2月27日 限制了耶稣的工作

你从哪里得活水呢？（约四11）

“井又深。”——比撒玛利亚妇人所想的更深。想想人本性的深奥、生命的奥妙，和你“里面的井”的深度。你是否限制了主耶稣的工作，以致他不能有所作为？假设你心中有一个像无底深井的烦恼，耶稣会对你说: “你心里不要忧愁。”你就耸耸肩说：“可是，主啊，井太深；我无法从其中汲取平静与安慰的水。”其实，耶稣要从上头带下力量来，而不会从人的井里打什么上来。我们若只记得以往让神为我们做过的事，或说：“我当然不会奢望神这样做。”那么，我们就限制了以色列的圣者的工作。要全能才做得到的事，信徒该相信耶稣能够做到。我们若忘记他的全能，就局限了主的工作；那使主的工作显得衰退的是我们，不是他。我们只接受耶稣作安慰者、同情者，而不接受他为全能者。

我们中间有些人之所以成为差劲的基督徒，是因为心中没有全能的基督。我们有基督徒的性情与经历，却没有委身于耶稣基督，向他降服。到有了难题，就说：“他实在无能为力。”是我们限制了他的工作。我们挣扎到井底，想自己去打水；并且在放弃时心安理得地说：“这事不可能。”你知道仰望耶稣就可以做成。你的缺欠深如井，惟有竭力抬头仰望神

祈祷◆噢，主啊，只要我能听见你发出清晰的吩咐，我将产生何等全备的信心！主啊，愿你今天吩咐我。

February Impoverished Ministry Of JESUS

“From whence then hast Thou that living water?” John 4:11

“The well is deep” – and a great deal deeper than the Samaritan woman knew! Think of the depths of human nature, of human life, think of the depths of the “wells” in you. Have you been impoverishing the ministry of Jesus so that He can not do anything? Suppose there is a well of fathomless trouble inside your heart, and Jesus comes and says – “Let not your heart be troubled”; and you shrug your shoulders and say, “But, Lord, the well is deep; You cannot draw up quietness and comfort out of it.” No, He will bring them down from above. Jesus does not bring anything up from the wells of human nature. We limit the Holy One of Israel by remembering what we have allowed Him to do for us in the past, and by saying, “Of course I cannot expect God to do this thing.” The thing that taxes almightiness is the very thing which we as disciples of Jesus ought to believe He will do. We impoverish His ministry the moment we forget He is Almighty; the impoverishment is in us, not in Him. We will come to Jesus as Comforter or as Sympathizer, but we will not come to Him as Almighty.

The reason some of us are such poor specimens of Christianity is because we have no Almighty Christ. We have Christian attributes and experiences, but there is no abandonment to Jesus Christ. When we get into difficult circumstances, we impoverish His ministry by saying – “Of course He cannot do any thing,” and we struggle down to the deeps and try to get the water for ourselves. Beware of the satisfaction of sinking back and saying – “It can't be done”; you know it can be done if you look to Jesus. The well of your incompleteness is deep, but make the effort and look away to Him.