2月15日我豈是看守我弟兄的嗎？

我們沒有一個人爲自己活。（羅十四7）

你有沒有想過別人靈性的光景，在神面前我們是有責任要承擔？例如我暗地裏偏離神，四周的人都必受累。我們是“一同坐在天上”、“一個肢體受苦，所有的肢體就一同受苦”。你一旦容讓肉體的私欲、思想的怠惰，德行的放鬆、屬靈的遲鈍，你的同伴就要受損。你會說：“立這樣的標準，誰能當得起呢？”惟有神自己，我們所能承擔的是出于神。

“你們要作我的見證”。有多少人肯把精力、智力、德性、靈性的每一分爲耶穌基督擺上呢？見證這個字在神的心目中，正是這個意思。是要用時間，要耐心。神留我們在地上是爲了什麽？得拯救？得成聖？絕不，乃是爲他。我願否爲他成爲擘開的餅、倒出的酒？我甘願被剝奪一切，完全捨弃觀點立場，只爲主使萬人作門徒？我以生命作主工人，是對神說不盡的救恩的致謝。記住，每個人都有可能成爲被廢弃的銀子——“……恐怕我傳福音給別人，自己反被弃絕了。”

祈禱◆爲著你的話——“父親怎樣憐恤他的兒女，耶和華也怎樣憐恤敬畏他的人”——我贊美你。我何其認清我所領受到的，絕不是你的嚴苛，却全然是你的慈愛。噢，願你向我所施的慈愛、溫柔與忍耐，能够透過我向其他人表達。

February 15 Am I My Brother's Keeper?

“None of us liveth to himself.” Romans 14:7

Has it ever dawned on you that you are responsible for other souls spiritually before God? For instance, if I allow any private deflection from God in my life, everyone about me suffers. We “sit together in heavenly places.”“Whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it.” When once you allow physical selfishness, mental slovenliness, moral obtuseness, spiritual density, everyone belonging to your crowd will suffer. “But,” you say, “who is sufficient for these things if you erect a standard like that?”“Our sufficiency is of God,” and of Him alone.

“Ye shall be My witnesses.” How many of us are willing to spend every ounce of nervous energy, of mental, moral and spiritual energy we have for Jesus Christ? That is the meaning of a witness in God's sense of the word. It takes time, be patient with yourself. God has left us on the earth – what for? To be saved and sanctified? No, to be at it for Him. Am I willing to be broken bread and poured out wine for Him? To be spoilt for this age, for this life, to be spoilt from every standpoint but one – saving as I can disciple men and women to the Lord Jesus Christ. My life as a worker is the way I say “thank you” to God for His unspeakable salvation. Remember it is quite possible for any one of us to be flung out as reprobate silver – “. . . lest that by any means when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”