"It Is the Lord!"

Thomas answered and said to Him, 'My Lord and my God!' —John 20:28

Jesus said to her, 'Give Me a drink' " (John 4:7). How many of us are expecting Jesus Christ to quench our thirst when we should be satisfying Him! We should be pouring out our lives, investing our total beings, not drawing on Him to satisfy us. “You shall be witnesses to Me . . ." (Acts 1:8). That means lives of pure, uncompromising, and unrestrained devotion to the Lord Jesus, which will be satisfying to Him wherever He may send us.

Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ. The greatest competitor of true devotion to Jesus is the service we do for Him. It is easier to serve than to pour out our lives completely for Him. The goal of the call of God is His satisfaction, not simply that we should do something for Him. We are not sent to do battle for God, but to be used by God in His battles. Are we more devoted to service than we are to Jesus Christ Himself?

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是主！

多馬說，我的主，我的神。 （約二十28）

[請你給我水喝。 ]我們許多人只期望耶穌解我們的渴，沒想到我們該叫他得著滿足！今天我們早該倒空一切，竭盡所有服侍基督，而不再是要求主來滿足我們。 [你們要作我的見證]，不玷污、不妥協、不打折扣的對主盡忠；不論主放我們在什麼崗位，都叫主心滿足。

忠於基督最大的敵人是事奉主的工作。神呼召的唯一目的是叫他心滿意足，而不呼召人去做點什麼工作。神不是差派我們去為他打仗，而是在他的戰場上被他所用。我們獻身於事奉的熱誠是否過於我們愛主的熱誠呢？

祈禱◆為著你的說話——[父親怎樣憐恤他的兒女，耶和華也怎樣憐恤敬畏他的人]——我讚美你。我何其認清我所領受的，絕不是你的嚴苛，卻全然是你的慈愛。噢，願你向我所施的慈愛、溫柔與忍耐，能夠透過我向其他人表達出來。