1106 亲密神学
你信这话吗？《约翰福音11:26》
马大相信耶稣基督拥有的能力；她相信如果祂在场，祂就能治愈她的兄弟，她也相信耶稣与神有着特殊的亲密关系，无论祂向神求什么，神都会成就。但是，她需要与耶稣有更亲密的个人关系。马大的神学在未来会得到实现。但耶稣继续吸引她，直到她的信仰成为一种亲密的产业。然后它慢慢地融合成一种个人遗产——「主啊，是的，我信你是基督…」（约翰福音 11:27）。
主是否以同样的方式处理你？耶稣是在教导你与祂有个人的亲密关系吗？让祂把问题深深传达给你——「你信这话吗？」你生活中是否有某个怀疑的领域？你是否像马大一样，来到压倒性转折境况的十字路口，在那里你的神学将变成非常个人化的信心呢？只有当个人问题使我们意识到个人的需要时，这种情况才会发生。
信就是委身。在智力学习领域，我心理上委身，拒绝任何与信仰无关的事物。在亲密的个人信仰范畴，我在道德上委身于自己的信念，拒绝妥协。但在亲密的个人信仰上，我灵性上委身耶稣基督，并下定决心只被祂治理。
然后，当我与耶稣基督面对面时，祂对我说：「你信这话吗？」我发现信心就像呼吸一样自然。当我想到我没有早一点信靠祂是何等愚蠢时，我很震惊。
来自章伯斯的智慧
是神要自行掌控你的生命呢？还是你执着于自己对未来规划的想法呢？神掌管我们的生命，而唯一重要的主旨就是不计后果地信赖祂。《蒙神悦纳》
1106 Intimate Theology
Do you believe this? —John 11:26
Martha believed in the power available to Jesus Christ; she believed that if He had been there He could have healed her brother; she also believed that Jesus had a special intimacy with God, and that whatever He asked of God, God would do. But— she needed a closer personal intimacy with Jesus. Martha’s theology had its fulfillment in the future. But Jesus continued to attract and draw her in until her belief became an intimate possession. It then slowly emerged into a personal inheritance— “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ…” (John 11:27).
Is the Lord dealing with you in the same way? Is Jesus teaching you to have a personal intimacy with Himself? Allow Him to drive His question home to you— “Do you believe this?” Are you facing an area of doubt in your life? Have you come, like Martha, to a crossroads of overwhelming circumstances where your theology is about to become a very personal belief? This happens only when a personal problem brings the awareness of our personal need.
To believe is to commit. In the area of intellectual learning I commit myself mentally, and reject anything not related to that belief. In the realm of personal belief I commit myself morally to my convictions and refuse to compromise. But in intimate personal belief I commit myself spiritually to Jesus Christ and make a determination to be dominated by Him alone.
Then, when I stand face to face with Jesus Christ and He says to me, “Do you believe this?” I find that faith is as natural as breathing. And I am staggered when I think how foolish I have been in not trusting Him earlier.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Is He going to help Himself to your life, or are you taken up with your conception of what you are going to do? God is responsible for our lives, and the one great keynote is reckless reliance upon Him. Approved Unto God, 10 R