1101 「你不是自己的人」
岂不知…你们不是自己的人？《哥林多前书6:19》
对于一个深知并有份于耶稣基督受苦的人来说，在这个世上没有所谓私人生活或藏身之处。神将圣徒的私生活一分为二，一条是通往世界的道路，另一条是通往祂自己的道路。没有人能忍受这一点，除非他认同耶稣基督。我们不是为自己而成圣，我们蒙召进入与福音的亲密，发生的事情似乎与我们无关，但神要使我们与祂自己相交。让祂照祂的方式行事，如果你拒绝，你对神在世上的救赎工作就毫无价值，你将会是个阻碍和绊脚石。
神所做的第一件事就是让我们立足在坚固的现实和真理中。祂这样做，直到我们对自我的个人专注都顺服祂的道路，为了祂救赎的目的。我们为什么不应该经历破碎呢？通过这些门道，神正在打开与祂儿子相通的道路。我们大多数人在一受痛苦的冲击就崩溃了，我们坐在神心意的门口，通过自怜而进入缓慢的死亡。所有所谓其他基督徒的同情心都帮助我们走向死亡，但神不会；祂带着祂儿子钉痕的手而来，仿佛在说：「进入与我的相交，兴起发光。」如果神可以通过一颗破碎的心来实现祂在这个世界的目的，那为什么不为祂破碎你的心而感谢祂呢？
来自章伯斯的智慧
随着年龄的增长，我是否变得更高尚、更好、更有帮助、更谦卑呢？我是否展现出让人认识到与耶稣同在的生命？或者我是否变得更加自我主张，更加有意地坚持自己的方式？对自己说真话是一件很伟大的事情。《帮助之地》
1101 “You Are Not Your Own”
Do you not know that…you are not your own? —1 Corinthians 6:19
There is no such thing as a private life, or a place to hide in this world, for a man or woman who is intimately aware of and shares in the sufferings of Jesus Christ. God divides the private life of His saints and makes it a highway for the world on one hand and for Himself on the other. No human being can stand that unless he is identified with Jesus Christ. We are not sanctified for ourselves. We are called into intimacy with the gospel, and things happen that appear to have nothing to do with us. But God is getting us into fellowship with Himself. Let Him have His way. If you refuse, you will be of no value to God in His redemptive work in the world, but will be a hindrance and a stumbling block.
The first thing God does is get us grounded on strong reality and truth. He does this until our cares for ourselves individually have been brought into submission to His way for the purpose of His redemption. Why shouldn’t we experience heartbreak? Through those doorways God is opening up ways of fellowship with His Son. Most of us collapse at the first grip of pain. We sit down at the door of God’s purpose and enter a slow death through self-pity. And all the so-called Christian sympathy of others helps us to our deathbed. But God will not. He comes with the grip of the pierced hand of His Son, as if to say, “Enter into fellowship with Me; arise and shine.” If God can accomplish His purposes in this world through a broken heart, then why not thank Him for breaking yours?
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Am I getting nobler, better, more helpful, more humble, as I get older? Am I exhibiting the life that men take knowledge of as having been with Jesus, or am I getting more self-assertive, more deliberately determined to have my own way? It is a great thing to tell yourself the truth.—The Place of Help