10今天我们的问题,就是如何享受基督,经历基督。神已经把我们摆在基督里,如同以色列人进了迦南地,每人都分得了一块地。然而我们肯不肯经营,实在是个严肃的问题。如果我是个懒惰的以色列人,既不早起,也不好好作工,我这块地必定荒凉,整年都没有收成。等五旬节、住棚节到了,别人都是大捆、小捆的带去敬拜神,我却两手空空。不仅没有祭物可以献给神,连自己都吃不饱,真是可怜。同样的,今天你我都有一分基督,你有一分基督,我也有一分基督。然而我早晨若是不亲近主,整天不和主来往,不享受主,对主没有经历,我就会是极其贫穷的人。反之,我若肯好好与主有交通,早晨享受主,白天经历主,在难处中也经历主,我里面就会有许多基督的成分(李常受文集一九七○年第三册,五一六至五一七页)。
10Our need is to learn how to enjoy and experience Christ. God has placed us in Christ. The children of Israel entered into the land of Canaan and were each allotted a portion of the land. Whether or not they were willing to labor on the land was a serious matter. If an Israelite was lazy and did not rise early to diligently labor, his plot of land would be desolate, and he would not have a harvest at the end of the year. When it was time for the Feast of Pentecost or the Feast of Tabernacles, others would go to worship God with bundles of produce, but he would be empty-handed…[and] also starve. What a pitiful sight that would be! Similarly, as believers, we each have a portion of Christ. You have a portion of Christ, and I have a portion of Christ. If we do not draw near to the Lord in the morning and we do not talk with Him, enjoy Him, or experience Him during the day, we will be very poor. However, if we are diligent to fellowship with the Lord by enjoying Him in the morning and experiencing Him during the day and especially during difficult times, we will have the element of Christ within us. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 3, “Being Delivered from Religious Rituals and Walking according to the Spirit,” p. 369)