第六週•週四

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晨興餧養

出三一17『這是我與以色列人之間永遠的記號；因爲六日之內耶和華造天地，第七日便安息舒暢。』

林前十五10『然而因着神的恩，我成了我今天這個人，並且神的恩臨到我，不是徒然的；反而我比眾使徒格外勞苦，但這不是我，乃是神的恩與我同在。』

神是因着人而得着舒暢。…祂按着自己的形像造人有靈，使人能與祂有交通。因此，人是神的舒暢。…神說，『那人獨居不好，我要爲他造一個幫助者作他的配偶。』〔創二18。〕這話有豫表上的意義，指明神獨居不好。神創造人以前，好比是個單身漢。…但在將來的永遠裏，祂要得着一個妻子，就是新耶路撒冷，稱爲羔羊的妻。（啓二一9 ～10。）

神看見祂所創造的人，便安息舒暢了。人就像一種令人舒暢的飲料，解除神的乾渴，並使祂滿足。神結束祂的工作，開始歇息時，就有人作祂的同伴。對神而言，第七日是安息與舒暢的日子。然而，對神的同伴—人—而言，安息與舒暢的日子是第一日，…享受的日子。（出埃及記生命讀經，二○九二至二○九三頁。）

信息選讀

在我們得着享受以前，神不會要求我們作工，這乃是一個神聖的原則。神首先以享受來供應我們，…我們若不知道如何與神一同有享受，以及如何享受神自己，就不會知道如何與祂同工。我們不會知道如何在神聖的工作上與神是一。

不錯，我們應當與神同工，甚至憑神作工。但照着聖經所啓示的，僅僅與神同工還不彀，我們必須在神的工作上與祂是一。這需要我們享受祂。我們若不知道如何享受神並被神充滿，就不會知道如何與祂同工，如何在祂的工作上與祂是一。

在新約裏有一個很好的例子，說明了這個原則。使徒們的新約職事是開始於他們在五旬節那天的享受。門徒們不是工作了六天，然後在五旬節那天纔享受主。真實的光景乃是主吩咐他們要等候，直到那靈降臨在他們身上，以充滿他們。…因爲他們被那靈充滿了，別人就以爲他們喝醉了酒。事實上，他們是充滿了對屬天之酒的享受。他們被這種享受充滿了以後，纔開始與神同工。這就是與神同工、與祂是一而作工的路。彼得同着使徒們站起來傳福音，藉此爲神作工時，乃是在神的工作上與祂是一。

對人而言，安息日始終是第一日。按照舊約的安息日，人的安息日是他的第一日。同樣的，按照新約，第八日，就是人安息的日子，也是第一日。按照舊約的原則，人的安息日是在神的工作完成以後。人不是在自己的工作完成後安息的，乃是在神的工作完成以後，就安息了，並且享受神完成的工作。神作工，而人享受；人享受神在祂的工作上所已經成就的。

也許亞當在第一天與神一同享受安息之後，另外六天就作工照顧園子。到了第八日，就是另一個第一日，他又與神一同安息。這是一個週而復始的循環，其間有安息與作工。對神而言，是作工而安息；對人而言，是安息而作工。（出埃及記生命讀經，二○九三至二○九五頁。）

參讀：出埃及記生命讀經，第一百七十二篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 4

Morning Nourishment

Exo. 31:17 It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.

1 Cor. 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am; and His grace unto me did not turn out to be in vain, but, on the contrary, I labored more abundantly than all of them, yet not I but the grace of God which is with me.

God was refreshed with man…He created him in His own image with a spirit so that man could have fellowship with Him. Man, therefore, was God’s refreshment. God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper as his counterpart” [Gen. 2:18]. This word has a significance in typology, and indicates that it was not good for God to be alone. Before God created man, God could be compared to a “bachelor”…But in eternity future He will have a wife, the New Jerusalem, which is called the Lamb’s wife (Rev. 21:9-10).

When God saw the man created by Him, He could rest and be refreshed. Man was like a refreshing drink to quench God’s thirst and satisfy Him. When God ended His work and began to rest, He had man as His companion. To God, the seventh day was a day of rest and refreshment. However, to man, God’s companion, the day of rest and refreshment was the first day, …a day of enjoyment. (Life-study of Exodus, p. 1824)

Today’s Reading

It is a divine principle that God does not ask us to work until we have had enjoyment. God first supplies us with enjoyment…If we do not know how to have enjoyment with God and how to enjoy God Himself, we shall not know how to work with Him. We shall not know how to be one with God in His divine work.

Yes, we should work with God and even by God. But according to what the Bible reveals, it is not even sufficient merely to work with God. We need to be one with God in His work. This requires that we enjoy Him. If we do not know how to enjoy God and be filled with God, we shall not know how to work with Him, how to be one with Him in His work.

A very good illustration of this principle is found in the New Testament. The New Testament ministry of the apostles began with the enjoyment they had on the day of Pentecost. The disciples did not work for six days and then enjoy the Lord on the day of Pentecost. The actual situation was that the Lord had told them to wait until the Spirit came upon them to fill them…Because they were filled with the Spirit, others thought that they were drunk with wine. Actually they were filled with the enjoyment of the heavenly wine. Only after they had been filled with this enjoyment did they begin to work with God. This is the way to work with God, the way to work in oneness with Him. When Peter stood up with the apostles to preach the gospel and thereby do a work for God, they all were one with God in His work.

To man, the day of rest has always been the first day. According to the Old Testament Sabbath, the day of man’s rest was his first day. Likewise, according to the New Testament, the eighth day, the day of rest for man, was also the first day. According to the principle in the Old Testament, man’s day of rest is a day that comes after God’s work has been completed. Man does not rest after his own work is finished; he rests after the completion of God’s work and enjoys it. God works, and man enjoys. Man enjoys what God has accomplished in His work.

Perhaps after enjoying rest with God on his first day, Adam worked to care for the garden for another six days. Then on what was his eighth day, another first day, he again rested with God. This is a cycle that would continue again and again with intervals of resting and working. With God it is a matter of working and resting; with man, a matter of resting and working. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 1824-1826)

Further Reading: Life-study of Exodus, msg. 172