6月7日 切勿鬆懈

你們奉我的名，無論求什麼，我必成就。（約十四13）

我有沒有從事這內在的事奉？代禱沒有網羅、沒有沉迷或驕傲的危險，是一種隱藏的事奉，它所結出的果子可以榮耀父神。我是讓屬靈生命消磨虛耗，還是把一切集於一點－－我主的代贖？耶穌基督在我生命裡頭，是否愈來愈佔據掌管？如果我生命中唯一的重心、最大的原動力是主的代贖，這樣我生活的每一方面都必為他結果子了。

我必須花工夫去體察哪裡是能力的樞紐。我有沒有花上片刻的時間去注意這件事？“你們若常在我裡面”－－要從這中心不斷地去實行、去思想、去工作－－“你們無論求什麼，我必成就。”

我是住在他裡面嗎？我有花時間去住在他裡面嗎？我生命中最大的能力源頭是什麼？是工作、事奉、為人犧牲，還是盡力為神工作？在我生命中產生最大能力的，應該是主的救贖。影響我們最厲害的，並非花時間最多的事物，而是那些在我們心裡產生最大的能力。我們必須限制以及集中自己的心力。

“你們奉我的名，無論求什麼，我必成就。”住在耶穌裡的門徒，就是神的心意；他表面上自由的選擇，乃是神預定的旨意。很神秘嗎？邏輯上矛盾荒謬嗎？不錯，但對聖徒卻是榮耀的真理。

祈禱◆噢，主啊，為著那恩典的寶座，讓我在耶穌基督裡可以坦然無懼地領受憐憫，並得著今天的恩典去榮耀你，我讚美你。

June 7 Don't Slack Off

“Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do.” John 14:13

Am I fulfilling this ministry of the interior? There is no snare or any danger of infatuation or pride in intercession, it is a hidden ministry that brings forth fruit whereby the Father is glorified. Am I allowing my spiritual life to be frittered away, or am I bringing it all to one centre – the Atonement of my Lord? Is Jesus Christ more and more dominating every interest in my life? If the one central point, the great exerting influence in my life is the Atonement of the Lord, then every phase of my life will bear fruit for Him.

I must take time to realize what is the central point of power. Do I give one minute out of sixty to concentrate upon it? “If ye abide in Me” – continue to act and think and work from that centre – “ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” Am I abiding? Am I taking time to abide? What is the greatest factor of power in my life? Is it work, service, sacrifice for others, or trying to work for God? The thing that ought to exert the greatest power in my life is the Atonement of the Lord. It is not the thing we spend the most time on that moulds us most; the greatest element is the thing that exerts most power. We must determine to be limited and concentrate our affinities.

“Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do.” The disciple who abides in Jesus is the will of God, and his apparently free choices are God's fore-ordained decrees. Mysterious? Logically contradictory and absurd? Yes, but a glorious truth to a saint.