双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：5月18日 基督的心

5月18日

基督的心

“你们当以基督耶稣的心为心：”

腓立比书2:5

圣经告诉我们，我们的心志应该由基督完全掌管。保罗劝勉我们：“你们当以基督耶稣的心为心。”要以基督的心为心（是接受，而不是拦阻）。表明我们可以拥有基督的心，也可以拒绝。正如一首流行歌曲所唱的：要么拥有全部，要么不曾拥有。

奥利弗·巴克莱（Oliver Barclay）指出：“从根本上说，尽心尽力爱神，就是让上帝启示的真理贯穿我们的生活，这样我们的思想、态度、崇拜和行为才能保持一致。这都应该是神的圣洁、爱和恩典在我们身上的彰显。圣经在谈到心志时，不是说一种哲学，而是要让显明的真理掌管我们的生命。

我们的头脑并非真空，它要么被良善填满，要么被邪恶填满。要么是属肉体，要么是属基督。我们不能控制进入头脑的心思意念。一方面，我们的心志必须远离一切邪恶。我们要选择哪些电视节目类型可以看，要小心阅读的东西，思考的事情，甚至进入我们幻想中的事物。另一方面，我们的心志要专注于上面的事情。仅仅把坏的思想排除在头脑之外是不够的。还要引进圣洁的东西，读经、祷告、与主的交通，与肢体的团契、教会的聚会，都是不可缺少的。

一位不知名的智者说，把你的心志交给基督，你就可以被他的智慧所引导。

诗人比格斯（M.W.Biggs）说得好：

主啊，我仰望你

掌管我的一言一行

在我可腐朽的身体上

彰显你不朽的祝福

主啊，求你充满我

用你的爱充满我

用上面的事吸引我

叫我服事、跟随你

今日祷告：

主啊，求祢用祢深深的爱充满我。将我的心思吸引到上面，求祢带领我真正事奉、跟随你；奉耶稣的名，阿门。

May 18

THE MIND OF CHRIST

Take my yoke upon you,and learn from me…Matthew 11:29 AB

The Bible plainly indicates that our mental powers are to be brought under the control of Christ.“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,”says Paul in Philippians 2:5“Let[don’t hinder,allow]this mind be in you”suggests that we can have the mind of Christ,or we can reject it.A popular song describes this attitude with the words“all or nothing at all.”

Oliver Barclay observed,“Fundamentally,to love God with all our mind is to let God’s revealed truth work through our lives so that our thinking,our attitudes,our worship,and our deeds are consistent.They should all be the result of God’s holiness and love and grace toward us…The Bible,when it talks of the mind,is not asking us to develop a philosophy…but to allow revealed truth to control us.”

The human mind cannot be a vacuum.It will be filled either with good or evil.It will be either carnal or Christlike.We can not control the kind of thoughts that enter our minds.Negatively,the mind must be turned away from all evil.We must choose the kind of television programs we see.We must be careful of the kind of things we read;the things we think about;the things that occupy our daydreams.Positively the mind must be set on things that are above.It is not enough to put bad thoughts out of our minds.Godly thoughts must be put in by Bible reading,prayer,and communion with Christ,fellowship with other Christians,Christian fellowship in the church.

Some unknown wise man has suggested,“Give your mind to Christ that you may be guided by His wisdom.”

The poet,M.W.Biggs,put it well:

Be Thou my Object,Lord,this day,

Controlling all I do or say;

That thro’this mortal frame of mine,

Thy blessed traits may ever shine!

Oh!Fill me,Lord,with Thy deep love,

Attract my mind to things above;

And truly serve and follow Thee!

Pray for the Day:

Lord,fill me with Your deep love.Attract my mind to the things above,and I pray that you will lead me to truly serve and follow You;in Jesus’Name,Amen.