慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
花時間親近上帝
經文: 「凡事都有定期，天下萬物都有定時。」（傳道書三：1）
每個基督徒都應有這樣的認定，就是每天都要花一些時間安靜地親近上帝，而且這應擺為首要之務，難道我們一天當中撥不出一點時間親近我們的造物主？難道我們無法撥空在主面前，思想祂在我們身上的心意與計劃？喔！這位親愛聖潔的主，是配得把最好的時間獻給祂，每天都當有一段分別為聖的時間，單單地與主安靜相親，好使我們一整天都活在祂的榮光中。
我們需要每天有一段密室禱告的時間，暫時把工作擱下，用敬畏的心查考上帝的話語，求聖靈鑑查我們的內心，看看有沒有得罪祂的地方，並等候在祂面前，仰望祂的榮面，讓祂成形在我們心中，垂聽我們內心深處的禱告。在這段安靜的時間，上帝也要解決我們特別的需要，讓祂的光照亮我們的內心，讓我們裡面充滿聖靈的同在。
你覺得這建議如何？每天撥十五分鐘親近主，做得到嗎？你若捨不得安排這段時間給主，難怪你的屬靈生命軟弱，不能過得勝的生活。所以，與主相近應是你一天首要之務，當你嚐到與主談話的甘甜滋味，你會珍惜這段時間，過不久，你還會覺得短短一刻鐘與主相親實在是不夠的。
無論做什麼事，學什麼技藝，都需要時間，想想學童為要求得知識而充實自己，那得花多少時間在學校裡？而我們為要認識上帝，做永生的準備，豈不要花更多的時間來學習？
親愛的弟兄姐妹們，花時間親近這位聖潔、榮耀的上帝，藉著禱告，默想祂的話語，把自己浸沐在祂的愛與光中，好讓你一整天都活在祂面前，享受祂的同在。
TAKE TIME WITH GOD
Scripture: "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven."—ECCLES. iii. 1.
It should be the aim of every Christian to set aside a little time each day for quiet communion with God. A time for everything—and shall there be no time to spend in the presence of the Creator of all things? No time to contemplate His will and purposes for us? The holy, loving God is indeed worthy of the best of our time—of all of our time. We should live in constant fellowship with Him, but each day there should be a special time of quiet when we are with Him alone.
We need a period daily for secret fellowship. Time to turn from daily occupation and search our hearts in His presence. Time to study His Word with reverence and godly fear. Time to seek His face and ask Him to make Himself known to us. Time to wait until we know that He sees and hears us so that we can make our wants known to Him in words that come from the depth of our hearts. Time to let God deal with our special needs, to let His light shine in our hearts, to let ourselves be filled with His Spirit!
What do you think? Will it be possible to give a quarter of an hour each day for this purpose? If you are unwilling to make such an arrangement you must not be surprised if your spiritual life is enfeebled and becomes ineffective. Fellowship with God should have a first claim on your time, and if you will only arrange for this brief intercourse with God you will soon learn to value it. It will not be long before you feel ashamed that there was ever a time when you thought fifteen minutes would suffice.
Everything on earth needs time. Think of the hours per day for so many years that a child spends at school gathering the rudiments of knowledge that he may cope with this life. How much longer then should we spend in learning from God for life everlasing?
O Christian, give the holy, gracious God all the time you can until His light and life and love fill your whole life and you abide in Christ and His love through His Word and through prayer.
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