7月31日 直至你完全屬他
但忍耐也當成功，使你們成全完備，毫無缺欠。（雅一4）
大部分人在生活上大體沒有問題，可是在某些事上卻很馬虎。這不是罪的問題，而是屬肉體的生命，叫我們馬虎。得過且過是對聖靈的一種侮辱。我們不應在任何事上懶散馬虎，不管是飲食，或是敬拜神。
我們與神不僅要有良好的關係，而這關係的外在表現也要正確。神不會容許任何事逃過他，每一細節他都鑒察。他會用無數的方法，把我們一次又一次地帶到同一問題上。他會不厭其煩地重複又重複地，直到我們學好了那功課，因為他是要成全完備的產品。也許是衝動，也許是心不在焉，又或許是惟我獨尊的個人主義，他會一而再、再而三、恒切忍耐地帶我們回到同一的功課上。神總要我們覺醒，知道這件事不妥當。
對神救贖的啟示，我們有美好的學習，對他我們是全心全意的；他在我們身上作成的奇妙大工，叫我們知道在大體上與他的關係是正常的；但如今聖靈卻藉雅各說：“忍耐也當成功（讓你們的忍耐成為一件製成品——英譯）”當心苟且馬虎的態度——“不管它，暫且算了吧。”不論是什麼，神一定會堅持地指出，直至我們完全。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，願你的臉光臨到我們，讓你偉大而榮耀的聲音和同在，覆遍這地。
July
31 Till You Are Entirely His
“Let your endurance be a
finished product, so that you may be finished and complete, with never a
defect.” James 1:4 (MOFFATT)
Many of us are all right in the main, but there are
some domains in which we are slovenly. It is not a question of sin, but of the
remnants of the carnal life which are apt to make us slovenly. Slovenliness is
an insult to the Holy Ghost. There should be nothing slovenly, whether it be in
the way we eat and drink, or in the way we worship God.
Not only must our relationship to God be right, but
the external expression of that relationship must be right. Ultimately God will
let nothing escape, every detail is under His scrutiny. In numberless ways God
will bring us back to the same point over and over again. He never tires of
bringing us to the one point until we learn the lesson, because He is producing
the finished product. It may be a question of impulse, and again and again,
with the most persistent patience, God has brought us back to the one
particular point; or it may be mental wool-gathering, or independent
individuality. God is trying to impress upon us the one thing that is not
entirely right.
We have been having a wonderful time this Session
over the revelation of God’s Redemption, our hearts are perfect towards Him;
His wonderful work in us makes us know that in the main we are right with Him.
“Now,” says the Spirit, through St. James, “let your endurance be a finished
product.” Watch the slipshod bits – “Oh, that will have to do for now.”
Whatever it is, God will point it out with persistence until we are entirely
His.
