“What Is That to You?”

Peter . . . said to Jesus, ’But Lord, what about this man?’ Jesus said to him, ’. . . what is that to you? You follow Me’ —John 21:21-22

One of the hardest lessons to learn comes from our stubborn refusal to refrain from interfering in other people’s lives. It takes a long time to realize the danger of being an amateur providence, that is, interfering with God’s plan for others. You see someone suffering and say, “He will not suffer, and I will make sure that he doesn’t.” You put your hand right in front of God’s permissive will to stop it, and then God says, “What is that to you?” Is there stagnation in your spiritual life? Don’t allow it to continue, but get into God’s presence and find out the reason for it. You will possibly find it is because you have been interfering in the life of another— proposing things you had no right to propose, or advising when you had no right to advise. When you do have to give advice to another person, God will advise through you with the direct understanding of His Spirit. Your part is to maintain the right relationship with God so that His discernment can come through you continually for the purpose of blessing someone else.

Most of us live only within the level of consciousness— consciously serving and consciously devoted to God. This shows immaturity and the fact that we’re not yet living the real Christian life. Maturity is produced in the life of a child of God on the unconscious level, until we become so totally surrendered to God that we are not even aware of being used by Him. When we are consciously aware of being used as broken bread and poured-out wine, we have yet another level to reach— a level where all awareness of ourselves and of what God is doing through us is completely eliminated. A saint is never consciously a saint— a saint is consciously dependent on God.

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與你何干？

主啊，這人將來如何？ ……與你何干？你跟從我罷。 （約二十一21-22）

我們最難學的功課之一，就是放棄對別人生命的干涉。我們要經很長的時間才明白，干涉神在別人生命中的吩咐，是很危險的。你看見人家受苦，你就說：[他不該受​​苦，我要設法使他不受苦。 ]那你便是阻撓神容許的旨意。神說：[與你何干？ ]若你的靈性停滯不前，不可聽其自然，必須到神面前尋出根源。很可能是因為你在干擾別人的生命；或提供你無權提供的；或指點你無權指點的。要是神真要你勸勉別人，他必定叫你的勸勉，直接有聖靈感動。你的責任是保持與神有正確良好的關係，以致他的智慧，能隨時隨地透過你叫他人得福。

我們多半活在意識的邊境上－－自覺是在事奉神，自覺愛神。這都是不成熟的，並不屬於那真正的生命。成熟的表現是不再憑觀感知覺；我們對神完全的歸服，以致不再意識到自己被神使用。我們若仍意識到被神用作劈開的餅何澆奠的酒，那麼，就得追求另一個境界，就是把自覺的意識，以及神透過我們工作的意識，都同時消除。聖徒是從不自覺是聖徒，他們只知依靠神。

祈禱◆噢，願我藉著你內住的聖靈，將我與敬拜、美善和聖潔連合起來。主啊，感動我的身體和心靈，直至它們能為著你而融合為一。