3月2日 你感到主的刺傷嗎？

第三次對他說：“約翰的兒子西門，你愛我嗎？”（約二十一17）

你感到主的刺傷痛入骨髓，正中你生命是最敏感的要害嗎？魔鬼從不刺入那裡，罪惡或人的感情也不刺到那裡，惟有神的話才透得過。“彼得因為耶穌第三次對他說……就憂愁。”他開始覺悟在他生命的最深處，是全心愛耶穌的，也開始明白主再三問他的用意。他心裡再沒有絲毫的疑惑，也不再迷糊了。這時，已沒有衝動訴說的餘地，也不能用激昂的情緒示愛了。他醒悟自己原來有多愛主，以致他滿心讚歎他說：“主啊，你是無所不知的。”彼得開始發現自己多麼愛主；但他並沒有說：“請看這件那件事便可以證明。”他心裡發現對主的愛有多深，就是在天上地下除了主耶穌，再沒有別的了。但他一直都不知道，直到主的問話刺入剖開。主的問話總是把我自己顯露出來。

主耶穌對彼得是多麼忍耐、坦率和巧妙，他總是在合適的時刻才發問。他會把我們引到一個角落，用他毫不放鬆的問話刺透我們；雖然他並不常是這樣，也可能只此一次。不過，我們卻覺察到自己真真愛他，比任何口頭的宣稱更真。

祈禱◆“我在困苦中，你曾使我寬廣。”噢，這個在我心中的思想，愈來愈像一個珍貴而湧流不息的恩典泉源！

March 2 Have You Felt The Hurt Of The LORD?

“Jesus said unto him the third time, Lovest thou Me?” John 21:17

Have you felt the hurt of the Lord to the uncovered quick, the place where the real sensitiveness of your life is lodged? The devil never hurts there, neither sin nor human affection hurts there, nothing goes through to that place but the word of God. “Peter was grieved because Jesus said unto him the third time. . . .” He was awakening to the fact that in the real true centre of his personal life he was devoted to Jesus, and he began to see what the patient questioning meant. There was not the slightest strand of delusion left in Peter's mind, he never could be deluded again. There was no room for passionate utterance, no room for exhilaration or sentiment. It was a revelation to him to realize how much he did love the Lord, and with amazement he said – “Lord, Thou knowest all things.” Peter began to see how much he did love Jesus; but he did not say – “Look at this or that to confirm it.” Peter was beginning to discover to himself how much he did love the Lord, that there was no one in heaven above or upon earth beneath beside Jesus Christ; but he did not know it until the probing, hurting questions of the Lord came. The Lord's questions always reveal me to myself.

The patient directness and skill of Jesus Christ with Peter! Our Lord never asks questions until the right time. Rarely, but probably once, He will get us into a corner where He will hurt us with His undeviating questions, and we will realize that we do love Him far more deeply than any profession can ever show.