4月5日 属灵的操练
属灵的操练
我深信，现今许多信徒不能站立得稳，一个重要的原因就是根基打得太浅。
那些在基督信仰的基本要道上未受教诲的基督徒，很难成长为稳固、成熟的圣徒。我深信，现今许多信徒不能站立得稳，一个重要的原因就是根基打得太浅。亲爱的圣徒啊，如果你还没有真正掌握福音最基本的真理，千万不要因面子而拒绝回头重新学习。太多人过于关注自己的名声，却忽略了自己灵魂的救恩。
你要恒切渴慕神话语的职事。使徒曾劝勉希伯来信徒：“你们不可停止聚会，好像那些停止惯了的人”（来10:25）。如果你口里说想要认识神的真理，却轻慢那传讲神话语的讲台，那你就如同一个说想看落日、却懒得把椅子转向西边的人一样，这显出你的心是虚伪的。
若要认识神，你就必须来到祂所指定的受教之地。只要有教会，你就应当去；若实在没有，你就当殷勤查考圣经，并在家中等候圣灵藉着圣道来服事你。你必须全然信靠天父，祂必会以特别的方式，回应你对属灵粮食的渴求。祂就像一位慈父，若城里没有学校，祂必亲自在家中教导孩子，使其成为优秀的门徒。正如保罗所说，神“藉着我们在各处显扬那因认识基督而有的香气”（林后2:14）。
神的圣言中充满了对你灵魂大有裨益的美物。祂乐意让你得着全部，因此你要谨慎，作一个警醒、专注的学生。你当努力效法吕底亚，她“留心听保罗所讲的话”（徒16:14）。当你去教会时，要尽力约束那如水银般飘忽不定的心思，定意专心听道。最重要的是，要确保你的心被爱神的火焚烧，使你的意志降服在祂的旨意之下；因为思想总是受意志差遣的——我们的心爱什么，我们的心思就奔向哪里。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：利8章，诗9章，
个人灵修：箴23章，帖前2章
APRIL 5, SUNDAY
PRACTICE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE
I sincerely believe a poor foundation is the reason many are not steadfast today.
Christians who are not instructed in the fundamentals of Christianity are not likely to mature into solid saints. I sincerely believe a poor foundation is the reason many are not steadfast today. Dear saint, do not be too proud to go back and learn the basic precepts of the Gospel if you have not yet mastered them. Too many are more concerned about their reputation than their salvation.
Wait on the ministry of the Word. The apostle cautioned the Hebrew Christians not to neglect church attendance (Hebrews 10:25). If you say you want to know God’s truth, but neglect to go where the Word is preached, you are as insincere as the man who says he wants to watch the sun set but will not bother to turn his chair toward the west.
To know God, you must come to where He has appointed you to learn. If there is a church, go. If there is none, study your Bible diligently and wait on the ministry of the Spirit at home. You can trust your heavenly Father to use extraordinary measures to honor your demand for spiritual food. He is like a father who, if there is no school in town, teaches his child at home and turns him into an excellent scholar. God, Paul tells us, “maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place” (2 Corinthians 2:14).
God’s Word is filled with good things for your soul. He wants you to have them all, so see to it that you are a wakeful and attentive student. Strive to be like Lydia, who “attended unto the things which were spoken by Paul” (Acts 16:14). When you go to church, try to fix your quicksilver mind and set yourself to hear the sermon. Above all, make sure your heart is consumed with love for God, and your will is in submission to His desires. The mind goes on the will’s errand; we spend our thoughts on what our hearts propose.