17生命要进入灵,必须经过心;生命要从灵里发出,也必须经过心。所以心乃是生命必经之路,也可说就是生命的进出口。…心是生命的进出口,生命进去,生命出来,都是在于心。但不只如此,心也是生命的一个开关。只要心关着,生命就进不来,也律不出;心一开启,生命就能进入。…并且心在哪一部分关着,神的生命就不能律到哪一部分;心在哪一部分开启,神的生命就能律到哪一部分。所以心实在是生命的一个开关。生命虽然有大能,但它这大能,却受我们一颗小小之心的控制;能否运行得出去,全看我们的心是否开启。就如电厂的电力虽然强大,但却受我们房间里灯泡上一个小小的开关的控制,这开关如果不开,电就不能进来。(李常受文集一九五三年第三册,一四三至一四五页。)
17If life is to enter into the spirit, it must pass through the heart; if life is to proceed out from the spirit, it also must pass through the heart. Thus, the heart is the pathway through which life must pass. It can be said to be the entrance and exit of life. The heart is the entrance and exit of life: the coming in of life and the going out of life both depend on the heart. Moreover, the heart is also the switch of life. If the heart is shut, life can neither enter in nor be regulated out. Once the heart is open, however, life can enter in…Whichever part of the heart is closed, the life of God cannot regulate to that part; whichever part of the heart is open, the life of God can regulate to that part. Thus, the heart is really the switch of life. Though life has great power, yet its great power is controlled by our small heart. Whether life can be worked out depends entirely on whether our heart is open. It is like the electric power of a generating plant, which, though powerful, is controlled by the small switch for the light in our room; if the switch is not turned on, electricity cannot enter. (CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, “The Knowledge of Life,” pp. 107-108)