12月13日
求什麼？
常常禱告，不可灰心。（路十八1）
你若不深信救贖的實在，就無法代求；因為你只會把代求變成對人類無可奈何的同情，徒增人的自滿自足，與神隔絕。代求，是把激動你心的那個人或事，帶到神面前，直到你被神對那人那事的態度所推動。代求是“補滿基督患難的缺欠”，無怪乎代求的人那麼少。很多人說代求是“設身處地的為那人著想”，不！代求其實是把自己放在神的位置上，從他的角度看事物。
作為一個神的工人，你所知道的實情是神要你知道的，否則便會重壓難當。知得過多，過於神要你知道的，你就無法禱告；因人的景況把你壓下去，以致你不能進入現實去。
我們的工作是在凡事上與神聯繫，可是我們卻因做個活躍不已的工人，而推卸這個職責。我們拼命做一些可統計的工作，但不做代求的工作。代求是完全沒有纏繞網羅的，因為可使我們與神的關係完全敝開。
代求時要當心的，就是不要草草了事。心靈必須著實地接觸神的生命。試想神在我們生命的路途上，叫我們遇見多少的人，而我們卻輕易的讓他們溜走。若我們踏穩在救贖的根基上禱告，神就會創造除代求以外無法成就的新事。
祈禱◆主啊，願你高舉我，使我靠近你，以致你那完美的閃耀著喜樂的救恩，能為著你的榮耀而臨到我和照亮我。求你保守我，讓我向你的代求通行無阻。
December
13 What To Pray For
“Men
ought always to pray, and not to faint” Luke 18:1
You cannot
intercede if you do not believe in the reality of the Redemption; you will turn
intercession into futile sympathy with human beings which will only increase
their submissive content to being out of touch with God. In intercession you
bring the person, or the circumstance that impinges on you before God until you
are moved by His attitude towards that person or circumstance. Intercession
means filling up “that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ,” and that
is why there are so few intercessors. Intercession is put on the line of – “Put
yourself in his place.” Never! Try to put yourself in God’s place.
As a worker,
be careful to keep pace with the communications of reality from God or you will
be crushed. If you know too much, more than God has engineered for you to know,
you cannot pray, the condition of the people is so crushing that you cannot get
through to reality.
Our work
lies in coming into definite contact with God about everything, and we shirk it
by becoming active workers. We do the things that can be tabulated but we will
not intercede. Intercession is the one thing that has no snares, because it
keeps our relationship with God completely open.
The thing to
watch in intercession is that no soul is patched up, a soul must get through
into contact with the life of God. Think of the number of souls God has brought
about our path and we have dropped them! When we pray on the ground of
Redemption, God creates something He can create in no other way than through
intercessory prayer.
