7月18日 信的奥秘
他说，主啊，你是谁？（徒九5）
救赎的奇迹，使大数的扫罗由一个认真、意志坚强的法利赛人，一刻之间变成主耶稣谦卑的忠仆。
可以解释的事根本就无奇妙可言。可以解释的事便能控制，所以我们要求解释是极自然的。顺服并非自然的事；不顺服也并不一定有罪。除非我承认有一更高的权威指挥一切，否则顺服不算什么德行。对别人而言，不顺服可能是一种解放。一个人若对另一个人说：“你一定要这样。”他就伤害了那人的灵，这样的灵并不合神用。顺服的背后必须承认有一位圣洁的神，否则，只沦为顺服的奴隶。许多人要摆脱宗教的外壳，才能真正来到神面前。因为心里只有一位主人，这不是宗教，而是耶稣基督。倘若我见他，却对他说：“我不肯。”我就有祸了。他不会强求，但我已在心里神儿子的死亡证上签了字。我面对主耶稣，却对他说：“我不愿意。”他断不会坚持，但这样我就从救恩的再造大能中退后了。我若肯来就光，不管我怎样可恶，神的恩典总不会计较；我若不肯来到光中，就有祸了（参约三19-21）。
祈祷◆ “看啊！这些不过是他的道路显而易见的部分，至于他能力的响声谁能明白呢？”那许多无根的思绪在我的脑海中浮过，除非我的黑暗蒙你光照，否则对于属你的东西，我全无智慧和知识。
July
18 The Mystery of Believing
He
said, “Who are You, Lord?” —Acts 9:5
Through the miracle of redemption, Saul of Tarsus
was instantly changed from a strong-willed and forceful Pharisee into a humble
and devoted bondservant of the Lord Jesus.
There is nothing miraculous or mysterious about the
things we can explain. We control what we are able to explain, consequently it
is only natural to seek an explanation for everything. It is not natural to
obey, yet it is not necessarily sinful to disobey. There can be no real
disobedience, nor any moral virtue in obedience, unless a person recognizes the
higher authority of the one giving the orders. If this recognition does not
exist, even the one giving the orders may view the other person’s disobedience
as freedom. If one rules another by saying, “You must do this,” and, “You will
do that,” he breaks the human spirit, making it unfit for God. A person is
simply a slave for obeying, unless behind his obedience is the recognition of a
holy God.
Many people begin coming to God once they stop
being religious, because there is only one master of the human heart— Jesus
Christ, not religion. But “Woe is me” if after seeing Him I still will not obey
(Isaiah 6:5 , also see Isaiah 6:1). Jesus will never insist that I obey, but if
I don’t,I have already begun to sign the death certificate of the Son of God in
my soul. When I stand face to face with Jesus Christ and say, “I will not obey,”
He will never insist. But when I do this, I am backing away from the recreating
power of His redemption. It makes no difference to God’s grace what an
abomination I am, if I will only come to the light. But “Woe is me” if I refuse
the light (see John 3:19-21).
