1月20日 你對每事物都有新鮮的感覺嗎？
人若不重生，就不能見神的國。（約三3）
有時我們對祈禱會很感興趣，但對洗髒靴子卻一點興趣也沒有。
從聖靈重生，絕無疑問是神的工作，這如風的來去無踪，像神一樣叫人驚訝莫測。我們不曉得它始于何方，卻隱藏在我們生命的深處。從神而來的重生，是連綿不絕、永不衰息的永恒開端。這生命在任何時刻都是有生氣的——在思想上、話語上、生活上，都是如此；是不住活在神測不透的奇妙中。陳舊腐朽的思想表示有些地方與神脫節了。“我一定要這樣做，否則永遠也辦不成。”這是臣服的第一迹象。我們這一分鐘是否活潑重生？還是呆滯不前，絞盡腦汁地去找事情來做？活潑的生命不是從順服而來，乃是從聖靈而來的。順服不過使我們活在光中，正如神活在光中一樣。
緊緊維持你與神的關係。耶穌禱告說：“使他們合一，正如我們合一一樣。”毫無阻隔地，讓你生命全然地向他敞開，不要對他裝模作樣。除神之外，你還能從其他源頭支取生命嗎？若你不單靠他，還去靠賴別的東西，那麽他什麽時候走了，你也不覺察。
從聖靈而生的意思是何等深廣，超乎我們一般所論的。它給我們新的异象，使我們對每事每物都感到新鮮有趣，這都因神源源不斷的生命力。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，吹向我，直至我的意念、心思和氣質，都能與你一致。我的依靠在乎你。我再一次透徹認識到，沒有了你，我是何其失喪！
January 20 Are You Fresh For
Everything?
“Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3
Sometimes we are fresh for a
prayer meeting but not fresh for cleaning boots!
Being born again of the
Spirit is an unmistakable work of God, as mysterious as the wind, as surprising
as God Himself. We do not know where it begins, it is hidden away in the depths
of our personal life. Being born again from above is a perennial, perpetual and
eternal beginning; a freshness all the time in thinking and in talking and in
living, the continual surprise of the life of God. Staleness is an indication
of something out of joint with God – “I must do this thing or it will never be
done.” That is the first sign of staleness. Are we freshly born this minute or
are we stale, raking in our minds for something to do? Freshness does not come
from obedience but from the Holy Spirit; obedience keeps us in the light as God
is in the light.
Guard jealously your
relationship to God. Jesus prayed “that they may be one, even as we are one” –
nothing between. Keep all the life perennially open to Jesus Christ, don’t
pretend with Him. Are you drawing your life from any other source than God
Himself? If you are depending upon anything but Him, you will never know when
He is gone.
Being born of the Spirit
means much more than we generally take it to mean. It gives us a new vision and
keeps us absolutely fresh for everything by the perennial supply of the life of
God.
