1114 發現神聖的設計
至於我，耶和華在路上引領我…《創世記24:27》
我們應該與神是如此合一，以至於我們不需要持續尋求指引。成聖意味着我們成為神的兒女；兒女的生命正常就是順服的，直到他選擇不順服。但是，一旦他選擇不順服，就會產生固有的內在衝突。在屬靈層面上，內在衝突是神的靈的警告；當祂以這種方式警告我們之時，我們必須立即停下來，我們心靈要被更新以辨識神的旨意（見羅馬書 12:2）。如果我們被神的靈重生，我們對祂的忠誠就會受到阻礙，或甚至停止，因為我們不斷地要求祂在這裡和那裡指引我們。「主引領我…」而我們回顧過去，我們會看到一個驚人設計的存在。如果我們是從神所生，我們將看到祂引導的手，並將功勞歸於祂。
我們都可以在特殊事件中看見神，但需要有屬靈操練的成長，才能在每個細節中看見神，就需要有屬靈紀律的成長。永遠不要相信所謂生命里的隨機事件，不是神所安排秩序的一部分。要準備好在任何地方和在每個地方發現祂神聖的設計。
當心沉迷於始終如一地堅持你自己的信念，而非忠於神。如果你是聖徒，並說「我永遠不會做這做那」，很可能這正是神對你的要求。在這世上從來沒有比我們的主更不一致的存在，但祂從不與祂的父不一致。聖徒重要的一致性，不是對一個原則，而是對神聖的生命，是神聖的生命，才不斷對神的心意有越來越多的發現。做一個極端的狂熱分子，比始終如一的忠信者更容易，因為當我們忠於神時，神會使我們的宗教自負變得令人難以相信地謙卑。
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》
1114 Discovering Divine Design
As for me, being on the way, the Lord led me… —Genesis 24:27
We should be so one with God that we don’t need to ask continually for guidance. Sanctification means that we are made the children of God. A child’s life is normally obedient, until he chooses disobedience. But as soon as he chooses to disobey, an inherent inner conflict is produced. On the spiritual level, inner conflict is the warning of the Spirit of God. When He warns us in this way, we must stop at once and be renewed in the spirit of our mind to discern God’s will (see Romans 12:2). If we are born again by the Spirit of God, our devotion to Him is hindered, or even stopped, by continually asking Him to guide us here and there. “…the Lord led me…” and on looking back we see the presence of an amazing design. If we are born of God we will see His guiding hand and give Him the credit.
We can all see God in exceptional things, but it requires the growth of spiritual discipline to see God in every detail. Never believe that the so-called random events of life are anything less than God’s appointed order. Be ready to discover His divine designs anywhere and everywhere.
Beware of being obsessed with consistency to your own convictions instead of being devoted to God. If you are a saint and say, “I will never do this or that,” in all probability this will be exactly what God will require of you. There was never a more inconsistent being on this earth than our Lord, but He was never inconsistent with His Father. The important consistency in a saint is not to a principle but to the divine life. It is the divine life that continually makes more and more discoveries about the divine mind. It is easier to be an excessive fanatic than it is to be consistently faithful, because God causes an amazing humbling of our religious conceit when we are faithful to Him.
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