八月九日

那城内又不用日月光照。（启21：23）

在更美的境界，一切居民都不需人生的一切福乐。他们不需要衣裳，他们的白衣不会穿坏，也不会染污。他们不需要药来治疗，因为“城内居民必不说：我病了”。他们不需要睡眠来恢复他们的体力——他们无分昼夜地、不停地在神的殿中赞美他。他们不需要友谊的安慰，他们从同伴所得到的喜乐并不算至大的福分，因为他们与神同在乃是他们至大的愿望。他们在那里并不需要教师，他们彼此谈论神的作为，但是用不到彼此求教，因为神必教导他们。我们在这里是在君王的门前得他的周济，但他们却和他一同坐席；我们在这里有时依靠朋友的膀臂，但他们在那里却投靠并单单投靠在他们良人的手里；我们在这里需要同伴的帮助，但他们在那里却在基督耶稣里满足了一切的需要；我们在这里看到食物腐坏，衣服被蛀，但他们在那里却在神里面得到一切；我们在这里须用桶到井里取水，但他们在那里却从源头取饮，把他们的唇贴近生命水；我们在这里须要天使把恩典带来，但那时我们就不需要使者了；他们在那里不需要加百列把爱从神那里带给他们，因为他们必与他面对面。当我们被高举，并且在神的手中安息的时候是多么有福呀！那时神，而非他所造的；主，而非他的工作，要成为我们的快乐。这是多么荣耀呀！那时我们的灵魂就必得到完备的福分。那时我们永远行走在神的光中。

八月九日

经文: 祂先向抹大拉的马利亚显现。耶稣从她身上曾赶出七个鬼。（马可福音十六：9）

抹大拉的马利亚是可怕罪恶的牺牲者。她不仅被一个鬼附身，而是被七个鬼附身。这些可怕的鬼为它们所居住的可怜人儿带来痛苦和污秽。她的情况是绝望、恐怖的。她无法帮助自己，也没有一个人能减少她的痛苦。但是耶稣解救了她。虽然她没有去找寻耶稣；这个可怜被鬼附的人甚至可能抗拒耶稣。而耶稣只说了有权柄的话，抹大拉的马利亚就成为祂医治大能的见证。所有七个鬼都离开了她，被万有之主强迫离开了，永不回转。何等有福的释放啊！从精神错乱到喜乐、从绝望到平安、从地狱到天堂！她立即成为耶稣的跟随者，亦步亦趋抓住祂的每一句话，跟随祂的每一个脚踪，与祂一起生活，她慷慨地帮助祂，在那群蒙医的、感恩的妇女中她是第一个服事祂的人。当耶稣被钉十字架时，她仍然是祂羞辱的分负者。她不能与耶稣同死在十字架，却尽量靠近十字架。当祂的身体从十字架上取下时，她注意人把祂的身体放在何处。她是忠心的守望者，徘徊逗留在耶稣下葬的坟墓附近，最后一个离开。当祂复活时，她又是第一个来到坟墓的人。她所爱的拉比呼唤她的名字，差她将好消息送给颤栗的门徒和彼得。恩典使她从颠狂变为一个事奉主的人；将魔鬼赶出，让她得见天使；从撒旦手中将她释放，让她永远与主耶稣联合。但愿我也能经历如此恩典的奇迹！

Evening, August 9

Scripture: “He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.”(Mark 16:9)

Mary of Magdala was the victim of a fearful evil. She was possessed by not one devil only, but seven. These dreadful inmates caused much pain and pollution to the poor frame in which they had found a lodging. Hers was a hopeless, horrible case. She could not help herself, neither could any human succour avail. But Jesus passed that way, and unsought, and probably even resisted by the poor demoniac, he uttered the word of power, and Mary of Magdala became a trophy of the healing power of Jesus. All the seven demons left her, left her never to return, forcibly ejected by the Lord of all. What a blessed deliverance! What a happy change! From delirium to delight, from despair to peace, from hell to heaven! Straightway she became a constant follower of Jesus, catching his every word, following his devious steps, sharing his toilsome life; and withal she became his generous helper, first among that band of healed and grateful women who ministered unto him of their substance. When Jesus was lifted up in crucifixion, Mary remained the sharer of his shame: we find her first beholding from afar, and then drawing near to the foot of the cross. She could not die on the cross with Jesus, but she stood as near it as she could, and when his blessed body was taken down, she watched to see how and where it was laid. She was the faithful and watchful believer, last at the sepulchre where Jesus slept, first at the grave whence he arose. Her holy fidelity made her a favoured beholder of her beloved Rabboni, who deigned to call her by her name, and to make her his messenger of good news to the trembling disciples and Peter. Thus grace found her a maniac and made her a minister, cast out devils and gave her to behold angels, delivered her from Satan, and united her for ever to the Lord Jesus. May I also be such a miracle of grace!

《竭诚为主》8月9日 父所听的祷告

父啊，我感谢你，因为你已经听我。（约十一41）

当神的儿子祷告，他只有一个意念，就是父自己。神必然听他儿子的祷告，因此神子若成形在我里面，父也必听我的祷告。我要留心让神子在我肉身上彰显。“你们的身子就是圣灵的殿”，也就是神儿子的“伯利恒”。神子在我身上有得着他自己的机会吗？神儿子的生命是否直接纯全地在我身上活出，正如在他的历史生命中活出一样？作为一个普通人，在我日常生活里，神永恒之子向他父的祷告有没有在我里面出来？“到那日，你们要奉我的名祷告……”哪一日？就是圣灵进入我里面，叫我真与主成为一体的那日。

主耶稣在你生命中是否感到心满意足？还是你在我行我素？不要让人的常理闯进来，把神的儿子挤到一角去。常理是神给人类的一份礼物，可是并不是神儿子的礼物。神儿子所赐的是超然之理，所以不要把常理放在宝座上。神的儿子体察父心，但常理从不。我们的智慧从来不会敬拜神，除非因着住在我们里面的神子而得着改变。我们要留意身体对他完全顺服，让他可以随时自由作工。我们在人生的一切事上，是否对主完全投靠，以致他的生命在我们肉身上彰显无遗？

祈祷◆主啊，愿我“像一颗树栽在溪水旁，按时候结果子”，求你向我证明这句话的真实。

August 9 Prayer In The Father's Hearing

“Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard Me.” John 11:41

When the Son of God prays, He has only one consciousness, and that consciousness is of His Father. God always hears the prayers of His Son, and if the Son of God is formed in me the Father will always hear my prayers. I have to see that the Son of God is manifested in my mortal flesh. “Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost,” i.e., the Bethlehem of the Son of God. Is the Son of God getting His chance in me? Is the direct simplicity of the life of God's Son being worked out exactly as it was worked out in His historic life? When I come in contact with the occurrences of life as an ordinary human being, is the prayer of God's Eternal Son to His Father being prayed in me? “In that day ye shall ask in My name. . . .” What day? The day when the Holy Ghost has come to me and made me effectually one with my Lord.

Is the Lord Jesus Christ being abundantly satisfied in your life or have you got a spiritual strut on? Never let common sense obtrude and push the Son of God on one side. Common sense is a gift which God gave to human nature; but common sense is not the gift of His Son. Supernatural sense is the gift of His Son; never enthrone common sense. The Son detects the Father; common sense never yet detected the Father and never will. Our ordinary wits never worship God unless they are transfigured by the indwelling Son of God. We have to see that this mortal flesh is kept in perfect subjection to Him and that He works through it momen

八月九日 信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

摘心折枝

经文:「凡属我不结果子的枝子，祂就剪去；凡结果子的，祂就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。」（约翰福音15︰2）

对要结更多果子的信徒而言，这是一节宝贵的应许。乍看之下，似乎很严厉，难道要结果子的树枝必被修剪？难道好的、有用的枝子也要被砍掉？是的，就是这样。主常借着生活中某种苦难来做修剪的工作，这是祂所容许的，对我们有益无害。修剪炼净的时候，我们或许会觉痛苦难当，但结局却是结出平安的果子。若我们能结果子更多，我们又何必在意被修剪枝叶的痛苦。

而且，有时修剪的工作是藉着神的话语而非试炼完成的。借着神话语的炼净，我们会更能荣耀主，为祂所用；我们可以更像主耶稣，生活更有基督馨香之气。主创造拯救我们，在我们身上做工，好使我们能结实累累。这不是极大的喜乐？的确，能结属灵果实的应许比赐健康、财富、尊荣的保证更让我们得安慰。

主耶稣啊，愿祢的应许快快成就在我身上，使我多多结果，荣耀祢的名。

Pruning for Fruit-Bearing

Scripture: "Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit"(John

15:2).

This is a precious promise to one who lives for fruitfulness. At first it seems to wear a sharp aspect. Must the fruitful bough be pruned? Must the knife cut even the best and most useful? No doubt it is so, for very much of our LORD's purging work is done by means of afflictions of one kind or another. It is not the evil but the good who have the promise of tribulation in this life. But, then, the end makes more than full amends for the painful nature of the means. If we may bring forth

more fruit for our LORD, we will not mind the pruning and the loss.

Still, purging is sometimes wrought by the Word apart from trial, and this takes away whatever appeared rough in the flavor of the promise. We shall by the Word be made more gracious and more useful. The LORD who has made us, in a measure, fruit-bearing, will operate upon us till we reach a far higher degree of fertility. Is not this a great joy? Truly there is more comfort in a promise of fruitfulness than if we had been warranted riches, or health, or honor.

LORD Jesus, speedily fulfill Thy gracious word to me and cause me to abound in fruit to Thy praise!

八月九日

你是个奉献给神的人吗？在你所受的苦难中，有一样：就是被人藐视。你若在社会上有事业，有成就，有地位，人人都要尊重你，当你放弃这一切来服事神的时候，理当受人加倍的恭敬；但事实并不如此，不但不信的人藐视你，就是那些信主的人也会不尊重你。

　　如果你住的好、穿的好、吃的好，大家都恭维你有本领、有才干。如果你奉献给神了，你住的好、穿的好、吃的好，大家就要批评：这不是奉献为主之人的样子。若是你住的不好、穿的不好、吃的不好，大家又要批评：这是庸才。你的工作不开展，大家批评你；你的工作作大了，大家还是批评你。你高也不好，低也不好；进也不好，退也不好；你总是不能从人讨到好。甚至连你的父母、兄弟、妻子、儿女都要厌弃你，真如保罗的话：「我想神把我们使徒明明列在末后，好象定死罪的囚犯。」「直到如今，人还把我们看作世界上的污秽，万物中的渣滓。」（林前四9、13）

　　但是主耶稣说：「若有人服事我，我父必尊重他。」（约十二26）这句话何等安慰奉献者的心，苏醒他们的灵，揭去蒙盖的云雾，看见清晨的日光。

　　你知道耶稣基督的父是谁吗？祂是创造天地的神，是万有的主宰，一切君王不能与祂相比，在祂手中有冠冕和赏赐。世人尊重你，不能加添你甚么；世人厌弃你，也不能减少你甚么；但神若尊重你，你的荣耀就大极了。你若想起主的话来，就有力量忍受你的羞辱和讥讽，就象那有了寒衣的人，不再怕冷一样。

《荒漠甘泉》8月9日

　　“靠你有力量…的，这人便为有福。他们经过流泪谷，叫这谷变为泉源之地。”（诗84：5-6）

　　快乐欢欣的人，不能知道安慰的甜蜜。如果我们想得到神最贵重的礼物——安慰——我们必须进入“深处”与神合作。??回去容忍吧！做一个有分于主的忍耐的人！战胜在他里面的一切试炼！要记得你生活上的困恼和烦扰，没有一点是徒然的。它们都是神的山－－是神将它们放在那里的。我们知道“神明白智慧的所在。因他鉴察直到地极，遍观普天之下”（伯28章23-24节）；当我们走到山脚下的时候我们就要看见智慧的道路了。－－梅尔(Meyer)

