14神的经纶就是祂的家庭行政，祂的计划，要将祂自己分赐到我们里面。祂的分赐产生敬虔的生活。事实上，敬虔乃是神圣分赐的结果。……这样来自神的分赐的敬虔生活，在于操练我们的灵。……敬虔的生活来自神的分赐，但神不是将自己分赐到无生命的器皿里。……在〔药房〕里，药师把药分配到无生命的瓶子里，因为瓶子是无生命的，所以不需要瓶子的合作。然而，神正将自己分赐到我们这些活的器皿里，我们已经有自己的口味、拣选、偏好、感觉、思想、头脑、意志等；我们若不刚强地操练我们的灵，与主合作，神就无法将祂自己分赐到我们里面。我们的灵不仅是接受的器官，保留的器官，也是为着神分赐的入口。我们的灵大大敞开的时候，我们的全人就敞开。然后神就有路将祂自己分赐到我们里面。神的分赐在于我们的配合，我们的配合就是操练我们的灵。
14God’s economy is His household administration, His plan, to dispense Himself into us. His dispensing produces a life of godliness. Actually, godliness is the issue of the divine dispensing. Such a godly life issuing from God’s dispensing depends upon the exercise of our spirit...A godly life comes out of God’s dispensing, but God is not dispensing Himself into lifeless vessels...In the [pharmacy], drugs are dispensed into lifeless bottles, and because they are lifeless, their cooperation is not required. God, however, is dispensing Himself into us, the living vessels, who already have our own taste, choice, preference, feeling, thinking, mentality, will, etc. If we do not exercise our spirit strongly to cooperate with the Lord, God cannot dispense Himself into us. Our spirit is not only the receiving organ, the retaining organ, but also the opening for God’s dispensing. When our spirit opens wide, our whole being opens. Then God has a way to impart Himself into us. God’s dispensing depends upon our coordination, and our coordination is the exercise of our spirit.