1月18日


章伯斯原著 | 听见录制 | 主播:胡正军


多马说:“我的主,我的神!”(约20:28)


“请给我水喝。”我们许多人只期望耶稣解我们的渴,没想到我们该叫祂得着满足!


今天,我们早该倒空一切,竭尽所有服侍基督,而不再是要求主来满足我们。“你们要作我的见证”,不玷污、不妥协、不打折扣地对主尽忠;不论主放我们在什么岗位,都叫主的心满足。


当心那些与我们忠于基督的心争竞的事物。忠于基督最大的敌人是事奉主的工作。因为事奉主,比全然将生命倾倒给主容易。神呼召的唯一目的,是叫祂心满意足,而不是呼召人去为祂做点什么。


神不是差派我们去为祂打仗,而是在祂的战场上被祂所用。我们献身于事奉的热诚,是否过于我们爱主的热诚呢?

祈祷


为着祢的说话——“父亲怎样怜恤他的儿女,耶和华也怎样怜恤敬畏祂的人”——我赞美祢。我何其认清我所领受的,绝不是祢的严苛,却全然是祢的慈爱。噢,愿祢向我所施的慈爱、温柔与忍耐,能够透过我向其他人表达出来。



图片来源:基督徒设计


“It Is the Lord!”


Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" —John 20:28


“Jesus said to her, ‘Give Me a drink’ ” (John 4:7). How many of us are expecting Jesus Christ to quench our thirst when we should be satisfying Him! We should be pouring out our lives, investing our total beings, not drawing on Him to satisfy us. “You shall be witnesses to Me…” (Acts 1:8). That means lives of pure, uncompromising, and unrestrained devotion to the Lord Jesus, which will be satisfying to Him wherever He may send us.


Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ. The greatest competitor of true devotion to Jesus is the service we do for Him. It is easier to serve than to pour out our lives completely for Him. The goal of the call of God is His satisfaction, not simply that we should do something for Him. We are not sent to do battle for God, but to be used by God in His battles. Are we more devoted to service than we are to Jesus Christ Himself?