The Fullness of His Word

January 12

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — Hebrews 11:1

Scripture reading: Hebrews 11:1–10

We may be in a very low ebb of the tide, but it is good to be in a place where the tide can rise. Everything depends on our being filled with the Holy Spirit. If He can only get us in readiness for His plan to be worked out, it will be wonderful.

Everything depends on our believing God. If we are saved, it is only because God‘s Word says so. We cannot rest upon our feelings. We cannot do anything without a living faith. It is surely God Himself who comes to us in the person of His beloved Son and strengthens us so that we realize that our bodies are surrounded by His power. All things are possible for us in God.

God purposes that we might be on the earth to manifest His glory, that every time satanic power is confronted, God might be able to say of us as He did of Job, “What do you think about him?” (See Job 1:8.) The joy of the Lord can be so clearly evidenced in us that we will be filled with God and able to rebuke the Devil.

God has shown me in the night watches that everything that is not of faith is sin (Romans 14:23). God wants to bring us into harmony with His will so that we will see that if we do not believe all of the Word of God, something in us is not purely sanctified to accept the fullness of His Word. Many people put their human wisdom in the place of God, and God is not able to give the best because the human is confronting God in such a way. God is not able to get the best through us until the human will is dissolved.

People say, “I want things to be tangible. I want something to appeal to my human reasoning.” My response is that everything that you cannot see is eternal. Everything you see now will fade away and will be consumed, but what you cannot see, what is more real than you, is the substance of all things: God in the human soul, mightier than you by a million times.

Thought for today: There is nothing we can come short of if the Holy Spirit is the prime mover in our thoughts and lives, for He has a plan greater than ours.

他话语的丰富

1月12日

信就是所望之事的实底，是未见之事的确据。——希伯来书 11:1

经文阅读：希伯来书 11:1–10

我们可能正处于潮水的低谷，但能处在潮水可以上涨的地方总是好事。一切都取决于我们是否被圣灵充满。如果他只是让我们为他的计划得以实现做好准备，那将是美妙的。

一切都取决于我们是否相信上帝。如果我们得救，那只是因为上帝的话语如此说。我们不能依靠自己的感受。没有活的信心，我们什么也做不了。确实，是上帝自己以他心爱的儿子的身份来到我们面前，赐予我们力量，使我们意识到我们的身体被他的能力所环绕。在上帝里，一切对我们都是可能的。

神的目的在于我们可能在世上彰显祂的荣耀，以便每当遇到撒旦的权势时，神能像对约伯所说的那样对我们说：“你怎么想他？”（见约伯记 1:8）主的喜乐可以在我们身上如此清楚地显明，以至于我们充满神，并能够斥责魔鬼。

神在夜间守望时向我显明，一切不出于信心的都是罪（罗马书 14:23）。神希望将我们带入与他旨意的和谐中，以便我们看到，如果我们不信靠神的话语的全部，那么我们内在就有某部分没有完全圣洁，无法接受他话语的丰盛。许多人把人的智慧放在神的位置上，而神无法赐下最好的，因为人在这种方式上在对抗神。在人的意志还未被消除之前，神无法通过我们获得最好的。

人们说：“我希望事情是具体的。我希望有些东西能够迎合我的人类理性。”我的回应是，你看不到的一切都是永恒的。你现在看到的一切都会消逝并被吞噬，但你看不到的、比你更真实的东西，是万物的本质：存在于人类灵魂中的上帝，比你强大百万倍。

今日思考：如果圣灵是我们思想和生活的主要推动力，那么我们没有什么可以达不到的，因为祂的计划比我们的更伟大。