4月27日 你要什么？
你为自己图谋大事吗？（耶四十五5）
你是否正为自己图谋大事？你不是求成为一个伟人，而是为自己向神求大事。神盼望你与他更亲密的关系，过于领受他的恩赐，他要你认识他。大事是偶发的，会来也会去；神从来不会给我们一些偶然的东西。其实，与神建立正常的关系是最容易不过的，除非我们所要的不是神，而是他所赐的东西。
你若单向神求东西，那么在撇下一切归神的路上，你还未踏上第一步，你不过是照着自己的意思去作基督徒。“我曾经求神给我圣灵，但他并没有给我预期的平安与安息。”神马上就会指出原因——你根本不是寻求主，只是为自己有所图谋。耶稣说：“你们祈求，就给你们。”你要的可以向神求，但是你所求的若不对，就得不著。当你与神亲近，就不再是求东西了。“你们没有祈求以先，你们所需用的，你们的父早已知道了。”那么为何还要求呢？这是要你们更认识他吧。
你为自己图谋大事吗？“神啊，求你以圣灵给我施洗。”神若不应允，乃是由于你尚未完全归顺他，你还有些事不肯做的。你肯不肯扪心自问：你向神所求的到底是什么？为什么要这些？神总是为了最终的完美，而不顾现今暂时的好处。他不会只令你现今快乐幸福，而是为那最终的完美而作工——“叫他们合而为一，像我们合而为一。”
祈祷◆主啊，当我今天向你发声，愿你的亮光和恩典临到我们。愿我们“凡事尊荣我们救主神的道”。
April
27 What Do You Want?
“Seekest thou great things for thyself?”
Jeremiah 45:5
Are you seeking great things for yourself?
Not seeking to be a great one, but seeking great things from God for yourself.
God wants you in a closer relationship to Himself than receiving His gifts, He
wants you to get to know Him. A great thing is accidental, it comes and goes.
God never gives us anything accidental. There is nothing easier than getting
into a right relationship with God except when it is not God Whom you want but
only what He gives.
If you have only come the length of asking
God for things, you have never come to the first strand of abandonment, you
have become a Christian from a standpoint of your own. “I did ask God for the
Holy Spirit, but He did not give me the rest and the peace I expected.”
Instantly God puts His finger on the reason – you are not seeking the Lord at
all, you are seeking something for yourself. Jesus says – “Ask, and it shall be
given you.” Ask God for what you want, and you cannot ask if you are not asking
for a right thing. When you draw near to God, you cease from asking for things.
“Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask Him.” Then why
ask? That you may get to know Him.
Are you seeking great things for yourself?
“O Lord, baptize me with the Holy Ghost.” If God does not, it is because you
are not abandoned enough to Him, there is something you will not do. Are you
prepared to ask yourself what it is you want from God and why you want it? God
always ignores the present perfection for the ultimate perfection. He is not
concerned about making you blessed and happy just now; He is working out His
ultimate perfection all the time – “that they may be one even as We are.”
