第五週 • 週二

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晨興餧養

結四七5  祂又量了一千肘，水便成了河，使我不能𧼮過；因為水勢漲起，成為可洑的水，不可𧼮的河。

約七38　  信入我的人，就如經上所說，從他腹中要流出活水的江河來。

〔在以西結四十七章三至五節，那〕人手中拿着準繩，來量河的流。…當這人開始量河水時，從殿裏只有一點點水流出來。然後祂量了一千肘，水流就加深，到了踝子骨（3）。祂又量了一千肘，水流又加深，到了膝（4中）。以後這人再量了一千肘，水流就更深，到了腰（4末）。當祂第四次量一千肘的時候，水流就成了可洑的水，不可𧼮的河〔5〕。

我們若要享受由殿流出的河，就必須被主完整的量過。我們若要享受更深的流，就必須被量過，也就是被主試驗、察驗、審判並據有。我們的動機、目的、目標、願望，都必須受審判。我們所有的每一樣東西，與我們有關係的每一件事，都必須受審判。這要加深在我們裏面的流（以西結書生命讀經，三七五頁）。

信息選讀

當我們受主審判的時候，必須有徹底的認罪。我們必須讓主作我們的審判者，讓祂把我們帶進祂的光中，好暴露我們。然後我們該對祂說，『主阿，你所審判過的一切，現在都是你的。主，求你佔有我，完全據有我。』

主對我們的審判和試驗，不是一次而永遠的。在以西結四十七章，那人不是量一次、二次或三次；祂乃是量四次。在聖經裏，四是受造之物的數字。這裏量了四次，指明我們這些受造之物需要被主徹底的審判並試驗，然後被祂完全佔有。

被主完全佔有，是不容易經歷的。我們可能以為完全被主佔有了，但過了一段時間，我們發現自己仍然有所保留。…我們可能以為主已經佔有了一切，但主知道祂只得着我們到某一個程度。所以，一段時間之後，我們又發現，我們還是為自己有太多的保留。我們就再向主認罪，並經歷祂的試驗和審判。即使過了許多年，我們仍然沒有完全被主據有，因而需要一再的被主量度、試驗、審判並據有。

你可能不知道，如何能確定被主量度有多少，被主得着有多少。我們乃是憑河的深度來知道這事。如果河水只到踝子骨，這證明我們還沒有完全被主量過。河有多深乃在於我們被主量過有多少。我們不必爭辯或稱義自己，只要看我們水流的深度。你的水流有多深？到了踝子骨麼？到了膝麼？到了腰麼？水流成了不可𧼮的河麼？成了可洑的水麼？我們需要照樣來看我們的光景（以西結書生命讀經，三七六至三七七頁）。

我們若願意被量到百分之百，就會完全被活水吞沒。然後就一面說，我們失去一切的自由，但就另一面說，我們是真正的自由了。當我們完全被主據有，我們纔完全得着自由。活水的流會帶我們朝着目標向前（李常受文集一九六九年第二冊，五七七頁）。

參讀：倪柝聲文集第二輯第十八冊，二四二至二五一頁。

WEEK 5—DAY 2

Morning Nourishment

Ezek. 47:5 Then He measured a thousand cubits, and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.

John 7:38 He who believes into Me, as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.

The man came with a measuring reed in his hand to measure the flowing of the river (Ezek. 47:3-5). When this man first measured the river, there was only a trickle coming out from the house. Then he measured a thousand cubits, and the flow became deeper, up to the ankles (v. 3). Again he measured a thousand cubits, and the flow became deeper, up to the knees (v. 4). After this the man measured yet another thousand cubits, and the flow became even deeper, up to the loins (v. 4). When he for the fourth time measured a thousand cubits, the flow became a river which could not be passed through, and the river became waters to swim in [v. 5].

If we want to enjoy the flow out of the house, we need to be measured completely. If we want to enjoy a flow that is deeper, we need to be measured, that is, tested, examined, judged, and taken over by the Lord. Our motives, our intentions, our aims, our goals, our desires—all must be judged. Everything we possess and everything we are involved in must be judged. This will deepen the flow within us. (Life-study of Ezekiel, pp. 305-306)

Today’s Reading

As we are judged by the Lord, we need to make a thorough confession. We need to allow the Lord to be our Judge and let Him bring us into His light and expose us. Then we should say to Him, “Lord, all that You have judged is now Yours. I ask You, Lord, to take me over, to take full possession of me.”

The Lord’s judging and testing of us are not once for all. In Ezekiel 47 the man measured not once or twice or even three times; he measured four times. In the Bible four is the number of the creature. The four measurings here indicate that as a creature we need to be thoroughly judged and tested by the Lord and then be fully taken over by Him.

To be taken over by the Lord completely is not easy to experience. We may think that we have been fully taken over by the Lord, but after a period of time we will realize that we still have some reservation…We may think that the Lord has taken over everything, but the Lord knows that He has gained us only to a certain extent. Therefore, some time later we may again realize that we have reserved and preserved very much for ourselves. Once again we will make our confession to the Lord and experience His testing and judging. Even after a number of years, we still may have not been fully possessed by the Lord, and thus we will again need to be measured, tested, judged, and possessed by Him.

You may be wondering how we can determine how much we have been measured and possessed by the Lord. We determine this by the depth of the river. If the river is only up to our ankles, this proves that we have not been measured fully by the Lord. The depth of the river depends on how much we have been measured by the Lord. There is no need for us to argue and justify ourselves. Instead, we should simply consider the depth of our flow. How deep is your flow? Is it up to the ankles? To the knees? To the loins? Has the flow become a river that cannot be passed over? Has the flow become waters to swim in? We need to consider our personal situation in this way. (Life-study of Ezekiel, pp. 306-307)

If we are willing to be measured up to one hundred percent, we will be fully swallowed up by the living water. Then in one sense, we lose all our freedom, but in another sense, we are really free. When we are fully possessed by the Lord, we will be fully freed. The flow of the living water will carry us on forward toward the goal. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 2, “The Crucial Revelation of Life in the Scriptures,” pp. 436-437)

Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 38, pp. 467-473