6月26日 总趁现在

我们……劝你们，不可徒受他的恩典。（林后六1）

你昨天所得的恩典，今天已不合用了。恩典是神丰盛的恩宠；你随时随地都可以取用。“在许多的忍耐、患难、穷乏、困苦”－－这些都是忍耐的考验。你在这些事上有没有失去神的恩典？你有没有说：“算啦，这次不计其内。”问题不在于祷告求神帮助；乃是现在就取用神的恩典。我们往往把祈祷当作工作的准备，但在圣经里根本不是如此。祈祷是支取神恩典的一种操练。

不要说：“我只管忍受一下，等到苦难过去就好好的祷告祷告。”现在就祈祷吧！在正有需要时，支取神的恩典吧。祈祷是最实际的事，而不是虔诚的一种反射行动。祷告是支取神恩典最后学习的功课。

“鞭打、监禁、扰乱、劳动”－－在这一切事上不断支取神的恩典，会使你成为别人眼中的奇迹。现在就支取，不是等一会儿才做。属灵的字汇中有一个词语，就是现在。不管环境怎样，只管不断支取神的恩典。你支取神的恩典一个最大的明证，就是在你受人羞辱时，所表彰的除了神的恩典之外，再无别的。

“一无所有……”不再有任何保留。要把你最好的倾尽，常常贫穷无有。对神所赐的礼物，绝不精打细算地收藏。这就是贫穷中的胜利。

祈祷◆噢，主啊，求你今天赐下你的恩典。

June 26 Always Now

“We . . . beseech you that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.” 2 Corinthians 6:1

The grace you had yesterday will not do for to-day. Grace is the overflowing favour of God; you can always reckon it is there to draw upon. “In much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses” – that is where the test for patience comes. Are you failing the grace of God there? Are you saying – Oh, well, I won't count this time? It is not a question of praying and asking God to help you; it is taking the grace of God now. We make prayer the preparation for work, it is never that in the Bible. Prayer is the exercise of drawing on the grace of God. Don't say – I will endure this until I can get away and pray. Pray now; draw on the grace of God in the moment of need. Prayer is the most practical thing, it is not the reflex action of devotion. Prayer is the last thing in which we learn to draw on God's grace.

“In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours” – in all these things manifest a drawing upon the grace of God that will make you a marvel to yourself and to others. Draw now, not presently. The one word in the spiritual vocabulary is Now. Let circumstances bring you where they will, keep drawing on the grace of God in every conceivable condition you may be in. One of the greatest proofs that you are drawing on the grace of God is that you can be humiliated without manifesting the slightest trace of anything but His grace.

“Having nothing . . .” Never reserve anything. Pour out the best you have, and always be poor. Never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives. This is poverty triumphant.