4月1日 對別人衷誠還是冷漠？

有基督耶穌……也替我們祈求……聖靈……替聖徒祈求。（羅八34、27）

我們還需要什麼理論去支援自己做代求者的工作呢？基督活著為我們代求，聖靈又為聖徒祈求。我們與人的關係，有沒有這種休戚相關的樣式，以致我們真像受聖靈教導的兒女，忠於代求的事奉？當從日常的環境中開始——家庭、工作、國家，以及人人共受的境遇——這些事是否重壓著我們？是否使我們離開神的面，沒有時間敬拜？這樣，讓我們停住腳步，恢復與神活潑的關係；叫我們與人的關係也恢復代求的位置，使神行奇事。

當心不要因渴望遵行神的旨意而超越了神。我們在許多的事上都走在神的前頭，結果被人事和困難的擔子壓倒，不再敬拜神，也不再代求。每逢重擔與壓力來到，而我們又沒有一種敬拜的態度，這不但會造成對神硬心，更會給自己帶來沮喪。神不斷的把與我們毫不相干的人給我們，這時，除非我們有敬拜神的心，否則我們最自然的反應，就是冷漠無情地對待他們。給他們一段紮心的經文，或代表神作一番責備的勸導後，就一走了之。這樣一個無情的信徒，實在令主痛心。

我們是否與主並聖靈站在同一陣線上，作代求的工作？

祈禱◆噢，主啊，求你探測我心靈最深藏的動機，讓聖靈在那裡為我們代求，說出我不能發出的禱告。

April 1 Heartiness V. Heartlessness Towards Others

“It is Christ . . . who also maketh intercession for us.” “The Spirit . . . maketh intercession for the saints.” Romans 8:34, 27

Do we need any more argument than this to become intercessors – that Christ “ever liveth to make intercession;” that the Holy Spirit “maketh intercession for the saints”? Are we living in such a vital relationship to our fellow men that we do the work of intercession as the Spirit-taught children of God? Begin with the circumstances we are in – our homes, our business, our country, the present crisis as it touches us and others – are these things crushing us? Are they badgering us out of the presence of God and leaving us no time for worship? Then let us call a halt, and get into such living relationship with God that our relationship to others may be maintained on the line of intercession whereby God works His marvels.

Beware of outstripping God by your very longing to do His will. We run ahead of Him in a thousand and one activities, consequently we get so burdened with persons and with difficulties that we do not worship God, we do not intercede. If once the burden and the pressure come upon us and we are not in the worshipping attitude, it will produce not only hardness toward God but despair in our own souls. God continually introduces us to people for whom we have no affinity, and unless we are worshipping God, the most natural thing to do is to treat them heartlessly, to give them a text like the jab of a spear, or leave them with a rapped-out counsel of God and go. A heartless Christian must be a terrible grief to Our Lord.

Are we in the direct line of the intercession of our Lord and of the Holy Spirit?