第三週•週一

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晨興餧養

申八8『那地有小麥、大麥、葡萄樹、無花果樹、石榴樹；那地有出油的橄欖樹，有蜜。』

約十二24『我實實在在的告訴你們，一粒麥子不落在地裏死了，仍舊是一粒；若是死了，就結出許多子粒來。』

我們必須因着主的話敬拜主！〔在申命記八章八節〕祂是把小麥（不是把大麥或葡萄樹）擺在先。小麥代表基督的那一面呢？從約翰十二章二十四節我們能看見，主是一粒麥子落在地裏死了，埋葬了。小麥是代表成爲肉體的基督。基督乃是神成了肉體，成爲一個人，落到地裏來受死，被埋葬。這就是小麥。它豫表那成爲肉體的基督，受死的基督，被埋葬的基督。（李常受文集一九六一至一九六二年第四册，三○五頁。）

信息選讀

我所注重的乃是小麥的經歷…。無論何時當神主宰的權柄把你擺在一種處境中，使你受限制，使你受壓迫，你就能經歷主作小麥。當你在那種受限制、受壓迫的處境中，你來接觸主，祂之於你就像一粒小麥。當你接觸了主，你馬上能完全滿意於你的處境和你的限制。在你裏面的生命就是基督自己，乃是一粒小麥。這生命是一個小木匠，成爲肉體者，受限制者的生命。當你在某一種環境中受到限制和壓制，而你與基督有了一次活的接觸，你就要說，『主阿，你是無限的神，卻成了一個有限的人。在你裏面有能力忍受任何一種的限制。』你就會經歷基督作小麥。

有一天，一位很好、很屬靈的姊妹來見我。她出身於富有的家庭，後來和一位弟兄結婚，而這位弟兄需要奉養他的母親。這位母親對兒子是和藹可親，但是對媳婦卻完全是另外一回事。這位青年姊妹來找我尋求交通，看看到底她的經歷對不對。她告訴我，她一天過一天如何受到婆婆的難爲，她如何到主面前去求主作事。當然她不敢求主把她的婆婆挪去，但是她求主救她脫離那個處境。她說，當她求告主的時候，主馬上給她看見，祂在地上時是怎樣的一種人。祂二十多年之久在那個小家庭裏作一個木匠，受了多少的限制。當她看見了這一個，她就流着淚喊說，『主，我讚美你，我讚美你！你的生命在我裏面。主，我滿意目前的處境了。我不求你來改變甚麼，我只要讚美你！』她問我，到底她的經歷對不對。我就告訴她，那是再對不過了。這位姊妹經歷了基督是一粒小麥，她的確是一位屬靈的姊妹。

過了一些時候這位姊妹又來找我。這一次她說，『弟兄，讚美主，我不只滿意於我家庭的限制，並且我對於主耶穌有更多的看見！祂不只是受限制的，祂還是被置於死地，並且埋葬的！當主向我啓示這個的時候，我就告訴祂，我不只願意留在這一種家庭的處境中，並且願意爲祂的緣故死在這家裏，埋葬在這家裏。』這是更進一步的經歷基督作小麥。

對於我們許多人，在許多環境中，主耶穌就是一粒小麥。我們越多經歷祂，我們越認識祂是這樣的一位。祂活在我們裏面。祂是我們的生命，使我們願意受限制，願意死，願意被埋葬，願意成爲無有。這就是基督作小麥的經歷。（李常受文集一九六一至一九六二年第四册，三○七至三○九頁。）

參讀：包羅萬有的基督，第五章。

WEEK 3 — DAY 1

Morning Nourishment

Deut. 8:8 A land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees with oil and of honey.

John 12:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

We must worship the Lord for His Word. [In Deuteronomy 8:8] He put wheat first, not the barley or the vine. What aspect of Christ does wheat represent? From John 12:24 we can see that the Lord is a grain of wheat falling into the earth to die and to be buried. The wheat represents Christ incarnated. Christ is God incarnated as man to fall into the earth—to die and to be buried. This is the wheat. It typifies the Christ who was incarnated, the Christ who died, and the Christ who was buried. (CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” pp. 232-233)

Today’s Reading

Let us consider the experience of wheat…Whenever you are put into a situation by the Lord’s sovereignty in which you are limited, in which you are pressed, you may experience the Lord as wheat. When in the midst of that limiting and pressing situation you contact the Lord, He is just as a grain of wheat to you. Immediately upon contacting Him, you can be completely satisfied with your situation and your limitation. That life which is Christ Himself within you is a grain of wheat. It is the life of the little carpenter, the incarnated One, the limited One. When you are in a certain environment in which you are restricted and suppressed, if you have a living touch with Christ, you will say, “O Lord, You are the infinite God, but You did become a
finite man. There is power in You to suffer any kind of limitation.” You will experience Christ as the wheat.

One day a very good and spiritual sister came to see me. She had come from a rich family and had married a brother who had to take care of his mother. The mother was amiable to the son, but to the daughter-in-law it was another story. This young sister came to me, seeking some fellowship to see whether her experience was right or not. Then she told me how much she suffered day by day from her mother-in-law. She told me how she went to the Lord and asked the Lord to do something. Of course, she dared not ask the Lord to get rid of her mother-in-law, but she asked the Lord to deliver her from that situation. She said then that when she besought the Lord, the Lord immediately began to show her what kind of person He was on the
earth. He showed her how much He was limited as a carpenter in that little family for more than thirty years. When she saw such a vision, she cried with tears, “Lord, I praise You, I praise You! Your life is in me. I am satisfied, Lord, with my present situation. I do not ask You to change anything. I just praise You!” She asked me if her experience was right, and I told her that it was most right. This sister experienced Christ as a grain of wheat. She was really a spiritual sister.

Some time later, this sister came to me again. This time she said, “Brother, praise the Lord, I am not only satisfied with the limitation of my family, but I have seen something more of the Lord Jesus. He was not only limited, but He was also put to death and buried. When the Lord revealed this to me, I told Him that I would not only be content to stay with the situation in my family, but I would even die and be buried in this family for His sake.” This was a further experience of Christ as a grain of wheat.

To many of us in many circumstances, the Lord Jesus is just as a grain of wheat. The more we experience Him, the more we realize that He is such a One. He lives in us. He is our life to make us willing to be limited, willing to die, willing to be buried, willing to be nothing. This is the experience of Christ as wheat. (CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” pp. 234-235)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” ch. 5