1206 「云中彩虹」
我把虹放在云彩中，这就可作我与地立约的记号了。《创世纪9:13》
神的旨意是人类应该与祂建立正确的关系，祂的圣约就是为此目的设计的。为什么神不救我？祂已经完成了救赎，但我还没有与祂建立关系。为什么神不做我们求的一切？祂已经做了。关键是——我会进入那个圣约关系里吗？神一切伟大的祝福都已作成并完全，但直到我在祂圣约的基础上与祂建立关系，那一切才属于我。
等待神采取行动是肉体的不信，那意味着我不相信祂。我等着祂在我里面做点什么，这样我就可以相信了。但神不会这么做，因为这不是神人关系的基础。人在与神的圣约中必须超越身体和感觉，就像神实现与人的圣约关系时超越自己一样。那是对神信心的问题——非常罕见之事。我们只相信自己的感觉。我不信神，除非祂把有形的东西放在我手中，这样我才知道我拥有它。然后我说：「现在我相信了。」这里面并没有展现出信心。神说：「仰望我，必就得救。」（以赛亚书45:22）。
当我真正地在神圣约基础上与神建立关系时，放下其他一切，没有个人成就感——其中没有人的成分。相反，我有一种完全压倒性的感觉，觉得被带入与神的联合中；且我的生命被转变，散发出平安和喜乐。
来自章伯斯的智慧
真诚意味着外表和实际完全一致。《登山宝训研究》
1206 “My Rainbow in the Cloud”
I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. —Genesis 9:13
It is the will of God that human beings should get into a right-standing relationship with Him, and His covenants are designed for this purpose. Why doesn’t God save me? He has accomplished and provided for my salvation, but I have not yet entered into a relationship with Him. Why doesn’t God do everything we ask? He has done it. The point is— will I step into that covenant relationship? All the great blessings of God are finished and complete, but they are not mine until I enter into a relationship with Him on the basis of His covenant.
Waiting for God to act is fleshly unbelief. It means that I have no faith in Him. I wait for Him to do something in me so I may trust in that. But God won’t do it, because that is not the basis of the God-and-man relationship. Man must go beyond the physical body and feelings in his covenant with God, just as God goes beyond Himself in reaching out with His covenant to man. It is a question of faith in God— a very rare thing. We only have faith in our feelings. I don’t believe God until He puts something tangible in my hand, so that I know I have it. Then I say, “Now I believe.” There is no faith exhibited in that. God says, “Look to Me, and be saved…” (Isaiah 45:22).
When I have really transacted business with God on the basis of His covenant, letting everything else go, there is no sense of personal achievement— no human ingredient in it at all. Instead, there is a complete overwhelming sense of being brought into union with God, and my life is transformed and radiates peace and joy.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Sincerity means that the appearance and the reality are exactly the same. Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, 1449 L