22主的喜乐能不能存留在我们里面,在于我们能不能叫主喜乐。我们若不爱主,不住在主里面,主的话也不住在我们里面,主给的诫命,我们也不听从;这样,在我们里面的主能喜乐么?…那些不住在主里面的人,常是愁眉苦脸的,没有喜乐。他们有时也许开开玩笑,好像很喜乐,或者他们发了财,升了官,好像有喜乐;但当他们安静下来时,其实并没有喜乐。所以,他们来到擘饼聚会里,无法赞美;在祷告聚会中,也无法开口;因为在他们里面的主乃是忧愁不喜乐的。(弗四30。)然而,我们若爱主,学习不断地住在祂里面,让祂的话住在我们里面,我们也住在祂的爱里,并且接受祂的诫命,顺从祂的话语;主的喜乐会存留在我们里面,我们的喜乐就满足了。(李常受文集一九五九年第一册,四八一至四八二页。) 22Whether the Lord’s joy can remain in us depends on whether we make the Lord joyful. If we do not love the Lord and abide in Him, if the Lord’s words do not abide in us, and if we do not obey the commandments given by the Lord, can the Lord be joyful in us?…Those who do not abide in the Lord often have a sad face and are without joy. At times they may joke around and appear joyful, or they may be joyful when they make money or get promoted, but in quiet moments they are not joyful. Therefore, they cannot render praises in the Lord’s table meeting or open their mouth in the prayer meeting, because the Lord in them is sorrowful and without joy (Eph. 4:30). However, if we love the Lord, learn to abide in Him continually, allow His words to abide in us, abide in His love, receive His commandments, and obey His words, the Lord’s joy will remain in us, and our joy will be made full. (CWWL, 1959, vol. 1, p. 374)