主所賜給我們的那幅圖畫，不是一條管道，而是一個泉源。

「你要成為被聖靈充滿！」

這樣，那份與耶穌之間充滿生命力關係的甜蜜，就會彷彿奢賜給他似地、從聖徒裏面湧流出來。

假如你發現你的生命湧流出了問題，過錯在你；一定是有什麼東西、成了流動的阻礙。這時，只要正確地把持住那大源頭、你就必蒙受個人的祝福？ 不是的，乃是從你裏面要流出活水江河的、不受拘限的生命！

我們應當成為耶穌湧流活水江河的中心，好讓每一個人得福。

我們中間有些人好像死海，總是接受、永不放出，因為我們沒有與基督耶穌正確地聯結。就像我們肯定會從祂得著一樣、祂也肯定會藉著我們傾倒出來；而祂，卻並沒有傾倒在這量器中，那是因為我們和祂之間的關係有了缺陷。

你和耶穌基督之間有任何阻擋嗎？有任何東西妨礙你對祂的相信嗎？ 假如沒有，耶穌說，從你裏面要流出活水的江河來。那不是傳遞下來的祝福，那不是一個限定下出來的經驗，而是一條不斷湧流的江河。

把持住那大源頭，好好守衛著你對耶穌基督的信心、以及你和祂之間的關係，這樣，必有不枯乾、不死沉的穩定湧流，流向他人的生命。

從一個信徒裏面會湧流出江河來？這樣說法是不是太誇張了一點？

「我沒有看見什麼江河啊。」你說。

永遠不要以「我算是誰」的觀點來看你自己！

過去歷史上所有神所作成的工的裏面，你幾乎可以發現，永遠都是從出身卑微的、沒有人知的、被人忽視的開始，然而對耶穌基督來說，那絕對沒錯！

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The picture Our Lord gives is not that of a chanel but a fountain. 

"Be being filled！"

Then the sweetness of vital relationsip to Jesus will flow out of the saint as  lavishly as it is imparted to him. 

If you find your life is not flowing out as it should, you are to blame; something has obstructed the flow.  Keep right at the Source, and--you will be blessed personally?  No, out of you will flow rivers of living water, irrepressible life. 

We are to be centers through which Jesus can flow as rivers of living water in blessing to everyone. 

Some of us are like the Dead Sea, always taking in but never giving out, because we are not rightly related to the Lord Jesus.  As surely as we receive from Him, He will pour out through us, and in the measure He is not pouring out, there is a defect in our relationship to Him. 

Is there anything between you and Jesus Christ？ Is there anything that hinders your belief in Him？ If not, Jesus says out of you will flow rivers of living water.  It is not a blessing passed on, not an experience stated, but a river continually flowing. 

Keep at the Source, guard well your belief in Jesus Christ and your relationship to Him, and there will be steady flow for other lives, no dryness and do deadness.

Is it not too extravagant to say that out of an individual believer rivers are going to flow？

"I do not see the rivers," you say.

Never look at yourself from the standpoint of--who am I！

In the history of God's work you will nearly always find that it has started from the obscure, the unknown, the ignored, but the steadfastly true to Jesus Christ.

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【今日讀經：】

約翰福音4:14，「人若喝我所賜的水，就永遠不渴。我所賜的水要在他裏頭成為泉源，直湧到永生。」

【今日靈修閱讀】

書名：My Utmost For His Highest  我靈深處至高主

短文：那寬厚仁慈的美好泉源

作者：Oswald Chambers

譯者：陳正華