0609 我賜你完全的自由
真正的自由,就是與我完全合一,並完全依靠我。它源於一種順服的生活方式。這不是出於責任和義務的順服,而是出於愛,真正地將你的身體、靈魂和精神的各個方面都交付出去。愛呼喚你把一切放在我的腳前。每一個行動、每一個思想、每一個渴望,都降服於我,就是那位完全地愛着你的主。
當你活在對我的順服里,尋求我的旨意,並渴望全然降服時,沒有任何事能夠劫持你的平安。這並不意味着你不會經歷試煉,但它意味着試煉不再有權利折磨你。它們不會大過你對我的愛和能力的認識;所以,在我裡面得自由吧。放下獨自成事的壓力,只要單純活在完全的信靠中。自由使你能看得清楚,因為你只要照着我的指示行動,並甘心樂意地降服於我的旨意。這就是我呼召你進入的自由;它釋放出的平安超越一切理解。
不要被拉向不同的方向,也不要為任何事擔憂。每一天都要浸透在禱告中,帶着滿溢的感恩來到神面前,獻上充滿信心的祈求。把你生命中的每一個細節都告訴祂,然後神那超越人所能理解的奇妙平安,就會通過耶穌基督讓你知道答案。——腓立比書4:6-7
0609 I offer you perfect freedom.
To be truly free is to live in perfect unity with me and reliance upon me. It comes from a lifestyle of submission. This isn’t submission that stems from duty and obligation, but a true yielding of every aspect of your body, soul, and spirit, out of love. Love beckons you to lay everything at my feet. Every action, each thought, every desire is surrendered to me, the One who loves you perfectly.
When you live in submission to me, seeking my will and desiring to be fully surrendered, nothing can highjack your peace. This doesn’t mean you don’t experience trials, but it does mean trials no longer have a right to torment you. They don’t become bigger than the knowledge of my love and power. So be free in me. Let go of the pressure to make things happen on your own, and simply live in total trust. Freedom enables you to see clearly, because you act only on my instruction, joyously abandoned to my will. This is the freedom I’ve called you to. And it releases peace that surpasses all understanding.
Don’t be pulled in different directions or worried about a thing. Be saturated in prayer throughout each day, offering your faith-filled requests before God with overflowing gratitude. Tell him every detail of your life, then God’s wonderful peace that transcends human understanding, will make the answers known to you through Jesus Christ. — PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7