20我们若能把宇宙的丰富带给基督的身体，我们对身体的用处便是宇宙的。这样，我们虽然在一个地方服事，但那个果效是宇宙的，而不仅仅是那个地方的。许多时候，我们都是把自己摆在自己里头，即使有时从自己里扩大了一点，却还是留在地方里；我们没有让主来扩充我们。千万记得，身体是宇宙的，里面的生命是宇宙的，里面的灵是宇宙的，里面的感觉是宇宙的，供应也是宇宙的。不在乎这个地方，也不在乎那个地方，如果基督的身体蒙了恩典，我们就快乐；基督的身体有了为难，我们就感觉痛苦。有谁绊跌，我们不焦急；有谁软弱，我们不软弱？因为众召会的事挂在我们身上。这不仅是一个肢体的问题，这乃是众召会的事；这个感觉会叫我们蒙拯救，也会叫基督的身体得供应（李文集一九五六年第一册，二六○页）。
20If we can bring the universal riches to the Body of Christ, our usefulness to the Body is universal. Thus, we may serve in one place, but the effect is universal, not merely local. We are often shut up in ourselves. Even when we come out of ourselves, we remain in our locality and do not allow the Lord to enlarge us. The Body is universal, and the life within us is universal. The Spirit within us is universal, the sense within us is universal, and the supply is universal. It does not matter what locality is blessed. If the Body of Christ is blessed, we rejoice, and if the Body of Christ has a problem, we feel the pain. Like Paul, we should be able to say, “Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I myself do not burn?” (2 Cor. 11:29). We feel this way because the anxious concern for all the churches is upon us. This is not merely a matter of an individual member; it is a matter of all the churches. This sense will save us and cause the Body to be supplied. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 1, “The Church as the Body of Christ,” p. 182)