Self-Awareness

Come to Me . . . —Matthew 11:28

God intends for us to live a well-rounded life in Christ Jesus, but there are times when that life is attacked from the outside. Then we tend to fall back into self-examination, a habit that we thought was gone. Self-awareness is the first thing that will upset the completeness of our life in God, and self-awareness continually produces a sense of struggling and turmoil in our lives. Self-awareness is not sin, and it can be produced by nervous emotions or by suddenly being dropped into a totally new set of circumstances. Yet it is never God’s will that we should be anything less than absolutely complete in Him. Anything that disturbs our rest in Him must be rectified at once, and it is not rectified by being ignored but only by coming to Jesus Christ. If we will come to Him, asking Him to produce Christ-awareness in us, He will always do it, until we fully learn to abide in Him.

Never allow anything that divides or destroys the oneness of your life with Christ to remain in your life without facing it. Beware of allowing the influence of your friends or your circumstances to divide your life. This only serves to sap your strength and slow your spiritual growth. Beware of anything that can split your oneness with Him, causing you to see yourself as separate from Him. Nothing is as important as staying right spiritually. And the only solution is a very simple one— “Come to Me . . . .” The intellectual, moral, and spiritual depth of our reality as a person is tested and measured by these words. Yet in every detail of our lives where we are found not to be real, we would rather dispute the findings than come to Jesus.

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自覺

可以到我這裡來。 （太十一28）

神的心意是要我們過一個完全以基督為中心的生活，但有時外界的攻擊來了，我們就掉進向內觀察的圈中，還以為這些東西早已對付了。自覺是破壞我們在神裡面完整生命的第一個敵人，並且會不斷帶來摔跤。自覺不是罪，神經質的個性，或突然碰到新環境，都會產生自覺。神的心意是要我們在他裡面絕對完全。任何攪擾我們在他裡面安息的東西，都必須接受治療，置之不理並非治方，而治療的方法是來到主耶穌面前。我們若來就他，求他叫我們有基督的意識，他一定會作工，直到我們住在他裡面。

絕不可讓在主裡的生命分割而置之不理。當心滴漏，就是因朋友或環境的影響，而造成生命的分割。當心任何破壞你與主合一，叫你單獨看自己的事。保持屬靈狀態的正​​常，是至重要的。解決的辦法很簡單－－[到我這裡來。 ]這句話就是我們有多少實質，我們的心志、道德、靈性有多少深度的考驗。若有任何虛假的成分，那我們寧願爭辯，也不願到耶穌那裡。

祈禱◆主啊，為著今早我內心的平安感覺，我讚美你。為著救贖的深刻啟示，我何其稱頌你！願你的光輝從無雲的青空上，照耀我們！