3月26日 藉著個人清潔而得之異象

清心的人有福了，因為他們必得見神。（太五8）

清心不單是無暇無庛，它的含意比這個更廣。清心是與神在靈裡持久同心所產生的結果，所以我們需要在清心上不斷的長進。我們與神的關係可能正確，裡面的心也沒有玷污；但是外面生命的花朵，卻可能受到玷污。神並沒有排除這樣的可能性，為要叫我們知道要保持異象，就必須持守個人的清潔。我們在神面前生命的花朵，若有絲毫的玷污損傷，就必須放下一切，把它弄好。要記住異像是依傍著品格的——清心的人必得見神。

神用至高無上的恩典叫我們聖潔，但我們也要謹慎持守。我們這個身體會接觸別人或其他思想，故很容易沾染污穢。不但裡面的聖所要與神有正常的關係，就是外院，也必須與神賜給我們的聖潔，完全一致。外院一玷污，屬靈的悟性就隨即模糊了。要與主耶穌保持交通，就是說有一些事物不要去做，不要去想，更有些合法的事不要去摸。與人的關係上要不損個人的聖潔，有一個可行的方法，就是對自己說：那男人、那女人，在耶穌基督裡是完全的！那個朋友，那個親戚，在耶穌基督裡是安全的。

祈禱◆為著我快要陷入平庸的生活中，我是何等的沮喪和驚駭！主啊，幫助我過著純潔、有力和只愛慕著你的生活。

March 26 Vision By Personal Purity

“Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8

Purity is not innocence, it is much more. Purity is the outcome of sustained spiritual sympathy with God. We have to grow in purity. The life with God may be right and the inner purity remain unsullied, and yet every now and again the bloom on the outside may be sullied. God does not shield us from this possibility, because in this way we realize the necessity of maintaining the vision by personal purity. If the spiritual bloom of our life with God is getting impaired in the tiniest degree, we must leave off everything and get it put right. Remember that vision depends on character – the pure in heart see God.

God makes us pure by His sovereign grace, but we have something to look after, this bodily life by which we come in contact with other people and with other points of view, it is these that are apt to sully. Not only must the inner sanctuary be kept right with God, but the outer courts as well are to be brought into perfect accord with the purity God gives us by His grace. The spiritual understanding is blurred immediately the outer court is sullied. If we are going to retain personal contact with the Lord Jesus Christ, it will mean there are some things we must scorn to do or to think, some legitimate things we must scorn to touch.

A practical way of keeping personal purity unsullied in relation to other people is to say to yourself – That man, that woman, perfect in Christ Jesus! That friend, that relative, perfect in Christ Jesus!