13牧养是神圣的事。我们要作牧人,就必须是基督的见证人,是基督的肢体,也是基督的弟兄,有分于祂儿子的名分。这样,我们就有分于儿子名分的发言,而成为申言者。我们既是为着神发言的申言者,我们就为主说话。同时,我们需要牧养人。这是结果子的路,是得着繁增和扩增的路。我们若接受这种交通,我信地上会有一个大复兴,但不是由少数属灵大汉带来的,乃是由基督身体的许多肢体,跟随经过过程之三一神寻找并得着堕落之人的步骤,成为牧人所带来的(李文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册,一二七至一二八页)。
13Shepherding is something divine. In order to be a shepherd, we must be a witness of Christ, a member of Christ, and a brother of Christ, sharing His sonship. Then we will participate in the oracle of the sonship to become a prophet. As a prophet for God’s oracle, we will speak for the Lord. Meanwhile, we need to shepherd people. This is the way to be fruitful, to have the multiplication and the increase. If this kind of fellowship is received by us, I believe there will be a big revival on the earth, not by a few spiritual giants but by the many members of Christ’s Body being shepherds who follow the steps of the processed Triune God in seeking and gaining fallen people. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 92-93)