1008 到我這裡來
…到我這裡來。《馬太福音11:28》
被告知必須到耶穌那裡，豈不是很難堪嗎？想想那些我們不願意來到耶穌基督面前的事情。如果你想知道自己有多真實，就用這句話來測試你自己——「到我這裡來」。在你不真實的每一個層面，你會爭論或全然迴避這個議題，而不是來；你會經歷悲傷而不是來；你會做任何事情，而非在看似無法言喻的愚蠢比賽最後一圈說「照我本相，我來」那樣來。只要你有一點點靈里的輕蔑，它總是會顯露自己在這個事實上：你期待神告訴你去做某件非常大的事，然而祂告訴你去做的，卻只是「來…」
「到我這裡來」當你聽到那些話時，你會知道在你能來之前，你裡面必須發生一些事情。聖靈會指示你所當做的，那會涉及連根拔除任何阻礙你到達耶穌那裡的事物；除非你願意連根拔除，否則你永遠無法有任何進展。聖靈會搜尋到你裡面那個不可動搖的營壘，但除非你願意讓祂那麼做，否則祂無法改變它。
有多少次你帶着祈求來到神面前，離開時心裡想：「這次我真的得到了我想要的！」然而，你空手而回，而神一直在那裡張開雙手，不僅要得到你，也要你得到祂。只要想想耶穌無敵、不可征服和堅持不懈的耐心，慈愛地說：「到我這裡來」
來自章伯斯的智慧
根據神在你環境中的護理次序來讀聖經，此乃讀經唯一之道，即，在個人生活的熱血與情感中讀經。
1008 Come to Me
Come to Me… —Matthew 11:28
Isn’t it humiliating to be told that we must come to Jesus! Think of the things about which we will not come to Jesus Christ. If you want to know how real you are, test yourself by these words— “Come to Me….” In every dimension in which you are not real, you will argue or evade the issue altogether rather than come; you will go through sorrow rather than come; and you will do anything rather than come the last lap of the race of seemingly unspeakable foolishness and say, “Just as I am, I come.” As long as you have even the least bit of spiritual disrespect, it will always reveal itself in the fact that you are expecting God to tell you to do something very big, and yet all He is telling you to do is to “Come….”
“Come to Me….” When you hear those words, you will know that something must happen in you before you can come. The Holy Spirit will show you what you have to do, and it will involve anything that will uproot whatever is preventing you from getting through to Jesus. And you will never get any further until you are willing to do that very thing. The Holy Spirit will search out that one immovable stronghold within you, but He cannot budge it unless you are willing to let Him do so.
How often have you come to God with your requests and gone away thinking, “I’ve really received what I wanted this time!” And yet you go away with nothing, while all the time God has stood with His hands outstretched not only to take you but also for you to take Him. Just think of the invincible, unconquerable, and untiring patience of Jesus, who lovingly says, “Come to Me….”
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
To read the Bible according to God’s providential order in your circumstances is the only way to read it, viz., in the blood and passion of personal life. Disciples Indeed, 387 R