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經文：「你們出來必不至急忙。」（賽52:12） 我不相信，我們已經了解在安靜中蘊含的奇妙大能。我們常太急躁--一定要自己去作--不給神一個機會彰顯祂的榮耀。因此，神常對我們說：「站住」（出14:13），「安坐」（得3:18），「住了罷！靜了罷！」（可4:39），祂才可以施展祂的全能。 在基督徒的生活中，失敗常常是因為想要自己工作來得勝。其實，我們需要讓神在我們裡面工作。正如請攝影師替自己拍照的時候，必須安靜不動好讓他完成工作。 神對於我們有一個永久的目的，那就是要我們像祂的兒子，我們自己能作麼？神要我們得救，我們自己能作麼？祂要我們得勝，我們自己能作麼？祂要我們像祂那樣聖潔，我們自己能作麼？ 我們太以為自己能作，其實一樣都不能。既是不能，何不安靜等待神作呢？我們太會為神活動，卻不會為神安靜，所以我們眞是需要知道甚麼叫作安靜。--碎錦 Crumbs 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "Ye shall not go out with haste" (Isa. 52:12). I do not believe that we have begun to understand the marvelous power there is in stillness. We are in such a hurry--we must be doing--so that we are in danger of not giving God a chance to work. You may depend upon it, God never says to us, "Stand still," or "Sit still," or "Be still," unless He is going to do something. This is our trouble in regard to our Christian life; we want to do something to be Christians when we need to let Him work in us. Do you know how still you have to be when your likeness is being taken? Now God has one eternal purpose concerning us, and that is that we should be like His Son; and in order that this may be so, we must be passive. We hear so much about activity, may be we need to know what it is to be quiet. –Crumbs ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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