晨興聖言-極其需要新的復興(W06-2)
第六週 • 週二
晨興餧養
彼前二25 你們好像羊走迷了路，如今卻歸到你們魂的牧人和監督了。
來十三20 但願平安的神，就是那憑永約之血，領羣羊的大牧人我們的主耶穌，從死人中上來的。
基督在木頭上受死，乃是作我們的救贖主（彼前二24），現今祂在復活的生命裏，在我們裏面乃是作我們魂的牧人和監督，因此祂能指引我們，並以生命供應我們，使我們照着祂受苦的榜樣跟隨祂的腳蹤行（21）。照着彼前二章二十五節，基督是我們魂的牧人和監督。我們的魂是我們內裏的所是—真人位。主是我們魂的牧人和監督，藉着顧到我們裏面各部分的益處，並監督我們真人位的光景，而照其需要牧養我們（彼得前書生命讀經，二二七頁）。
信息選讀
我們的牧人基督照顧我們魂的需要。…祂是我們魂，我們裏面之人的牧人。我們都有靈，而靈是我們裏面的器官。但我們這人是魂。…祂照顧〔我們的魂，包括〕我們的心思、情感和意志。
不信的人是在魂裏遊蕩的人，他們沒有牧人照顧他們。但我們不一樣，我們有一位牧人照顧我們的魂。我們不但有主的生命在我們裏面，我們也有祂作我們的牧人。祂現今在我們的魂裏牧養我們。
我要請你們照着你們的經歷來看主的牧養這件事。…主的安慰在那裏，是在靈裏還是在魂裏？…許多時候我們說到轉向靈，可能期望我們一轉向靈，就會萬事順利。事實上，甚至我們轉向靈以後，許多事可能也不順利。彼得從經歷知道，要說基督是我們魂的牧人。所以，彼得在彼前二章二十五節沒有告訴我們，基督是我們靈或我們身體的牧人；他清楚的說，祂是我們魂的牧人。
因為受苦的是我們的魂，所以我們的魂需要主的牧養。需要這種照顧的，不是我們的身體，主要的也不是我們的靈。需要主作牧人的，乃是我們的魂—我們的心思、我們的情感和我們的意志。
在我們的經歷中，有時候我們就是不知道要思考甚麼。我們不知道要指引我們的意念何去何從。這指明我們的心思需要主耶穌作牧人。我能見證，許多時候，在這種情況裏，主耶穌作了我的牧人。祂牧養的結果，就使我們的心思受指引，擺在正路上。
我們的情感是複雜的，容易受攪擾。姊妹們的情感尤其是這樣。所以，我們需要主耶穌在我們的情感裏牧養我們。祂的牧養安慰我們的情感。
我們的意志也需要主的牧養。我們人常常發覺很難作正確的決定，有時候最難為的事就是作決定。不信的人沒有人帶領並引導他們作決定，但我們有牧人帶領並引導我們。主的帶領和引導主要與我們的意志有關。主是活的牧人，不斷指引我們的意志。…主實在是我們魂的牧人。祂指引我們的心思，安慰我們的情感，帶領並引導我們的意志。
照着我的經歷，帶領與引導之間有所不同。帶領與目的地有關。假定你從家裏開車到一個城市，公路地圖可以帶領你到目的地。但一旦你到達那城市，你會需要一個嚮導，指引你到你要去的準確地點。聖經裏有些經文說到主的帶領，有些說到祂的引導。一面，主帶領祂的子民到聖地。但祂帶領他們到了那裏之後，就要引導他們到錫安山（彼得前書生命讀經，二二七至二三○頁）。
參讀：神人的生活，第二章。
WEEK 6 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
1 Pet. 2:25 For you were like sheep being led astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Heb. 13:20 Now the God of peace, He who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, in the blood of an eternal covenant.
Christ was our Redeemer in His death on the tree. Now He is our soul’s Shepherd and Overseer in the resurrection life within us. Therefore, He is able to guide us and supply us with life that we may follow in His steps according to the model of His suffering (1 Pet. 2:21). According to verse 25, Christ is the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls. Our soul is our inner being, our real person. Our Lord, as the Shepherd and Overseer of our soul, shepherds us by caring for the welfare of our inner being and by exercising His oversight over the condition of our real person. (Life-study of 1 Peter, p. 190)
Today’s Reading
Christ our Shepherd takes care of the needs of our soul…He is the Shepherd of our soul, our inner being. We all have a spirit, and the spirit is our inward organ. But our being is a soul,…our mind, emotion, and will.
Unbelievers are wanderers in the soul, and they do not have a shepherd to take care of them. But our situation is different in that we have a Shepherd who takes care of our soul. Not only do we have the Lord’s life within us, but we also have Him as our Shepherd. He is now shepherding us in our soul.
Consider this matter of the Lord’s shepherding according to your experience…Where is the Lord’s comfort, in our spirit or in our soul?…Many times we speak of turning to the spirit, perhaps expecting that when we turn to the spirit, everything will be all right. Actually, even after we turn to the spirit, many things may not be all right. From experience Peter knew to say that Christ is the Shepherd of our souls. Therefore, Peter does not tell us in 1 Peter 2:25 that Christ is the Shepherd of our spirit or of our body; he clearly says that He is the Shepherd of our souls.
Because it is our soul that suffers, it is our soul that needs the Lord’s shepherding. It is not our body that needs this kind of care, nor is it mainly our spirit. It is our soul—our mind, our emotion, and our will—that needs the Lord as the Shepherd.
In our experience sometimes we just do not know what to think about. We do not know where to direct our thoughts. This is an indication that our mind needs the Lord Jesus as the Shepherd. I can testify that many times in this kind of situation the Lord Jesus has been a Shepherd to me. As a result of His shepherding, our mind is directed and set in the right way.
Our emotion, being complicated, is easily upset. This is especially true of the sisters’ emotion. Therefore, we need the Lord Jesus to shepherd us in our emotion. His shepherding comforts our emotion.
Our will also needs the Lord’s shepherding. As human beings, we often find it difficult to make the right decision. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to make a decision. Unbelievers have no one to lead them and guide them in making decisions. But we have a Shepherd to lead us and guide us. The Lord’s leading and guiding are primarily related to our will. As the living Shepherd, the Lord continually directs our will…The Lord is truly the Shepherd of our soul. He directs our mind, comforts our emotion, and leads and guides our will.
According to my experience, there is a difference between leading and guiding. Leading is related to a destination. Suppose you are driving from your home to a certain city. A road map may lead you to your destination. But once you arrive at that city, you will need a guide, someone to direct you to the exact place where you want to go. In the Bible some verses speak of the Lord’s leading, and others, of His guiding. On the one hand, the Lord will lead His people to the Holy Land. But once He has led them there, He will guide them to Mount Zion. (Life-study of 1 Peter, pp. 190-192)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The God-man Living,” ch. 2
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