1117 永恒的目标
耶和华说，你既行了这事，不留下你的儿子，就是你独生的儿子，我便指着自己起誓说，论福，我必赐大福给你。论子孙，我必叫你的子孙多起来，如同天上的星，海边的沙。你子孙必得着仇敌的城门。《创世纪22:16-17》
亚伯拉罕在此时已经接触到神的本性，他现在明白了神的真实。
我的目标就是神自己…
不惜一切代价，亲爱的主，借着任何道路。
「不惜一切代价…借着任何道路」，意味着顺服神带领我们到达目标的道路/方式。
如果神对在我们里面祂自己的性情说话，那么当祂说话时，是没有质疑神的可能；立即顺服是唯一的结果。当耶稣说「来」，我就来；当祂说「放手」，我就放手；当祂说,「这事要信靠神」，我就信靠。这顺服的作为，是神的性情在我里面的明证。
神向我启示祂自己，乃是受我的品性的影响，而不是被神的品性影响。
那是因为我很平凡。
祂的道路，因此在我看来往往也很平凡。
正是透过顺服的操练，我才到达了亚伯拉罕所在之处，并明白神是谁。直到我在耶稣基督里与神面对面之前，祂对我永远不是真的。然后我就会知道，并能够大胆地宣告：「我的神，在全世界，除袮之外，别无他神。」
神的应许对我们毫无价值，直到我们藉着顺服明白神的本性。我们可能整年每天都读圣经中的某些事，而它们对我们可能毫无意义。然后，因为我们在某些小细节上已经顺服神，我们突然明白神的意思，祂的本性立刻向我们敞开。「神的应许…在基督都是是的…在祂里面都是阿们的。」（哥林多后书 1:20）我们的「是」必须出自顺服；当我们藉着顺服，经由说「阿们」或「愿它如此」，我们批准神的应许；那个应许就变成我们的。
来自章伯斯的智慧
当一个人的心与神是正确的时候，圣经中神秘的言语对他来说就是灵和生命。属灵的真理对纯净的心灵是可辨识的，而非对敏锐的智力。这不是智力深度的问题，而是心灵的纯洁。《引领儿子进入荣耀》
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