15第三,神是要我们的心爱。心爱就是心情爱神,要神,渴慕神,想望神,对神有爱情。在圣经中有一卷书是专一说到圣徒对主的爱情的,就是旧约的雅歌。那里说我们一个圣徒,爱主该像一个女子恋慕她的良人一样,是一往情深,比死更坚强的。〔八6〕因为那卷书特别说到圣徒对主的爱情,所以也特别说出圣徒在主生命里的长进。到了新约,在约翰二十一章里,主曾三次问彼得说,“你爱我么?”也就是要带领他的心情能这样的爱主,叫他向着主作一个心爱的人。主所以这样作,乃是要彼得让主的生命有机会在他里面运行长大。…我们的心若这样地向着主有爱情,主的生命在我们里面才能得到亨通,为所欲为。(李常受文集一九五三年第三册,一四九页。)
15Third, God wants our heart to be loving. A loving heart means a heart in which the emotion loves God, wants God, thirsts after God, yearns for God, and has affection toward God. In the Bible there is a book that speaks specifically of the love of the saints toward the Lord—Song of Songs in the Old Testament. It says that as the Lord’s people, we should love the Lord as a woman loves her beloved. This love is so deep and unchanging and is as strong as death (8:6-7). Because this book speaks especially of our love toward the Lord, it also shows forth especially our growth in the life of the Lord. Then in the New Testament, in John 21, the Lord asked Peter three times, “Do you love Me?” This means that the Lord desired to lead the emotion of Peter to so love the Lord that he could be one who has a loving heart toward the Lord. The Lord did this because He wanted Peter to afford His life an opportunity to work and grow within him…If our heart has such love toward the Lord, the life of the Lord within us can move smoothly and do as it pleases. (CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, “The Knowledge of Life,” pp. 111-112)