16即使我们眼中带着泪水,我们天天还得这样说,“主,除了你微笑的同在,无何能使我满足。除了你荣脸上的微笑,我别的什么都不要。只要我有这一个,我就不管天塌下来,或是地裂开。全世界都可以起来反对我,但是只要你的笑脸在我身上,我就能赞美你,并且一切就都好了。”主说,“我的同在必和你同去。”何等宝贝!主的同在,主的微笑,乃是支配的原则。我们必须惧怕从主有所接受,却失去祂的同在。……很可能主自己会把什么东西给你,但是那一件东西却将主的同在从你夺去。祂要帮助你,祂要祝福你,但是那个帮助,那个祝福却叫你得不着祂的同在。我们必须学习只受主同在的保守、掌管、管理并指引。我们必须告诉主,我们除了祂直接的同在之外,别的什么都不要。我们不要祂间接的同在。许多时候,你只有主间接的同在;不是第一手的,不是直接的。你要学习单单受主直接、第一手同在的管理。……这不仅是一个条件,一个资格,也是一个能力,使你能进去得着那地。主第一手的同在要加强你,使你能以丰满地得着包罗万有的基督。神第一手的同在有何等的力量,何等的大能!(李文集一九六一至一九六二年第四册,三九二至三九六页)
16Although it may be with tears in our eyes, we must say day by day, “Lord, nothing but Your smiling presence will satisfy me. I do not want anything but the smile of Your glorious face. As long as I have this, I care not whether the heaven comes down or the earth falls apart. The whole world may rise against me, but as long as I have Your smile upon me, I can praise You, and everything is well.” The Lord said, “My presence shall go with you.” What a treasure! The presence, the smile, of the Lord is the governing principle. We must be fearful of receiving anything from the Lord yet losing His presence…The Lord Himself may very well give you something, and yet that very thing will rob you of His presence. He will help you, He will bless you, and yet that very help and blessing can keep you away from His presence. We must learn to be kept, to be ruled, to be governed, to be guided simply by the presence of the Lord. We must tell the Lord that we do not want anything but His direct presence. We do not want His presence secondhand. Many times, be assured, you have the secondhand presence of the Lord. It is not firsthand; it is not direct. Try to be governed by the direct, firsthand presence of the Lord. This is not only a requirement and a qualification but also a power for you to go on to possess the land. The firsthand presence of the Lord will strengthen you with might to obtain the fullness, the all-inclusiveness of Christ. What a strength, what a power, is in the direct presence of the Lord! (CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” pp. 294-296)