💜《神的心意》20210924『最大的誡命-The First and Great Commandment』— 慕安德烈

經文: 「耶和華-你的上帝將你心裡和你後裔心裡的污穢除掉，好叫你盡心盡性愛耶和華-你的上帝。」— (聖經·申命記 30章6節錄)

上帝誠盼我們愛祂，愛的本質就是希望有人接納，有人回應。是的，上帝以祂永不止息的愛吸引我們，渴望我們全心全意地愛祂。

但是我如何達到那樣的地步，就像我們接受救恩的方式-憑藉信心。保羅說：「我是信上帝的兒子而活，祂是愛我的。」當我們花時間等候上帝時，要想到上帝是多麼渴望贏得我們的心，多麼想擁有我們的愛，透過上帝的兒子耶穌，我們可以明白上帝的心意，讓祂享用我們的愛。

我們的心常是盲目黑暗的，常常忘記上帝多麼渴望祂的兒女們能同祂談心，一旦我們相信這件事實，就會願意讓自己在上帝面前多等候片刻，讓祂的面光照著我們的心。就像我們仰頭望著太陽，就自然會感受到光和熱，上帝更是加倍地願祂的孩子們在等候親近祂時，享受祂的面光和溫暖的愛。

在舊約時代，上帝就已給我們新約的應許「我要潔淨你們，……也要賜給你們一個新心，將新靈放在你們裡面。」(以西結書 卅六25-26) 祂賜下祂的獨生愛子為我們而死，為要贏得我們的愛。喔！我的靈哪！花時間思考這真理，並安靜等候在上帝面前，讓信心越來越堅定，那愛我們也渴望我們愛的上帝是全能的，祂要藉著現在內住的聖靈，將祂神聖的大愛澆灌在我們心裡。

與上帝親密溝通的甘甜喜樂，在地上是沒有任何情愛可以相比的。難道我不該每天撥時間，來到上帝天父面前，以更堅定的信心相信祂的同在與祝福，並以此滿足祂的心嗎？上帝天父這樣渴望祂兒女們來親近祂，祂也要藉著聖靈做感動的工作，賜下一顆饑渴慕義的心在我們裡頭，使我們能夠遵行祂的旨意，來討祂的喜悅，並證明我們對上帝的愛。

「喔！主啊！我要俯伏敬拜在祢的面前，求祢更多賜下渴慕親近祢的心，這也是祢的心願，就是讓我的心充滿祢的愛。奉主耶穌的聖名，阿們！」

—《 神 的 心 意 》
(每日靈修 9月24日)
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興

『The First and Great Commandment』

Scripture: “The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul.” — (Deuteronomy 30:6)

God greatly desires our love. It is the nature of all love to long to be acceptable, and to meet with response. Yes, God longs with a never-ending, fervent desire to have our love, the love of the whole heart.

But how can I attain such a condition? Just in the same way that I receive salvation—through faith alone. Paul says: “I live through the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me.” When we take time to wait upon God, and remember with what a burning desire God sought to win our love, through the gift of His Son, we shall be able to realize that God has a strong and never-ceasing longing for the love of our heart.

Our hearts are blind and dark, and we are apt to forget that God longs each day for the love of His child. If I once begin to believe it, I shall feel constrained to tarry before God, and ask Him to let His light shine into my heart. Just as the sun is willing to give me its light and heat, if I will receive them, God is a thousand times more willing to give me the light and glow of His love.

In the Old Testament God gave us the promise of the new covenant (Ezek. xxxvi. 25, 26), “I will cleanse you, a new heart will I give you, and put within you a new spirit.” He gave His Son to die for us, in order to win our love. Take time, O my soul, to grasp this, and wait silently upon God, and become strong in the assurance of faith: God, Who longs for my love, is Almighty, and will shed abroad His love in my heart through the Holy Spirit now dwelling within me.

Oh, that we could understand that there is nothing on earth to be compared to this experience! Shall I not take time each day, and give God His desire, and believe with firmer faith? God, Who so greatly longs for my love, will work within me by His Spirit, granting the desire to love Him with my whole heart, and enabling me to prove my love by keeping His commandments.

O Lord, I bow before Thee; fulfil my longing desire, which is also Thy desire, that my heart may be filled with Thy love.

— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
「 24 September 」