7月15日 屬靈尊榮
無論是希臘人，化外人……我都欠他們的債。（羅一14）
保羅深覺自己欠了耶穌基督的債，他被這個感覺完全淹沒，以致要把自己耗盡來償還。保羅的生命給每一個尚未蒙拯救的人，有沒有一種欠了基督的感覺？作為一個聖徒，我生命的屬靈尊榮在於償還我欠基督的債。我生命中每一點一滴有價值之處，全因主耶穌的救贖大工；我有沒有作任何事，使他的大工在別人身上得以實際彰顯？只有當聖靈在我裡面，使我有這欠債的感覺時，我才能作這工。我在人類中並非超凡的人，乃是主耶穌的奴僕。“你們不是自己的人。”保羅把自己賣了給耶穌基督。他說：“我因著耶穌的福音，欠了全世界人的債；我唯一的自由，就是做一個十足的奴僕。”人一旦體驗了這份屬靈的尊榮，生命就有這個特質。不要再為自己祈禱，而要作耶穌基督的奴僕，為別人把自己燃燒。作擘開的餅、倒出來的酒，實際上就是這個意思。
祈禱◆主啊，願你再次感動我的靈、魂、體。倘若我的飲食妨礙了你在我裡面的工作，或阻礙了你透過我所行的事，請向我顯示，並保守我屬你，以致無論我或吃或喝，或做任何的事情，都可以榮耀你。
July
15 The Point Of Spiritual Honour
“I am debtor both to the
Greeks, and to the barbarians.” Romans 1:14
Paul was overwhelmed with the sense of his
indebtedness to Jesus Christ, and he spent himself to express it. The great
inspiration in Paul’s life was his view of Jesus Christ as his spiritual
creditor. Do I feel that sense of indebtedness to Christ in regard to every
unsaved soul? The spiritual honour of my life as a saint is to fulfil my debt
to Christ in relation to them. Every bit of my life that is of value I owe to
the Redemption of Jesus Christ; am I doing anything to enable Him to bring His
Redemption into actual manifestation in other lives? I can only do it as the
Spirit of God works in me this sense of indebtedness.
I am not to be a superior person amongst men, but a
bondslave of the Lord Jesus. “Ye are not your own.” Paul sold himself to Jesus
Christ. He says – I am a debtor to everyone on the face of the earth because of
the Gospel of Jesus; I am free to be an absolute slave only. That is the
characteristic of the life when once this point of spiritual honour is
realized. Quit praying about yourself and be spent for others as the bondslave
of Jesus. That is the meaning of being made broken bread and poured out wine in
reality.
