3月4日 我果真如此嗎？

我卻不以性命為念，也不看為寶貴。（徒二十24）

沒有異象就去事奉神，是容易的；沒有蒙召就去事奉神，也是容易的；因為你根本不需理會神的要求。頭腦上的知識，加上信徒的情感就知道，你會幹得很成功。心情可優悠自得，只要你從未經歷神的呼召。可是，一旦你接受了耶穌基督的差使，神就整日驅策著你；那你再也不能根據頭腦上的知識來為他工作。

我看什麼為寶貴？我若未被主耶穌抓住，我會看事奉為寶貴，為神擺上的時間為寶貴，以我的生命為寶貴。保羅說，他看生命寶貴，只因他能完成所交托他的使命；他拒絕在任何事上花費他的精力。使徒行轉二十章24節中說保羅對別人叫他顧慮自己的安慰，幾乎又一種極端的煩惱；除了完成主所交托的使命外，他絕對不管別的。有時實際的工作，會取去人歸向神的心，因為實際的工作是根據“記住你在這裡多派用場”，“想想你在某項工作上有多難得”。這種態度沒有把主耶穌作為方向的指引，卻用自己的判斷來決定我們在哪裡最有用。千萬別思量自己有沒有用，卻要緊記你不屬自己，乃屬主。

祈禱◆噢，主啊，靠著你的恩典，讓我張眼看見你，和你的無窮無盡；並且，在關乎你的事工上，讓我明白你的心意。

March 4 Could This Be True Of Me?

“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself.” Acts 20:24

It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God requires; common sense is your guide, veneered over with Christian sentiment. You will be more prosperous and successful, more leisure-hearted, if you never realize the call of God. But if once you receive a commission from Jesus Christ, the memory of what God wants will always come like a goad; you will no longer be able to work for Him on the common-sense basis.

What do I really count dear? If I have not been gripped by Jesus Christ, I will count service dear, time given to God dear, my life dear unto myself. Paul says he counted his life dear only in order that he might fulfil the ministry he had received; he refused to use his energy for any other thing. Acts 20:24 states Paul's almost sublime annoyance at being asked to consider himself; he was absolutely indifferent to any consideration other than that of fulfilling the ministry he had received. Practical work may be a competitor against abandonment to God, because practical work is based on this argument – Remember how useful you are here, or – Think how much value you would be in that particular type of work. That attitude does not put Jesus Christ as the Guide as to where we should go, but our judgment as to where we are of most use. Never consider whether you are of use; but ever consider that you are not your own but His.