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六月十四日

「摩西說, "今天你們要自洁，歸耶和華為圣 .... 使耶和華賜福与你們。」（出   32:29   新國際版）

我將自己「像從死里复活的人」（用保羅的話）獻給神，這件事的含意，乃是我承認從這時起，我是完全屬于祂的了。這樣的將自己獻給神，乃是一個明确的行動，正如相信耶穌基督一樣的明确。我的一生中，總有一天，當我從自己的手中，將自己交給祂時，從那一天開始，我便全然屬于祂，而不再屬于自己了。這并非表示我奉獻自己去作傳道人，或傳教士。哦！多少稱為傳教士的人，無非因為他們奉獻自己天賦之能去做主的工。然而這不是真正的奉獻。那么，我們的奉獻到底是為著什么呢？不是為著「基督徒的工作」，乃是為著神的旨意，而成為祂所要求的人，并去做祂所要求的事。                                                                                                                 

  June 14

"Then  Moses said,  "You have bee set  apart  to the Lord  today, ..... and  He has bless you this day."                   (Exodus 32:29 NIV)

The implication of deticating myself to God  is that I acknowledge that I am from that moment wholly His   "as one raised from the dead" ( Paul's words). Such a consecration of self to God is a definite action, as clear as faith in Jesus Christ. There is a day in my life as I deticating myself  to Him from my own will, and since then,  I will be all His and no longer myself   from that day on. That doesn't mean I dedicate myself to being a preacher, or a missionary.    Oh! How many are called missionaries simply because they dedicate their natural abilities to the work of the Lord. Yet this is not true consecration.    What is our consecration for, then?    It ia not for "Christian work," but for the will of God, to be whom He wants me to be and to do what He wants me to do.