约翰福音-John 15 章 4~5 节
| 15:4 |
你们要住在我里面，我也住在你们里面。枝子若不住在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子，你们若不住在我里面，也是这样。 Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. |
| 15:5 |
我是葡萄树，你们是枝子；住在我里面的，我也住在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能作什么。 I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing. |
Enlightenment:
We need to let the Son abide in us (vv. 4-5). This is very meaningful. We abide in Him and He abides in us. But many times we do not give Him the ground, the space, to abide in us. The Lord desires to spread His abiding within us. However, we like to narrow down His abiding. We restrict Him. There is constantly a gentle struggle between the abiding Christ and us.
Oh, how we need to keep our fellowship with Him and be willing to allow Him to take more ground and to expand within us! May we allow the Lord to spread Himself within us, taking as much ground as He wants. If we do this, we shall have the real growth of life. We shall see the growth of life within.
May we look to Him for mercy and grace that we may always give Him the ground to expand within us, allowing Him to spread into every corner and avenue of our inner being. This is the way to have the growth in life.
亮光
我们需要让子住在我们里面。（约十五4～5。）这是非常有意义的。我们住在祂里面，祂就住在我们里面。但许多时候我们不给祂地位、空间以住在我们里面。主渴望扩展祂在我们里面的住留，然而我们却喜欢弄窄祂的住留。我们限制祂。在住留的基督与我们之间一直有温和的抗争。
哦，我们何等需要维持我们与祂之间的交通，甘愿让祂得着更多的地位，使祂在我们里面扩展。愿我们让主在我们里面扩展祂自己，任祂取得祂所要的。我们若这样作，就会有真正生命的长大。我们会看见生命在里面增长。
愿我们仰望祂的怜悯与恩典，好叫我们一直给祂地位在我们里面扩展，允许祂扩展到我们里面的每个角落和通道。这乃是生命长大的路。