20我们再来看意志的难处。许多时候，我们的心思领会灵里的意思，也明白神的旨意，但我们的意志不肯降服，不肯顺从。比方那位弟兄，他定规要传福音，这是他心思里的意思。当他祷告时，主在他灵里给他一个感觉，要他去向妻子认罪。他的心思领会了这一个感觉，但他的意志却相当顽强，不肯折服。…不要说是在妻子面前，即使是在主面前，他也不肯折服。所以，…我们的意志也是个大问题。许多时候，我们懂得、明白、也领会了，我们深深感觉到，主要我们作一件事，但我们的意志不肯折服，不肯降服。…人的意志无论硬或软，都是神生命的难处。一个受过对付的意志，乃是刚柔相济的。这个柔…是不坚持、不顽固；但是当需要来时，他乃是刚强、壮胆的，即使牺牲性命也在所不惜。乃是这样的意志，才能执行主的命令，才能实行主的引导。在这样的意志里，主的灵就能从他里面出来，成为生命。所以，我们要看见，能与神配合的意志，是何等的重要。
20There is also the problem of our will. Even though our mind often understands the intention in our spirit and we know the will of God, we are unwilling to submit and obey. For example, consider the brother who decides to preach the gospel according to the concept in his mind. When he prays and the Lord gives him a feeling in his spirit to apologize to his wife, his mind has no difficulty in understanding this feeling, but his will is stubborn and unwilling to submit…Such a brother is not able to submit even to the Lord, much less to his wife. Thus, our will is another great obstacle. We may understand, know, apprehend, and deeply sense that the Lord wants us to do a certain thing, but our will refuses to submit and surrender. Both a strong will and a weak will are hindrances to God’s life. A will that has been dealt with is both strong and pliable…Being pliable means that one is not insistent or stubborn. However, when a need arises, one can be strong and bold; such a one is not afraid to give up his own life. Only a person with such a will can carry out the Lord’s command and act according to the Lord’s leading. A person with this kind of will allows the Lord’s Spirit to come out of him as life. Having a will that can cooperate with God is a great matter.