11月1日 你不屬自己
豈不知……你們不是自己的人。（林前六19）
一個在耶穌基督受苦上有份的人，根本就沒有所謂的私生活，亦即“世界裡的世界”。神把聖徒的私生活打碎了，造成一條通道，是通往他自己的通道。除非人與主耶穌認同，否則沒有人能受得住這個。我們成聖，不是為自己，乃是蒙召同得福音的好處；與我們無關的事發生，為要叫我們與神相交。所以，要讓神旨意通行，否則你不但在他救贖世界的大工上沒有絲毫用處，反成為阻礙。
神首先做的，是使我們面對最粗陋的現實，直至我們對任何發生在個人身上的事不再介懷，只要他救贖的目的達成。我們為何不可以經歷一下心痛欲絕呢？通過這些門徒，神開啟與他兒子相通的道路。多半人一受痛楚就僕倒；我們坐在神心意的門檻上，死在自憐自憫之中。信徒間所謂同情心，更加速了死亡率。神卻不是這樣，他拿著他兒子釘痕的手，說：“進來與我相交，起來發光。”若破碎的心靈能使神的旨意在世上成就，那麼，要為他破碎你的心而感謝他。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，願你今天的話帶著能力和恩慈。願你引導我，與你進入內心隱密的相交，以致你可以正確地傳達你自己。
November 1 Ye Are Not Your Own
“Know ye not that . . ye are
not your own?” 1 Corinthians 6:19
There is no such thing as a private life –
“a world within the world” – for a man or woman who is brought into fellowship
with Jesus Christ’s sufferings. God breaks up the private life of His saints,
and makes it a thoroughfare for the world on the one hand and for Himself on
the other. No human being can stand that unless he is identified with Jesus
Christ. We are not sanctified for ourselves, we are called into the fellowship
of the Gospel, and things happen which have nothing to do with us, God is getting
us into fellowship with Himself. Let Him have His way, if you do not, instead
of being of the slightest use to God in His Redemptive work in the world, you
will be a hindrance and a clog.
The first thing God does with us is to get
us based on rugged Reality until we do not care what becomes of us individually
as long as He gets His way for the purpose of His Redemption. Why shouldn’t we
go through heartbreaks? Through those doorways God is opening up ways of
fellowship with His Son. Most of us fall and collapse at the first grip of
pain; we sit down on the threshold of God’s purpose and die away of self-pity,
and all so called Christian sympathy will aid us to our death bed. But God will
not. He comes with the grip of the pierced hand of His Son, and says – “Enter
into fellowship with Me; arise and shine.” If through a broken heart God can
bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your
heart.