八月十日

基督是我们的生命。（西3：4）

　保罗常用奇妙而丰富的说法，提到基督是我们生命的来源：“你们死在过犯罪恶之中，他叫你们活过来。”使拉撒路从坟墓里出来的声音也使我们复活得到新生的样式。他现在是我们生命的本体。我们因他的生命而生；他在我们里面，是我们荣耀的盼望，行动的源泉，是推动我们一切思想的中心思想。基督是我们生命的饮食：除了耶稣的血肉之外，有什么能养活基督徒呢？“这是从天上降下来的粮叫人吃了就不死。”在罪的旷野中疲倦的路人，除了到他里面，怎能满足心灵的饥渴呢？基督是我们生命的安慰。我们一切真正的快乐都是来自他；在困难之中，有他同在就有安慰。除了为他而活再没有一件值得我们活的事了，他的慈爱比生命更好。基督是我们生命的目标：船只怎样开足路马力向着港口行进，信徒也这样急急地向着救主怀中的海港疾驶；箭怎样飞向标的，基督徒也这样直趋基督耶稣，与他有完全的相交；兵丁怎样为官长奋战，与他同得胜利的荣冠；信徒也是这样为基督争战，并因他主的得胜而获胜。“因我活着就是基督”（或译因我活着是为基督；或，因基督使我活着）。基督是我们生活的模范：内心既有这生命，外面也必有相同的发展；若我们的生活靠近主耶稣，我们就必像他。我们要把他当作我们神圣的蓝本，我们要照着他的脚步走，直到他在荣耀中成为我们生命的冠冕。基督徒是多么安全，多么尊荣，多么快乐呀！因为基督是我们的生命！

八月十日

经文: 人子在地上有赦罪的权柄。（马太福音九：6）

请看伟大医生最有能力的工作──祂有赦罪的权柄！当祂活在世上时，当赎价付出以前，当宝血洒在施恩座上以前，祂就有赦罪的权柄。祂已死过且已复活，难道祂现在不再有赦罪的权柄吗？基督信实地为祂的百姓偿还罪债，在祂里面到底有着什么样的权柄啊！祂已结束了过犯也完结了罪，现在祂有不受限制的权柄。你若对这点存疑，请看祂在永在的父前的恳求，用手指着祂的身上伤痕，要求父承认祂圣洁之爱的功迹！赦罪的权柄在此！“祂升上高天的时候，……各样的恩赐赏给人。”（弗四：8）。上帝将祂高举，使祂可以赐人悔改的心和赦罪的恩（参阅使徒五：31）。最深红的罪恶被祂朱红的宝血洗净了。此时，不论你的罪恶是什么，基督有能力饶恕你。只要一次祈求就可以达成。耶稣不需要再付更多的代价使你得饶恕，所有赦罪之工作已完成了。祂答覆你带泪的悔罪时就赦免了你的罪。就在此刻，祂能向你的心灵吹入上帝的平安之气，那是超越一切理性的。此平安是从你的罪得完全释免而迸发出来。但愿你现在就能经历耶稣赦罪的大能！不要再浪费时间，立即求告灵魂的大医生吧！

Evening, August 10

Scripture: “The Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins.”(Matthew 9:6)

Behold one of the great Physician's mightiest arts: he has power to forgive sin! While here he lived below, before the ransom had been paid, before the blood had been literally sprinkled on the mercy-seat, he had power to forgive sin. Hath he not power to do it now that he hath died? What power must dwell in him who to the utmost farthing has faithfully discharged the debts of his people! He has boundless power now that he has finished transgression and made an end of sin. If ye doubt it, see him rising from the dead! behold him in ascending splendour raised to the right hand of God! Hear him pleading before the eternal Father, pointing to his wounds, urging the merit of his sacred passion! What power to forgive is here! “He hath ascended on high, and received gifts for men.” “He is exalted on high to give repentance and remission of sins.” The most crimson sins are removed by the crimson of his blood. At this moment, dear reader, whatever thy sinfulness, Christ has power to pardon, power to pardon thee, and millions such as thou art. A word will speak it. He has nothing more to do to win thy pardon; all the atoning work is done. He can, in answer to thy tears, forgive thy sins today, and make thee know it. He can breathe into thy soul at this very moment a peace with God which passeth all understanding, which shall spring from perfect remission of thy manifold iniquities. Dost thou believe that? I trust thou believest it. Mayst thou experience now the power of Jesus to forgive sin! Waste no time in applying to the Physician of souls, but hasten to him with words like these:－“Jesus! Master! hear my cry;Save me, heal me with a word;Fainting at thy feet I lie,Thou my whisper'd plaint hast heard.

《竭诚为主》8月10日 圣徒的分别为圣

所以那照神旨意受苦的人，要一心为善，将自己灵魂交与那信实的造化之主。（彼前四19）

故意选择受苦是不妥当的；但若是为了神的旨意而甘心受苦，就完全不同了。正常的圣徒不会选择受苦；像主耶稣一样，他的选择是为了神的旨意，不管这是否需要受苦。没有圣徒能干预别的圣徒在受苦上的操练。

一个满足主心意的圣徒，能使别的圣徒靠神坚强、成熟起来。能帮助我们的，并非那些一味同情我们的人。他们会成为阻碍，因为同情可能叫人软弱。最明白圣徒的，就是最靠近主心怀的圣徒。我们若接受别人的同情，反应就是－－“神对我实在太苛刻了。”所以主耶稣说自怜出于魔鬼（太十六23）。他从不反驳，也从不维护自己。

不要以为主耶稣在世时需要人的同情；他从不接受人的同情，是因为深知地上没有人真明白他的使命。他只接受天父及天使的同情（比较路十五10）。按世人的眼光来看，神把圣徒放在最无出色的角落去，实在是极大的浪费。我们会说：“神放我在这里，因为我非常有用。”耶稣却从不这样衡量自己的生命。其实神是把圣徒放在能荣耀他的地方，我们是无权选择到底那是什么地方。

祈祷◆主啊，我完全仰赖你；在你出现之前，我若有“迷失”的感觉，相信对我是好的.

August 10 The Sacrament Of The Saint

“Let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well-doing.” 1 Peter 4:19

To choose to suffer means that there is something wrong; to choose God's Will even if it means suffering is a very different thing. No healthy saint ever chooses suffering; he chooses God's will, as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not. No saint dare interfere with the discipline of suffering in another saint.

The saint who satisfies the heart of Jesus will make other saints strong and mature for God. The people who do us good are never those who sympathize with us, they always hinder, because sympathy enervates. No one understands a saint but the saint who is nearest to the Saviour. If we accept the sympathy of a saint, the reflex feeling is – Well, God is dealing hardly with me. That is why Jesus said self-pity was of the devil (see Matt. 16:23). Be merciful to God's reputation. It is easy to blacken God's character because God never answers back, He never vindicates Himself. Beware of the thought that Jesus needed sympathy in His earthly life; He refused sympathy from man because He knew far too wisely that no one on earth understood what He was after. He took sympathy from His Father only, and from the angels in heaven. (Cf. Luke 15:10.)

Notice God's unutterable waste of saints, according to the judgment of the world. God plants His saints in the most useless places. We say – God intends me to be here because I am so useful. Jesus never estimated His life along the line of the greatest use. God puts His saints where they will glorify Him, and we are no judges at all of where that is.

八月十日信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

降卑为升高

经文:「祂使人贫穷，也使人富足；使人卑微，也使人高贵。」（撒母耳记上2︰7）

我处境的变迁全是由永不改变的神主宰。若我富有，我看到这是神的手在动工，若我变贫穷，我仍真心赞美主，因为我知道这乃是神的作为。若我在世境况优渥，我感谢赞美主，若我境况恶劣，我依然耐心地接受一切，因这都出于我们的主。无论祸福，都有神的美意。

　神的方法似乎总是这样：祂要高升的人，祂必先降卑他们；祂要赐给义袍的人，祂要先脱掉他们的旧衣。若这是神做事的方式，没有比这更好、更智慧的方法了。若我现在能甘于卑下，知道这不过是将来升高的序曲，我就欢喜快乐，我现在越能因着神的恩典谦卑，将来我就越能在荣耀里高升。若现在的贫穷，能成就将来的富足，我们当甘之如饴。

喔，主啊，最近祢让我降卑，让我看到我的渺小与不配，这实在不是个愉快的经验，但我祈求这与我有益，好让我对祢有用，且能承受更大的祝福与喜乐；等时候到了，求祢就将这样的祝福赏赐给我，奉耶稣的名，阿门！

He Lowers to Raise

Scripture: "Thy LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, and lifteth up"(1 Samuel 2:7).

All my changes come from Him

who never changes. If I had grown rich, I should have seen His hand in it, and

I should have praised Him; let me equally see His hand if I am made poor, and

let me as heartily praise Him. When we go down in the world, it is of the LORD,

and so we may take it patiently: when we rise in the world, it is of the LORD,

and we may accept it thankfully. In any case, the LORD hath done it, and it is

well.

It seems that Jehovah's way is to lower those whom He means to raise and to strip those whom He intends to clothe. If it is His way, it is the wisest and best way. If I am now enduring the bringing low, I may well rejoice, because I see in it the preface to the lifting up. The more we are humbled by grace, the more we shall be exalted in glory. That impoverishment which will be overruled for our enrichment is to be welcomed.

O LORD, Thou has taken me down of late and made me feel my insignificance and sin. It is not a pleasant experience, but I pray Thee make it a profitable one to me. Oh, that Thou wouldst thus fit me to bear a greater weight of delight and of usefulness; and when I am ready for it, then grant it to me, for Christ's sake! Amen.

八月十日

我们看创世纪的记载，是蛇先引诱了夏娃，夏娃摘了善恶树上的果子，夏娃先吃了，以后给了亚当，亚当也吃了。但是别处的记载是亚当背约，亚当犯罪。（何六7；罗五14）因为夏娃是亚当骨中的骨，肉中的肉，夏娃是从亚当出来的，又在亚当的属下，夏娃犯了罪就证明亚当里面有犯罪的可能性，有与罪结合的可能性。夏娃是亚当真实样品，他们在本质上是相同的。夏娃先犯了罪，以后亚当也随著夏娃一同犯了罪，吃了禁止的果子。亚当是已经与罪结合了，所以他的后裔也都有了罪。

　　即便亚当本身没犯罪，或是在他未犯罪之先，生了儿女，他所生的仍有犯罪的可能，仍能受撒但的欺骗，因为他的后裔和他有同样的性情。

　　但主耶稣不是亚当的后裔，乃是神的儿子，祂有神无穷的生命----神自己的生命，与亚当受造的生命不同，在本质上不同，在性情上不同，所以主耶稣是不能犯罪的。　　感谢神！我们在亚当犯罪、必死的生命之外，又领受了基督不能犯罪、不死的生命，在基督的生命中就可以脱离罪，得以成圣。

　　「古实人岂能改变皮肤呢？豹岂能改变斑点呢？若能，你们这习惯行恶的，便能行善了。」（耶十三23）

　　「但现今你们既从罪里得了释放，作了神的奴仆，就有成圣的果子，那结局就是永生。」（罗六22）

《荒漠甘泉》8月10日

　　“听见拉撒路病了，就在所居之地，仍住了两天。”（约11：6）

　　在前一节圣经里，我们明明看见，“耶稣素来爱马大，和他妹子，并拉撒路。”（5节）。怎么他所爱的人病了，还不立即前去呢？这就是告诉我们：神对付我们的方法，无论怎样严厉，怎样神秘，我们仍可相信并断言神的爱是无限的，丰裕的，不变的。按照马大和马利亚姊妹两人的心里想来，耶稣一听到拉撒路生病的消息，一定会立即不顾一切地赶去医治他们的兄弟，但是，耶稣怎样呢？ “听见拉撒路病了，就在所居之地，仍住了两天。”　

　他不立即前去，并不是因为不爱他们，乃是因为爱他们。唯有他的爱能保持他不立即赶往他所亲爱的那个忧伤的家庭里去。主若没有无限的爱，就会立即跑去安慰那些所爱的困恼的心，止住他们的忧愁，揩干他们的眼泪，消解他们的悲哀和叹惜。这不过是表显基督部分的爱，唯有叫人从死里复活，叫人认识神的荣耀，又叫人信心得以坚固，这才是流露他完全的爱。

　　有许多事情，我们不能不归功于患难和痛苦。基督徒生活上有许多美德，都是由患难和痛苦来的；因为没有试炼，就没有信心；没有需要容忍的事情，就没有忍耐；没有艰难，就没有经历。——选

