經文: 「鑒察人心的，曉得聖靈的意思，因為聖靈照著上帝的旨意替聖徒祈求。」— (聖經·羅馬書 8章27節)
若不是源自於聖靈直接持續的能力供應，天然人的生命是很難持久發光；為此之故，我們惟有完全來信靠聖靈、順服聖靈，時時來向祂禱告，刻刻來與祂同行，才有可能免於犯罪。救贖真理不只是讓人僅止於得救而已，那只是入門，還有進深成聖的功課要做，那才是福音內涵的終極目標，也就是學習過由聖靈掌管的生活，讓我們的心成為上帝的國，遵祂的旨意而行。
耶穌教導祂的門徒說：「我去原是為你們預備地方去。」(約翰福音 十四2) 祂讓門徒明白他們目前的匱乏，並渴望將來更有福的景況；也就是耶穌不再用人類的語言教誨門徒，而是藉著聖靈恩膏，在他們心中做感化啟示的工作。
有兩項基本真理要在這兒闡釋說明：
第一，除非人心完全被聖靈掌管，直接持續地接受聖靈的膏抹帶領，享受屬上帝生命的喜樂，讓耶穌的名得榮耀，否則我們不能經歷到全備福音的真實內涵，達到上帝希望我們成為的樣式。
第二，除非聖靈向人心開啟耶穌救贖真理的奧秘，否則沒有一個人，連使徒也不會明白耶穌贖罪所帶來的屬靈福氣，也無法向世人作見證，或向人傳講信耶穌的好處。
讓我們承認我們常常不把聖靈的工作當一回事，以為只有在特殊事件時，才讓聖靈彰顯帶領，我們務必從這樣錯誤的觀念中跳脫出來，完全將自己降服在聖靈的帶領之下；這才是我們所需要的，也是上帝應許要賜給我們的，但願這成為我們努力的目標，及禱告的內容。
—《 神 的 心 意 》
(每日靈修 8月10日)
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興
『 The Ministration of the Spirit 』
Scripture: “And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.” — (Romans 8:27)
“A natural life can subsist no longer than while it is immediately and continually under the working power of that root or source from which it sprang. Hence nothing but obedience to the Spirit, trusting to the Spirit, walking in the Spirit, praying with and for its continual inspiration, can possibly keep men from sin. The truth and perfection of the Gospel state could not show itself till it became solely a ministration of the Spirit, or a kingdom in which the Holy Spirit of God had the doing of all that was done in it.
“When Christ taught His disciples: ‘I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I go away,’ He taught them to believe what the want was of their present condition, and joyfully to expect the coming of a higher and more blessed state, which they could not have till His outward teaching in human language was changed into the inspiration and operation of His Spirit in their souls.
“Here two most fundamental truths are fully demonstrated. First, that the truth and perfection of the Gospel state could not take place till Christ was glorified, and His Kingdom among men made wholly and solely a continual, immediate ministration of the Spirit, which carried man into the real possession and enjoyment of a Divine life.
“Secondly, that as the Apostles could not, so no man, from their time to the end of the world, can have any true and real knowledge of the spiritual blessings of Christ’s redemption, or have a Divine capacity of fitness to preach, and bear witness of them to the world, but solely by that same Divine Spirit opening all the mysteries of a Redeeming Christ in their inward part, as it did in the Apostles and first ministers of the Gospel.”
Let us confess how much we have thought of the working of the Spirit as an occasional thing, for certain times or duties. Let us remember that it will be no easy thing for us to be delivered from this thought, and to yield ourselves wholly to the great truth that the immediate and continual inspiration of the Holy Spirit is what is absolutely needed, is promised by God, and made possible to us. Let us make this the one aim of our desire and prayer.
— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
「 10 August 」
