2月23日

標　　題： 被替換的生命

經　　節： 我已經與基督同釘十字架，現在活著的不再是我，乃是基督在我裡面活著；並且我如今在肉身活著，是因信神的兒子而活；祂是愛我，為我舍己。（加拉太書二章20節）

基督徒的生命是被替換的生命；以耶穌的生命換你原本的生命。當基督掌管你的生命，你會經歷一些過於人所能測度的事，這些事惟有與神同行才可能發生。當你軟弱的時候，基督的大能會覆庇你（哥林多後書十二：9∼10）。當你處於困境、張皇不知所措的時候，只要禱告，那擁有無限智慧之神就會賜你智慧（雅各書一：5）。當你面對人所不能的處境時，在神卻能（路加福音十八：27）。當你碰見一些不可愛的人，神能藉著你湧流出祂無限的愛（約翰一書四：7）。當你茫然不知如何為某人禱告時，聖靈會在你禱告時引導你（羅馬書八：16）。當基督掌管信徒生命的時候，「神一切所充滿的」會充滿那個信徒（知道神掌管你的生命，並且確知會有最好的結局，這自由實在太不可思議了﹗與其常常憂慮未來，倒不如不斷地將生活每個層面交給神。將生活每個層面交給神，是你最大的挑戰。我們所面對的試探，是想要插手做只有神能做的事。我們的任務是「常在葡萄樹上」，並且讓神藉著我們去做只有祂能做的事（約翰福音十五：5）。惟有神是神。容許祂藉著你活出祂神聖的生命，祂是獨一真神。

An Exchanged Life

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

The Christian life is an exchanged life. Jesus’ life for your life. When Christ takes control, your life takes on dimensions you would never have known apart from Him. When you are weak, then Christ demonstrates His strength in your life (2 Cor. 12:9–10). When you face situations that are beyond your comprehension, you have only to ask, and the infinite wisdom of God is available to you (James 1:5). When you are faced with humanly impossible situations, God does the impossible (Luke 18:27). When you encounter people whom you find difficult to love, God expresses His unconditional love through you (1 John 4:7). When you are at a loss as to what you should pray for someone, the Spirit will guide you in your prayer life (Rom. 8:16). When Christ takes up residence in the life of a believer, “all the fullness of God” is available to that person (Eph. 3:19).

It is marvelously freeing to know that God controls your life and knows what it can become. Rather than constantly worrying about what you will face, your great challenge is to continually release every area of your life to God’s control. The temptation will be to try to do by yourself what only God can do. Our assignment is to “abide in the vine” and to allow God to do in and through us what only He can do (John 15:5). Only God can be God. Allow Him to live out His divine life through you. He is the only One who can.