4月28日 你要得著什麼？

但你無論往哪裡去，我必使你以自己的命為掠物。（耶四十五5）

主對信靠他的人，有一個堅定不移的秘密，就是“我要把你的生命給你”。除了生命，人還要什麼呢？生命是最重要的。“以自己的命為掠物”，意思是不論你到哪裡去，甚至進入地獄，你仍然能夠帶著生命出來，沒有任何事物能害你的。我們多半被事物的榮美所吸引；其實受吸引的不該是屬物質的產業，而是所蒙的祝福。一切都會過去；但有一樣比這些更榮美，且永不過去－－就是“與基督一同藏在神裡面的生命”。

你是否願意與神聯合，不再注目於你所謂的“大事”上？你願否盡棄所有，付之東流？放棄一切就是不再問：“那麼，這個又怎麼辦？”要提防一切的假設。一旦容讓“怎麼辦”，就是意味著你仍未肯放棄一切，仍未肯完全信靠神。只要你肯放下一切，就不再擔心神會怎樣辦。你若完全撇下給神，他就立即說：“我必使你以自己的命為掠物。”人對生命厭倦的原因，是神沒有賞給他們什麼，他們並未得著生命的掠物。要脫離這景況，就要完全向神降服。若向神完全順服，你會成為地上最驚喜的人；神完全得著你，是把生命賜給你。但如果你尚未到達這地步，可能是你不肯順服，也可能是你不夠單純。

祈禱◆噢，主啊，我的靈魂因著信靠你而發出讚美，願我的靈魂緊隨著你的撫摸和笑容，除去我任何混亂的思想或幻想，免致我在基督裡的真純遭受污染。

April 28 What You Will Get

 “Thy life will I give thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.” Jeremiah 45:5

This is the unshakable secret of the Lord to those who trust Him – “I will give thee thy life.” What more does a man want than his life? It is the essential thing. “Thy life for a prey” means that wherever you may go, even if it is into hell, you will come out with your life, nothing can harm it. So many of us are caught up in the shows of things, not in the way of property and possessions, but of blessings. All these have to go; but there is something grander that never can go – the life that is “hid with Christ in God.”

Are you prepared to let God take you into union with Himself, and pay no more attention to what you call the great things? Are you prepared to abandon entirely and let go? The test of abandonment is in refusing to say – “Well, what about this?” Beware of suppositions. Immediately you allow – What about this? – it means you have not abandoned, you do not really trust God. Immediately you do abandon, you think no more about what God is going to do. Abandon means to refuse yourself the luxury of asking any questions. If you abandon entirely to God, He says at once, “Thy life will I give thee for a prey.” The reason people are tired of life is because God has not given them anything, they have not got their life as a prey. The way to get out of that state is to abandon to God. When you do get through to abandonment to God, you will be the most surprised and delighted creature on earth; God has got you absolutely and has given you your life. If you are not there, it is either because of disobedience or a refusal to be simple enough.