6月28日 等候神
6月28日 等候神
到神的灵那里去等候。你正站在正确的门前，这件事本身就能带给你安慰。
你可能搜遍了整片田地，却仍未发现隐藏在其中的宝藏。我们唯有借着神的灵，才能“知道神开恩赐给我们的事”（林前2:12）。圣灵运行在神所设立的蒙恩之道中，如同总督在其辖区内施政一般；祂借此将天国的证据印在我们的良心上。
到神的灵那里去等候。你正站在正确的门前，这件事本身就能带给你安慰。即使你叩门良久却听不见回音，也不必感到羞愧。伊矶伦的臣仆曾为了一个死人苦苦等候（士3:25），但你所等候的乃是永生神；你在地上每一次的叩门，祂在天上都听得见。祂是慈爱的神，听见你的祷告，也看见你的眼泪。即使祂此刻看起来像个陌生人（正如约瑟在他哥哥们面前显得像个陌生人一样），祂内心却充满怜悯，很快就会伏在你的颈项上，借着承认并接纳你，以及祂在你里面所成就的恩典，来释放祂满溢的慈爱。
所以，抬起头来；但要记住，你不能为全能的神设定时间。太阳自有其升起的时刻，绝不会按照你所决定的时间升起。有时，神在蒙恩之道中临到你，祂属天的真光照进你生命的最深处，使祂的道在你里面活泼起来。但你难道不曾有过这样的经历：整夜俯伏在祂面前与祂摔跤，苦苦思索为何祂不满足你的灵魂？当有人把蜡烛带进黑暗的房间，我们会四处移动，寻找丢失的东西，并很快找到我们在黑暗中摸索了几个小时也找不到的物件。在神片刻的光照启示中，我们对自己属灵光景的判断，往往胜过在祂隐藏时数日或数周的暗中摸索。
要敏锐地留意神临到你的时刻，并紧紧抓住这些时刻。但即使神选择将宝藏隐藏起来，使你暂时看不见，也要安慰你自己。无论你能否看见，祂都知道你的纯全是真实的。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：申33-34章，诗119:145-176，
个人灵修：赛60章，太8章
JUNE 28, SUNDAY
WAIT ON GOD
Go to God’s Spirit and wait. The fact that you are at the right door is comforting in itself.
You might search all over the field and still not discover the treasure hidden there. The only way we can “know the things that are freely given to us of God” is by God’s Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:12). He lives in God’s ordinances as a governor works in his graces—evidences for heaven—sealed to our consciences.
Go to God’s Spirit and wait. The fact that you are at the right door is comforting in itself. Even if you knock for a long time but do not hear anyone coming, you should not feel ashamed. Eglon’s servants waited for a dead man (Judges 3:25), but you are waiting for the living God, who hears from heaven every knock you have ever given on earth. He is a loving God who hears your prayers and sees your tears. And even if He seems like a stranger, as Joseph appeared to his brothers, He is so big with mercy that He will soon fall on your neck and ease His heart by acknowledging and accepting you, and His grace in you.
Lift up your head, then—but remember, you cannot set times for God Almighty. The sun rises at its own hour, no matter what time you decide it should come up. Sometimes God comes to you in an ordinance and His heavenly light radiates into your innermost being while He quickens His Word to you. But have you not spent other nights on your face wrestling with God, wondering why He did not satisfy your soul? When someone brings a candle into the dark room we stir around and look for the thing we have lost and soon find what we had groped for in the darkness for hours. We can gauge more of our spiritual condition in a moment of His revelation than in days or weeks of His withdrawal.
Carefully watch for the seasons when God comes to you; take advantage of them. But even if God chooses to hide the treasure from your sight, comfort yourself. He knows your sincerity is real whether you can see it or not.