12月29日 逃兵還是門徒？

從此他門徒中多有退去的，不再和他同行。（約六66）

神藉聖靈，透過他的話語顯示他的心意，使你心靈興奮萬分；但你若不行在這異象的光中，就沉淪在奴隸的狀態中，受制於一種不屬主的觀點。你若心裡不服從天上來的異象，就必服役於主耶穌以外的觀點。不要指著別人說：“看哪，他持那些觀點，仍然順利亨通，我為什麼不可以？”你要行在異象的光中，不要與人比較，或判斷別人，那是他與神之間的事。你若發現自己所喜悅的觀點，與天上來的異象相違，你為此爭辯，漸漸裡面就會產生一種擁有感和個人權利感，這些都是主耶穌所棄絕的。他反對這些，因為這一切是叫人離開神的根源。“人的生命不在乎家道豐富。”我們不體會這一點，是因為我們漠視主基本的教訓。

我們很容易回想過往美妙的經歷。可是，神的光若向你顯示一個標準，而你未能達到或不想達到，那你就開始退後了，因為這表示你的良心對真理並未作出回應。真理一旦啟明，人便再也無法依然故我。那一刻就決定，你是向前做主的真門徒，還是退後做逃兵。

祈禱◆主啊，願我們四周的每一寸空間，今天都被你所充滿。願你引導的手，適當而奇妙地掌管一切；願你將我們舉起，進入你奇妙的計劃中，並且使我們不至衝動魯莽。

December 29 Deserter Or Disciple?

“From that time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him.” John 6:66

When God gives a vision by His Spirit through His word of what He wants, and your mind and soul thrill to it, if you do not walk in the light of that vision, you will sink into servitude to a point of view which Our Lord never had. Disobedience in mind to the heavenly vision will make you a slave to points of view that are alien to Jesus Christ. Do not look at someone else and say – Well, if he can have those views and prosper, why cannot I? You have to walk in the light of the vision that has been given to you and not compare yourself with others or judge them, that is between them and God. When you find that a point of view in which you have been delighting clashes with the heavenly vision and you debate, certain things will begin to develop in you – a sense of property and a sense of personal right, things of which Jesus Christ made nothing. He was always against these things as being the root of everything alien to Himself. “A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things that he possesseth.” If we do not recognize this, it is because we are ignoring the undercurrent of Our Lord's teaching.

We are apt to lie back and bask in the memory of the wonderful experience we have had. If there is one standard in the New Testament revealed by the light of God and you do not come up to it, and do not feel inclined to come up to it, that is the beginning of backsliding, because it means your conscience does not answer to the truth. You can never be the same after the unveiling of a truth. That moment marks you for going on as a more true disciple of Jesus Christ or for going back as a deserter.