1222 父的吸引
若不是差我来的父吸引人，就没有能到我这里来的。到我这里来的，在末日我要叫他复活。《约翰福音6:44》
当神开始吸引我到祂自己那里时，我意志的问题就立即出现了。我会对神揭示的真理做出正面的反应吗？我会到祂那里吗？当神呼召时，与人讨论或反复思考关于属灵的事情，是不合宜，也是对祂的不尊敬。当神说话时，永远不要与任何人讨论，好像要决定你应该如何回应（见加拉太书 1:15-16）。信仰不是智力活动的结果，而是我通过有意地承诺委身其中的意愿作为的结果。但我会委身、把自己完全并绝对地交给神，且愿意只按照祂说的去做吗？如果我愿意，我会发现我是扎根于现实，就像神的宝座一样确实。
在传福音时，总是专注在意志的问题上。信仰必须出于意志去相信，必须要有意志的降服，而非降服于有说服力或强劲的论点。我必须有意识地走出去，把我的信心置于神和祂的真理上。我不可信靠自己的行为，而只能相信神。相信自己的头脑的理解，就成为完全信任神的障碍。我必须愿意忽视自己的感受，将之抛在身后。我必须要定意去相信。但没有我用力、定意的努力将自己与旧的看待事情方式分开来，就永远无法做到这一点。我必须完全降服于神。
每个人被造，都被赋予了超越自己能力范围的潜力。但正是神吸引我，我与祂的关系首先是内在的、个人的关系，而非理性上的关系。通过神的奇迹和我自己决意去相信，我就进入与神的关系中。然后，我开始对我生命转变的奇迹有了理智上的欣赏和理解。
来自章伯斯的智慧
当心不要把神的话与更适合你自己的观念来作交换。《真的门徒》
1222 The Drawing of the Father
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him… —John 6:44
When God begins to draw me to Himself, the problem of my will comes in immediately. Will I react positively to the truth that God has revealed? Will I come to Him? To discuss or deliberate over spiritual matters when God calls is inappropriate and disrespectful to Him. When God speaks, never discuss it with anyone as if to decide what your response may be (see Galatians 1:15-16). Belief is not the result of an intellectual act, but the result of an act of my will whereby I deliberately commit myself. But will I commit, placing myself completely and absolutely on God, and be willing to act solely on what He says? If I will, I will find that I am grounded on reality as certain as God’s throne.
In preaching the gospel, always focus on the matter of the will. Belief must come from the will to believe. There must be a surrender of the will, not a surrender to a persuasive or powerful argument. I must deliberately step out, placing my faith in God and in His truth. And I must place no confidence in my own works, but only in God. Trusting in my own mental understanding becomes a hindrance to complete trust in God. I must be willing to ignore and leave my feelings behind. I must will to believe. But this can never be accomplished without my forceful, determined effort to separate myself from my old ways of looking at things. I must surrender myself completely to God.
Everyone has been created with the ability to reach out beyond his own grasp. But it is God who draws me, and my relationship to Him in the first place is an inner, personal one, not an intellectual one. I come into the relationship through the miracle of God and through my own will to believe. Then I begin to get an intelligent appreciation and understanding of the wonder of the transformation in my life.
来自章伯斯的智慧
Beware of bartering the Word of God for a more suitable conception of your own. Disciples Indeed, 386 R