1月14日 你的心必须在神面前正直
你的心必须在神面前正直
因为祂爱你，若能力的使用反倒使你远离了与祂的相交，祂就会收回那份出于恩典而供应的能力。
当你呼求拯救时，若你的心没有对准正确的方向，能力就不会临到。每当你觉得自己与神的能力隔绝时，请用以下问题省察自己：
我是否真的单单信靠神来满足我的需要吗？还是我在倚靠自己的决心、我的牧者，或别的外在来源？这些或许都是好的，但它们不过是基督的仆人；你要穿过这些，直奔主人自己。去触摸祂——拯救就属于你。
我是否为现有的力量心存感恩？在信心的长跑中，每位选手的步调各不相同。也许你看见许多“强者”在奔向荣耀的道路上超过了你，便感到灰心。与其望着他们的背影自怜，不如感谢神：你至少还能跑！你还在赛程中吗？那完全是神的恩典，且唯独是恩典。要为这份特权感谢祂。请记住：每一个跑完全程的人——即便是最软弱的圣徒——在主里都是得胜者。
是否是我的骄傲堵塞了神能力的流通？若你将神赐的能力用来抬高自己，神就不会持续供应。祂深知，你很快就会借着骄傲的翅膀飞离祂。因为祂爱你，若能力的使用反倒使你远离了与祂的相交，祂就会收回那份出于恩典而供应的能力。这一切都是为了你的益处，好使你的骄傲气绝，那时你不得不回到祂面前。
神也可能呼召你在极大的逆境中忍耐到底。也许上述情况都不符合你的处境：也许 你的心在神面前是清洁的，你诚心祷告等候，然而神仍收手不发力。此时，你当立定志向：活也等候，死也等候——因为这或许正是祂对你的要求。还有什么比“忍耐到底”，更能显明你的信心，并显明神的恩典正在你里面作工呢？
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：创15章，太14章，
个人灵修：尼4章，徒14章
JANUARY 14, WENDESDAY
YOUR HEART SHOULD BE RIGHT WITH GOD
Because He loves you,He will recall your ration of powerif it takes you out of fellowship with Him.
If your heart is not set in the right direction when you appeal for deliverance, strength will not come. Ask yourself these questions when you feel shut off from God’s power.
Am I really trusting God, and Him only, to meet my need? Or am I depending on my own resolve, my pastor, or some other outside source? All these things may be good, but they are only Christ’s servants. Press through them to the Master Himself. Touch Him—and deliverance is yours.
Am I thankful for the strength I have? In a long-distance race, the contestants run at varying paces. Perhaps you are discouraged when you see so many strong ones pass you on the way to glory. Rather than cry after them, be thankful that you have the strength to run at all! Are you in the race? It is by God’s grace and that alone; thank Him for the privilege. Remember this: Everyone (even the weakest saint) who finishes the race is a winner.
Has my pride stopped the flow of God’s power? God will not keep supplying power if you use it for your own advancement. He knows how quickly you are carried away from Him on the wings of your pride. Because He loves you, He will recall your ration of power if it takes you out of fellowship with Him. All this He does for your own good, so that when your pride lies gasping, you will be forced back to Him.
God may call you to persevere in the face of overwhelming odds. Perhaps nothing that has been said answers your particular case. Your heart is clean before God; you have sincerely and prayerfully waited, yet God withholds His hand. Then you must resolve to live and die waiting, for that may be what He requires. What greater evidence of your faith and of God’s grace at work in you than to persevere to the end!