我們怎樣在基督裡成長?我們需要神的話語,作為靈命成長的靈糧。除此之外,我們更要聖靈不住在我們心中工作。 別人在你和我的生命中,究竟看見誰呢?是我們的自我,還是基督呢?聖靈在哪個人的生命中工作,那個人的生命就能反照基督的屬性和基督的愛。 請看加拉太書四章19節的教導:基督已經在我們心中,但我們卻要長成基督的品格和樣式,讓別人看見基督活在我們心裡。只要我們每天體貼聖靈而行,聖靈就會幫助我們結出「聖靈的果子」,活出基督的樣式。 我們可以用小雞如何在雞蛋中成長,作為一個類比的例子。它最初只是雞蛋中的一個小點。可是,只要將雞蛋放在適當的環境中,裡面的小點就會不斷成長,直至在蛋殼中長成一隻小雞。 在我們心中的聖靈,當然希望為我們提供適當的條件因素,讓我們可以長成基督的品格。不過,唯有我們上到天堂,我們才能長成完全的品格。聖靈是否在我們心中工作的最真確證據,就是我們的生命能反照基督多少。聖靈是我們的一位「隱藏客人」,因為祂不會叫人注意自己,只會叫人一直注視基督。 聖靈的工作更不僅如此。我們現在只是指出聖靈如何幫助人認罪悔改,以及信主後如何改變更新而已。 我們是否容讓聖靈在我們的生命中工作呢? 禱告:「主耶穌啊,我將自己呈獻給你,祈求聖靈在我的生命中不斷作工。」 |
Bible Reading: Ephesians 4: 11-16 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. |
How do we grow in Christ? We need spiritual food found in God's Word. We also must have the continuing work of the Holy Spirit in us. What is being seen in your life and my life each day? Is it self or Christ? Where the Holy Spirit is allowed to do His work, Christ will be seen through the manifestation of His character and His love. Look at Galatians 4:19. Christ is already in our hearts but it is His character and His likeness that must be formed and seen. As we allow the Holy Spirit to have his way in us each day, He will reproduce the "fruit of the Spirit" which really is the likeness of Christ. A good analogy is to think of how a chicken is formed in an egg. At first it is only a tiny speck within the egg. However given the right conditions, that speck will grow, day by day until the shell is filled with a whole living chicken. We could say that the Holy Spirit wants to maintain the conditions which will develop the character of Christ in us. This will only be completed when we get to Heaven. The true evidence of the presence and work of the Holy Spirit is how much of Christ can be seen in each life. The Holy Spirit is our "unseen guest". He does not draw attention to Himself but keeps the spotlight on Jesus Christ. This is not the only work of the Spirit but we are thinking about our growth in Christ and His part in this transformation both when we are converted and after our conversion. Are we allowing Him to do His continuous work? A morning prayer, "Lord Jesus, I give myself to you this day so that the Holy Spirit can have His way in me ." |
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