6月28日 被神得着

或者可以得着基督耶稣所以得着我的。（腓三12）

切勿自告奋勇作主的工人；可是一旦被神呼召，你若偏左又偏右，就有祸了。我们原不是选择为神工作，所以去作工，乃是因为神得着了我们。绝不该这样想：“噢，我不适合做这个。”你所要传的道，是由神决定的，不是凭你个人天然的喜好决定。你的心灵要紧紧贴近神，要记住你蒙召不单是作见证，更要传福音。每个信徒都要作见证，但传道的呼召，则必须有神的手狠狠地抓住。你的生命是单为这一件事被神抓住吗？我们有多少人是这样？

千万不可把神的话打折扣，要按照他最严肃的真理去传。对神的话要忠心；但对人的关系上，则记住你是谁－－不是天上制造的特种人，而只是一个蒙恩的罪人。“我不是以为自己已经得着了。我只有一件事……”

祈祷◆主啊，求你按照你容许的方式和程度，让我能看见你、感受你、相信你和完全认识你。除你以外，我还等候谁呢？

June 28 Apprehended By God

“If that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended.” Philippians 3:12

Never choose to be a worker; but when once God has put His call on you, woe be to you if you turn to the right hand or to the left. We are not here to work for God because we have chosen to do so, but because God has apprehended us. There is never any thought of – “Oh, well, I am not fitted for this.” What you are to preach is determined by God, not by your own natural inclinations. Keep your soul steadfastly related to God, and remember that you are called not to bear testimony only, but to preach the gospel. Every Christian must testify, but when it comes to the call to preach, there must be the agonizing grip of God's hand on you, your life is in the grip of God for that one thing. How many of us are held like that?

Never water down the word of God, preach it in its undiluted sternness; there must be unflinching loyalty to the word of God; but when you come to personal dealing with your fellow men, remember who you are – not a special being made up in heaven, but a sinner saved by grace.

“I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do . . .”