晨興聖言-馬太福音中所啓示...(W3-6)

第三週 • 週六

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出三三14  耶和華說,我的同在必和你同去,我必使你得安息。

詩二七8  你說,你們當尋求我的面;那時我的心向你說,耶和華阿,你的面我正要尋求。

 

基督就是神與我們同在〔太一23〕。這不僅啟示在馬太一章,也啟示在二十八章,在那裏主耶穌說,『看哪,我天天與你們同在,直到這世代的終結。』(20)實際上,全本新約就是以馬內利;我們現今就是這偉大以馬內利的一部分,這以馬內利要終極完成於新天新地的新耶路撒冷,直到永遠(以賽亞書生命讀經,六八至六九頁)。

信息選讀

我們若是要往前去得着〔基督作美地的實際〕,我們必須是憑着神的同在而去。若是神的同在和我們同去,我們就能進去並享受那地。…神…應許摩西說,『我的同在必和你同去,我必使你得安息。』(出三三14)這意思是說,祂要用祂的同在領以色列人去得着那地。

『我的同在必和你同去』,這是很奇特的一句話。這是說祂的同在要去,而不是說祂要去。祂要去是一件事,祂的同在要去是另一件事。…許多時候神會和你同去,但是祂的同在不和你同去。許多時候神真是幫助你,但是你確實知道,祂對你不高興。你會得着祂的幫助,但你要失去祂的同在。祂帶你到你的目的地,祂也祝福你,但在整個旅途中,你不覺得祂的同在。…已過的年間,當我服事主的時候,許多次我覺得祂的幫助。主非幫助我不可,祂為祂自己的緣故必須幫助我。但是我能告訴你,許多時候我並沒有神的同在,只因祂對我不太高興。…祂隨着去,但是祂把祂的同在扣住,好叫我知道祂的不悅。

千萬不要以為只要有主的幫助就彀了。…我們必須有主的同在。我們必須學習這樣禱告:『主,你若是不把你的同在賜給我,我就要和你留在這裏,若是你的同在不和我同去,我就不去。我不要受你幫助的管理,我要你同在的管理。』我們還必須進一步地禱告說,『主阿,我不要你的幫助,但我要你的同在。主,我必須有你的同在。沒有你的幫助,我行;但是沒有你的同在,我就不行。』

即使我們眼中帶着淚水,我們天天還得這樣說,『主,除了你微笑的同在,無何能使我滿足。除了你榮臉上的微笑,我別的甚麼都不要。只要我有這一個,我就不管天塌下來,或是地裂開。全世界都可以起來反對我,但是只要你的笑臉在我身上,我就能讚美你,並且一切就都好了。』主說,『我的同在必和你同去。』何等寶貝!主的同在,主的微笑,乃是支配的原則。我們必須懼怕從主有所接受,卻失去祂的同在。…很可能主自己會把甚麼東西給你,但是那一件東西卻將主的同在從你奪去。祂要幫助你,祂要祝福你,但是那個幫助,那個祝福卻叫你得不着祂的同在。我們必須學習只受主同在的保守、掌管、管理並指引。我們必須告訴主,我們除了祂直接的同在之外,別的甚麼都不要。我們不要祂間接的同在。許多時候,你只有主間接的同在;不是第一手的,不是直接的。你要學習單單受主直接、第一手同在的管理。…這不僅是一個條件,一個資格,也是一個能力,使你能進去得着那地。主第一手的同在要加強你,使你能以豐滿的得着包羅萬有的基督。神第一手的同在有何等的力量,何等的大能!(李常受文集一九六一至一九六二年第四冊,三九二至三九六頁)

參讀:包羅萬有的基督,第十一章。

WEEK 3 — DAY 6


Morning Nourishment

Exo. 33:14 And He said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.

Psa. 27:8 When You say, Seek My face, to You my heart says, Your face, O Jehovah, will I seek.

Christ is God with us [Matt. 1:23]. This is revealed not only in Matthew 1 but also in Matthew 28, where the Lord Jesus said, “Behold, I am with you all the days until the consummation of the age” (v. 20). Actually, the entire New Testament is an Immanuel, and we are now a part of this great Immanuel that will consummate in the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth for eternity. (Life-study of Isaiah, 2nd ed., pp. 53-54)

Today’s Reading

If we would go on to possess [Christ as the reality of the good land], we must do so by the presence of the Lord. If the presence of the Lord goes with us, we can enter and enjoy the land…The Lord promised Moses, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest” (Exo. 33:14). This means that He would bring the people into the possession of the land by His presence.

This is quite a peculiar word: “My presence shall go.” It does not mean that He will go. He will go is one thing, and My presence shall go is another. Many times the Lord will go with you, but His presence will not. Many times the Lord will truly help you, but be assured, He is not happy with you. You will receive His help, but you will lose His presence. He will bring you to your destination, and He will bless you, but throughout the whole trip you will not sense His presence. Many times in past years while I was serving the Lord, I have realized His help. The Lord is bound to help me; He must help me for His own sake. But I can tell you that many times I did not have the presence of the Lord, simply because He was not happy with me…He went along, but He withheld His presence that I might know His displeasure.

Never think that as long as the Lord helps you, it is sufficient…We must have the Lord’s presence. We must learn to pray, “Lord, if You will not give me Your presence, I will stay here with You. If Your presence does not go with me, I will not go. I will not be governed by Your help but by Your presence.” We must go even further to pray, “O Lord, I do not want Your help, but I do want Your presence. Lord, I must have Your presence. I can do without Your help, but I cannot do without Your presence.”

Although it may be with tears in our eyes, we must say day by day, “Lord, nothing but Your smiling presence will satisfy me. I do not want anything but the smile of Your glorious face. As long as I have this, I care not whether the heaven comes down or the earth falls apart. The whole world may rise against me, but as long as I have Your smile upon me, I can praise You, and everything is well.” The Lord said, “My presence shall go with you.” What a treasure! The presence, the smile, of the Lord is the governing principle. We must be fearful of receiving anything from the Lord yet losing His presence…The Lord Himself may very well give you something, and yet that very thing will rob you of His presence. He will help you, He will bless you, and yet that very help and blessing can keep you away from His presence. We must learn to be kept, to be ruled, to be governed, to be guided simply by the presence of the Lord. We must tell the Lord that we do not want anything but His direct presence. We do not want His presence secondhand. Many times, be assured, you have the secondhand presence of the Lord. It is not firsthand; it is not direct. Try to be governed by the direct, firsthand presence of the Lord. This is not only a requirement and a qualification but also a power for you to go on to possess the land. The firsthand presence of the Lord will strengthen you with might to obtain the fullness, the all-inclusiveness of Christ. What a strength, what a power, is in the direct presence of the Lord! (CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The
All-inclusive Christ,” pp. 294-296)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” ch. 11

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