9基督要作我们活的牧人,就需要〔作为赐生命的灵〕住在我们里面。……基督要作我们的牧人,祂就必须与我们同在,甚至在我们里面。许多时候祂与我们同行,为要使我们转回。想想看主如何在往以马忤斯的路上作那两个门徒的牧人。这两个门徒往一个方向走,但主与他们同行,为要使他们转往另一个方向。路加二十四章十五节说,“正谈话讨论的时候,耶稣亲自就近他们,和他们同行。”然后祂问他们谈论什么。就某种意义说,这两个门徒责备主,他们说,“独有你在耶路撒冷作客,不知道这几天在那里所发生的事么?”(18)然后主问:“什么事?”(19)同行一会儿以后,他们强留主同他们住下(29)。然后,祂拿起饼来,祝福了,擘开,递给他们。“他们的眼睛开了,这才认出祂来。”(30~31)这是主牧养的例子。
9In order to be our living Shepherd, it is necessary for Christ to dwell within us [as the life-giving Spirit]…For Christ to be our Shepherd, He must be with us, even in us. Many times He goes along with us in order to turn us back. Consider how the Lord was the Shepherd to the two disciples on the way to Emmaus. These disciples were going in one direction, but the Lord went with them in order to turn them to go in another direction. Luke 24:15 says, “While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them.” Then He asked them what they were talking about. In a sense, these disciples rebuked the Lord when they said, “Do You alone dwell as a stranger in Jerusalem and not know the things which have taken place in it in these days?” (v. 18). Then the Lord asked, “What things?” (v. 19). After walking awhile together, they constrained the Lord to stay with them (v. 29). Then, as He took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them, “their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him” (vv. 30-31). This is an example of the Lord’s shepherding.