經文: 「上帝賜給我們，不是膽怯的心，乃是剛強、仁愛、謹守的心。」(聖經·提摩太後書 1章7節)「聖靈所結的果子，就是仁愛、喜樂、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信實、溫柔、節制。」(聖經·加拉太書 5章22-23a節)
存在我們心中的愛-聖靈的果子-不只是頭腦的知識，或是形式上的信心而已，那是更深一層的內在生命，乃是上帝道成肉身救贖我們的大愛。我們心中的愛，根源於上帝的愛之泉藉著聖靈澆灌、佔有我心，並引導、掌管、激勵我心。這種豐沛的大愛，可以產生熱情，帶來屬天的能力，成為一生的堅持，流露出我們內在的氣質，讓周圍的人嚐到、感受到上帝是美善的。聖靈所澆灌的愛本身就涵蓋了神聖大愛的命令，以致能幫助我們遵行愛的教訓，不致於太困難。「我們遵守上帝的誡命，這就是愛祂了，並且祂的誡命不是難守的。」(約翰壹書 五3) 照著上帝的應許，當祂將祂的律法寫在人的心中時(這律法的總綱就是愛)；祂就管理全人的思想行動，使之完全降服於上帝，當上帝的兒女願意順服愛的命令，活在上帝的面前，上帝的愛就會充充滿滿地溢注人心，這愛包括了與上帝溝通、與基督連結，並且愛弟兄姐妹。
我們要獲得這些經歷，唯一的途徑就是透過信心。那些帶著信心來到基督面前祈求醫治的瞎子和聾子，就是清楚知道自身的無能和乏力。當我們的心眼被開啟時，就能明白上帝的愛早已藉着聖靈充滿我們的心，使我們能遵守祂的命令去愛弟兄姐妹。願我們的靈俯伏在主前，以愛來回應，直到我們的信心堅定地說：「上帝已將愛的靈放入我心，藉着聖靈的能力，我願意並且能夠愛上帝和世人。」
—《 神 的 心 意 》
(每日靈修 9月20日)
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興
『 The Spirit of Love 』
Scripture: “The fruit of the Spirit is love.” — (Galatians 5:22) “God hath given us the spirit of love.” — (2 Timothy 1:7)
Our love, which is the fruit of the Spirit, does not consist merely in the knowledge of, and faith in, God’s love as revealed in our redemption. No, the matter goes far deeper. Our love has its origin in the fact that the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, not only as an experience or feeling, but the spirit of love takes possession of us, and directs and controls and inspires. This love becomes a heavenly life-power, a disposition of the soul, whereby man tastes and knows that God is good. The Spirit gives to love such a form that it contains the commands of the divine love within itself, and thus can keep the commandments without difficulty. “This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not grievous” (1 John v. 3). When God, according to promise, writes His law in our hearts, the summing up of that law is love. It governs the life of the man wholly devoted to God, and controls his thoughts and actions. This divine love in the heart of man is a a little sanctuary, whence the child of God receives power, in obedience to the inner law of love, to live always in the love of God. This holy love includes Fellowship with God, Union with Christ, and Love to the brethren.
How can we attain to this experience? Through faith alone. The chief sign of faith in the blind and the lepers who came to Christ to be, healed, was the knowledge of their own impotence and inability to help themselves. When our eyes have been opened, and we realize that the love of God has already been shed abroad in our hearts by His Spirit, enabling us to keep His commandments and to love the brethren—then let us bow in stillness of soul before God, and adore the love which has taken possession of our hearts, until our faith can firmly say: God has indeed given the spirit of love in my heart. In the power of the Spirit I can and will love God and my fellow-men.
— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
「 20 September 」
