1206 「雲中彩虹」
我把虹放在雲彩中，這就可作我與地立約的記號了。《創世紀9:13》
神的旨意是人類應該與祂建立正確的關係，祂的聖約就是為此目的設計的。為什麼神不救我？祂已經完成了救贖，但我還沒有與祂建立關係。為什麼神不做我們求的一切？祂已經做了。關鍵是——我會進入那個聖約關係里嗎？神一切偉大的祝福都已作成並完全，但直到我在祂聖約的基礎上與祂建立關係，那一切才屬於我。
等待神採取行動是肉體的不信，那意味着我不相信祂。我等着祂在我裡面做點什麼，這樣我就可以相信了。但神不會這麼做，因為這不是神人關係的基礎。人在與神的聖約中必須超越身體和感覺，就像神實現與人的聖約關係時超越自己一樣。那是對神信心的問題——非常罕見之事。我們只相信自己的感覺。我不信神，除非祂把有形的東西放在我手中，這樣我才知道我擁有它。然後我說：「現在我相信了。」這裡面並沒有展現出信心。神說：「仰望我，必就得救。」（以賽亞書45:22）。
當我真正地在神聖約基礎上與神建立關係時，放下其他一切，沒有個人成就感——其中沒有人的成分。相反，我有一種完全壓倒性的感覺，覺得被帶入與神的聯合中；且我的生命被轉變，散發出平安和喜樂。
來自章伯斯的智慧
真誠意味着外表和實際完全一致。《登山寶訓研究》
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