The high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days —2 Chronicles 15:17
Asa was not completely obedient in the outward, visible areas of his life. He was obedient in what he considered the most important areas, but he was not entirely right. Beware of ever thinking, “Oh, that thing in my life doesn't matter much.” The fact that it doesn't matter much to you may mean that it matters a great deal to God. Nothing should be considered a trivial matter by a child of God. How much longer are we going to prevent God from teaching us even one thing? But He keeps trying to teach us and He never loses patience. You say, “I know I am right with God”— yet the “high places” still remain in your life. There is still an area of disobedience. Do you protest that your heart is right with God, and yet there is something in your life He causes you to doubt? Whenever God causes a doubt about something, stop it immediately, no matter what it may be. Nothing in our lives is a mere insignificant detail to God.
Are there some things regarding your physical or intellectual life to which you have been paying no attention at all? If so, you may think you are all correct in the important areas, but you are careless— you are failing to concentrate or to focus properly. You no more need a day off from spiritual concentration on matters in your life than your heart needs a day off from beating. As you cannot take a day off morally and remain moral, neither can you take a day off spiritually and remain spiritual. God wants you to be entirely His, and it requires paying close attention to keep yourself fit. It also takes a tremendous amount of time. Yet some of us expect to rise above all of our problems, going from one mountaintop experience to another, with only a few minutes’ effort.
在專誠上散漫
只是邱壇還沒有從以色列中廢去，然而亞撒的心一生誠實。 （代下十五17）
亞撒外在的順服並不完全－－他大體上是對的，但並不完全。若說[不大要緊]的事，要特別當心。對你不大要緊的，對神可能十分要緊。對神的兒女來說，沒有一件事是小的。我們阻止神來教導我們到底要多久呢？但神不會失去耐性。你說：[我知道自己對得起神。 ]可是邱壇猶在，你仍有未順服的事。你是否一面堅稱自己對得起神，一面在生活上仍有些東西令你猶豫不決？一有猶豫，要立即放手，不管這是什麼。沒有什麼事是無關重要的。
在你身體上、思想上，有沒有任何東西，叫你不能專心的？你大致上沒有問題了，但卻很隨便馬虎；那就是在專心的事上出了岔子。你的心臟不能[告假]，停止跳動，同樣的，你屬靈的專一也不能[告假]，稍有鬆懈。你德行的操練若放假一天，你的道德就墮落了；你的靈若放假一天，你就不再屬靈。神要你完全屬他，這就是說，你要警醒自守，保持最佳狀態。這實在需要很長的時間，但有些人卻以為兩三分鐘就可以一飛沖天！
祈禱◆噢，主啊，願你的光穿透我。將你滿意的笑容和福祉賜給我，使我整個人都屬於你。
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