4月12日
标 题： 真理是祂
经 节： 门徒来叫醒了祂，说：“夫子！夫子！我们丧命啦！”耶稣醒了，斥责那狂风大浪；风浪就止住，平静了。耶稣对他们说：“你们的信心在哪里呢？”（路加福音八章24～25节上）
真理是有位格的，它不是一种观念。耶稣说祂是真理（约翰福音十四：6）。也就是说，除非能先听从耶稣，你永远不会了解自己的真实处境。门徒以为自己快要丧命在暴风雨之中。他们是渔夫，所以了解海洋，也清楚自己的处境。他们观看四周的环境，相信自己快要丧命的“真理”。但是他们错了，真理就睡在他们的船尾！
因为门徒中有些人是渔夫，他们宁愿相信自己专业知识的判断与智慧，却没有认清只有耶稣知道他们真正的处境。有时候，人类在生活某方面的知识使我们盲目，对自己极度渴望听到真理的需要，竟然视而不见。
当耶稣开口，门徒就看到自己真实的处境。风浪平静了！门徒曾经眼见耶稣行过许多神迹，但是从未见识过祂的大能居然战胜大自然。我们的反应常常很像门徒们。我们可能最近才经历神大能的作为，过去也可能经历过无数次的属灵胜利。然而，当一个新的惊恐情况出现时，我们照样极度恐慌地大叫：“主啊！救我！我受不了，要丧命啦！”这时，神会提醒我们祂的供应，说：“我照样能控制整个情况，经过这件事，你将会更认识我。”
你是否以惧怕替换信心？如果你是如此，要有被神斥责的准备。
Truth Is a Person
And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are
perishing!” Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the
water. And they ceased, and there was a calm. But He said to them, “Where
is your faith?” (Luke 8:24-25)
Truth is a Person, not a concept. Jesus said He was the Truth (John
14:6). That means that you can never know the truth of your circumstances
unless you have first heard from Jesus. The disciples thought they were
perishing in the storm. They were fishermen who knew the sea and knew what
their condition was. They had allowed their circumstances to convince them that
the “truth” was their imminent death. But they were wrong. Truth was asleep in
the back of their boat!
Since some of the disciples were fishermen, they trusted in their own
expertise and wisdom rather than recognizing that only Jesus knew the truth of
their situation. At times, our human knowledge in certain areas of life can
blind us to our desperate need to hear a word from Truth.
When Jesus spoke, the disciples saw the real truth of their situation.
There was absolute calm. The disciples had seen Jesus perform other miracles,
but they had not yet witnessed His power over nature in such a dimension. Often
we are like the disciples. God may have recently demonstrated His power to us
in a mighty way; we may have experienced many spiritual victories in the past.
Yet, when a new and frightening situation comes upon us_we, too, panic and say,
“Lord save me. I’m perishing!” God will remind us of His provision, saying, “I
can handle this situation, too, and you will know more of Me because of it.”
Have you become fearful instead of faithful? If you have, prepare for
the rebuke, for it will come.