八月十一日

惟愿我的景况如从前的月份。（伯29：2）

有很多基督徒认为过去是快乐的，现在是令人不满意的；他们想到过去与主有密切的交通是最好、最甜蜜的，可是现在却满脸愁容，满心重担，软弱疲乏，萎靡不振起来。从前的生活靠近耶稣，现在却觉得远离了他，他们说：“惟愿我的景况如从前的月份！”他们不满意现在的生活，感到若有所失，现在他们心中没有平安，现在他们不能享受恩典之乐；他们的良心迟钝，他们已不像从前为神的荣耀发热心了。所以致此的原因有很多：或者是因为忽略祷告的缘故，因为一切属灵的堕落都是从忽略祷告开头；或者是因为拜偶像的结果，心中被 另外一些东西占据了，它们比神更要紧；专爱属世的东西，而忘记属天的福分，忌邪的神绝不愿人的心分为别用；他应当得到人首先并最好的爱。他的目光不会照射冷漠、偏离的心的。或者是因为信靠自己 ，并自以为义的缘故。心中充满骄傲，高抬自己而不谦卑俯伏在十字架下。基督徒呀！若你现在不像“从前的月份”，就不当自满，也不要以恢复从前的快乐为知足，乃要立即寻求主，并把你的景况告诉他，求他赐你力量能紧紧地跟着他走；要在他面前谦卑，那末他必高举你，再使你得见他的容光。不要呆坐，叹息难过；只要医生活着就有希望，就是不治之症也必得到痊愈。“他曾救我们脱离那极大的死亡，现在仍要救我们。……”

八月十一日

经文: 永远的安慰。（帖撒罗尼迦后书二：16）

安慰──这个词中包含着音乐。安慰就好像大卫的竖琴，驱走悲哀的罪恶之灵。巴拿巴能被称为“劝慰子”（参阅徒四：36）是一项特殊的荣誉。这也是主耶稣的名字，祂比巴拿巴更伟大，被称为“以色列的安慰者”（路二：25）。永远的安慰──这是一切事物的精华，最珍贵的香料，因为永恒的慰藉是其冠冕和荣耀。所有属世的安慰在本质上都会逝去，它们的存在也是短暂的。属世的安慰像肥皂泡上彩虹一般。明亮却脆弱。但是上帝给祂百姓的安慰既不褪色也不变陈旧，能忍受各种试验──试炼的震撼、迫害的烈火、和岁月的消逝，甚至可以忍受死亡。这永远的安慰是什么呢？它包含赦罪的意义。圣灵在基督徒心中就将此意义证明出来。他的罪污已如厚云被除去。主也赐祂百姓被接纳于基督内的同在感。基督徒明白上帝看他与耶稣同等。能知道上帝接纳我们是何等美好。与复活的主联合是更高层次的安慰，因为那是永远的。你是否憔悴并拒绝接受安慰？这样能荣耀上帝吗？这样能做得使别人希望认识耶稣吗？振作吧！耶稣能赐永远的安慰，继续发怨言就是罪。

Evening, August 11

Scripture: “Everlasting consolation.”(2 Thessalonians 2:16)“

Consolation.” There is music in the word: like David's harp, it charms away the evil spirit of melancholy. It was a distinguished honour to Barnabas to be called “the son of consolation”; nay, it is one of the illustrious names of a greater than Barnabas, for the Lord Jesus is “the consolation of Israel.” “Everlasting consolation”－here is the cream of all, for the eternity of comfort is the crown and glory of it. What is this “everlasting consolation”? It includes a sense of pardoned sin. A Christian man has received in his heart the witness of the Spirit that his iniquities are put away like a cloud, and his transgressions like a thick cloud. If sin be pardoned, is not that an everlasting consolation? Next, the Lord gives his people an abiding sense of acceptance in Christ. The Christian knows that God looks upon him as standing in union with Jesus. Union to the risen Lord is a consolation of the most abiding order; it is, in fact, everlasting. Let sickness prostrate us, have we not seen hundreds of believers as happy in the weakness of disease as they would have been in the strength of hale and blooming health? Let death's arrows pierce us to the heart, our comfort dies not, for have not our ears full often heard the songs of saints as they have rejoiced because the living love of God was shed abroad in their hearts in dying moments? Yes, a sense of acceptance in the Beloved is an everlasting consolation. Moreover, the Christian has a conviction of his security. God has promised to save those who trust in Christ: the Christian does trust in Christ, and he believes that God will be as good as his word, and will save him. He feels that he is safe by virtue of his being bound up with the person and work of Jesus.

《竭诚为主》8月11日 必会临到的经历

以后不再见他了。（王下二12）

倚赖以利亚是没有错的，只要是神把他给你；可是别忘记，总有一天他会离开。他不再做你的领导，因为神认为他不应该再做你的领导。你会说：“没有以利亚，我无法前行。”但神说你一定要前行。

独自在你的约但（14节）。约但是分离的表征，表示再没有人与你相交，没有人分担你的责任。你必须把从以利亚学习所得的，拿出来考验。你跟以利亚过约但河不知有多少次了，但如今你得独自面对。空说不能过，是没有用处的。这事已经临到，你必定要前行。你若要知道神是否如你所信的一样，就得单独过你的约但河。

独自在你的耶利哥（15节）。你曾在耶利哥看见以利亚行大事，但当你来到自己的耶利哥，就退缩，不肯主动去信靠神，只想别人去替你担当。可是，你若遵从以利亚所学的，就必得着神与你同在。

独自在你的伯利恒（23节）。在伯利恒你来到自己才智的尽头，这却是神智慧的开端。千万不可在智穷力竭时，仆倒恐慌之中，要紧靠着神，忠于他，他自有方法把真理显明，使你的生命成圣。把你跟以利亚所学的行出来，用他的外衣和他的祈祷。立志信靠神，不要再寻找你的以利亚了。

祈祷◆主啊，我的生命是如此倾斜，如此充满漏洞，求你今天让我全神贯注于你！愿我回到你的家中，重新过着完全倚靠你的生活。

August 11 This Experience Must Come

“And he saw him no more.” 2 Kings 2:12

It is not wrong to depend upon Elijah as long as God gives him to you, but remember the time will come when he will have to go; when he stands no more to you as your guide and leader, because God does not intend he should. You say – “I cannot go on without Elijah.” God says you must.

Alone at your Jordan. v.14. Jordan is the type of separation where there is no fellowship with anyone else, and where no one can take the responsibility for you. You have to put to the test now what you learned when you were with your Elijah. You have been to Jordan over and over again with Elijah, but now you are up against it alone. It is no use saying you cannot go; this experience has come, and you must go. If you want to know whether God is the God you have faith to believe Him to be, then go through your Jordan alone.

Alone at your Jericho. v.15. Jericho is the place where you have seen your Elijah do great things. When you come to your Jericho you have a strong disinclination to take the initiative and trust in God, you want someone else to take it for you. If you remain true to what you learned with Elijah, you will get the sign that God is with you.

Alone at your Bethel. v.23. At your Bethel you will find yourself at your wits' end and at the beginning of God's wisdom. When you get to your wits' end and feel inclined to succumb to panic, don't; stand true to God and He will bring His truth out in a way that will make your life a sacrament. Put into practice what you learned with your Elijah, use his cloak and pray. Determine to trust in God and do not look for Elijah any more.

八月十一日信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

等候，不是奔跑

经文:「我的心默默无声，专等候神；我的救恩是从祂而来。」（诗篇62︰1）

这是蒙福的心态！单单地专心仰望等候神；愿我们每天时时刻刻都是如此；等候祂所设定的时间，在服侍中等候，在喜乐的盼望中等候，在祷告中等候，以满足的心等候。其实这是受造物在造物主面前，最正常且应有的心态；是仆人在主人面前应有的态度；也是小孩来到父亲面前的样式。我们不能向祂发号施令也不要抱怨，不能使性子也不要怀疑祂。同时，我们也得练习跟随云柱，而不是跑到云柱前面；也不去寻求除神以外的其他帮助；因为这两类人，都没有好好地等候神。而神是我们唯一的期盼之源。

这是蒙福的确据！救恩从祂而来，这蒙福的确据正在临近。祂是救恩唯一的来源，荣耀都要归于祂的名。神要以祂的方式，在祂的时候施行救恩，救我们脱离疑虑、痛苦、毁谤、沮丧。虽然我们还看不出事情有任何的转机，但我们以遵行神的旨意为乐，因为我们完全相信祂的爱和信实，祂必成就我们所交托给祂的事，让我们现在就赞美祂的恩典，因祂就要施行怜悯。

Waiting, Not Running

Scripture: "Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from Him cometh my  alvation"(Psalm 62:1).

Blessed posture! Waiting truly and only upon the LORD. Be this our condition all this day and every day. Waiting His leisure, waiting in His service, waiting in joyful

expectation, waiting in prayer, and content. When the very soul thus waits, it is in the best and truest condition of a creature before his Creator, a servant before his Master, a child before his Father. We allow no dictation to God, nor complaining of Him; we will permit no petulance and no distrust. At the same time, we practice no running before the cloud and no seeking to others for aid: neither of these would be waiting upon God. God, and God alone, is the expectation of our hearts.

Blessed assurance! From Him salvation is coming; it is on the road. It will come from Him and from no one else. He shall have all the glory of it, for He alone can and will perform it. And He will perform it most surely in His own time and manner. He will save from doubt, and suffering, and slander, and distress. Though we see no sign of it as yet, we are satisfied to bide the LORD's will, for we have no suspicion of His love and faithfulness. He will make sure work of it before long, and we will praise Him at once for the coming mercy.

八月十一日

神是预知的，祂知道亚当不能遵行律法，却为人预备了禁令；祂知道亚当必犯禁令，却命定死为犯禁令的结果；神明明知道，却是这样作了；祂不是明知故作，这就是神奇妙的计画。

　　神为人造了肉身，是为叫祂的儿子道成肉身；亚当犯罪，神命定他死，乃是为基督预备了死，好使基督降世为人藉着死败坏那掌死权的魔鬼；若不藉着基督的死，没有第二个法子能战胜撒但。神造人的计画也就是为基督铺平道路。所以保罗说：「一概都是藉着祂造的，又是为祂造的。」（西一16）

　　基督的死不但败坏了那掌死权的，并且藉着死彰显了自己的生命，使生命进入人的里面，挽回亚当犯罪而被神命定的死。

　　神造亚当之后，神说：「那人独居不好，我要为他造一个配偶帮助他。」（创二18）

　　主耶稣也是神的独生子，就是这一个，好象独居的亚当。神籍亚当的沉睡，从亚当身上取出了夏娃；神也藉着基督的死，从基督身上取出了教会。夏娃是亚当骨中的骨，肉中的肉，教会是基督生命中的生命。一件事有这两面的成功，就是神创造的目的，等到神的计画完全成功了，这受造的宇宙万有，就完全废去了，另有新天新地。那时撒但也永远被拘禁，善与恶也永远分开。新天新地中再无撒但的搅扰，是永恒和平的世界，神与人同住了。

　　在我们虽然觉著这日子还很远，但在看千年如一日的神就是明日后日的事情。我们已是等候中的末后一段了。欢喜吧！

《荒漠甘泉》8月11日

　　“虽然无花果树不发旺，葡萄树不结果，橄榄树也不效力，田地不出粮食，圈中绝了羊，棚内也没有牛。然而我要因耶和华欢欣，因救我的神喜乐。。”（哈3：17-18）

　　你看，这里所说的，是一个多么不幸的境遇；这里所给我们看见的，是一个多么伟大的信心。他的意思说， “虽然我受到这样大的灾祸——甚至连养生的食物，也不知道到什么地方去找；四周围所看见的，不过是一所空旷的房屋，一块荒芜的田地；在以前看见神赐恩的地方，现在只看见神鞭打的伤疤——然而我要因耶和华欢欣。”　

　我想这两节圣经，真值得用金刚钻记录在磐石上，永远保存起来。哦，巴不得靠神的恩典，这几节圣经能深深地铭刻在我们每一个人的心版上！句法虽然简短，其中却显着地含着不少属灵的意义。他告诉我们：在他遭难的的日子，他怎样到神那里去躲避；在黑暗的命运下他怎样赖主保持灵的静镇；在一切的试炼中，他怎样在神里面享受属灵的喜乐，从他得到欢乐的期望。这就是伟大的信心！这就是光荣的信心！——陶杜力慈

