第十一週•週五

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晨興餧養

約四14『人若喝我所賜的水，就永遠不渴；我所賜的水，要在他裏面成爲泉源，直湧入永遠的生命。』

     23『時候將到，如今就是了，那真正敬拜父的，要在靈和真實裏敬拜祂，因爲父尋找這樣敬拜祂的人。』

約翰四章二十三至二十四節的『真實』，是指神聖的實際成了人的真實和真誠，…爲着對神真正的敬拜。神聖的實際乃是基督，祂就是實際，（十四6，）是舊約爲着敬拜神之一切祭物的實際；（約一29，三14；）祂也是活水的泉源，就是賜生命的靈，（四7 ～ 15，）給祂的信徒有分並暢飲，成爲他們裏面的實際，最終成了他們的真實和真誠，藉此，他們以神所尋找的敬拜來敬拜祂。我們若沒有經歷基督並得着祂作我們所是的實際，就無法在真實裏敬拜神。（李常受文集一九七○年第二册，六一二頁。）

信息選讀

我們需要把我們所經歷的基督呈獻給神，並且與別人分享。…要有在真實裏真正的敬拜，必須把基督呈獻給神。如果在我們的唱詩、呼求主名、禱告並讚美裏，沒有把基督呈獻給神，這些實行就都是空洞的。…若沒有藉着我們的呼求和禱告將基督呈獻給神，在我們的敬拜裏，實際就微乎其微，我們的敬拜就不是在真實裏。

在真實裏敬拜神不只是我們聚會生活的事，也是我們日常生活的事。我們要在真實裏敬拜神，就需要在日常生活的每一方面經營基督。我們梳頭、刷牙、或從事任何其他的活動，都該與基督一同作。然後神會差遣活的靈像天上的雨一樣，降下來澆灌我們，使一些出於基督的東西在我們裏面生長。…我們來聚會不該只是來接受教導或聽信息；我們來聚會，應當定意且充分期待，要將出於基督的東西呈獻給神，使神滿足，並與眾聖徒分享出於基督的東西，好同得享受。

每當我們來到聚會中，我們應當對主說，『主阿，…我來聚會單單是爲着你。我要把你當作我的祭物獻給父，並作爲我與聖徒們的享受。』…我們旣定意要以我們所經歷的基督來敬拜父，就需要在來聚會前，一進到車子裏就開始讚美、歌唱。我們不需要等到了會所纔開始歌唱、唱詩、讚美主。我們可以說，『父阿，我帶着你愛子的富餘到聚會中來敬拜你。我要把祂作爲我的祭物呈獻給你，並且與弟兄姊妹們一同分享。』當我們有這樣的領會，我們的聚會就會徹底改變。眾聖徒會帶着他們所經歷之基督的富餘而來。…每個人都會有些東西呈獻給神作祂的滿足，並且與眾聖徒一同在祂面前分享。我信主會在祂的兒女中間恢復這種敬拜。

我們…要把基督的富餘呈獻給父。我們需要爲基督說話並呈獻一些出於基督的東西。…我再說，我們需要在日常生活的每一方面在基督身上勞苦。然後，要有一部分保存起來，不爲人所摸，而是分別出來，特爲在聚會中敬拜神。這是給父的祕密部分，爲使祂滿足，也可供聖徒們享受。我們需要仰望主並禱告，使召會聚會恢復到這個地步。（李常受文集一九七○年第二册，六一一至六一四頁。）

參讀：李常受文集一九七○年第二册，六○一至六二六、六九○至六九六、七二五至七三七頁。

WEEK 11 — DAY 5

Morning Nourishment

John 4:14 But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall by no means thirst forever; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.

          23 But an hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truthfulness, for the Father also seeks such to worship Him.

Truthfulness in John 4:24 denotes the divine reality becoming man’s genuineness and sincerity…for the true worship of God. The divine reality is Christ (who is the reality—14:6) as the reality of all the offerings of the Old Testament for the worship of God (1:29; 3:14) and as the fountain of the living water, the life-giving Spirit (4:7-15), partaken of and drunk by His believers to be the reality within them. This reality eventually becomes the believers’ genuineness and sincerity in which they worship God with the worship that He seeks. Unless we experience Christ and gain Him as
reality in our being, we cannot worship God in truthfulness. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 2, p. 458)

Today’s Reading

We need to present to God and share with others the Christ whom we have experienced…In order to have the genuine worship in truthfulness, Christ must be presented to God. If in our singing, calling on the name of the Lord, praying, and praising, Christ is not presented to God, all these practices will be empty…If Christ is not offered to God through our calling and praying, there will be little or no reality in our worship, and our worship will not be in truthfulness.

Worshipping God in truthfulness is not only a matter of our meeting life but also a matter of our daily living. In order to worship God in truthfulness, we need to handle Christ in every aspect of our daily living. When we comb our hair, brush our teeth, or carry out any other activity, we should do it with Christ. Then God will send the living Spirit as the heavenly rain to water us and to cause something of Christ to grow in us…We should no longer come to the meetings merely to receive teachings or to listen to a message. We should come to the meetings with the intention and the full expectation of presenting something of Christ to God for His satisfaction and sharing
something of Christ with the saints for their mutual enjoyment.

Whenever we come to the meetings, we should say to the Lord, “O Lord,…I come to the meetings only for You. I would like to present You as my offering to the Father and my enjoyment with the saints.”…Since our intention is to worship the Father with the Christ whom we have experienced, we need to begin to praise and sing as soon as we enter into our car to come to the meetings. There is no need for us to wait until we arrive at the meeting hall before we begin to sing, psalm, and praise the Lord. We may say, “Father, I am bringing the surplus of Your dear Son to the meeting as worship to You. I will present Him to You as my offering and share Him with my brothers and sisters.” When we have this kind of realization, our meetings will be
revolutionized. All the saints will bring in their surplus of the Christ whom they have experienced…Each person will have something to present to God for His satisfaction and to share with all the saints before Him. I believe that the Lord will recover this kind of worship among His children.

We need to present the surplus of Christ to the Father. We need to speak for Christ and present something of Christ. Again I say, we need to labor on Christ in every aspect of our daily living. Then we will have a portion preserved, untouched, and set aside uniquely for the worship of God in the meetings. This will be a secret portion to the Father for His satisfaction and for the saints’ enjoyment. We need to look to the Lord and pray that the church meetings will be recovered to this extent. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 2, pp. 458-460)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1970, vol. 2, pp. 451-469, 518-523, 547-555