Prayer in the Father’s House

. . . they found Him in the temple . . . . And He said to them, ’. . . Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?’ —Luke 2:46, 49

Our Lord’s childhood was not immaturity waiting to grow into manhood— His childhood is an eternal fact. Am I a holy, innocent child of God as a result of my identification with my Lord and Savior? Do I look at my life as being in my Father’s house? Is the Son of God living in His Father’s house within me?

The only abiding reality is God Himself, and His order comes to me moment by moment. Am I continually in touch with the reality of God, or do I pray only when things have gone wrong— when there is some disturbance in my life? I must learn to identify myself closely with my Lord in ways of holy fellowship and oneness that some of us have not yet even begun to learn. “. . . I must be about My Father’s business”— and I must learn to live every moment of my life in my Father’s house.

Think about your own circumstances. Are you so closely identified with the Lord’s life that you are simply a child of God, continually talking to Him and realizing that everything comes from His hands? Is the eternal Child in you living in His Father’s house? Is the grace of His ministering life being worked out through you in your home, your business, and in your circle of friends? Have you been wondering why you are going through certain circumstances? In fact, it is not that you have to go through them. It is because of your relationship with the Son of God who comes, through the providential will of His Father, into your life. You must allow Him to have His way with you, staying in perfect oneness with Him.

The life of your Lord is to become your vital, simple life, and the way He worked and lived among people while here on earth must be the way He works and lives in you.

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父家裡的禱告

豈不知我應當在我父的家裡麼? (路二49)

主的童年是成熟的成年.祂的童年是一個永恆的事實.我是否聖潔無瑕的孩子,像我的救主一樣? 我是活在父神的家裡?這是否我對人生的看法? 神的兒子在我裡面,是否活在祂父的家裡?

永恆的真實是神自己, 祂的吩咐是時刻不斷的.我是否時刻與真實連繫? 還是事情不順遂,生命起了波瀾時才禱告? 我必須學習與我的主無間斷的聯合,這是許多人還未學會的.”我應當以我父的事為念” 生命的每一刻都活在我父家裡.

單拿你自己的環境來看,你是否與主的生命緊密地合一?單純地作神的孩子, 不斷與祂談話,又知凡事皆出於祂的手? 那永恆神的兒子在你的裡面,是否活在父的家裡? 祂事奉的生命帶來的諸般恩典,有沒有透過你在家庭,工作並親友間流露?你是否因著父神的旨意,在你的成聖上,神子與你建立的關係.讓祂作主,與祂保持完全的合一.

主代贖的生命, 要成為你純一有力的生命.昔日祂活在世人中間所作所行的,今天活在你裡面, 也要照樣行.

祈禱◆噢，主啊，我的本性似乎是何等不願意思想祢恩典的深奧真理,然而,我豈可不認識與祢相交的能力和純潔?