八月十二日

耶和华作王，愿地快乐。（诗97：1）

只要这句话是真的，那末一切动荡不安的原因都必消失。神的能力在地上足能控制恶人的狂暴，一如他平静了加利利海的狂风大浪一样；他的恩爱能苏醒穷人，像时雨滋润大地一样。雷轰电掣的可怖当儿，可以看到神威吓的闪光；帝王丧国，宝座顷覆的时候也可以看到神极大的荣耀。在我们一切的争战和灾难中，我们都可以看到我们的大君王之权能的右手。“神是神；他看见，他听见，我们一切眼泪和灾难。受苦受难时，且莫忘记，神必永远执掌王权。”在地狱里，恶人的灵魂必永远受刑，这也证明神的王权。他们要行动的时候脚上带着脚镣；马口有嚼环，鳄鳃有铁钩。死的毒钩乃在神的管制之下，坟墓的权势乃在神的执掌之中。审判全地的主在报仇雪恨时，恶人必畏缩颤栗，像狗在窝中怕猎人的鞭笞一样。“不怕死，不怕撒但磨难，依靠神，神必保护眷念；受苦受难时，且莫忘记，神必永远执掌王权。”在天上谁也不再怀疑永生君王的权柄，都俯伏膜拜他。天使是他的仆役，被赎的人是他的珍宝，都欢喜快乐地昼夜服侍他。我们不久也要到大君王的京城！“今生愁苦如长夜漫漫，他必赐我们快乐平安，受苦受难时，且莫忘记，神必永远执掌王权。”

八月十二日

经文: 虹现在云彩中。（创世记九：14）

上帝与挪亚之约的记号──虹，是我们主耶稣的预表，祂是父上帝向百姓的见证。我们何时能见立约的记号？彩虹唯有在以云为衬底时才会显现出来。当罪人回忆他过去的罪，在上帝前哀伤时，那稣基督以立约的虹向他启示。祂展现祂神圣性格中所有的荣耀色彩，并赐下祂内住深厚的平安。当试验和试探包围信徒时，仰望我们的主耶稣基督，看祂为我们的流血、死亡、复活并为我们代求，那是何等甜美啊！在我们的罪恶、忧伤和灾难的乌云中悬挂着上帝的虹，预告了我们必得释放。单独一片云不会产生虹，必须要有结晶水珠才能反映太阳的光线。忧愁不只是轻微地威胁我们，乃是沉重地落在我们身上。若上帝的忿怒只是一片带威胁的云，我们也得不着救赎。罪人的良心不感到真正的极度痛苦，基督就不会临到他。他若没有感到因鞭打而生的忧伤，就不能见到主耶稣。此外也必须要有太阳。除非有光照射，否则云和雨滴不会形成虹。我门的上帝于我们像阳光，时刻照射，但我们并没有常见祂。云可能掩蔽祂的脸。但是不论雨滴如何落下，乌云如何逼迫，只要祂照亮，就会有虹出现。人常说，当我们见到虹时，表示阵雨已经过去。当我们仰望耶稣，我们的罪恶已被消除，疑惑恐惧也已退去了。当耶稣行走在海面上时，海是何等平静啊！

Evening, August 12

Scripture: “The bow shall be seen in the cloud.”(Genesis 9:14)

The rainbow, the symbol of the covenant with Noah, is typical of our Lord Jesus, who is the Lord's witness to the people. When may we expect to see the token of the covenant? The rainbow is only to be seen painted upon a cloud. When the sinner's conscience is dark with clouds, when he remembers his past sin, and mourneth and lamenteth before God, Jesus Christ is revealed to him as the covenant Rainbow, displaying all the glorious hues of the divine character and betokening peace. To the believer, when his trials and temptations surround him, it is sweet to behold the person of our Lord Jesus Christ－to see him bleeding, living, rising, and pleading for us. God's rainbow is hung over the cloud of our sins, our sorrows, and our woes, to prophesy deliverance. Nor does a cloud alone give a rainbow, there must be the crystal drops to reflect the light of the sun. So, our sorrows must not only threaten, but they must really fall upon us. There had been no Christ for us if the vengeance of God had been merely a threatening cloud: punishment must fall in terrible drops upon the Surety. Until there is a real anguish in the sinner's conscience, there is no Christ for him; until the chastisement which he feels becomes grievous, he cannot see Jesus. But there must also be a sun; for clouds and drops of rain make not rainbows unless the sun shineth. Beloved, our God, who is as the sun to us, always shines, but we do not always see him－clouds hide his face; but no matter what drops may be falling, or what clouds may be threatening, if he does but shine there will be a rainbow at once. It is said that when we see the rainbow the shower is over. Certain it is, that when Christ comes, our troubles remove; when we behold Jesus, our sins vanish, and our doubts and fears subside. When Jesus walks the waters of the sea, how profound the calm!

《竭诚为主》8月12日 安息神学

你们这小信的人哪，为什么胆怯呢？（太八26）

我们恐惧的时候，最不可少的就是向神祷告；可是，我们的主有权要求属他的人，对他有一种深切了解的信任。神期望他的儿女对他大有信心，以致在任何重要关头仍然站得住。但我们对神的信任往往只止于某一点，就回复祷告初阶时的惊惶失措，像那些不认识神的人一样。在走投无路时，我们表现得对神毫无信心，也不信他掌管全世界；他似乎睡了，我们只看见前面的风浪。

“你们这小信的人哪！”门徒是何等难过－－“又失败了！”我们也会同样难过。我们知道其实可以叫主的心欢畅快乐－－只要对他保持绝对的信心，不管前路如何。人生风平浪静时，我们会安然的尽人的力量做到最好；但当危难一到，就立即显出倚靠的到底是谁。我们若不断地学习敬拜神、信靠他，那么在风浪的日子，对他的信心也同样至死不移。我们多次的谈到成圣的问题－－最终的目的是什么呢？就是在神里面安息，与神合一。这合一不但使我们在他眼前成为无可指摘的，更叫我们成为他的喜乐。

祈祷◆主啊，我的快乐全在乎对你的纪念，否则对你那欢愉而单纯的信靠，不过是一种轻率的举动。愿你今天让快乐四面环绕我们。

August 12 The Theology Of Rest

“Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?” Matthew 8:26

When we are in fear we can do nothing less than pray to God, but Our Lord has a right to expect that those who name His Name should have an understanding confidence in Him. God expects His children to be so confident in Him that in any crisis they are the reliable ones. Our trust is in God up to a certain point, then we go back to the elementary panic prayers of those who do not know God. We get to our wits' end, showing that we have not the slightest confidence in Him and His government of the world; He seems to be asleep, and we see nothing but breakers ahead.

“0 ye of little faith!” What a pang must have shot through the disciples – ‘Missed it again!’ And what a pang will go through us when we suddenly realize that we might have produced down right joy in the heart of Jesus by remaining absolutely confident in Him, no matter what was ahead.

There are stages in life when there is no storm, no crisis, when we do our human best; it is when a crisis arises that we instantly reveal upon whom we rely. If we have been learning to worship God and to trust Him, the crisis will reveal that we will go to the breaking point and not break in our confidence in Him.

We have been talking a great deal about sanctification – what is it all going to amount to? It should work out into rest in God which means oneness with God, a oneness which will make us not only blameless in His sight, but a deep joy to Him.

八月十二日信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

暗中之光

经文:「耶和华啊，祢是我的灯，耶和华必照明我的黑暗。」（撒母耳记下22︰29）

我在光中吗？喔，主啊，祢是我的灯，若没有祢，我的喜乐也没有了。但只要祢与我同在，我就可以不用人世的烛光；主同在的荣光，可以照亮一切事物！我们听说灯塔在二十英里外，可以被看见，但我们的耶和华，不只是近处的神，即使远在敌人的阵营也可看得到祂。喔，主啊，当祢的爱充满我心时，我就像天使般快乐，祢就是我所恋慕的一切。

我在黑暗中吗？神会点亮明灯，驱走我的黑暗，不久事情就会有转机。若环境贫乏滞塞地让你透不过气，或是心中乌云堆积，黯淡得让你看不到自己的手，但你会看到神的手。当我在自己里面，在朋友当中，或在世界上看不到光明时，那位说要有光，就有了光的神，要再次这么说。因着祂的话，我可以活在光中，不致灭亡。天已破晓，这句经文像是晨星，照亮我心，我要欢欣鼓掌歌颂神。

Light in Darkness

Scripture: "For Thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness"(2 Samuel 22:29).

Am I in the light? Then Thou, O LORD, art my lamp. Take Thee away and my

joy would be gone; but as long as Thou art with me, I can do without the

torches of time and the candles of created comfort. What a light the presence

of God casts on all things! We heard of a lighthouse which could be seen for

twenty miles, but our Jehovah is not only a God at hand, but far off is He seen, even in the enemy's country. O LORD, I am as happy as an angel when Thy love fills my heart. Thou art all my desire.

Am I in the dark? Then thou, O LORD, wilt lighten my darkness. Before long things will change. Affairs may grow more and more dreary and cloud may be piled upon cloud; but if it grow so dark that I cannot see my own hand, still I shall see the hand of the LORD. When I cannot find a light within me, or among my friends, or in the whole world, the LORD, who said, "Let there be light," and there was light, can say the same again. He will speak me into the sunshine yet. I shall not die but live. The day is already breaking. This sweet text shines like a morning star. I shall clap my hands for joy ere many hours are passed.

八月十二日

主耶稣在信祂的人身上，废去了律法，是因为祂将自己不犯罪的生命赐给了我们，若我们能行善，不犯罪，律法自然就失掉了它的功用。就好象生病的人用药；病好了以后就用不著药了；近视的人用眼镜，眼睛不近视的就用不著眼镜了。

　　如果我们信了主耶稣，却仍靠肉体行事，律法仍旧可以制裁我们，行得好，就承受律法中的祝福；行的不好，就承受律法中的咒诅。就如保罗所说：「因为律法不是为义人设立的，乃是为不法和不服的，不虔诚和犯罪的，不圣洁和恋世俗的，弑父母和杀人的，行淫和亲男色的，抢人口和说谎话的，并起假誓的，或是为别样敌正道的事设立的。这是照著可称颂之神交托我荣耀福音说的。」（提前一9至11）主救我们脱离律法，就是因为救我们脱离了罪，脱离了罪就脱离了律法，如果我们不脱离罪，仍不得脱离律法。

　　如今我们能够脱离罪，不是因为律法的管束，乃是因为我们有了生命和圣灵。律法的目的原来也是好的，是要叫人知罪，衹因人肉体的软弱律法就得不著成功；它不能把人管束好，因此律法在软弱的人身上不好用了。然而在有生命的人身上又用不著，因此律法便失掉了它的功用。所以希伯来书上说：「律法原来一无所成。」（来七19）

　　律法既然一无所成，神为甚么还用律法？因基督未到之前，神把人都看守在律法之下；律法还是唯一的看守者。但基督所到的地方就用不著律法了。

　　我们如今不再靠律法克制肉体的恶行，乃是「靠著圣灵治死身体的恶行。」（罗八13）

《荒漠甘泉》8月12日

　　“因此他将又宝贵又极大的应许赐给我们。”（彼后1：14）

　　一个造船匠造船的目的，是不是为了要把船搁在船坞里呢？不，他造船的目的，乃是要把船放在海洋和波涛中。他在造的时候，就已经想到了。否则不是一位优秀的工程师了。

　　当神把你造成一个信徒的时候，他的目的就是要把你放在试炼中；所以当他给你应许，吩咐你信赖的时候，他就给你一些在狂浪颠簸中所能应用的应许。你想神的应许，会不会象有些商店里出卖的游泳带——只能在玻璃窗内陈列，不能在洋海中应用呢？　　我们都知道：作玩具的刀剑，在战场上是没有用处的；作玩具的鞋子，是不能穿着走路的。但是神的鞋是铜的，是铁的，你能够穿着它们走上天去，它们也永远不会穿坏；神的救生带，你用以游过一千个大西洋，也不会使你沉溺。他的应许，必然要经过试验与证明。

　　神最不喜欢的就是他的子民把他当作一个展览品，不去用他。他喜欢我们享用他。所立的约并不是给人看的，乃是给我们享用的。我们的主耶稣，也是神赐给我们，给我们现在享用的。读者，你有没有照你应得的去享用基督？

