Is Your Mind Stayed on God?

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You —Isaiah 26:3

Is your mind stayed on God or is it starved? Starvation of the mind, caused by neglect, is one of the chief sources of exhaustion and weakness in a servant’s life. If you have never used your mind to place yourself before God, begin to do it now. There is no reason to wait for God to come to you. You must turn your thoughts and your eyes away from the face of idols and look to Him and be saved (see Isaiah 45:22).

Your mind is the greatest gift God has given you and it ought to be devoted entirely to Him. You should seek to be “bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ . . .” (2 Corinthians 10:5). This will be one of the greatest assets of your faith when a time of trial comes, because then your faith and the Spirit of God will work together. When you have thoughts and ideas that are worthy of credit to God, learn to compare and associate them with all that happens in nature-the rising and the setting of the sun, the shining of the moon and the stars, and the changing of the seasons. You will begin to see that your thoughts are from God as well, and your mind will no longer be at the mercy of your impulsive thinking, but will always be used in service to God. 

“We have sinned with our fathers . . . [and] . . . did not remember . . .” (Psalm 106:6-7). Then prod your memory and wake up immediately. Don’t say to yourself, “But God is not talking to me right now.” He ought to be. Remember whose you are and whom you serve. Encourage yourself to remember, and your affection for God will increase tenfold. Your mind will no longer be starved, but will be quick and enthusiastic, and your hope will be inexpressibly bright.

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你對神的盼望弱如垂死？

堅心倚賴你的，你必保守他十分平安。 （堅心倚賴：有把心思意念寄放在神身上的意思。）（賽二十六3）

你的想像力是停留在神身上，還是逐漸衰退消失？叫主工人生命枯槁衰竭最主要的原因，就是缺乏想像力。你若從來未運用想像力來到神面前，現在就開始吧。老等神來是無濟於事的，你必須把想像力從偶像的臉上轉移到神身上，以致得救。想像力是神給我們最大的恩賜，理當全然獻給他。你若已經將所有的心思奪回，順服基督，當試煉臨到，你的信心就有了寶貴的資產，因為你可以與神的靈同心同工。要學習把一切合神心意的思想，同自然界所發生的事連繫起來——太陽的出沒，日月星辰的運轉，四時的變換。這樣，你的想像力就不會受別的影響，而是受神的支配，為神而用。

[我們和我們的列祖犯罪……忘記了……]——這樣就要放一把匕首在你沉睡的地方（意即枕戈待旦，不眠不休的等候神）。 [神現時不和我說話]，但其實他是時常和我說話的。要記住你是屬於誰，你事奉的是誰。挑起回憶，你愛神的心勢必增添十倍。你的想像力也不再呆滯，而是變得活潑、熱切；你的盼望也必光輝燦爛不可言狀了。

祈禱◆噢，主啊，隨著自然界春天的來臨，我的靈渴望你那旺盛的生命力能流進我的生命，不住不住地湧流。然而，我是何其醜陋、何其不像基督！不過，這並非情緒低落的感受，而是我在奇異的盼望中看見這情況。