1204 敌对的律
得胜的…《启示录2:7》
无论是自然界还是超自然界，都不可能没有争战。事实上，在生活的物质、心理、道德和属灵领域，一直都有持续的挣扎。
健康是我身体各部分与周围所有事物和力量之间的平衡。为了保持健康，我必须有足够的内在力量来对抗外在事物的威胁。我身体之外的一切，在某种程度上注定都是要导致我的死亡。我活着时维持我生命的那些元素，一旦我身体死了，就会腐蚀和分解我的身体。如果我有足够内在力量去战斗，我就会有助于产生健康所需的平衡；心理生活也是如此。如果我想保持强大而活跃的心理状态生活，我就必须战斗。这种斗争产生了被称为「思维」的心理平衡。
在道德方面，情况也一样。任何不能加强我道德的事物，都是我内心美德的敌人。我是否能克服困难，从而产生品德，就视我生活中的道德卓越程度而定。但我们必须战斗才能有道德。道德不是意外产生的；道德的美德是后天努力习得的。
从灵性上来说也是如此。耶稣说：「在世上你们有苦难…」（约翰福音 16:33）。这意味着任何不属灵的事物都引向我的堕落。耶稣接着说：「但你们可以放心，我已经胜了世界。」我必须学会战斗并克服那些敌对我的事物，这样就产生圣洁的平衡。然后，面临敌对就成为一种乐趣。
圣洁是我的本性和神的律法在主耶稣基督里的表达之间的平衡。
来自章伯斯的智慧
面对不能理解的事物，怀有敬畏的同情，就像黄金一样珍贵。《力图更佳战斗》
1204 The Law of Opposition
To him who overcomes… —Revelation 2:7
Life without war is impossible in the natural or the supernatural realm. It is a fact that there is a continuing struggle in the physical, mental, moral, and spiritual areas of life.
Health is the balance between the physical parts of my body and all the things and forces surrounding me. To maintain good health I must have sufficient internal strength to fight off the things that are external. Everything outside my physical life is designed to cause my death. The very elements that sustain me while I am alive work to decay and disintegrate my body once it is dead. If I have enough inner strength to fight, I help to produce the balance needed for health. The same is true of the mental life. If I want to maintain a strong and active mental life, I have to fight. This struggle produces the mental balance called thought.
Morally it is the same. Anything that does not strengthen me morally is the enemy of virtue within me. Whether I overcome, thereby producing virtue, depends on the level of moral excellence in my life. But we must fight to be moral. Morality does not happen by accident; moral virtue is acquired.
And spiritually it is also the same. Jesus said, “In the world you will have tribulation…” (John 16:33). This means that anything which is not spiritual leads to my downfall. Jesus went on to say, “…but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” I must learn to fight against and overcome the things that come against me, and in that way produce the balance of holiness. Then it becomes a delight to meet opposition.
Holiness is the balance between my nature and the law of God as expressed in Jesus Christ.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The sympathy which is reverent with what it cannot understand is worth its weight in gold. Baffled to Fight Better, 69 L