Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? —John 14:9
Our Lord must be repeatedly astounded at us-astounded at how “un-simple” we are. It is our own opinions that make us dense and slow to understand, but when we are simple we are never dense; we have discernment all the time. Philip expected the future revelation of a tremendous mystery, but not in Jesus, the Person he thought he already knew. The mystery of God is not in what is going to be-it is now, though we look for it to be revealed in the future in some overwhelming, momentous event. We have no reluctance to obey Jesus, but it is highly probable that we are hurting Him by what we ask-”Lord, show us the Father . . .” (John 14:8). His response immediately comes back to us as He says, “Can’t you see Him? He is always right here or He is nowhere to be found.” We look for God to exhibit Himself to His children, but God only exhibits Himself in His children. And while others see the evidence, the child of God does not. We want to be fully aware of what God is doing in us, but we cannot have complete awareness and expect to remain reasonable or balanced in our expectations of Him. If all we are asking God to give us is experiences, and the awareness of those experiences is blocking our way, we hurt the Lord. The very questions we ask hurt Jesus, because they are not the questions of a child.
“Let not your heart be troubled . . .” (14:1, 27). Am I then hurting Jesus by allowing my heart to be troubled? . If I believe in Jesus and His attributes, am I living up to my belief? Am I allowing anything to disturb my heart, or am I allowing any questions to come in which are unsound or unbalanced? I have to get to the point of the absolute and unquestionable relationship that takes everything exactly as it comes from Him. God never guides us at some time in the future, but always here and now. Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate.
不要傷主的心！
腓力，我與你們同在這樣長久，你還不認識我麼？ （約十四9）
我們的主必定時常感到驚愕，稀奇我們為何不夠單純。認得主見，常顯明自己的愚昧；我們若單純一點，就不會愚昧，就能時時懂得分辨了。腓力期望獲得神秘莫測的啟示，卻不從他所認識的主身上去找。神的奧秘並不在於將成的事，乃在現今；我們要馬上去找，不要耽延，在各種的環境中去找，就可找到。我們順服耶穌，並不遲疑；但我們所發的問題，可能傷透他的心。 [求主將父顯給我們看。 ]他立刻回答說：[他就在這裡，一直在這裡，不在別處。 ]我們期望神要向他兒女顯現，但是，神卻只在他兒女裡面彰顯他自己。別人看見他，神的兒女卻不看見。我們要感覺到神；但我們不能一面有感於自己的意識，一面又保持清晰的頭腦。我們若求神給我們的經歷，或追求感覺，就會傷主的心。我們所發的問題傷了主的心，因為那原不是兒女所發的問題。
[你們心裡不要憂愁。 ]－－我是否任由我的心憂慮，傷主的心？我若真正相信主，我的生活是否與信心相稱？我有沒有讓什麼煩擾我？有什麼可怕的問題進來？我必須與主心心相印，訴合無間，以致我能接受一切臨到我的事，好像是從他而來的。神的引導從不延遲，他總是現在就引導。只要明白主是此時此地的主，就必即時大得釋放。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，在這新一天，願你的恩典幫助我完全感受到你的接近和你的大能。讓我面對著你的榮耀，以致我可以[變成主的形狀，榮上加榮。 ]
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