4月28日

章伯斯原著 | 听见录制 | 主播:胡正军


但你无论往哪里去,我必使你们以自己的命为掠物。(耶45:5)

主对信靠祂的人,有一个坚定不移的秘密,就是“我要把你的生命给你”。除了生命,人还要什么呢?生命是最重要的。


“以自己的命为掠物”,意思是不论你到哪里去,甚至进入地狱,你仍然能够带着生命出来,没有任何事物能害你的。我们多半被事物的荣美所吸引;其实受吸引的不该是属物质的产业,而是所蒙的祝福。


一切都会过去;但有一样比这些更荣美,且永不过去--就是“与基督一同藏在神里面的生命”。


你是否愿意与神联合,不再注目于你所谓的“大事”上?你愿否尽弃所有,付之东流?放弃一切,就是不再问:“那么,这个又怎么办?”


 要提防一切的假设。一旦容让“怎么办”,就是意味着你仍未肯放弃一切,仍未肯完全信靠神。只要你肯放下一切,就不再担心神会怎样办。


放下一切就是约制自己发问的意念。你若完全撇下给神,祂就立即说:“我必使你以自己的命为掠物。”


人对生命厌倦的原因,是神没有赏给他什么,他并未得着生命的掠物。要脱离这景况,就要完全向神降服。


经历了完全向神顺服,你会成为地上最惊喜的人;神完全得着了你,把生命赐给了你。但如果你尚未到达这地步,可能是你不肯顺服,也可能是你不够单纯。

祈祷


噢,主啊,我的灵魂因着信靠祢而发出赞美,愿我的灵魂紧随着祢的抚摸和笑容,除去我任何混乱的思想或幻想,免致我在基督里的真纯遭受污染。

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What You Will Get


I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go. —Jeremiah 45:5


This is the firm and immovable secret of the Lord to those who trust Him– “I will give your life to you….” What more does a man want than his life? It is the essential thing. “…your life…as a prize…” means that wherever you may go, even if it is into hell, you will come out with your life and nothing can harm it. So many of us are caught up in exhibiting things for others to see, not showing off property and possessions, but our blessings. All these things that we so proudly show have to go. But there is something greater that can never go– the life that “is hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3).


Are you prepared to let God take you into total oneness with Himself, paying no more attention to what you call the great things of life? Are you prepared to surrender totally and let go? The true test of abandonment or surrender is in refusing to say, “Well, what about this?” Beware of your own ideas and speculations. The moment you allow yourself to think, “What about this?” you show that you have not surrendered and that you do not really trust God. But once you do surrender, you will no longer think about what God is going to do. Abandonment means to refuse yourself the luxury of asking any questions. If you totally abandon yourself to God, He immediately says to you, “I will give your life to you as a prize….” The reason people are tired of life is that God has not given them anything— they have not been given their life “as a prize.” The way to get out of that condition is to abandon yourself to God. And once you do get to the point of total surrender to Him, you will be the most surprised and delighted person on earth. God will have you absolutely, without any limitations, and He will have given you your life. If you are not there, it is either because of disobedience in your life or your refusal to be simple enough.