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經文：「摩西牧養他岳父米甸祭司葉忒羅的羊群，一日領羊群往野外去，到了神的山，就是何烈山。耶和華的使者從荊棘裡火焰中向摩西顯現。」（出3:1-2） 我們常以為異象必須在特別的情境下才能看見，但是在此處我們所見的並非如此：異象是在日常生活也可以看見的，因為神樂意在我們的日常中向我們啟示。祂也會在尋常的路上尋得一個人，就向他顯現。 那麼，神阿，求祢指教我該如何在日常生活中等候祢。我不求那些超然的感覺；我只求祢在日常生活中與我相交；在我日常的路程中作我的伴侶，讓我這卑微的人生，能因為祢的同在而有所改變。 有些基督徒熱衷於領受特殊的感動和啟示；但是這其實不是神的法則。那些個魂遊象外，或與靈界有奇異的接觸，並不是神所給我們的應許；神應許的，就是我們從日常生活中與祂相交，而那其實已經足夠。 門徒中看見耶穌在山上變形的，只有三位，而這三位門徒也就是同嘗客西馬尼苦味的。所以沒有任何人能一直留在山上，因為山下還有許多工作等待我們去做。--選 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside, of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush" (Exod. 3:1,2). The vision came in the midst of common toil, and that is where the Lord delights to give His revelations. He seeks a man who is on the ordinary road, and the Divine fire leaps out at his feet. The mystic ladder can rise from the market place to Heaven. It can connect the realm of drudgery with the realms of grace. My Father God, help me to expect Thee on the ordinary road. I do not ask for sensational happenings. Commune with me through ordinary work and duty. Be my Companion when I take the common journey. Let the humble life be transfigured by Thy presence. Some Christians think they must be always up to mounts of extraordinary joy and revelation; this is not after God's method. Those spiritual visits to high places, and that wonderful intercourse with the unseen world, are not in the promises; the daily life of communion is. And it is enough. We shall have the exceptional revelation if it be right for us. There were but three disciples allowed to see the transfiguration, and those three entered the gloom of Gethsemane. No one can stay on the mount of privilege. There are duties in the valley. Christ found His life-work, not in the glory, but in the valley and was there truly and fully the Messiah. The value of the vision and glory is but their gift of fitness for work and endurance. --Selected ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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