15我们都曾向主承认我们的罪、失败和缺点。但你曾求主赦免你没有凭基督而活么?很少基督徒这样祷告:“主,赦免我今天没有接受你作我的生命。我的行为很好,但我没有凭你而活,没有接受你作我的人位。主,赦免我在背叛你的光景里。你要从我活出来,但我反而照着你以外的事物而活。我凭着我的意见而活,却不凭你的启示而活。根据这启示,我该在你里面行事为人。但是在这一整天内,主,我完全没有在你里面行事为人。”我能作见证,尤其在最近,我几乎天天向主这样认罪(出埃及记生命读经,一六九至一七○页)。
15We all have confessed our sins, failures, and shortcomings to the Lord. But have you ever asked the Lord to forgive you for not living by Christ? Not many Christians have prayed in this way: “Lord, forgive me for not taking You as my life today. My behavior was very good, but I did not live by You or take You as my person. Lord, forgive me for being in rebellion against You. You wanted to be lived out of me, but instead I lived according to something other than Yourself. I lived by my opinion, not by Your revelation. According to this revelation, I should walk in You. But during the whole day, Lord, I didn’t walk in You at all.” I can testify that, especially recently, I have made this kind of confession to the Lord almost every day. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 142-143)