9月6日 生命的擴散力

活水……江河。（約七38）

河流所到之處，是源頭無法可知的。耶穌說我們若領受了他的豐盛，不管我們的生命多微小，也能像活水江河，造福地極。這湧流不是我們的功勞－－“信……這就是神的工作……”。神很少讓一個人知道自己給別人帶來多大的祝福。河流是百折不撓的，能克服一切障礙。它順流而下，遇到障礙物，停滯一下，不一會又會繞過它繼續湧流。有時河流好像突然消失好幾裡，但一下子又再複現，變得又大又寬闊。你看見神在使用很多人的生命，但你的生命卻出現了障礙物，你覺得自己毫無用處。這時要注目源頭，神會帶你繞道而行，或是把障礙挪開。不要注目在難處上，只要對準源頭，難處對於從你裡面流出的江河，是毫無辦法的。不要讓任何事物，包括感情與經歷，介入你與主耶穌之間；不要讓任何事物，使你與那最高的總源頭隔開。

想想你裡頭孕育著何等光遠而又具醫治力的河流！神向我們敞開他奇妙的真理，每一個敞開處，都表示他要把江河更大的能力透過我們湧流，你若相信主耶穌，就必發現神正在你裡面培育強而有力的水流，要成為別人的祝福。

祈禱◆“你不要怕他們，因那為你爭戰的是耶和華－－你的神。”主啊，今早當我讀經，這句話一直浮現在我腦海中。我何等完全地仰賴你！

September 6 Diffusiveness Of Life

“Rivers of living water.” John 7:38

A river touches places of which its source knows nothing, and Jesus says if we have received of His fulness, however small the visible measure of our lives, out of us will flow the rivers that will bless to the uttermost parts of the earth. We have nothing to do with the outflow – “This is the work of God that ye believe. . . .” God rarely allows a soul to see how great a blessing he is.

A river is victoriously persistent, it overcomes all barriers. For a while it goes steadily on its course, then it comes to an obstacle and for a while it is baulked, but it soon makes a pathway round the obstacle. Or a river will drop out of sight for miles, and presently emerge again broader and grander than ever. You can see God using some lives, but into your life an obstacle has come and you do not seem to be of any use. Keep paying attention to the Source, and God will either take you round the obstacle or remove it. The river of the Spirit of God overcomes all obstacles. Never get your eyes on the obstacle or on the difficulty. The obstacle is a matter of indifference to the river which will flow steadily through you if you remember to keep right at the Source. Never allow anything to come between yourself and Jesus Christ, no emotion, or experience; nothing must keep you from the one great sovereign Source.

Think of the healing and far-flung rivers nursing themselves in our souls! God has been opening up marvellous truths to our minds, and every point He has opened up is an indication of the wider power of the river He will flow through us. If you believe in Jesus, you will find that God has nourished in you mighty torrents of blessing for others.