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July 2
"When thou goest, thy way shall be opened up before thee step by step."(Proverbs 4:12, free translation.)
ＴHE Lord never builds a bridge of faith except under the feet of the faith-filled traveler. If He builds the bridge a rod ahead, it would not be a bridge of faith. That which is of sight is not of faith.
There is a self-opening gate which is sometimes used in country roads. It stands fast and firm across the road as a traveler approaches it. If he stops before he gets to it, it will not open. But if he will drive right at it, his wagon wheels press the springs below the roadway, and the gate swings back to let him through. He must push right on at the closed gate, or it will continue to be closed.
This illustrates the way to pass every barrier on the road of duty. Whether it is a river, a gate, or a mountain, all the child of Jesus has to do is to go for it. If it is a river, it will dry up when you put your feet in its waters. If it is a gate, it will fly open when you are near enough to it, and are still pushing on. If it is a mountain, it will be lifted up and cast into a sea when you come squarely up, without flinching, to where you thought it was.
Is there a great barrier across your path of duty just now? Just go for it, in the name of the Lord, and it won't be there.
─Henry Clay Trumbull.
We sit and weep in vain. The voice of the almighty said, "Up and onward forevermore." Let us move on and step out boldly, though it be into the night, and we can scarcely see the way. The path will open, as we progress, like the trail through the forest, or the Alpine pass, which discloses but a few rods of its length from any single point of view. Press on! If necessary, we will find even the pillar of cloud and fire to mark our journey through the wilderness. There are guides and wayside inns along the road. We will find food, clothes and friends at every stage of the journey, and as Rutherford so quaintly says: "however matters go, the worst will be a tired traveler and a joyful and sweet welcome home,"
I'm going by the upper road, for that
still holds the sun,
I'm climbing through night's pastures where
the starry rivers run:
If you should think to seek me in my
old dark abode,
You'll find this writing on the door,
"He's on the Upper Road."
─Selected.
「我來了是要叫人得生命，並且得的更豐盛。」約翰福音十章10節
任何人都能明瞭軟弱有病與滿有活力、健壯是兩種生命之間的不同點。保羅認為哥林多教會所有基督徒的生命，是屬肉體而不是屬靈的；他們不能吃乾糧，或者說不能領受較深奧的福音真理（參林前三章，來五章），大部份的基督徒也都沒有從基督道理的開端向前走，他們聽覺遲鈍，而且留戀屬肉體的基督徒生活；然而，另外一小部份的基督徒，卻渴望得著豐盛的恩典，在整個教會歷史，我們可以發現這兩種不同的基督徒，在這邪惡的世代只有何等少數屬靈的人。想要擁有在基督裏更豐盛的生命，他們見證：「充充滿滿的有恩典有真理」基督的榮耀，「從祂豐滿的恩典，我們都領受了，而且恩上加恩。」（約一16）
傳道人更應以傳遞在基督裏豐富神恩的信息為職志，使基督徒明白「靈命貧窮」為恥，並進一步鼓勵信徒相信可藉被聖靈充滿，得到更豐盛的生命。
親愛的讀者，現在請你自問：你的靈命是否好像主耶穌所賜予那樣豐盛？可否因此顯明出來，你對救主的愛和歸榮耀與神？如果是否定的答案，你得求神加增你的信心，祂所賜給你豐富的恩典永遠夠我們用於各種善工，讓主耶穌成為你所最寶貴的；天天都與祂彼此分享快樂，祂一定會藉著聖靈教導你用豐盛的生命來尊崇祂。
「人到我這裡來，若不愛我勝過愛……就不能作我的門徒。」路加福音十四章26、27、33節
如果生命最密切的關係，與耶穌基督的要求發生了衝突，祂所求於我們的是立刻服從祂。做門徒的意思是矢忠矢誠的服從一位──我們主耶穌基督。服從一個人，和服從原理或主義不同。我們的主從未宣佈一種主義；祂所宣佈的是專誠的服從祂。作門徒就是服從主耶穌，作祂忠誠的愛奴。我們之中有許多人自稱是基督徒，而不忠誠於耶穌基督。人間沒有人對於主耶穌有熱烈的愛，除非是聖靈將這愛灌輸於他。我們也許稱讚祂，恭敬祂，尊崇祂，但是不愛祂。主耶穌的唯一愛者就是聖靈，祂將神的至愛澆灌在我們心裡。無論如何，聖靈在你的身上察出了一個光榮耶穌的機會，祂就擒住你的心，你的思想，你的整個人格，使你對於耶穌基督的專誠，如火如荼的發起來。
基督徒的生活，是蓋上了「道德自發」的印記，因此，要受耶穌基督所受的控制，那就是矛盾的控詞。但是耶穌基督常與神一致，而基督徒也必要與在他裡面的神的兒子的生命一致；不是與硬的死的信經一致。人們對於信經太重視了，但是神要在其服從耶穌基督以先，把他們的成見炸毀。
「祂又叫我們與基督耶穌一同復活……」以弗所書二章6節
昇天要比復活更有意義，新約中在這方面有很多記載。基督是超乎萬事的神，當祂昇天時，世人看到祂昇天的情況，但是沒有人曾看到祂從死裡復活的情景。當主被接上升時，祂嘴裡說著祝福的話，安靜地離開了門徒。雖然一切既簡單又不顯著，但是主卻是更接近我們的日常生活。
同理，我們必須昇天。「……你們若真與基督一同活，就當求在上面的事……。」(西三１)所以我們應該學習過屬天的日子，而且用屬天的角度來看地上的事。