8月14日 管教

你不可轻看主的管教，被他责备的时候，也不可灰心。（来十二5）

消灭圣灵的感动是很容易的，只要我们轻看主的管教，在他责备的时候灰心，那便成了。我们对圣灵的认识若是肤浅，就会把影子当作实体，圣灵一拦阻，我们就会说：“嗯，那一定是魔鬼。”

圣灵说：“不要再在这事上盲目了；你不知道自己所处的光景。我一直未能向你显示，但现在我要向你启示。”这时候，你不可消灭圣灵的感动，也不可轻看他。当主这样管教你，就让他去做吧，让他恢复你与神的正常关系。“被他责备的时候，也不可灰心。”我们往往生神的气说：“唉，我也没有办法；我曾祷告，但事情并不如理想，我要全部放弃了。”试想若在生活其他事情上也这样说，会带来怎样的后果！

我是否愿意让神用大能抓紧我，以致他在我身上作他的工作？成圣不是要神为我作什么，乃是神要在我身上作什么。他必要使我心志上有正确的态度，以致不惜任何代价，我也愿意全然成圣。

祈祷◆愿你使我对你的感觉、辨认和专注更加敏锐，以致我最关注的是与你的关系。

August 14 Chastening

“Despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him.” Hebrews 12:5

It is very easy to quench the Spirit; we do it by despising the chastening of the Lord, by fainting when we are rebuked by Him. If we have only a shallow experience of sanctification, we mistake the shadow for the reality, and when the Spirit of God begins to check, we say – oh, that must be the devil.

Never quench the Spirit, and do not despise Him when He says to you – “Don't be blind on this point any more; you are not where you thought you were. Up to the present I have not been able to reveal it to you, but I reveal it now.” When the Lord chastens you like that, let Him have His way. Let Him relate you rightly to God.

“Nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him.” We get into sulks with God and say – “Oh, well, I can't help it; I did pray and things did not turn out right, and I am going to give it all up.” Think what would happen if we talked like this in any other domain of life!

Am I prepared to let God grip me by His power and do a work in me that is worthy of Himself? Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God's idea of what He wants to do for me, and He has to get me into the attitude of mind and spirit where at any cost I will let Him sanctify me wholly.