第七週．週四

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晨興餧養

啟四１１『…你創造了萬有，並且萬有是因你的旨意存在並被創造的。』

羅十二２『…藉着心思的更新而變化，叫你們驗證何為神那美好、可喜悅、並純全的旨意。』

5『我們這許多人，在基督裏是一個身體，並且各個互相作肢體，也是如此。』

神創造之工的基礎，乃是神的意願和計畫。（弗一10∼11。）啟示錄四章十一節說，萬有是因神的旨意被創造的。神是一位有定旨的神，有一個出自祂自己喜悅的意願。祂為自己的旨意（意願）創造了萬有，好成就並完成祂的定旨。…照着那個意願和計畫，［神］創造了萬有，好使祂能得着召會。（新約總論第七冊，一四頁。）

神的旨意…這種子由主耶穌在馬太七章二十一節撒下，在羅馬十二章二節發展。…按照十二章的上下文，神的旨意很清楚，乃是有身體生活，召會，或者我們可以說是國度。國度乃是神的旨意，而召會就是國度。（李常受文集一九七二年第二冊，五○五頁。）

信息選讀

我們若活在諸天之國的實際裏，就要實行天上父的旨意。我們在這裏不是為着別的，乃是為着實行父的旨意。要實行父的旨意，我們需要走狹路，就是那引到生命的路。我們的父有一個旨意要成就，但我們惟有藉着祂的生命纔能成就這旨意。所以，我們需要活在天父的生命裏，憑着祂的生命而活。這樣的生活乃是為着實行父的旨意。

在馬太十六章我們看見，父的旨意是要將召會建造在子這磐石上。這在使徒行傳、書信和啟示錄裏得着完全的發展。新約啟示出父那神聖、永遠的旨意，乃是要建造召會。那些活在諸天之國實際裏的信徒，團體的經歷神聖三一的分賜，要走那引到生命的路，並要接受基督的話作他們生活工作的根基，以實行父的旨意，建造召會作三一神團體的彰顯。（新約總論第六冊，一八一頁。）

若是［我們］裏頭有主的寶座，主是在寶座上作王，從這羔羊的寶座就會有生命水流出來。…從寶座流出生命水的河。（啟二二1。）我們要看見，寶座一設立在我們裏面，生命就湧流，變作我們裏面的供應，變作我們裏面的能力；我們就滿足、剛強、明亮、並且豐富了。祂在我們裏面掌權，祂的旨意就得着通行，祂的榮耀也就得着彰顯。到這時，祂不只是在天上得高舉，更是在你我裏面得高舉。祂不只在寶座上得着國度，更在你我裏面得着國度。你我就是祂的國度，你我裏面有祂的掌權。我們就在祂的生命裏，活在祂的國度裏。

若是如此，我們就在祂的榮耀裏，這個光景會帶進祂的國度，帶進祂的掌權，會把祂從天上帶下來。祂要從天上帶着榮耀，帶着權柄，帶着國度回到地上，明顯的設立祂的國度。祂要以你我為根基，以你我這些讓祂掌權的人為根基，使祂能在地上建立祂的國。當祂在地上設立祂的國度之先，祂乃是先在你我裏面設立祂的國度。

這位主今天在聖靈中進到我們裏面，設立祂的寶座，作我們的君王，我們必須服在祂的權柄之下，承認祂是我們的君王，接受祂的管治。若是我們都活在這樣的光景中，從我們裏面的這個寶座，就要流出生命的活水，供應人的需要。（李常受文集一九五七年第二冊，六一二至六一三頁。）

參讀：國度之於信徒，第一至三篇。

WEEK 7 — DAY 4

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Morning Nourishment

Rev. 4:11 …You have created all things, and because of Your will they were, and were created.

Rom. 12:2 …Be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect.

            5 So we who are many are one Body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

The basis of God’s work in creation was God’s will and plan (Eph. 1:10-11). Revelation 4:11 says that all things were created according to God’s will. God is a God of purpose, having a will of His own pleasure. He created all things for His will that He might accomplish and fulfill His purpose…According to [His] will and plan, He created all things so that He may have the church. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 2056)

The will of God [as a] seed is sown by the Lord Jesus in Matthew 7:21 and is developed in Romans 12:2 …According to the context of Romans 12, it is clear that the will of God is to have the Body life, the church, or we may say the kingdom. The kingdom is the will of God, and the church is the kingdom. (CWWL, 1972, vol. 2, “The Kingdom,” pp. 392-393)

Today’s Reading

If we live in the reality of the kingdom of the heavens, we shall do the will of the Father who is in heaven. We are not for anything other than doing the will of the Father. We are here for the accomplishment of the Father’s will. In order to do the will of the Father, we need to walk in the constricted way, the way that leads to life. Our Father has a will to accomplish, but we can accomplish it only by His life. Therefore, we need to live in the life of the heavenly Father and by His life. This kind of living is for doing the Father’s will.

In chapter 16 of Matthew we see that the Father’s will is to build the church upon the Son as the rock. This is fully developed in the Acts, the Epistles, and the book of Revelation. The New Testament reveals that the Father’s divine, eternal will is to build up the church. Those believers who live in the reality of the kingdom of the heavens,
corporately experiencing the dispensing of the Divine Trinity, will take the way which
leads to life and will take the words of Christ as the ground for their living and work to do the will of the Father to build up the church for the corporate expression of the Triune God. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1725-1726)

If the Lord’s throne is in us and the Lord is reigning on the throne, then from the throne of God and of the Lamb the water of life will flow…Out of the throne proceeds a river of water of life (Rev. 22:1). We need to see that once the throne is set up in us, life will flow, and this flow will become our inward supply, our inward strength. We will then be satisfied, strengthened, enlightened, and enriched. When Christ reigns in us, His will, will be done, and His glory will be expressed. As a result, He will be exalted not only in heaven but also in us. He will obtain His kingdom not only on the throne in heaven but also in us. We will be His kingdom, and we will have His rule in us. We will be in His life and will live in His kingdom.

When this is our experience, we will be in His glory, and this will bring in His kingdom, His reigning, and will bring Him down from heaven. He will come back to the earth with His glory, authority, and kingdom to openly establish His kingdom. He will take us, those who allow Him to reign, as the base for Him to establish His kingdom. Before He establishes His kingdom on the earth, He must first establish His kingdom in us.

Today the Lord as the Spirit has entered into us to establish His throne in us and become our King, and we must submit to His authority, acknowledge Him as our King, and receive His ruling. If we live in such a condition, from the throne within us will flow the living water, the water of life, which will supply the need of others. (CWWL, 1957, vol. 2, “What the Kingdom Is to the Believers,” p. 438)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1957, vol. 2, “What the Kingdom Is to the Believers,” chs. 1—3