Daily Devotion - Apr 18 - ?}|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 住在基督裡 經文: 「你們要常在我裡面，我也常在你們裡面。」（約翰福音十五：4） 關於住在天父裡面，與主耶穌的形狀相連合這件事上，耶穌用葡萄樹與枝子的關係來闡釋，這是多麼鮮活生動的比喻，教導我們明白「每天每時每刻」與主溝通的必要性——住在我裡面。 一方面，祂把自己與天父的關係擺在門徒面前：「就如同我真實地住在天父的豐盛裡，你也可以如此地住在我的豐盛裡。」然後祂又舉葡萄樹與枝子為例，我們可以如同枝子般連在祂這棵真葡萄樹上，吮吸祂生命的泉源。如今，因著天父住在耶穌裡，做工在祂裡面，祂就可行出差遣者天父的旨意。就如同枝子與葡萄樹的關係，因著葡萄樹供應養分給枝子，枝子就很自然地生長，並結出果子來。所以，只要住在耶穌裡，支取祂的能力，耶穌復活的大能，就能藉著我們行使出來。 親愛的弟兄姐妹們，來「住在基督裡」吧！或許你們已經一直在思想這個題目，但如何流露出你所希望擁有的大能，卻是個有待學習的課題。最重要的就是要「花時間」等候在耶穌的腳前，等候祂聖靈的充滿，直到整個人完全浸沐在聖靈的籠罩下。同時，你將領悟這兩個偉大的真理：耶穌住在天父的豐盛裡——屬天的見證；枝子與葡萄樹的關係——自然的定律。這兩樣例證呼召我們「要住在基督裡」，「那住在我裡面的，我要叫他結果子更多。」結果子更多，是耶穌的心意，是祂的期盼，祂樂意做工在我們裡面，並確實地會賜能力給那些真心仰賴祂的兒女們。 對那些軟弱的基督徒們，耶穌說：「來住在我裡面。」對那些強壯的基督們，耶穌還是說：「來住在我裡面，我將使你結果更多。」總之，凡屬主的兒女們，需要每天不間斷地與主溝通、連結一起。這是得能力、蒙祝福的惟一之法。花時間等候在主前，讓主的靈來更新你的靈，你就能明白：「這些事我已經告訴過你，叫你有喜樂，且叫你的喜樂得以滿足。」 「你相信我能做到這件事——保守你在我的愛中？」是的，主。——「不要怕，只要信。」 ABIDING IN CHRIST Scripture: "Abide in Me, and I in you."—JOHN xv. 4. What our Lord had taught in John xiv., of the union with Him in the likeness of His being in the Father, He seeks to enforce and illustrate by the wonderful Parable of the Branch and the Vine. And all for the sake of bringing home to the Apostles, and to all His servants in the Gospel, the absolute necessity of a life daily in full communion with Him. "Abide in Me." On the one hand He points to Himself and to the Father: Just as truly and fully as I am in the Father, so you are in Me; and then, pointing to the vine: Just as truly as the branch is in the vine, you are in Me. And now, just as the Father abides in Me, and works in Me, and I work out what He works in Me; and just as truly as the branch abides in the vine, and the vine gives its life and strength to the branch, and the branch receives it and puts it forth in fruit—even so do you abide in Me, and receive My strength; and I will work with an almighty power My work in you and through you. Abide in Me! Dear child of God, you have often meditated on this blessed passage. But do you not feel how much there is still to learn if you are to have Christ's almighty power working in you as He would wish you to have? The great need is to take time in waiting on the Lord Jesus in the power of His Spirit, until the two great truths get the complete mastery of your being: As Christ is in God—this is the testimony from heaven; as the branch is in the vine—this is the testimony of all nature: the law of heaven and the law of earth combine in calling to us: "Abide in Christ." "He that abideth in Me, bringeth forth much fruit." Fruit, more fruit, much fruit, is what Christ seeks, is what He works, is what He will assuredly give to the soul that trusts Him. To the feeblest of God's children Christ says: Ye are in Me. "Abide in Me. Ye shall bear much fruit." To the strongest of His messengers He still has the word, there can be nothing higher: "Abide in Me, and ye shall bear much fruit." To one and all the message comes: Daily, continuous, unbroken abiding in Christ Jesus, is the one condition of a life of power and of blessing. Take time and let the Holy Spirit so renew in you the secret abiding in Him that you may understand the meaning of His words: "These things have I spoken unto you that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full." "Believest Thou that I can do this, to keep thee abiding in My love?" "Yea, Lord"—"Fear not, only believe." www.glorypress.com