8月7日 父家裡的禱告

豈不知我應當在我父的家裡嗎？ (路二49)

主的童年是成熟的成年。祂的童年是一個永恆的事實。我是否聖潔無瑕的孩子，像我的救主一樣？我是活在父神的家裡？這是否我對人生的看法？神的兒子在我裡面，是否活在祂父的家裡？

永恆的真實是神自己，祂的吩咐是時刻不斷的。我是否時刻與真實連系？還是事情不順遂、生命起了波瀾時才禱告？我必須學習與我的主無間斷的聯合，這是許多人還未學會的。“我應當以我父的事為念。”生命的每一刻都活在我父家裡。

單拿你自己的環境來看，你是否與主的生命緊密地合一？單純地作神的孩子，不斷與祂談話，又知凡事皆出於祂的手？那永恆神的兒子在你的裡面，是否活在父的家裡？祂事奉的生命帶來的諸般恩典，有沒有透過你在家庭、工作並親友間流露？你是否因著父神的旨意，在你的成聖上神子與你建立的關係，讓祂作主，與祂保持完全的合一？

主代贖的生命，要成為你純一有力的生命。昔日祂活在世人中間所作所行的，今天活在你裡面，也要照樣行。

祈禱◆噢，主啊，我的本性似乎是何等不願意思想禰恩典的深奧真理，然而，我豈可不認識與禰相交的能力和純潔？

August 7 Prayer In The Father's House

“Wist ye not that I must be in My Father's house?” Luke 2:49 (R.V.)

Our Lord's childhood was not immature man-hood; our Lord's childhood is an eternal fact. Am I a holy innocent child of God by identification with my Lord and Saviour? Do I look upon life as being in my Father's house? Is the Son of God living in His Father's house in me?

The abiding Reality is God, and His order comes through the moments. Am I always in contact with Reality, or do I only pray when things have gone wrong, when there is a disturbance in the moments of my life? I have to learn to identify myself with my Lord in holy communion in ways some of us have not begun to learn as yet. “I must be about My Father's business” – live the moments in My Father's house.

Narrow it down to your individual circumstances – are you so identified with the Lord's life that you are simply a child of God, continually talking to Him and realizing that all things come from His hands? Is the Eternal Child in you living in the Father's house? Are the graces of His ministering life working out through you in your home, in your business, in your domestic circle? Have you been wondering why you are going through the things you are? It is not that you have to go through them, it is because of the relation into which the Son of God has come in His Father's providence in your particular sainthood. Let Him have His way, keep in perfect union with Him.

The vicarious life of your Lord is to become your vital simple life; the way He worked and lived among men must be the way He lives in you.