　　信徒啊，我求你不要把神的应许当作展览会里的古玩；你应当天天用他们来作安慰的泉源，在患难中随时仰赖他。——司布真

　　神对已经应许过的东西，怎能说“不”呢？

八月十三日

巴嫩的香柏树，是耶和华所栽种的。（诗104：16）

黎巴嫩的香柏树可以比作基督徒，他们是神所栽种的。每一个神的儿女都是这样，他不是人栽种的，也不是自己栽种的，而是神所栽种的。神灵的奥秘的手亲自把活种子栽植在接受他的心田中。人接受他也是他自己的工作。神的每一个后裔都是这位伟大的“栽培的人”所栽种的。黎巴嫩的香柏树也不是靠人来灌浇的，它们矗立在峻峭的岩石之上，是人所不能灌浇的；但天父却能供给它们的需要。学会度信心生活的基督徒也是这样。他不依靠人和必朽坏的东西；他时时仰望父神，并专专仰望他来维持他的生活。天上的甘露是他的份，天上的神是他的泉源。再者，黎巴嫩的香柏树并不受人的保护。当狂风暴雨时，人并不能保全它们。它们是神的树，所以惟有受他的保全。基督徒也正是这样。他并不是种在温暖的花房里，免受风吹雨打的摧残；他乃是完全暴露在外，他毫无屏障，毫无遮蔽；但永生神的双翼却常覆庇着他所栽种的。信徒也像香柏树一样满了汁水，就是在冬雪之中也有常青的充足活力。最后，香柏树所以那样蓊郁茂盛，那样巍峨魁梧，都是为了颂赞神。神，独有神是香柏树的一切，因此大卫在诗篇中说：“结果的树木和一切香柏树……都当赞美耶和华。”信徒所有的没有一样能使人得称颂的；他是神自己的手所栽种，所养活，所灌溉，所保护的，所以当将一切荣耀归给他。

八月十三日

经文: 我便记念……所立的约。（创世记九：15）

上帝未曾说：“当你仰视虹的时候，你便会记念我所立的约，我就不会毁灭地球了。”上帝的话并不受我们易变、脆弱的记忆所影响，却决定于祂无限、不变的记忆。“虹必现在云彩中，我看见，就要记念我与地上各样有血肉的活物所立的永约。”（创九：16）不是因我记得上帝，乃是因上帝是祂的约紧握住我。救恩的全部基础乃藉上帝的能力得以稳固。甚至不是靠我们记忆力来记念那约，因为我们可能忘记。我们的主却不能忘记众圣徒，因为祂将他们铭刻在祂掌上（参阅赛四十九：16）。以色列人出埃及以前，上帝吩咐他们将血洒在门楣和左右的门框上，祂未曾说：“当你见到血的时候，我就会越过你的房屋。”祂却说：“当我看到那血，我将越过你的房屋。”（参阅出十二：23）当我注视耶稣时，我得到喜乐平安，当上帝注视耶稣时，祂坚定了我的救恩。上帝不会一边看着基督，我们流血的中保，然后一边向我们动怒。我们的罪在祂里面已得到应得的惩罚，不，不是依靠我们记念所立的约才能得救！我们应该记念所立的约，我们要靠上帝的恩典甘心去记念。可是我们的救恩系于上帝记念我们，非我们记念祂；因此，此约是一个永约。

Evening, August 13

Scripture: “And I will remember my covenant.”(Genesis 9:15)

Mark the form of the promise. God does not say, “And when ye shall look upon the bow, and ye shall remember my covenant, then I will not destroy the earth,” but it is gloriously put, not upon our memory, which is fickle and frail, but upon God's memory, which is infinite and immutable. “The bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant.” Oh! it is not my remembering God, it is God's remembering me which is the ground of my safety; it is not my laying hold of his covenant, but his covenant's laying hold on me. Glory be to God! the whole of the bulwarks of salvation are secured by divine power, and even the minor towers, which we may imagine might have been left to man, are guarded by almighty strength. Even the remembrance of the covenant is not left to our memories, for we might forget, but our Lord cannot forget the saints whom he has graven on the palms of his hands. It is with us as with Israel in Egypt; the blood was upon the lintel and the two side-posts, but the Lord did not say, “When you see the blood I will pass over you,” but “When I see the blood I will pass over you.” My looking to Jesus brings me joy and peace, but it is God's looking to Jesus which secures my salvation and that of all his elect, since it is impossible for our God to look at Christ, our bleeding Surety, and then to be angry with us for sins already punished in him. No, it is not left with us even to be saved by remembering the covenant. There is no linsey-wolsey here－not a single thread of the creature mars the fabric. It is not of man, neither by man, but of the Lord alone. We should remember the covenant, and we shall do it, through divine grace; but the hinge of our safety does not hang there－it is God's remembering us, not our remembering him; and hence the covenant is an everlasting covenant.

《竭诚为主》8月13日 不要消灭圣灵的感动

不要消灭圣灵的感动。（帖前五19）

圣灵的声音柔如微风，除非与神完全契合，否则不能听见。圣灵的拦阻来得极其柔细，你若不够敏感，就不能察觉他的声音。消灭了他的感动，你属灵的生命就受亏损。他拦阻的声音总是微细的，只有圣徒才听得见。

当心在你个人的见证里，要追述过去说：“许多年前，我得救了。”你若行在光中，就不必追忆，过去一切已经融合在今日与神的合一里了。你若不在光中行，就会变成一个感情用事的信徒；你若活在回忆之中，见证也变得生硬。当心别拿过去行在光中的经历，来缝补你现今不肯在光中行的破洞。圣灵一拦阻，就要停下来回转，否则，你就使他忧伤而不自知。

假设神叫你面临一个重要关头，你就差一点点未能胜过。然后神会叫你再面对同样的情形，不过没有上次那么明显。渐渐地，你对神的辨认减弱了，因自己未曾顺服而带来的羞辱却加强。

若你仍继续叫圣灵担忧，终有一天机会不再有，因为你把圣灵忧伤得退去了。但你若在这重要关头中夸胜，无边的赞美就要对神升起。对那些不断刺痛神的东西，你绝不应表同情。会刺伤神的那些东西，你必须撇弃。

祈祷◆噢，主啊，我举目仰望你，将我的盼望、我的祷告呈献给你。求你从高处藉着圣灵的内住使我重新得力，以致神的亮光在今天可以在我们周围和里面点燃起来。愿你按着本身的喜悦，以甜蜜和荣耀来充满这天。

August 13 Quench Not The Spirit

“Quench not the Spirit.” 1 Thessalonians 5:19

The voice of the Spirit is as gentle as a zephyr, so gentle that unless you are living in perfect communion with God, you never hear it. The checks of the Spirit come in the most extraordinarily gentle ways, and if you are not sensitive enough to detect His voice you will quench it, and your personal spiritual life will be impaired. His checks always come as a still small voice, so small that no one but the saint notices them.

Beware if in personal testimony you have to hark back and say – “Once, so many years ago, I was saved.” If you are walking in the light, there is no harking back, the past is transfused into the present wonder of communion with God. If you get out of the light you become a sentimental Christian and live on memories, your testimony has a hard, metallic note. Beware of trying to patch up a present refusal to walk in the light by recalling past experiences when you did walk in the light. Whenever the Spirit checks, call a halt and get the thing right, or you will go on grieving Him without knowing it.

Suppose God has brought you up to a crisis and you nearly go through but not quite, He will engineer the crisis again, but it will not be so keen as it was before. There will be less discernment of God and more humiliation at not having obeyed; and if you go on grieving the Spirit, there will come a time when that crisis cannot be repeated, you have grieved Him away. But if you go through the crisis, there will be the pæan of praise to God. Never sympathize with the thing that is stabbing God all the time. God has to hurt the thing that must go.

八月十三日信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

尚未求告

经文:「他们尚未求告，我就应允；正说话的时候，我就垂听。」（以赛亚书65︰24）

多有效率的工作！我们尚未求告，神已经聆听我们的心声，常常迅速应允我们的祷告。神预知我们的所需所求，在需求尚未产生之前，他已经为我们预备妥当；在试炼尚未临到我们之前，祂就已经装备我们，来应付磨难。全能神敏捷的行动，我们在生活中已经历过好多次！在痛苦煎熬尚未临到前，神浩大的恩典已率先一步临到，好使我们平安度过试炼。哦，我们有着怎样一位听祷告的神啊！

后半句的经文，告诉我们向天父祷告，就像与祂通电话一样；虽然神在天上，我们在地上，但祂令我们的话语如同祂自己的话，使我们彼此沟通快捷；当我们祷告，就如同是直接在祂耳旁倾诉。当我们向祂说话时，我们奇妙的中保耶稣，就立刻将祈求呈在天父面前，天父也侧耳倾听并向我们微笑。哦，这样的祷告是何其伟大！若想到万王之王愿倾听我们祈求，有谁不愿多花时间祷告？今天我就要在信心里祷告，不只相信神会垂听，而是知道神已垂听；不只相信神必答应我祷告，而是知道神已答应我祷告。亲爱的圣灵，求祢帮助我明白这真理。

Before and During the Call

Scripture: "It shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, l will hear"(Isaiah 65:24).

Quick work this! The LORD hears us before we call and often answers us in the same speedy manner. Foreseeing our needs and our prayers, He so arranges

providence that before the need actually arises He has supplied it, before the

trial assails us He has armed us against it. This is the promptitude of omniscience, and we have often seen it exercised. Before we dreamed of the affliction which was coming, the strong consolation which was to sustain us under it had arrived. What a prayer-answering God we have!

The second clause suggests the telephone. Though God be in heaven and we upon earth, yet He makes our word, like His own word, to travel very swiftly, When we pray aright we speak into the ear of God. Our gracious Mediator presents our petitions at once, and the great Father hears them and smiles upon them. Grand praying this! Who would not be much in prayer when he knows that he has the ear of the King of kings? This day I will pray in faith, not only believing that I shall be heard, but that I am heard; not only that I shall be answered, but

that I have the answer already. Holy Spirit, help me in this!

八月十三日

当施洗约翰的时候，犹太国的光景极其复杂。就宗教方面来说：有大祭司亚那和该亚法，他们是审判主耶稣的，撕裂了衣服，说主耶稣说僭妄的话以耸动众人。还有法利赛人、撒都该人是毒蛇的种类，把持宗教；这些宗教界的人们，有的衹讲教条，有的假冒为善，有的不信复活：他们在宗教方面是极其混乱的。

　　同时在政治方面，有该撒提庇留作罗马皇帝，本丢彼拉多作犹太巡抚，希律作加利利分封的王，他兄弟腓力作以土利亚和特拉可尼地方分封的王，（以土利亚在黑门山东南，特拉可尼在巴珊山之东西北三侧。）吕撒聂作业比利尼分封的王。（路三1至3）（亚比利尼位于大马色西北约五十四里。）这些政治的首领都在犹太地区各自为政，非常黑暗，没有公义。彼拉多和希律就是杀主耶稣的。然而约翰在这种情况之下，带著以利亚的心志和能力出来大声疾呼：「天国近了！」宣讲悔改的洗礼，为主预备道路。

　　约翰为甚么有这么大的能力，冲破了宗教和政治双重的恶势力，敢为基督作见证，宣传王与国的问题呢？在路加一章八十节就说明了他工作有能力的原因：第一、他有强健的心灵；第二、他有旷野的生活。为甚么如今属神的人没有能力，衹知屈服，不知顺服呢？这也不希奇：第一、他们的心灵软弱；第二、他们的生活是在大城中。约翰终久为真理作见证被杀了，因为他衹知顺服，不知屈服。

　　「孩子阿！你要称为至高者的先知；因为你要行在主的前面，预备祂的道路。」（路一76）

《荒漠甘泉》8月13日

　　“云若满了雨，就必倾倒在地上。”（传11：3）

　　这样，我们为什么要惧怕我们环境中的黑云呢？虽然它们暂时遮蔽了太阳，但是太阳并没有熄灭。不久它仍旧会出来的。芸里充满了雨。云越黑，下雨的希望越大。

　　没有云，我们怎么能有雨呢？我们的患难常将祝福带来给我们。它们是装载恩典的黑车。看啊，黑云不久就要变成细雨了；那时候，每一种植物都会因着所下的雨欢乐。我们的神虽然用灾祸压伤我们，却要用怜悯医治我们。他给我们的情书，总是用黑边信封封来的。他的货车虽然发出辚辚的粗声来，其上所装载的，却是漫溢的恩泽。他的杖开着芳香的花卉和甘甜的果实。所以，我们不要再为黑云烦恼罢，我们应当歌唱，因为五月里的花草，是四月里的黑云带给我们的。

