Daily Devotion - Jan 11 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

一月十一日

經文: 「但心中沒有根。」(路加福音八：13)

我的靈啊，今早就用這節經文檢視自己的靈性吧！當你讀經時，很受其中信息的感動，也很有心照著經訓去做。結果過了一陣，這樣心有戚戚然的感覺，卻煙消雲散，無疾而終。的確，聽道是一回事，行道卻又是一回事。就像耶穌所講的寓道故事，這福音好比是種子，有的落在石頭地上，被飛鳥吃掉；有的落在淺土裡，沒有足夠的土壤養分供應，太陽一出來，剛長出來的芽苗便被晒乾了。
我的情形屬於那一種？我是不是只有虛有其表的屬靈生命，卻沒有相稱的實質內涵？一個正常的屬靈生命，不但有向下札根的內在生活，也有向上結果的外在生活。我是不是緊緊地與主耶穌的愛相連，若我的心不是柔軟的沃土，那麼長出來的苗芽，也只不過是一時之華，瞬間即逝，因為沒有根基。福音種子的生長，不能土淺石硬，也不能荊棘叢生，必須在土鬆水多之處，才能長得好。弟兄們，讓我們計算跟隨主、做門徒的代價；讓我們體會到聖靈的能力，並將寶貴的福音，牢牢地放在心中，根植在耶穌磐石上，好讓它茁壯成長。


Morning, January 11

Scripture: "These have no root."(Luke 8:13)

My soul, examine thyself this morning by the light of this text. Thou hast received the word with joy; thy feelings have been stirred and a lively impression has been made; but, remember, that to receive the word in the ear is one thing, and to receive Jesus into thy very soul is quite another; superficial feeling is often joined to inward hardness of heart, and a lively impression of the word is not always a lasting one. In the parable, the seed in one case fell upon ground having a rocky bottom, covered over with a thin layer of earth; when the seed began to take root, its downward growth was hindered by the hard stone and therefore it spent its strength in pushing its green shoot aloft as high as it could, but having no inward moisture derived from root nourishment, it withered away. Is this my case? Have I been making a fair show in the flesh without having a corresponding inner life? Good growth takes place upwards and downwards at the same time. Am I rooted in sincere fidelity and love to Jesus? If my heart remains unsoftened and unfertilized by grace, the good seed may germinate for a season, but it must ultimately wither, for it cannot flourish on a rocky, unbroken, unsanctified heart. Let me dread a godliness as rapid in growth and as wanting in endurance as Jonah's gourd; let me count the cost of being a follower of Jesus, above all let me feel the energy of his Holy Spirit, and then I shall possess an abiding and enduring seed in my soul. If my mind remains as obdurate as it was by nature, the sun of trial will scorch, and my hard heart will help to cast the heat the more terribly upon the ill-covered seed, and my religion will soon die, and my despair will be terrible; therefore, O heavenly Sower, plough me first, and then cast the truth into me, and let me yield thee a bounteous harvest.

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