8月14日 管教

你不可輕看主的管教，被他責備的時候，也不可灰心。（來十二5）

消滅聖靈的感動是很容易的，只要我們輕看主的管教，在他責備的時候灰心，那便成了。我們對聖靈的認識若是膚淺，就會把影子當作實體，聖靈一攔阻，我們就會說：“嗯，那一定是魔鬼。”

聖靈說：“不要再在這事上盲目了；你不知道自己所處的光景。我一直未能向你顯示，但現在我要向你啟示。”這時候，你不可消滅聖靈的感動，也不可輕看他。當主這樣管教你，就讓他去做吧，讓他恢復你與神的正常關係。“被他責備的時候，也不可灰心。”我們往往生神的氣說：“唉，我也沒有辦法；我曾禱告，但事情並不如理想，我要全部放棄了。”試想若在生活其他事情上也這樣說，會帶來怎樣的後果！

我是否願意讓神用大能抓緊我，以致他在我身上作他的工作？成聖不是要神為我作什麼，乃是神要在我身上作什麼。他必要使我心志上有正確的態度，以致不惜任何代價，我也願意全然成聖。

祈禱◆願你使我對你的感覺、辨認和專注更加敏銳，以致我最關注的是與你的關係。

August 14 Chastening

“Despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him.” Hebrews 12:5

It is very easy to quench the Spirit; we do it by despising the chastening of the Lord, by fainting when we are rebuked by Him. If we have only a shallow experience of sanctification, we mistake the shadow for the reality, and when the Spirit of God begins to check, we say – oh, that must be the devil.

Never quench the Spirit, and do not despise Him when He says to you – “Don't be blind on this point any more; you are not where you thought you were. Up to the present I have not been able to reveal it to you, but I reveal it now.” When the Lord chastens you like that, let Him have His way. Let Him relate you rightly to God.

“Nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him.” We get into sulks with God and say – “Oh, well, I can't help it; I did pray and things did not turn out right, and I am going to give it all up.” Think what would happen if we talked like this in any other domain of life!

Am I prepared to let God grip me by His power and do a work in me that is worthy of Himself? Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God's idea of what He wants to do for me, and He has to get me into the attitude of mind and spirit where at any cost I will let Him sanctify me wholly.