8月7日 父家里的祷告

岂不知我应当在我父的家里吗？ (路二49)

主的童年是成熟的成年。祂的童年是一个永恒的事实。我是否圣洁无瑕的孩子，像我的救主一样？我是活在父神的家里？这是否我对人生的看法？神的儿子在我里面，是否活在祂父的家里？

永恒的真实是神自己，祂的吩咐是时刻不断的。我是否时刻与真实连系？还是事情不顺遂、生命起了波澜时才祷告？我必须学习与我的主无间断的联合，这是许多人还未学会的。“我应当以我父的事为念。”生命的每一刻都活在我父家里。

单拿你自己的环境来看，你是否与主的生命紧密地合一？单纯地作神的孩子，不断与祂谈话，又知凡事皆出于祂的手？那永恒神的儿子在你的里面，是否活在父的家里？祂事奉的生命带来的诸般恩典，有没有透过你在家庭、工作并亲友间流露？你是否因着父神的旨意，在你的成圣上神子与你建立的关系，让祂作主，与祂保持完全的合一？

主代赎的生命，要成为你纯一有力的生命。昔日祂活在世人中间所作所行的，今天活在你里面，也要照样行。

祈祷◆噢，主啊，我的本性似乎是何等不愿意思想祢恩典的深奥真理，然而，我岂可不认识与祢相交的能力和纯洁？

August 7 Prayer In The Father's House

“Wist ye not that I must be in My Father's house?” Luke 2:49 (R.V.)

Our Lord's childhood was not immature man-hood; our Lord's childhood is an eternal fact. Am I a holy innocent child of God by identification with my Lord and Saviour? Do I look upon life as being in my Father's house? Is the Son of God living in His Father's house in me?

The abiding Reality is God, and His order comes through the moments. Am I always in contact with Reality, or do I only pray when things have gone wrong, when there is a disturbance in the moments of my life? I have to learn to identify myself with my Lord in holy communion in ways some of us have not begun to learn as yet. “I must be about My Father's business” – live the moments in My Father's house.

Narrow it down to your individual circumstances – are you so identified with the Lord's life that you are simply a child of God, continually talking to Him and realizing that all things come from His hands? Is the Eternal Child in you living in the Father's house? Are the graces of His ministering life working out through you in your home, in your business, in your domestic circle? Have you been wondering why you are going through the things you are? It is not that you have to go through them, it is because of the relation into which the Son of God has come in His Father's providence in your particular sainthood. Let Him have His way, keep in perfect union with Him.

The vicarious life of your Lord is to become your vital simple life; the way He worked and lived among men must be the way He lives in you.