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坐在天上
经文: 「然而上帝既有丰富的怜悯，因祂爱我们的大爱，当我们死在过犯中的时候，便
叫我们与基督一同活过来。….祂又叫我们与基督耶稣一同复活，一同坐在天上。」（
弗二4~6）
「与基督耶稣一同坐在天上」──安安静静地坐着──是我们的权利，是我们
的本分。但是有几个人眞有这样的经历呢？有几个人眞想这是一件可能的事呢？
我们也许会想：恐怕在主日，或者灵程猛进的时候，偶然能有这样的经历；如
果每天随时都坐在天上，是不可能的事罢！但是我告诉你：主日能，周日也能，天天都
能！
一个安静的灵，对于外面的活动是非常有帮助的；反言之，没有一件东西，比
灵里的焦急挂虑，更妨碍属灵的能力和成功。
一位属灵的信徒有一次告诉我们：「知道怎样信靠，怎样安静，就是得到了一
切。」这句话是非常有意思的。我们如果知道这个，我们工作的方法就会大大改变了。
我们不会再不息地挣扎了；我们会安安静静地坐在主面前，让圣灵去替我们完成我们所
希望的。我们也许看不见、感不到，圣灵在替我们工作，但是我们应当相信：祂一直在
很出力地替我们做啊！我们只要把我们灵安静下来好了。 ──司密斯（Hannah
Whitall Smith）
我们应当在任何环境中学习享受上帝的平安。
In The Heavenly Places
Scripture: "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he
loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with
Christ . . . and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:4-6).
This is our rightful place, to be "seated in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus," and to "sit still" there. But how few there are who make it
their actual experience! How few, indeed think even that it is possible for
them to "sit still" in these "heavenly places" in the everyday life of a
world so full of turmoil as this.
We may believe perhaps that to pay a little visit to these heavenly
places on Sundays, or now and then in times of spiritual exaltation, may be
within the range of possibility; but to be actually "seated" there every day
and all day long is altogether another matter; and yet it is very plain
that it is for Sundays and week-days as well.
A quiet spirit is of inestimable value in carrying on outward
activities; and nothing so hinders the working of the hidden spiritual
forces, upon which, after all, our success in everything really depends, as
a spirit of unrest and anxiety.
There is immense power in stillness. A great saint once said, "All
things come to him who knows how to trust and be silent." The words are
pregnant with meaning. A knowledge of this fact would immensely change our
ways of working. Instead of restless struggles, we would "sit down" inwardly
before the Lord, and would let the Divine forces of His Spirit work out in
silence the ends to which we aspire. You may not see or feel the operations
of this silent force, but be assured it is always working mightily, and will
work for you, if you only get your spirit still enough to be carried along
by the currents of its power. --Hannah Whitall Smith
It is your business to learn to be peaceful and safe in God in every
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