12认识主是活到永永远远的神，才能在灵中不断地感觉主的确实同在。……这并不是一种情感、幻想或者心理作用。像亚伯拉罕，他跟从神那么多年之后，他就对神有一个深深的认识，所以他“在别是巴栽了一棵垂丝柳树，又在那里呼求耶和华永远之神的名”（创二一33）。像但以理，他被人称为“活神的仆人”，当他被扔在狮子坑中，他的神就封住狮子的口，叫狮子不伤他（但六20、22）。慕勒说，“如果你与神同行，仰望祂给你随时的帮助，永活的神保险不会误你的事。一个主内年长的弟兄……作见证说：神从来没有耽误过我。在极大的艰难、极重的试炼、极深的穷困和需要中，神从来没有误过我的事；因为我靠着祂的恩典能信祂，祂总随时给我帮助。我乐意述说祂的名。”马克拉伦告诉我们说，“路德马丁有一次觉得他前途中危机四伏，因此他心中充满了忧愁和恐惧。这时他自己知道必须抓住上面来的力量，才能过去，他独自枯坐着，用他的手指在桌面上画这几个字：‘祂是永活的！’……他喜乐了，他恢复了。……人是点着的灯，所以迟早会熄的；唯有祂是真光，众光之源，永远常存的。”……弟兄姊妹，亚伯拉罕所呼求的、但以理所事奉的、慕勒所信靠的、路德马丁所认识的永活的神，也就是我们所属所事奉的神，我们在此应当向祂下拜，应当满了喜乐地赞美祂的名！（倪柝声文集第二辑第十四册，二○○至二○一页） 12By knowing the Lord as the God who lives forever and ever, we can be assured of His presence in our spirit all the time…This is not a feeling, an imagination, or a psychological illusion. After Abraham followed God for many years, he began to develop a deep knowledge of the Lord, and he “planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God” (Gen. 21:33). Daniel was called the “servant of the living God” (Dan. 6:20). When he was thrown into the lion’s den, God sealed up the mouth of the lions, and they did not hurt him (v. 22). George Müller said, “If you walk with God and look to Him for your constant help, the living God will guarantee that He will not fail you. One elderly brother in the Lord…testifies that God has never failed him. Through severe difficulties, heavy trials, and deep poverty and needs, I have learned that God has never failed me. I can trust in Him through His grace that He will always supply me. I love to speak of His name.” One writer said that Martin Luther was once apprehensive of the danger facing him; he was full of anxiety and fear. He knew that he could not be freed from it until he grasped hold of some power from on high. While he sat alone, he wrote with his fingers these words on his table: “He is living forever and ever!…” With these words he rejoiced and was revived…Men are like lighted lamps—sooner or later they will be extinguished. He alone is the true Light, the source of all lights, and He alone abides forever. Brothers and sisters, the living God whom Abraham called upon, whom Daniel served, whom Müller trusted, and whom Martin Luther knew is the God to whom we also belong and whom we also serve. We should worship Him and praise His name with joy! (CWWN, vol. 34, “The Vision of the Glorious Christ,” pp. 179-180)