8月27日
降服的秘密
The Secret of Surrender
你们从前怎样将肢体献给不洁不法作奴仆,以至于不法;现今也要照样将肢体献给义作奴仆,以至于成圣。
——罗6:19
Just as you used to be slaves to all kinds of sin, so now you must let yourselves be slaves to all that is right and holy.
—Romans 6:19 (TLB)
我们听过这种现代的说法;“不要跟它斗——它比咱们俩都大。”那些温顺的人确实不向生活回击。他们学会了向神降服或者顺服的秘密,神就会为我们争战。与其用仇恨填满你的心胸,用罪的消遣虐待你的身体,用恣意妄为毁坏你的灵魂,不如谦卑地把一切都交托给神。如此,你的冲突和内在的紧张就会烟消云散,你的生命也将开始有价值,你也会有生命的归属感。无聊感将会消融,而你会变得生机勃勃,充满希望和期待。因为你是顺服的,因此将开始“承受地土”——承受那些美好的事物,就是神为一切信靠祂的人所预备的。
We have heard the modern expression, “Don’t fight it-it’s bigger than both of us.” Those who are meek do not fight back at life. They learn the secret of surrender, or yielding to God. He then fights for us! Instead of filling your mind with resentments, abusing your body by sinful diversion, and damaging your soul by willfulness, humbly give all over to God. Your conflicts will disappear and your inner tensions will vanish into thin air. Then your life will begin to count for something. You will have the feeling of belonging to life. Boredom will melt away, and you will become vibrant with hope and expectation. Because you are meekly yielded, you will begin to “inherit the earth” of good things, which God holds in store for all who trust Him with their all.
今日祷告
父啊,今天让我降服在你的面前,我所有的心思意念,都无法向你隐藏!
Prayer for the day
Let me yield to You this day, Father, all my innermost thoughts. I cannot hide from You.
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