經文: 「有了我命令又遵守的，這人就是愛我的；愛我的必蒙我父愛他，我也要愛他，並且要向他顯現。」— [聖經·約翰福音 14章21節]
耶穌應許門徒，當祂升天後要賜下聖靈，透過聖靈，耶穌將顯明祂的同在，門徒也要以一種新的、奇妙的、屬靈的方式，來感受耶穌的同在，而且那種關係是更恆久，感覺是更貼近，勝過耶穌肉身在世的時候。
祂顯現的一個條件就是愛，「有了我的命令又遵守的，這人就是愛我的；愛我的必蒙我父愛他，我也要愛他，並且要向他顯現。」；這是人的愛與神的愛相會合的時候，因著愛，上帝願意住進門徒的心，也惟有門徒完全順服上帝旨意時，耶穌就彰顯祂的同在在門徒心裡。天父看到這一切，就把屬天的愛與平安，降臨在門徒心中，門徒就能感受這種新鮮奇妙耶穌同在的方式。
但這還不夠，若有人問：「耶穌顯現祂本相，是什麼意思？」，答案就是耶穌一再重複說的：「若有人愛我，他就要遵守我的命令。」，而且「我父也要愛他，我們要與他一同坐席。」藉著聖靈的幫助，門徒們樂意遵守上帝的命令，順服上帝的安排，聖父與聖子也就樂意彰顯祂們的本相，將祂榮耀的同在，賞賜給我們。
現在，我們又來到這關鍵之處，就是耶穌所應許的：「我必與你們同在。」，這「同在」，意味著憑信心接受耶穌的內住在心中。喔！那些渴望經歷這應許實際的信徒們，要研讀默想耶穌親口所說的應許，並用孩童般單純的心接受這真理且宣告：「是的，耶穌樂意在我們心中顯現祂的本相。」
—《 神 的 心 意 》
[每日靈修 7月13日]
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興
『 CHRIST Manifesting Himself 』
Scripture: “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall he loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.” — [John 14:21]
Christ had promised the disciples that the Holy Spirit would come to reveal His presence as ever with them. When the Spirit thus came, He through the Spirit would manifest Himself to them. They should know Him in a new, divine spiritual way; in the power of the Spirit they should know Him, and have Him far more intimately and unceasingly with them than they ever had upon earth.
The condition of this revelation of Himself is comprised in the one word — love: “He that keepeth my commandments, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him.” It is to be the meeting of Divine and human love. The love with which Christ had loved them had taken possession of their hearts, and would show itself in the love of a full and absolute obedience. The Father would see this, and His love would rest upon the soul; Christ would love him with the special love drawn out by the loving heart, and would manifest Himself. The love of heaven shed abroad in the heart would be met by the new and blessed revelation of Christ Himself.
But this is not all. When the question was asked, “What is it?” the answer came in the repetition of the words, “If a man love me, he will keep my word”; and then again, “My Father will love him, and We will come unto him and make Our abode with him.” In the heart thus prepared by the Holy Spirit, showing itself in the obedience of love in a fully surrendered heart, the Father and the Son will take up their abode.
And now, nothing less is what Christ promises them: “Lo, I am with you alway.” That “with” implies “in” – Christ with the Father, dwelling in the heart by faith. Oh, that everyone who would enter into the secret of the abiding presence – “Lo, I am with you alway” – would study, and believe, and claim in childlike simplicity the blessed promise: “I will manifest myself unto him.”
— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
「 13 July 」