　　主啊，黑云是你脚前的尘埃！在黑云满布的日子，你和我是隔得多近啊！我多么欢欣！我多么欢欣看见你，信心还看见云变成雨点，四面的山岗都在欢笑。

　　天上蔚蓝的部分，大于阴云的面积。

八月十四日

因你耶和华藉着你的作为叫我高兴。（诗92：4）

你信你的罪已经蒙赦，并得了基督完全的替赎吗？那末你应当是多么快乐的一位基督徒呀！你应当怎样地不介意这世上的灾难和困苦呀！既然罪已得赦，那末苦难还算什么呢？路得说：“打吧，主啊！你打吧，因为我的罪已经得了赦免；若你已经赦免了我，那末照你的旨意重重地打我吧！”你也应当用这种精神说：“按着你的旨意使病痛、贫穷、失败、十架、逼迫、临到我吧！你已经赦免了我，我的心便有喜乐。”基督徒呀！你若已得救，有快乐，就当存着感激和爱神的心。靠近挪去你罪的十架；服侍那服侍你的主。“我以神的慈悲劝你们，将身体献上，当作活祭，是圣洁的，是神所喜悦的，你们如此侍奉，乃是理所当然的。”不要使沸腾的歌声一点一点地把你的热心蒸发没有了，要热烈地表现出你爱的记号来。要爱那爱你之主的众弟兄。无论在什么地方若有一个跛足或瘸腿的米非波设就当为约拿单的缘故帮助他。若是有一位可怜的受苦的信徒，要与他同哭，要为那为你哀哭并担负你罪的主的缘故背负他的十字架。你既被基督白白地赦免，就当去把这快乐的赦罪之恩的消息告诉别人，不要把这末大的福分据为已有，秘而不宣，乃要把十字架的福音传扬开来。欢乐并大胆地传扬主的圣名必使你成为一个有能力的传道人，全世界都可作你传福音的讲台。“欢喜快乐地过着圣洁的生活”是最有力量的讲道，但必须主与你同在，圣灵在你里面才行。今晨在未出外之前应当先寻求这快乐。当我们高兴从事神的工作时，我们就勿须怕太快乐了。

八月十四日

经文: 我知道他们的痛苦。（出埃及记三：7）

当孩子歌唱：“我的父亲知道。”，他的心是喜乐的。当我们相信是亲爱的朋友和心灵的温柔良人知道我们的一切时，我们的心灵何等得安慰啊。祂是大医生。祂若知道一切，病人就无需知道自己的病况。肃静吧，焦虑烦躁的心，不要总是猜测怀疑!你现在不知道的事，将来必明白。爱你的大医生耶稣，知道你的心灵正处于逆境中。病人为什么要自己分析药物，考虑所有征状呢？这是医生的工作，不是我的工作。我要作的是信赖，他要作的是诊断。他若在处方单上写了我不能办认的字，我也不会因此感到不自在。反之，我将信赖他永不失败的技术，不论他的工作过程是多么神秘，我要相信结果必会令我满意。而祂是主人。我们只要顺从，不作论断。“仆人不知道主人所作的事。”（约十五：15）建筑师需要在工地上向每个建筑工人解释他的设计图？他若知道自己的意图，这不就够了吗？在陶匠转轮上的泥土不必猜测自己将变成什么形状的器皿。只要陶匠了解他的技巧，泥土的无知有何相干？我的主不该再受像我这般无知的人之质询。而祂是元首。所有的理念全集中在祂那里。手臂能作何判断？脚又能领悟什么？头能完成每一智慧之工，何需其它肢体各自拥有头脑呢？亲爱的主啊，求祢作我们的眼睛，我们的灵魂，并我们的头。让我们满足于只明白祢决定要向我们启示的事。

Evening, August 14

Scripture: “I know their sorrows.”(Exodus 3:7)

The child is cheered as he sings, “This my father knows”; and shall not we be comforted as we discern that our dear Friend and tender soul-husband knows all about us?1. He is the Physician, and if he knows all, there is no need that the patient should know. Hush, thou silly, fluttering heart, prying, peeping, and suspecting! What thou knowest not now, thou shalt know hereafter, and meanwhile Jesus, the beloved Physician, knows thy soul in adversities. Why need the patient analyze all the medicine, or estimate all the symptoms? This is the Physician's work, not mine; it is my business to trust, and his to prescribe. If he shall write his prescription in uncouth characters which I cannot read, I will not be uneasy on that account, but rely upon his unfailing skill to make all plain in the result, however mysterious in the working.2. He is the Master, and his knowledge is to serve us instead of our own; we are to obey, not to judge: “The servant knoweth not what his lord doeth.” Shall the architect explain his plans to every hodman on the works? If he knows his own intent, is it not enough? The vessel on the wheel cannot guess to what pattern it shall be conformed, but if the potter understands his art, what matters the ignorance of the clay? My Lord must not be cross-questioned any more by one so ignorant as I am.3. He is the Head. All understanding centres there. What judgment has the arm? What comprehension has the foot? All the power to know lies in the head. Why should the member have a brain of its own when the head fulfils for it every intellectual office? Here, then, must the believer rest his comfort in sickness, not that he himself can see the end, but that Jesus knows all. Sweet Lord, be thou for ever eye, and soul, and head for us, and let us be content to know only what thou choosest to reveal.

《竭诚为主》8月14日 管教

你不可轻看主的管教，被他责备的时候，也不可灰心。（来十二5）

消灭圣灵的感动是很容易的，只要我们轻看主的管教，在他责备的时候灰心，那便成了。我们对圣灵的认识若是肤浅，就会把影子当作实体，圣灵一拦阻，我们就会说：“嗯，那一定是魔鬼。”

圣灵说：“不要再在这事上盲目了；你不知道自己所处的光景。我一直未能向你显示，但现在我要向你启示。”这时候，你不可消灭圣灵的感动，也不可轻看他。当主这样管教你，就让他去做吧，让他恢复你与神的正常关系。“被他责备的时候，也不可灰心。”我们往往生神的气说：“唉，我也没有办法；我曾祷告，但事情并不如理想，我要全部放弃了。”试想若在生活其他事情上也这样说，会带来怎样的后果！

我是否愿意让神用大能抓紧我，以致他在我身上作他的工作？成圣不是要神为我作什么，乃是神要在我身上作什么。他必要使我心志上有正确的态度，以致不惜任何代价，我也愿意全然成圣。

祈祷◆愿你使我对你的感觉、辨认和专注更加敏锐，以致我最关注的是与你的关系。

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.

八月十四日信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

暂时受苦

经文:「我必因所罗门所行的，使大卫后裔受患难，但不至于永远。」（列王纪上11︰39）

神所爱的，祂必管教，而管教的事当时必觉得不愉快，却是为了让我们远离罪。所罗门受外邦妻妾的引诱，转拜偶像，惹动他父的神的怒气，所以他王国十二支派中的十个支派，自立为王，敌对他。这实在是大卫家的伤痛，因着所罗门王不圣洁的行为，使得神的管教在那个世代临到他们。若神所爱的仆人没有完全遵行神的律，管教就会临到。或许这正是你现在所经历的，让我们在神面前谦卑︰“主啊，开我的眼睛，让我知道我哪里得罪了祢。”

后半句经文——“但不至于永远！”——是何等的安慰！对罪的惩罚是永远的，但神对祂儿女的管教，却是暂时的。或是疾病、贫穷、或是灵里低落，只要管教的目的达到，这些都会过去。还记得吗，我们不是在律法之下，乃是在恩典之下。神管教的杖会使我们学乖，而惩戒的剑也不致让我们死。我们现在的受苦，是要带领我们悔改，好使我们不致与恶者一同灭亡。

Child Chastisement Not Forever

Scripture: "And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever"(1 Kings 11:39).

In the family of grace there is discipline, and that discipline is severe enough to make it an evil and a bitter thing to sin. Solomon, turned aside by his foreign wives, had set up other gods and grievously provoked the God of his father; therefore, ten parts out of twelve of the kingdom were rent away and set up as a rival state. This was a sore affliction to the house of David, and it came upon that dynasty distinctly from the hand of God, as the result of unholy conduct. The LORD will chasten His best beloved servants if they cease from full obedience to His laws: perhaps at this very hour such chastening is upon us. Let us humbly cry,

"O LORD, show me wherefore thou contendest with me."

What a sweet saving clause is that -- "but not for ever"! The punishment of sin is

everlasting, but the fatherly chastisement of it in a child of God is but for a

season. The sickness, the poverty, the depression of spirit, will pass away when they have had their intended effect. Remember, we are not under law but

under grace. The rod may make us smart, but the sword shall not make us die.

Our present grief is meant to bring us to repentance that we may not be

destroyed with the wicked.

八月十四日

在主来之先有很多预兆，例如民攻打民、国攻打国、饥荒、地震、瘟疫、福音传遍天下，对万民作见证，以色列复国，假先知、假基督的出现，离道叛教的事，行毁坏可憎的站在圣地，但其中有一项是对著信徒的：「那时，人要把你们陷在患难里，也要杀害你们；你们又要为我的名，被万民恨恶。」（太二十四9）

　　信徒常有一个意念，信了耶稣之后今生得福，来世上天堂。信了主之后今世来世都要得福百倍，这是真的；但是圣经中所论到的福与世人所说的福不同，我们把主耶稣所讲的八福读过之后，得知主所说的一切福，都是世人所认为祸的，但在属灵的眼光中那些都确实是福。　　圣经中明明地说：我们进入神的国，必须经历许多艰难。尤其是生在末世的信徒，等候主从天降临的圣徒，更当有受苦的心志作为兵器，迎接那将要临到我们的，就是逼迫、杀害和被万民恨恶。主从起初就将这些末后必有的事告诉了我们，使我们到了时候不至于跌倒。

　　时候不多了，圣徒们！起来吧！为著爱我们的主站起来，主怎样为了我们揹起十字架来走上了各各他。我们也当为我们的主走十字架的道路。看哪！主的手中拿著荣耀的冠冕、生命的冠冕、公义的冠冕，多少圣徒都在你的前面过去了！多少圣徒正走在这条路上，还有多少圣徒在后面赶不上来了！为甚么你竟站在路旁观望呢？

　　我的弟兄！加入阵营吧！为主战争一生的保罗，在将离开世界的时候，用严肃、沉重、刚强的声音说：「我儿阿！你要在基督耶稣的恩典上刚强起来。」「你要和我同受苦难，好象基督耶稣的精兵。」（提后二1、3

《荒漠甘泉》8月14日

　　“若不是从上头赐给你的，你就毫无权柄办我。”（约19：11）

　　凡是临到一个信靠顺服神的人身上的事情，没有一件不是神的旨意。这就足够叫我们不息地感谢赞美了。因为神的旨意是世上最有望的，最快活的，最荣耀的东西；他也是全能的；只要我们肯顺服信靠，没有东西能阻止他的旨意。

　　一个深受痛苦的人写信给他的朋友说：“不管这件事多么不公正，多么象出乎撒旦，我一想到这事临到我，是神的旨意，并且是叫我得益处的，我就立刻觉得荣耀了。”感谢神，我们晓得万事都互相效力，叫爱神的人得益处。就是被卖这一件事，基督尚且说，“我父所给我的那杯，我岂可不喝呢？”（约18：11）如果我们生活在神的旨意中，我们的生活是何等佳美呢？撒旦给我们的一切袭击，不但无力伤害我们，并且在半路上都已经变成祝福了。

八月十五

天将晚，以撒出来在田间默想。（创世记24：63）

以撒所做的事很令人羡慕。有些人一有空就与同伴闲聊，看闲书或是作无谓的消遣，若他们有智慧的话，一定不愿做这些虚空的事，而喜欢默想。这是更有益的相伴，更有趣的约会。若是我们能多独自静默的话，就能多得知识，生活也能更靠近神，并能在恩典中有长进。默想如同咀嚼灵粮并从中吸收真正的精华和有用的养分。若我们的主题是耶稣的话，那么默想便是一件甜美的事。以撒在独自默想时看到了利百加，有很多人也在默想的时候找到了他们的至爱——耶稣基督。

