一的善事。
「去變賣你所有的…」我必須謙卑自己，直到我只是一個活人。我必須基本上宣布放棄各種擁有，不是為了得救（因為只有一件事可以拯救一個人，那就是在信心中絕對信賴耶穌基督），而是為了跟隨耶穌， 「…來跟從我」，這道路就是祂當日所走的路。
來自章伯斯的智慧
信心的根源是對那一位的認識，而最大陷阱之一，就是認為神一定會帶領我們到成功。《竭誠為主》，3月19日。
0928 The “Go” of Unconditional Identification
Jesus…said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor…and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.” —Mark 10:21
The rich young ruler had the controlling passion to be perfect. When he saw Jesus Christ, he wanted to be like Him. Our Lord never places anyone’s personal holiness above everything else when He calls a disciple. Jesus’ primary consideration is my absolute annihilation of my right to myself and my identification with Him, which means having a relationship with Him in which there are no other relationships. Luke 14:26 has nothing to do with salvation or sanctification, but deals solely with unconditional identification with Jesus Christ. Very few of us truly know what is meant by the absolute “go” of unconditional identification with, and abandonment and surrender to, Jesus.
“Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him…” (Mark 10:21). This look of Jesus will require breaking your heart away forever from allegiance to any other person or thing. Has Jesus ever looked in this way at you? This look of Jesus transforms, penetrates, and captivates. Where you are soft and pliable with God is where the Lord has looked at you. If you are hard and vindictive, insistent on having your own way, and always certain that the other person is more likely to be in the wrong than you are, then there are whole areas of your nature that have never been transformed by His gaze.
“One thing you lack….” From Jesus Christ’s perspective, oneness with Him, with nothing between, is the only good thing.
“…sell whatever you have….” I must humble myself until I am merely a living person. I must essentially renounce possessions of all kinds, not for salvation (for only one thing saves a person and that is absolute reliance in faith upon Jesus Christ), but to follow Jesus. “…come…and follow Me.” And the road is the way He went.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The root of faith is the knowledge of a Person, and one of the biggest snares is the idea that God is sure to lead us to success. –My Utmost for His Highest, March 19, 761 L