21第二,神是要我们的心清。心清就是心思专一的思念神,也是心情向着神纯一不杂,(参林后十一3,)只爱神、要神,除神以外,别无爱慕、倾向或想望。马太五章八节说,“清心的人…必看见神。”所以心若不清,就不得看见神。只要我们的心思有一点思念在神之外的事物,或是我们的心情有一点爱慕在神之外的东西,我们的心就不清了,我们灵里的生命也就因此受了阻碍。所以我们必须“同那清心呼求主的人”追求基督,(提后二22,)作一个清心爱主、要神的人,才能让神的生命在我们里面自由运行。(李常受文集一九五三年第三册,一四七至一四九页。) 21Second, God wants our heart to be pure. A pure heart means a heart that sets its mind specifically on God. It is also a heart in which the emotion is exceedingly pure and simple toward God. (See 2 Cor. 11:3.) It only loves God and wants God; besides God, it has no other love, inclination, or desire. Matthew 5:8 says, “The pure in heart…shall see God.” Thus, if the heart is not pure, we cannot see God. If our thought is a little concerned with things outside of God, or if our emotion has a little love toward things outside of God, our heart is no longer pure; the life in our spirit is also hindered because of this. Therefore, we must pursue “with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (2 Tim. 2:22), and be those who love the Lord and want God with a pure heart; then we can let the life of God work freely within us. (CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, “The Knowledge of Life,” pp. 110-111)