以撒所选择的地方很令人羡慕。田间的景物使我们可以思想经上的话语。从香柏树到牛膝草，从高翔的苍鹰到低诉的蚱蜢，从广阔蔚蓝的天到一滴晶莹的露水，这一切都满了教训。当神开了我们心眼的时候，那些教训马上会令我们恍然大悟，比撰书中的描述更活灵活现。我们的斗室哪有田间那么有益健康、那么富有启发性、那么宜人、那么激励人心呀！我们不要把任何东西当作是平常或不洁的，而应当认为一切受造之物都在指向造物主，那么田间立时就变为圣地了。

以撒选择默想的时间也是很明智的。日落时，天幕低垂，放下世务与神相交是件很快乐的事。夕阳的余辉能激发我们的好奇，肃穆的夜色也能引起我们的敬畏心。亲爱的读者！若是一天的事情已经完毕，若你能花一小时的工夫到田间漫步，那是再好不过的事了。若是不能的话，神也在城市里，也能与你在密室或闹市中相遇。愿你的心前去迎见祂吧！

八月十五日

经文: 赐给你们的肉心。（以西结书三十六：26）

肉心就是对罪敏感。甚至只是短暂地纵容它作不正当的幻想或容许它有些许卑下的欲望，都足以使此肉心在上帝的面前忧伤。唯有石心才视极大的邪恶为无足轻重。肉心对上帝的旨意是善感的，肉心献给上帝后，每当天国向它呼气时，它就像白杨树叶般地颤动；每当上帝的灵向它吹出微风时，它便如垂柳低头。人与生俱来的本性就像冷硬的铁，不能经锤击成形；但是更新了的意愿却如熔融金属，可很快被恩典之手模制。在肉心内，有爱情的温柔。刚硬的心不爱救赎主，更新的心向祂燃烧着爱情。刚硬的心是自私的、冷酷的，它会问：“何以我要为罪哭泣？为何我当爱主？”但是肉心会答覆道：“主啊，祢知道我爱你。求助我爱祢更深！”这类更新的心已准备好去接受属灵的祝福，而祝福也必临到它。它会将每样从天而来的果子献给上帝，尊崇祂，赞美祂，以此讨主的喜悦。温柔的心是抵抗罪的最佳防御，也是为进天国的最佳准备。一颗更新的心站在它的守望台上，盼望等候主耶稣的再临。你是否有这的肉心。

Evening, August 15

Scripture: “And I will give you an heart of flesh.”(Ezekiel 36:26)

A heart of flesh is known by its tenderness concerning sin. To have indulged a foul imagination, or to have allowed a wild desire to tarry even for a moment, is quite enough to make a heart of flesh grieve before the Lord. The heart of stone calls a great iniquity nothing, but not so the heart of flesh.“If to the right or left I stray,That moment, Lord, reprove;And let me weep my life away,For having grieved thy love”The heart of flesh is tender of God's will. My Lord Will-be-will is a great blusterer, and it is hard to subject him to God's will; but when the heart of flesh is given, the will quivers like an aspen leaf in every breath of heaven, and bows like an osier in every breeze of God's Spirit. The natural will is cold, hard iron, which is not to be hammered into form, but the renewed will, like molten metal, is soon moulded by the hand of grace. In the fleshy heart there is a tenderness of the affections. The hard heart does not love the Redeemer, but the renewed heart burns with affection towards him. The hard heart is selfish and coldly demands, “Why should I weep for sin? Why should I love the Lord?” But the heart of flesh says; “Lord, thou knowest that I love thee; help me to love thee more!” Many are the privileges of this renewed heart; “'Tis here the Spirit dwells, 'tis here that Jesus rests.” It is fitted to receive every spiritual blessing, and every blessing comes to it. It is prepared to yield every heavenly fruit to the honour and praise of God, and therefore the Lord delights in it. A tender heart is the best defence against sin, and the best preparation for heaven. A renewed heart stands on its watchtower looking for the coming of the Lord Jesus. Have you this heart of flesh?

《竭诚为主》8月15日 新生的迹象

你们必须重生。（约三7）

“人老了，如何能重生呢？”答案是在于人肯死去－－对自己的权利、德行、宗教，以及其他一切全然死去，然后接受一个他从来没有的生命。这新生命是从有意识的悔改，及不自觉的成圣中孕育出来。

“凡接待他的。”（约一12）我对耶稣的认识，是因内在属灵生命的体会，还是从听人家讲论而来？我生命中有没有什么使我与主耶稣相连，使我以他为个人救主？一切的灵性历史，都必须以个人认识作为基石。重生的意思，就是我看见了主耶稣。

“人若不重生，就不能见神的国。”（约三3）我是否在寻找天国？还是看到神的统治？重生使我有了新的异象，叫我能够体察神的统治。他的统治其实一直存在，是与他的本性相符的；如今我既接受了他，就看得见他的统治。“凡从神生的，就不犯罪。”（约壹三9）我是设法不犯罪？还是已经停止犯罪？从神生的，就有神超然的能力，可以停止犯罪。圣经从没有问：基督徒应否犯罪？圣经强调基督徒必不可犯罪。新生命的效能就是使我们不犯罪，不单是有能力不犯罪，而是根本停止去犯。约翰一书三章9节不是说我们没有犯罪的可能；乃是说我们若顺服神在我们里面的生命，就不会犯罪。

祈祷◆主啊，我似乎令你忧心－－那将会带来什么后果呢？让我在你的门口守候和等待。

August 15 Signs Of The New Birth

“Ye must be born again.” John 3:7

The answer to the question “How can a man be born when he is old?” is – When he is old enough to die – to die right out to his “rag rights,” to his virtues, to his religion, to everything, and to receive into himself the life which never was there before. The new life manifests itself in conscious repentance and unconscious holiness.

“As many as received Him.” (John 1:12) Is my knowledge of Jesus born of internal spiritual perception, or is it only what I have learned by listening to others? Have I something in my life that connects me with the Lord Jesus as my personal Saviour? All spiritual history must have a personal knowledge for its bedrock. To be born again means that I see Jesus.

“Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3) Do I seek for signs of the Kingdom, or do I perceive God's rule? The new birth gives a new power of vision whereby I begin to discern God's rule. His rule was there all the time, but true to His nature; now that I have received His nature I can see His rule.

“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin.” (1 John 3:9) Do I seek to stop sinning or have I stopped sinning? To be born of God means that I have the supernatural power of God to stop sinning. In the Bible it is never – Should a Christian sin? The Bible puts it emphatically – A Christian must not sin. The effective working of the new birth life in us is that we do not commit sin, not merely that we have the power not to sin, but that we have stopped sinning. 1 John 3:9 does not mean that we cannot sin; it means that if we obey the life of God in us, we need not sin.

八月十五信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

主名可靠

经文:「你们奉我的名无论求什么，我必成就，叫父因儿子得荣耀。」（约翰福音14︰13）

并非每个信徒都学会了奉耶稣的名祷告。祷告不仅是为了主的缘故祈求，更是奉耶稣的名，用祂所赐的权柄来祈求，这是对祷告的很高的要求。如果我们想要的，有任何亵渎神的成分，那么我们就会不敢奉主的宝名祈求；但若我们的祈求是正确、正当的，我们就敢奉耶稣的名求，而这祈求也必定蒙应允。

祈求的必成就，因要叫圣父藉圣子得荣耀，让神的真理、信实、权能、恩典得着彰显。当我们奉主名祈求的，得蒙应允，这会彰显天父对圣子的爱，是赐给圣子应有的尊荣。天父的荣耀和耶稣的荣耀乃是相互联结，互为彼此彰显恩典，就像一道河因着有丰沛的源头而出名，而源头也因着河道的畅流而为人广知。若我们祷告，不能荣耀我们主的名，我们就不会祷告，但若我们祷告，能使祂的名得荣耀，我们就不要停止奉祂的名祈求，因为藉着祂的宝名，天父和祂的子民得以同享喜乐的团契。

A Name Guarantee

Scripture: "And whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son"(John 14:13).

It is not every believer who has yet learned to pray in Christ's name. To ask not only for His sake, but in His name, as authorized by Him, is a high order of prayer. We would not dare to ask for some things in that blessed name, for it would be a wretched profanation of it; but when the petition is so clearly right that we dare set the name of Jesus to it, then it must be granted.

Prayer is all the more sure to succeed because it is for the Father's glory through the Son. It glorifies His truth, His faithfulness, His power, His grace. The granting of prayer, when offered in the name of Jesus, reveals the Father's love to Him, and the honor which He has put upon Him. The glory of Jesus and of the Father are so wrapped up together that the grace which magnifies the one magnifies the other. The channel is made famous through the fullness of the fountain, and the fountain is honored through the channel by which it flows. If the answering of our prayers would dishonor our LORD, we would not pray; but since in this thing He is

glorified, we will pray without ceasing in that dear name in which God and His

people have a fellowship of delight.

八月十五日

神在创造人以前，先创造了万物，等造完了人之后，神就在第七日安息了；祂也把人带进安息之中，使人成为享受的中心，可是人在这样安息的好环境中没能长久，很快就被撒但拖进罪恶之中。以致身体得不著安息，心灵也得不著安息。

　　后来神叫摩西领以色列人进入安息，但摩西没把以色列人领进去，连摩西自己也未能进入安息，在摩西的诗中有几句是这样说：「我们经过的日子，都在祢震怒之下；我们度尽的年岁，好象一声叹息……但其中所矜夸的，不过是劳苦愁烦；转眼成空。」（诗九十9至10）

　　继承摩西的约书亚，虽然领以色列人进入迦南地，也没能把以色列人领进安息去。在律法之下的人，那最成功的摩西都不能进入安息，其余的就更谈不到进入安息了。　　先知耶利米说：「我的痛苦，为何长久不止呢？我的伤痕，为何无法医治、不能痊愈呢？难道你待我有诡诈，象流干的河道么？」（耶十五18）

　　但新约之下的圣徒，主已经为我们先进了安息，祂比摩西和约书亚有力量能领我们进入安息。耶利米得不到滋润，我们却有了生命的活水，成为泉源直涌到永生，凡到主面前来的人，祂就赐他们安息。我们看见在基督里的古圣徒，他们虽然在逼迫、患难之中，都是欢欢喜喜的，因为他们进入安息了。你这忧虑的人哪！安息已经预备好了，为甚么不起来进入呢？口渴的人哪！活水就在你眼前，为甚么不喝呢？

　　「你们一切干渴的都当就近水来；没有银钱的也可以来；你们都来，买了吃；不用银钱，不用价值，也来买酒和奶。」（赛五十五）

《荒漠甘泉》8月15日

　　“我们进入神的国，必须经历许多艰难。”（徒14：22）

　　人生最佳美的东西，都是从苦难中得来的。麦子必须磨碎，才能做成面包。香料必须经火，才能发出浓郁的香气。泥土必须耕松，才能适于下种。照样，一个破碎的心，才会得到神的喜悦。人生最甜蜜的欢乐，都是忧伤的果子。我们必须亲身经历许多艰难，然后才会去安慰别人。

　　如果你渴望作一个安慰使者，如果你愿意有分于怜恤的恩赐，如果你想从你身上流出新鲜的慰语来扶持受试炼的弟兄姊妹，如果你要在日常过着光圆的生活不叫别人感到你的酸辣，你必须甘心乐意地付一笔昂贵的教育费——你必须象主那样受苦。

八月十六日

要将耶和华的名所当得的荣耀归给他。（诗29：2）

神的荣耀是因着他的性情和行动而得的。他的性情是荣耀的，因为他的一切都是圣洁的，在神里面都是纯全、可爱的。他必须是荣耀的，从他的性情所发出的一切行动也是荣耀的。他要向他所造的显出他的慈爱、恩典和公义，他也要使他们将荣耀归给他自己。我们没有什么可以荣耀自己的，因为那造我们的是叫我们彼此分什么尊卑高下吗？我们所接受的一切不都是出于神一切的恩典吗？那末我们应当怎样谦卑地在神面前而行啊！世上既然只有一位当得荣耀的，那末当我们荣耀自己的时候，就是强夺与至高者同等的地位了。蜉蝣能与使它生存的太阳争荣吗？瓦器能高抬自己在抟弄它的之上吗？尘埃能与旋风抗衡吗？洋海中的涓滴能与巨浪争竞吗？你们一切义人哪！当将荣耀和力量完全归于耶和华；要把他当得的尊荣给他。或许基督徒的生活要经过很多争斗才能学会下面一句话：“耶和华啊！荣耀不要归与我们，不要归与我们；要因你的慈爱和诚实归在你的名下。”这是神时时教导我们的功课，有时要用苦痛的管教方法来教导我们。基督徒若是夸口说他“凡事都能作”，而不在这句话之前说“我*着那加给我力量的”，不久他就必说“我什么也不能作”，也必抱愧蒙羞。当我们为神工作时，他必悦纳我们所作的，他让我们把冠冕放在他的脚前说：“这原不是我，乃是神的恩与我同在。”

