9月6日 生命的扩散力

活水……江河。（约七38）

河流所到之处，是源头无法可知的。耶稣说我们若领受了他的丰盛，不管我们的生命多微小，也能像活水江河，造福地极。这涌流不是我们的功劳－－“信……这就是神的工作……”。神很少让一个人知道自己给别人带来多大的祝福。河流是百折不挠的，能克服一切障碍。它顺流而下，遇到障碍物，停滞一下，不一会又会绕过它继续涌流。有时河流好像突然消失好几里，但一下子又再复现，变得又大又宽阔。你看见神在使用很多人的生命，但你的生命却出现了障碍物，你觉得自己毫无用处。这时要注目源头，神会带你绕道而行，或是把障碍挪开。不要注目在难处上，只要对准源头，难处对于从你里面流出的江河，是毫无办法的。不要让任何事物，包括感情与经历，介入你与主耶稣之间；不要让任何事物，使你与那最高的总源头隔开。

想想你里头孕育着何等光远而又具医治力的河流！神向我们敞开他奇妙的真理，每一个敞开处，都表示他要把江河更大的能力透过我们涌流，你若相信主耶稣，就必发现神正在你里面培育强而有力的水流，要成为别人的祝福。

祈祷◆“你不要怕他们，因那为你争战的是耶和华－－你的神。”主啊，今早当我读经，这句话一直浮现在我脑海中。我何等完全地仰赖你！

September 6 Diffusiveness Of Life

“Rivers of living water.” John 7:38

A river touches places of which its source knows nothing, and Jesus says if we have received of His fulness, however small the visible measure of our lives, out of us will flow the rivers that will bless to the uttermost parts of the earth. We have nothing to do with the outflow – “This is the work of God that ye believe. . . .” God rarely allows a soul to see how great a blessing he is.

A river is victoriously persistent, it overcomes all barriers. For a while it goes steadily on its course, then it comes to an obstacle and for a while it is baulked, but it soon makes a pathway round the obstacle. Or a river will drop out of sight for miles, and presently emerge again broader and grander than ever. You can see God using some lives, but into your life an obstacle has come and you do not seem to be of any use. Keep paying attention to the Source, and God will either take you round the obstacle or remove it. The river of the Spirit of God overcomes all obstacles. Never get your eyes on the obstacle or on the difficulty. The obstacle is a matter of indifference to the river which will flow steadily through you if you remember to keep right at the Source. Never allow anything to come between yourself and Jesus Christ, no emotion, or experience; nothing must keep you from the one great sovereign Source.

Think of the healing and far-flung rivers nursing themselves in our souls! God has been opening up marvellous truths to our minds, and every point He has opened up is an indication of the wider power of the river He will flow through us. If you believe in Jesus, you will find that God has nourished in you mighty torrents of blessing for others.