《靈命日糧》 2013年 06月 28日 - David C. McCasland 悲慘的成功 讀經: 路加福音9章18-27節 若有人要跟從我，就當捨己，天天背起他的十字架來跟從我。 —路加福音9章23節 全年讀經: 約伯記11-13章 使徒行傳9章1-21節 喬治．麥當勞（George MacDonald，1824-1905年）是一位蘇格蘭的牧師作家。他曾說：「若人所作的沒有神的同在，不是慘遭失敗，便是悲慘地成功。」這句話收錄在他的講道集（Unspoken Sermons）當中。許多現代的傳道人或作家也常會引用這個頗有深意的說法。 喬治的這句話，主要是在探討基督徒捨己的複雜課題，以及我們如何順服主耶穌的教導：「若有人要跟從我，就當捨己，天天背起他的十字架來跟從我。因為，凡要救自己生命的，必喪掉生命；凡為我喪掉生命的，必救了生命。」（路加福音9章23-24節） 喬治認為真正的捨己不只是壓抑我們天性的慾望，而是「我們必須以基督的眼光看待事物。基督如何看待這事，我們也如何。我們必須讓神的旨意成為我們生命的中心⋯⋯因此，我們不再是思考：『我喜歡做些什麼？』而是『永生神要我做些什麼？』」 得著我們個人所渴望的目標，不過是個悲慘的成功。真正的成功是為主耶穌的緣故而「喪掉生命」，並在祂的旨意中找到完全的生命與自由。 更像我恩主，靈命日漸長； 更充滿主愛，在人前表揚； 更願意捨己，像主客園祈禱； 更像我恩主，直到永永遠遠。Gabriel 謙卑捨己才能與主親密同行。 Our Daily Bread June 28, 2013 — by David C. McCasland Miserable Success Radio is hosted by Les Lamborn Read: Luke 9:18-27 If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. —Luke 9:23 Bible in a Year: Job 11-13; Acts 9:1-21 “In whatever a man does without God, he must fail miserably—or succeed more miserably,” wrote George MacDonald (1824–1905), a Scottish novelist, poet, and Christian minister. This intriguing statement is often cited by modern speakers and writers and appears in MacDonald’s book Unspoken Sermons. MacDonald was dealing with the difficult subject of a Christian’s self-denial and how we are to apply this teaching of Jesus: “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it” (Luke 9:23-24). Rather than merely trying to suppress our natural desires, MacDonald said that true self-denial means “we must see things as [Christ] saw them, regard them as He regarded them; we must take the will of God as the very life of our being . . . . We are no more to think, ‘What should I like to do?’ but ‘What would the Living One have me do?’” Getting only what we want is succeeding miserably. True success is found in “losing” our lives for Jesus’ sake and finding them again full and free in His will. More like the Master I would live and grow, More of His love to others I would show; More self-denial, like His in Galilee, More like the Master I long to ever be. —Gabriel The spirit of humility and self-denial precedes a deeper and closer walk with God.
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