3月13日 为神奔跑这场赛程
为神奔跑这场赛程
你是否已经加入了那支军队，去战斗镇压受撒但煽动的恶人的叛乱？
你的心偏向哪一方？谁的得胜与失利会牵动你的心，谁就是你的君王。当神的灵站在你意志的门槛上，拦阻撒但正诱使你去犯的罪时，你会如何表态？若你站在基督这一边，你会因祂拦阻你犯罪而更加爱祂；若不然，你就会因神阻碍了你私欲的满足而对祂心怀怨恨。撒但必定还会回来；当它回来时，若发现你仍在为那被拒之门外的私欲而神伤，它就总能找到办法满足那渴望犯罪的灵魂。
当你看见神赐福祂儿女的努力时，你会如何回应？听见福音兴旺，你的心是否会满溢着颂赞的歌声呢？若你仍是魔鬼的孩子，那么圣徒对罪的每一次得胜，对你的阵营来说就是一次失败；圣徒欢呼的声音，在你耳中会像走音的钟声一样刺耳。你会像哈曼那样垂头丧气，满心恼怒地回家，因为你所钟爱的某种罪被夺去，交给基督毁灭了。但若神真是你的父，那么每当你的战友击败了罪，你听见了那胜利的钟声，你的心就会为之雀跃。
你是否已经加入了那支军队，去战斗并且镇压受撒但煽动的恶人的叛乱？仅仅站在场边为其他圣徒加油是不够的；你自己也必须 “奔那摆在我们前头的路程”（来12:1）。若你是圣徒，你就属于神；你奔跑不是为了自己，而是为了祂。祂的心意必须高于你的意愿。若臣民可以任选居所，多数人会求住在君王的宫里，享受安逸；但这通常并不符合他们主的最大利益。因此，那些最爱君王的人，不但甘心舍弃宫廷的美味，还会主动请缨到边境服役——那里仇敌最强，战事最为激烈。他们非但不觉劳苦，反而因能够服事君王而倍感荣耀！
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：出24章，约3章，
个人灵修：伯42章，林后12章
MARCH 13, FRIDAY
RUNNING THE RACE FOR GOD
Have you joined the troops that fight to subdue the insurrections of evil men spurred on by Satan?
With whom do you sympathize? He is your prince whose victories and losses you take to heart. What do you say when God’s Spirit stands in the threshold of your will and blocks the sin Satan is soliciting? If on Christ’s side, you will love Him all the more for keeping you from sin. But if otherwise, you will harbor a grudge against God because He kept you from your heart’s real desire. When Satan returns, as he surely will, he will find you still pining for the lust that was turned away from your door. And he always gratifies the soul that longs for sin.
When you see God blessing the efforts of His children, how do you respond? Hearing that the Gospel thrives, does your spirit swell in songs of praise? If you are still a child of the devil, any triumph over sin is a defeat for your camp. The sound of the saints’ rejoicing will clang in your ears like a miscast bell. You will go muttering to your house, like Haman, inwardly furious that some favorite sin of yours has been snatched away and given to Christ for destruction. But if God is truly your Father, your heart will leap to hear the bells of victory whenever sin is defeated by your fellow soldiers.
Have you joined the troops that fight to subdue the insurrections of evil men spurred on by Satan? Just standing on the sidelines and cheering other saints to victory is not enough. You too must run the race that is set before you. If you are a saint, you belong to God and you run, not for yourself, but for Him. His desires must come before your own. If subjects could choose where they would like to live, most would ask to stay in the palace with the prince. But usually this is not in the best interests of their lord. So those who love him most not only gladly deny themselves the delicacies of the court, but volunteer for service along the border where the enemy is strongest. And they thank their prince for the honor of serving him!