Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, ’Father, I thank You that You have heard Me’ —John 11:41
When the Son of God prays, He is mindful and consciously aware of only His Father. God always hears the prayers of His Son, and if the Son of God has been formed in me (see Galatians 4:19) the Father will always hear my prayers. But I must see to it that the Son of God is exhibited in my human flesh. “. . . your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit . . . ” (1 Corinthians 6:19), that is, your body is the Bethlehem of God’s Son. Is the Son of God being given His opportunity to work in me? Is the direct simplicity of His life being worked out in me exactly as it was worked out in His life while here on earth? When I come into contact with the everyday occurrences of life as an ordinary human being, is the prayer of God’s eternal Son to His Father being prayed in me? Jesus says, “In that day you will ask in My name . . .” (John 16:26). What day does He mean? He is referring to the day when the Holy Spirit has come to me and made me one with my Lord.
Is the Lord Jesus Christ being abundantly satisfied by your life, or are you exhibiting a walk of spiritual pride before Him? Never let your common sense become so prominent and forceful that it pushes the Son of God to one side. Common sense is a gift that God gave to our human nature— but common sense is not the gift of His Son. Supernatural sense is the gift of His Son, and we should never put our common sense on the throne. The Son always recognizes and identifies with the Father, but common sense has never yet done so and never will. Our ordinary abilities will never worship God unless they are transformed by the indwelling Son of God. We must make sure that our human flesh is kept in perfect submission to Him, allowing Him to work through it moment by moment. Are we living at such a level of human dependence upon Jesus Christ that His life is being exhibited moment by moment in us?
父所聽的禱告
父啊，我感謝你，因為你已經聽我。 （約十一41）
當神的兒子禱告，他只有一個意念，就是父自己。神必然聽他兒子的禱告，因此神子若成形在我裡面，父也必聽我的禱告。我要留心讓神子在我肉身商彰顯。 [你們的身子就是聖靈的殿]，也就是神兒子的[伯利恆]。神子在我身上有得著他自己的機會嗎？神兒子的生命是否直接純全地在我身上活出，正如在他的歷史生命中活出一樣？作為一個普通人，在我日常生活裡，神永恆之子向他父的禱告有沒有在我裡面出來？ [到那日，你們要奉我的名禱告……]哪一日？就是聖靈進入我裡面，叫我真與主成為一體的那日。
主耶穌在你生命中，是否感到心滿意足？還是你在我行我素？不要讓人的常理闖進來，把神的兒子擠到一角去。常理是神給人類的一份禮物，可是並不是神兒子的禮物。神兒子所賜的是超然之理，所以不要把常理放在寶座上。神的兒子體察父心，但常理從不。我們的智慧從來不會敬拜神，除非因著住在我們裡面的神子而得著改變。我們要留意身體對他完全順服，讓他可以隨時自由作工。我們在人生的一切事上，是否對主完全投靠，以致他的生命在我們肉身上彰顯無遺？
祈禱◆主啊，願我[像一顆樹栽在溪水旁，按時候結果子]，求你向我證明這句話的真實。
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