1117 永恆的目標
耶和華說，你既行了這事，不留下你的兒子，就是你獨生的兒子，我便指着自己起誓說，論福，我必賜大福給你。論子孫，我必叫你的子孫多起來，如同天上的星，海邊的沙。你子孫必得着仇敵的城門。《創世紀22:16-17》
亞伯拉罕在此時已經接觸到神的本性，他現在明白了神的真實。
我的目標就是神自己…
不惜一切代價，親愛的主，藉著任何道路。
「不惜一切代價…藉著任何道路」，意味着順服神帶領我們到達目標的道路/方式。
如果神對在我們裡面祂自己的性情說話，那麼當祂說話時，是沒有質疑神的可能；立即順服是唯一的結果。當耶穌說「來」，我就來；當祂說「放手」，我就放手；當祂說,「這事要信靠神」，我就信靠。這順服的作為，是神的性情在我裡面的明證。
神向我啟示祂自己，乃是受我的品性的影響，而不是被神的品性影響。
那是因為我很平凡。
祂的道路，因此在我看來往往也很平凡。
正是透過順服的操練，我才到達了亞伯拉罕所在之處，並明白神是誰。直到我在耶穌基督里與神面對面之前，祂對我永遠不是真的。然後我就會知道，並能夠大膽地宣告：「我的神，在全世界，除袮之外，別無他神。」
神的應許對我們毫無價值，直到我們藉着順服明白神的本性。我們可能整年每天都讀聖經中的某些事，而它們對我們可能毫無意義。然後，因為我們在某些小細節上已經順服神，我們突然明白神的意思，祂的本性立刻向我們敞開。「神的應許…在基督都是是的…在祂裡面都是阿們的。」（哥林多後書 1:20）我們的「是」必須出自順服；當我們藉着順服，經由說「阿們」或「願它如此」，我們批准神的應許；那個應許就變成我們的。
來自章伯斯的智慧
當一個人的心與神是正確的時候，聖經中神秘的言語對他來說就是靈和生命。屬靈的真理對純凈的心靈是可辨識的，而非對敏銳的智力。這不是智力深度的問題，而是心靈的純潔。《引領兒子進入榮耀》
1117 The Eternal Goal
By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing…I will bless you… —Genesis 22:16-17
Abraham, at this point, has reached where he is in touch with the very nature of God. He now understands the reality of God.
My goal is God Himself…
At any cost, dear Lord, by any road.
“At any cost…by any road” means submitting to God’s way of bringing us to the goal.
There is no possibility of questioning God when He speaks, if He speaks to His own nature in me. Prompt obedience is the only result. When Jesus says, “Come,” I simply come; when He says, “Let go,” I let go; when He says, “Trust God in this matter,” I trust. This work of obedience is the evidence that the nature of God is in me.
God’s revelation of Himself to me is influenced by my character, not by God’s character.
’Tis because I am ordinary,
Thy ways so often look ordinary to me.
It is through the discipline of obedience that I get to the place where Abraham was and I see who God is. God will never be real to me until I come face to face with Him in Jesus Christ. Then I will know and can boldly proclaim, “In all the world, my God, there is none but Thee, there is none but Thee.”
The promises of God are of no value to us until, through obedience, we come to understand the nature of God. We may read some things in the Bible every day for a year and they may mean nothing to us. Then, because we have been obedient to God in some small detail, we suddenly see what God means and His nature is instantly opened up to us. “All the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen…” (2 Corinthians 1:20). Our “Yes” must be born of obedience; when by obedience we ratify a promise of God by saying, “Amen,” or, “So be it.” That promise becomes ours.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
When a man’s heart is right with God the mysterious utterances of the Bible are spirit and life to him. Spiritual truth is discernible only to a pure heart, not to a keen intellect. It is not a question of profundity of intellect, but of purity of heart.– Bringing Sons Unto Glory, 231 L