八月十六日

经文: 就是我们这有圣灵初结果子的。（罗马书八：23）

现在，我们有圣灵初结的果子。我们有悔改的宝石、有无价珍珠般的信心、有天堂绿宝石般的盼望、有荣耀红宝石般的爱。藉着圣灵的工作，我们己经成为在基督耶稣里新造的人（参阅林后五：17）。这果子会被称为初结的果子因为那是首先结出的。正如以色列人用收成中最先成熟的收获献作摇祭一样，属灵生命及装饰那生命的一切恩典都是的圣灵在我们灵魂中的首先工作。而初结的果子是收成的保证。一旦以色列人摘下第一把成熟的麦穗，就能期盼车辆满载、车轮在禾捆下吱嘎发响的快乐时光。当上帝赐给我们纯净、可爱与好名声时，就是向我们预告将来的荣耀。而初结的果子于上帝总是圣洁的。我们的新性情和这性情所有的能力，都是奉为神圣的。新生命不是我们的，不应当将它的卓越性视为自己的功绩，它是基督的形像，是基督所造的，因此定规是祂的荣耀。而初结的果子并不是全部的收成，圣灵此刻在我们里面的工作尚未完成。完全的工作尚未来到。因此我们不能自夸以为已经“抵达”目的地，视摇祭为年度的全部收获。我们必须有饥渴慕义的心，渴望完全得赎之日，让你今晚大大张口，上帝将充满。寻求更高层次的成圣，你的主将恩赐你。“上帝能……充充足足的成就一切超过我们所求所想的。”（弗三：20）

Evening, August 16

Scripture: “Ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit.”(Romans 8:23)

Present possession is declared. At this present moment we have the first fruits of the Spirit. We have repentance, that gem of the first water; faith, that priceless pearl; hope, the heavenly emerald; and love, the glorious ruby. We are already made “new creatures in Christ Jesus,” by the effectual working of God the Holy Ghost. This is called the firstfruit because it comes first. As the wave-sheaf was the first of the harvest, so the spiritual life, and all the graces which adorn that life, are the first operations of the Spirit of God in our souls. The firstfruits were the pledge of the harvest. As soon as the Israelite had plucked the first handful of ripe ears, he looked forward with glad anticipation to the time when the wain should creak beneath the sheaves. So, brethren, when God gives us things which are pure, lovely, and of good report, as the work of the Holy Spirit, these are to us the prognostics of the coming glory. The firstfruits were always holy to the Lord, and our new nature, with all its powers, is a consecrated thing. The new life is not ours that we should ascribe its excellence to our own merit; it is Christ's image and creation, and is ordained for his glory. But the firstfruits were not the harvest, and the works of the Spirit in us at this moment are not the consummation－the perfection is yet to come. We must not boast that we have attained, and so reckon the wave-sheaf to be all the produce of the year: we must hunger and thirst after righteousness, and pant for the day of full redemption. Dear reader, this evening open your mouth wide, and God will fill it. Let the boon in present possession excite in you a sacred avarice for more grace. Groan within yourself for higher degrees of consecration, and your Lord will grant them to you, for he is able to do exceeding abundantly above what we ask or even think.

《竭诚为主》8月16日 认识我吗？

他按着名叫自己的羊。（约十3）

当我误会祂时，祂认识我吗？（约二十17）人可以认识所有教义，却不一定认识耶稣。若教义只是霸占了与主的相亲，那人就陷入危机里。马利亚为什么哭？教义对马利亚来说，无重于脚下的草。任何法利赛人都可以在教义上愚弄马利亚，可是有一件事实却是他们无法抹煞的；耶稣曾从她身上赶出七个鬼。不过祂的赐福，绝对比不上祂自己。马利亚“看见耶稣站在那里，却不知道是耶稣。”但当她一听见祂的声音，便立刻知道说话的那一位原与她有关系。“夫子！”

在我固执地怀疑时，祂认识我吗？（约二十27）我有没有对主某一方面存疑－－怀疑人家的见证，因为我没有那样的经历？门徒告诉多马看见了主，多马却怀疑－－“我非看见……我总不信。”多马需要主耶稣个人的接触。祂什么时候触摸，怎样触摸，我们不晓得，但当这临到，是何等的宝贵哩。“我的主，我的神！”

我自私地不认祂时，祂认识我吗？（约二十一15-17）彼得曾发咒起誓不认耶稣，但主复活以后，却单独向他显现。祂扶起他，然后又在别人面前复兴他。“主啊，你知道我爱你！”（约二十15-17）我与耶稣基督有没有一段个人的历史？门徒的标记之一，就是与主紧密的联系，深切的认识祂，以致任何东西也不能摇动对祂的信心。

祈祷◆我们所需要的就只有你！愿今天我们与你的亲密关系，成为永远难忘的日子！

August 16 Does He Know Me?

“He calleth . . . by name.” John 10:3

When I have sadly misunderstood Him? (John 10:17) It is possible to know all about doctrine and yet not know Jesus. The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus. Why was Mary weeping? Doctrine was no more to Mary than the grass under her feet. Any Pharisee could have made a fool of Mary doctrinally, but one thing they could not ridicule out of her was the fact that Jesus had cast seven demons out of her; yet His blessings were nothing in comparison to Himself. Mary “saw Jesus standing and knew not that it was Jesus . . ;” immediately she heard the voice, she knew she had a past history with the One who spoke. “Master!”

When I have stubbornly doubted? (John 10:27) Have I been doubting something about Jesus – an experience to which others testify but which I have not had? The other disciples told Thomas that they had seen Jesus, but Thomas doubted – “Except I shall see . . , I will not believe.” Thomas needed the personal touch of Jesus. When His touches come, or how they come, we do not know; but when they do come they are indescribably precious. “My Lord and my God!”

When I have selfishly denied Him? (John 21:15-17) Peter had denied Jesus Christ with oaths and curses, and yet after the Resurrection Jesus appeared to Peter alone. He restored him in private, then He restored him before the others. “Lord, Thou knowest that I love Thee.”

Have I a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one sign of discipleship is intimate connection with Him, a knowledge of Jesus Christ which nothing can shake.

八月十六日信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

认罪悔改

经文: 「遮掩自己罪过的，必不亨通；承认离弃罪过的，必蒙怜恤。」（箴言28︰13）

神要施恩拯救有心悔改的罪人。他必须停止掩饰罪恶的习惯，因为这是否认罪的虚假行径，借着粉饰来隐藏罪；借着吹嘘而使罪合理化；借着振振有词来弥补罪的漏洞。罪人的工作就是承认罪，离弃它，两者必须同时进行。「认罪」必须向着神认，这包括承认这事情本身罪恶的性质，以及对这罪的憎恶。我们不能把责任推卸给别人，抱怨环境，抱怨人性的弱点。我们必须奋力抵挡罪恶至头破血流的地步，抵制它，告发它，然后才能有一颗清洁的心，来到 神面前，蒙祂悦纳。

此外，我们必须离弃它；因为我们曾经有过这样的过犯，所以无论现在或未来，有任何使我们重陷罪网的可能性我们都必须弃绝。我们不能一边与神同在，一边又想享受罪中之乐，这两者之间是没有妥协的余地。犯罪的恶习必须停止，远离会引诱我们犯罪的地方、朋友，甚至那些会污染我们思想的书籍，也要远避。然后，借着耶稣的宝血，彻底的认罪悔改，信心的祷告，使我们得蒙释放，尝到赦罪所带来的喜乐与平安。

Uncover and Confess Sin

Scripture: "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy"(Proverbs 28:13).

Here is the way of mercy for a guilty and repenting sinner. He must cease

from the habit of covering sin. This is attempted by falsehood, which denies

sin; by hypocrisy, which conceals it; by boasting, which justifies it; and by

loud profession, which tries to make amends for it.

The sinner's business is to confess and forsake. The two must go together. Confession must be honestly made to the LORD Himself, and it must include within itself acknowledgment of the wrong, sense of its evil, and abhorrence of it. We must not throw the fault upon others, nor blame circumstances, nor plead natural weakness. We must make a clean breast of it and plead guilty to the indictment. There can be no mercy till this is done.

Furthermore, we must forsake the evil; having owned our fault, we must disown all present and future intent to abide in it. We cannot remain in rebellion and yet dwell with the King's majesty. The habit of evil must be quitted, together with all places, companions, pursuits, and books which might lead us astray. Not for confession, nor for reformation, but in connection with them we find pardon by faith in the blood of Jesus.

八月十六日

主在我们里面，和主的话在我们里面是不同的，主在我们里面是我们的生命，主的话在我们里面是我们的知识；主的话要紧，主自己更要紧。

　　天天读圣经，甚至于把圣经都背得出，这样不算得著王的话，主的话我们相信了才算是著；我们若不信神的话，仅仅是知道、记著，这于我们没有关系，不能成为我们自己的。有不信主的人背过许多圣经上的话，因为他从前在教会学校读过书。但他并未得著神的话，因为他不信。

　　神的话不是专用记性来接受的，乃是用信心来接受的。

　　我们已经信主的人，虽然相信圣经是神的话，但我们没有信心与神的话相调合，那就是我们没有得著神的话。我们就是用信心得著神的话，和得著主自己仍不相同。得著主的话是我们的力量、安慰、帮助。得著主自己是得著生命、得著神性、得著主的一切丰富，把主象饼一样吃下去，象水一样喝下去。主在我们的里面，我们也在主的里面。

　　那么我们如何得著主自己呢？得著主自己仍需要有信心，我们第一次得著了主耶稣是因为我们信，主继续在我们里面加增，仍需要有信。主和祂的一切恩典，都不需要代价，因为人付不起代价；神把祂儿子和万有一同白白地赐给我们，衹有一个法子可以承受，就是信，除了信再没有别的法子。

　　「你们总要自己省察有信心没有；也要自己试验；岂不知你们若不是可弃绝的，就有耶稣基督在你们心里么？」（林后十三5）

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　　“我曾耐性等候耶和华。”（诗40：1）

　　你知道吗？等候比前进困难得多。等候需要忍耐，忍耐是一件难得的美德。神在他子民的四周都在建筑篱笆保护他们。当篱笆越筑越高，甚至连顶也看不见的时候，我们就要发急——极欲知道以后有没有机会能从这个幽闭的势力范围里出去，我们不能明白为什么我们不能有一个较大的环境。但是神在他一切工作上都是有目的的。“义人的脚步，被耶和华立定。。”（诗三十七：23）。

　　在莫勒的圣经上这一节经文旁边注着，“义人的止步也被耶和华立定。”但是我们却常常喜欢穿出神为我们所建筑的篱笆外去，这实在是一个极大的错误。一个基督徒如果已经确实知道是神将他放在他的地位上的，他千万不可以轻易活动；直到云柱移动了，他才可以移动；这是极重要的。——译自主日学报

　　什么时候我们学会了每件事情等待神的引导，什么时候我们就会知道只有在安静中，我们的灵力才会达到最高点。我们中间有许多人缺乏这种安静的力量。但是如果神指定我们去作一件工作，他必定会给我们够用的力量。耐性等候，遵行神的引导——这是得能力的秘诀。神旨意之外的，都是浪费。让我们等候神的引导罢。——戈登　

　    在神的引导没有来到之先，我们实行不动，坐看良机错失，结果岂不是一个极大的失败吗？不；胜利就是在不动中，静候中得到的。这要比活动艰难千倍。这个需要更大的勇气去站住，等候，不丧胆，不绝望；绝对顺从神的旨意；将工作和荣誉让给他人；别人都快快活活，忙忙碌碌在工作，自己却能安安静静，带着信心而欢乐。这才是最伟大的生活——“成就了一切，还能站立得住。”（弗6：13）。——密勒