Daily Devotion - Apr 16 - ?}|w?w‾P‥C?eAF-× God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray 聖靈的應許 經文: 「我若去，就差聖靈保惠師來。祂要榮耀我，因為祂要將受於我的告訴你們。」（約翰福音十六：7，14） 釘十架的耶穌，即將在天國寶座上得榮耀，同時祂要差遣聖靈保惠師，進入門徒的心中來榮耀祂。那受死榮耀耶穌的靈，是門徒的生命，也是服事主的力量。這靈是上帝榮耀的靈，我們喜悅祂的內住，也樂意降服在祂的面前，絕對順服祂的帶領。 是的，這靈就是全知全能之上帝的第三位格，也是耶穌從誕生到死亡，從頭到尾陪伴祂到底的上帝聖之靈，祂要住在門徒的心中，讓他們感受到耶穌的同在，並讓祂掌王權。 是這靈使得門徒們有因愛而順服的動力，這聖靈是門徒的良師密友，藉著禱告與上帝連繫時，祂就要從寶座賜下門徒所需要的一切能力，就是這能力可戰勝上帝的仇敵，征服死亡，將復活得勝的福音傳遍地極。 很悲哀地，教會最缺乏的就是這個靈，這多麼令聖靈憂傷不已，因為聖靈被忽略，以致屬上帝的工作顯得如此軟弱沒有效果，這問題出在那裡？ 這靈就是上帝，祂宣稱是我們的天父，祂要佔有我們全人，但我們常只把上帝當作我們的幫助者，卻沒有想到我們當將全心全人獻上，讓祂做我們生命的主，由聖靈來掌管我們每天每時每刻的生活，並在上帝大能的保守下，我們可以與耶穌有緊密的連接，長住在祂的愛裡。 因著我們的小信，我們不相信上帝的應許，可以保守我們常在祂的愛裡；因著我們企圖心不夠，沒有勇氣大大張口向上帝要，聖靈的大能也無法運行在我們裡面，動工在我們裡面，結果聖經的真理（上帝的應許）對我們猶如遙不可及的目標。弟兄姐妹們，聖靈是上帝實體的化身，祂要我們全人歸祂，並在我們心中啟示耶穌，高舉耶穌，讓祂做我們生命的主，做我們生活中的王。 上帝等著要成就祂的應許，「祂要榮耀我，我也要在你身上彰顯耶穌。」讓我們今天就認定相信這應許，降服在祂的旨意下，因為耶穌等著要使這應許落實在我們生活中，讓這應許成真。 THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT Scripture: "If I go away, the Comforter will come unto you. He shall glorify Me; for He shall take of Mine, and shall declare it unto you."—JOHN xvi. 7, 14. The crucified Christ was to be glorified on the throne of heaven. And out of that glory He would send down the Holy Spirit into the hearts of His disciples to glorify Him in them. The Spirit of the crucified and glorified Christ would be their life in fellowship with Him, and their power for His service. The Spirit comes to us as the Spirit of the Divine glory; as such we are to welcome Him, and yield ourselves absolutely to His leading. Yes, the Spirit that searcheth the deep things of God, that dwells in the very roots of the Divine Being, that had been with Christ through all His life, and in His death upon the cross, the Spirit of the Father and the Son was to come and dwell in them, and make them the conscious possessors of the presence of the glorified Christ. It was this blessed Spirit who was to be their power for a life of loving obedience, to be their Teacher and Leader in praying down from heaven the blessing that they needed. And it was in His power that they were to conquer God's enemies and carry the Gospel to the ends of the world. It is this Spirit of God and of Christ that the Church lacks so sadly; it is this Spirit she grieves so unceasingly. It is owing to this that her work is so often feeble and fruitless. And what can be the reason of this? The Spirit is God. He claims as God to have possession of our whole being. We have thought too much of Him as our help in the Christian life; we have not known that heart and life are to be entirely and unceasingly under His control; we are to be led by the Spirit every day and every hour. In His power our life is to be a direct and continual abiding in the love and fellowship of Jesus. No wonder that we have not believed in the great promise that, in a love that keeps the commandments, we can always abide in Christ's love. No wonder that we have not the courage to believe that Christ's mighty power will work in us and. through us. No wonder that His Divine prayer-promises are beyond our reach. The Spirit that searcheth the deep things of God claims the very depths of our being, there to reveal Christ as Lord and Ruler. The promise waits for its fulfilment in our life: "He shall glorify Me; for He shall take of Mine, and shall declare it unto you." Let us this very day yield ourselves to believe the promise at once and with our whole heart. Christ waits to make it true. www.glorypress.com