六月十九日

他們就都被聖靈充滿……（徒2：4）

若我們今日都被聖靈充滿，我們的靈福必然豐富而充盈。聖靈充滿的果效是不可能加以估計的。生命、安慰、光明、清潔、能力、平安和其他寶貴的福份都與聖靈的充滿是分不開的。聖靈像聖油一樣，他膏了信徒的頭，分別他使他成爲君尊的祭司，幷且施恩于他，叫他能合宜的執行他的職務。他像清潔的水一樣，從罪裏把我們洗淨，使我們分別爲聖，進入聖潔的地步，幷在我們心中使我們願意作主所喜歡的事。

他像光一樣，在起初的時候叫我們知道我們失喪之時的苦况，幷且現在在我們裏面把主耶穌啓示給我們，指引我們走正真的路，用他天上的亮光光照我們，我們不再在黑暗之中，乃在主的光明之中了。他像火一樣，除淨我們的渣滓，燃起我們成聖的性情；他是獻祭的火，使我們整個的生命獻給神當作活祭。他像天露一樣，除去我們的貧瘠使我們肥活起來。願他在清晨的時候自天下降！每天開始時若有清晨的甘露是最美好最甜蜜的。他像鴿一樣，用平安之愛的雙翼覆庇他的教會和信他的人；

他是一位安慰者，他掃除那些使他所愛之人失去平安的憂慮和疑惑；他降在被選之人的身上像在約旦河邊降在主身上一樣。他見證他們是神的兒女，幷賜他們順服的心，因此得以呼叫阿爸父。他也像風一樣，把生命的氣息帶給了人，凡他所吹到的地方，就藉著蘇醒的能力使人的靈性蓬勃起來，幷保持下去。願神使我們今天幷天天感到有他同在。

June 19

"And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost." -- Acts 2:4

Rich were the blessings of this day if all of us were filled with the Holy Ghost. The consequences of this sacred filling of the soul it would be impossible to overestimate. Life, comfort, light, purity, power, peace; and many other precious blessings are inseparable from the Spirit's benign presence. As sacred oil, He anoints the head of the believer, sets him apart to the priesthood of saints, and gives him grace to execute his office aright. As the only truly purifying water He cleanses us from the power of sin and sanctifies us unto holiness, working in us to will and to do of the Lord's good pleasure. As the light, He manifested to us at first our lost estate, and now He reveals the Lord Jesus to us and in us, and guides us in the way of righteousness. Enlightened by His pure celestial ray, we are no more darkness but light in the Lord. As fire, He both purges us from dross, and sets our consecrated nature on a blaze. He is the sacrificial flame by which we are enabled to offer our whole souls as a living sacrifice unto God. As heavenly dew, He removes our barrenness and fertilizes our lives. O that He would drop from above upon us at this early hour! Such morning dew would be a sweet commencement for the day. As the dove, with wings of peaceful love He broods over His Church and over the souls of believers, and as a Comforter He dispels the cares and doubts which mar the peace of His beloved. He descends upon the chosen as upon the Lord in Jordan, and bears witness to their sonship by working in them a filial spirit by which they cry Abba, Father. As the wind, He brings the breath of life to men; blowing where He listeth He performs the quickening operations by which the spiritual creation is animated and sustained. Would to God, that we might feel His presence this day and every day.