西二6~7　你们既然接受了基督，就是主耶稣，在祂里面已经生根，并正被建造，且照着你们所受的教导，在信心上得以坚固，洋溢着感谢，就要在祂里面行事为人。

　　我们既然接受了基督，就该在祂里面行事为人。行事为人就是生活、行动、举止、为人。我们该在基督里行事为人，生活行动，使我们能享受祂的丰富，就如以色列人住在美地，享受其上一切丰富的出产。今天的美地就是基督那包罗万有的灵（加三14），祂住在我们的灵里（提后四22，罗八16），作我们的享受。照着这灵而行（4，加五16），乃是新约的中心和关键（圣经恢复本，西二7注3）。

　　如同植物，我们乃是活的生机体，已经在基督这土壤、土地里生根，吸取祂一切的丰富作营养，成为我们的元素和本质，使我们借此长大并建造。生根，是为着生命的长大，这是已经完成的；被建造，是为着基督身体的建造，这是正在进行的。这两件事都是在基督里（西二7注1）。

　　Col. 2:6-7 As therefore you have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

　　As we have received Christ, we should walk in Him. In Colossians 2:6 to walk is to live, to act, to behave, and to have our being. We should walk, live, and act in Christ that we may enjoy His riches, just as the children of Israel lived in the good land, enjoying all its rich produce. The good land today is Christ as the all-inclusive Spirit (Gal. 3:14), who dwells in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22; Rom. 8:16) to be our enjoyment. To walk according to this Spirit (Rom. 8:4; Gal. 5:16) is the central and crucial point in the New Testament. (Col. 2:6, footnote 2)

　　Like plants, we are living organisms. As such, we have been rooted in Christ, our soil, our earth, that we may absorb all His riches as nourishment. These riches become the element and substance with which we grow and are built up. To be rooted is for the growth in life. This rooting has been completed already. To be built up is for the building of the Body of Christ. This is still going on. Both these matters are in Christ. (Col. 2:7, footnote 1)

　　你若看见我们在基督这丰富的土壤里生根，就会得着安慰和鼓励。不要被你的软弱所困扰，要思想你在其中生根的丰富土壤。在这土壤里，你岂不是有丰满、割礼、埋葬、复活、生命的分赐、规条的涂抹和黑暗权势的脱下么？忘掉你的环境、你的光景、你的失败以及你的软弱，单单花时间享受主。要花时间吸取祂，从祂这土壤里吸收丰富的元素。倘若你花时间吸取主，你就能见证，你在基督里一无所缺。

　　我们每天早晨需要花足够的时间吸取主。十分钟虽然好，但在一天的起头，最好花半小时享受主。倘若你早晨花半小时吸取主、享受主，你在一天当中，就不会受到反面事物的搅扰。“苍蝇”和“蝎子”不会来烦扰你，因为土壤里的元素会驱逐它们。但如果你在早晨没有吸取主，就很容易受到“苍蝇”和“蝎子”的搅扰。许多圣徒能见证，早晨吸取主，就是把最好的驱虫剂供应给他们。然而，我们不但该在早晨花时间与主同在，也该整天与主同在。倘若我们早晨、下午、晚上都与主有一段美好的时光，我们就不仅有最佳的杀虫剂，同时也享受了筵席。然而，我们若不忠信地花时间吸取主，我们的光景就会渐渐堕落。我们的经历能证实这事。让我们从思想、情感、意念中回转过来，将自己向主敞开，运用我们的灵说，“主耶稣，我爱你，我敬拜你，我尊崇你。主，我把自己献给你，我把心交给你，把今天每一件事都交给你。”你这样接触主的时候，切勿匆忙。要花时间，越多越好。你花时间接触主的时候，自然而然就把土壤里的丰富吸收到你里面。

　　我们若要吸取作为土壤之基督的丰富，就需要有细嫩的新根。不要让自己老化了，乃要天天新鲜而更新。要向主祷告：“主，我要让我的奉献是新鲜的，我要重新向你敞开。我要我的根是细嫩的，好吸取你的丰富。主，不要让我的根老化。”如果我们的根细嫩新鲜，能吸取基督的丰富，我们就自然会因着所吸取的丰富而长大。这就是天天、时时主观的享受基督并经历祂（歌罗西书生命读经，五八二至五八三、六○四页）。

　　参读：歌罗西书生命读经，五十三、五十五至五十七篇。

　　If you see that we have been rooted in Christ as the rich soil, you will be comforted and encouraged. Do not be troubled by your weaknesses. Consider the rich soil in which you are rooted. In this soil do you not have the fullness, the circumcision, the burial, the raising up, the giving of life, the wiping out of the ordinances, and the stripping off of the powers of darkness? Forget your situation, your condition, your failures, and your weaknesses and simply take time to enjoy the Lord. Take time to absorb Him, to assimilate the rich elements from Him as the soil. If you take time to absorb the Lord, you will be able to testify that in Christ you have no lack.

　　Every morning we need to take an adequate amount of time to absorb the Lord. Although even ten minutes is good, it is best to spend thirty minutes to enjoy Him at the start of each new day. If you spend thirty minutes to absorb the Lord and to enjoy Him in the morning, you will not be bothered by negative things during the day. The”flies” and”scorpions” will not pester you, for the elements in the soil will repel them. However, if you fail to absorb the Lord in the morning, you are apt to be troubled by”flies” and”scorpions.” Many saints can testify that absorbing the Lord in the morning supplies them with the best insect repellent. However, we should spend time with the Lord not only in the morning but also throughout the day. If we have a good time with the Lord in the morning, afternoon, and evening, not only shall we be supplied with the most effective pest control, we shall also enjoy a feast. However, if we are not faithful to take time to absorb the Lord, our condition will gradually deteriorate. Our experience confirms this. Let us turn from our thought, emotion, and intention and open ourselves to the Lord, exercising our spirit to say,”O Lord Jesus, I love You, I worship You, and I adore You. Lord, I give myself to You. I give You my heart and everything concerning this day.” As you contact the Lord in this way, do not be hurried. Take time, the more the better. As you spend time contacting the Lord, spontaneously you will absorb into you the riches of the soil.

　　If we would absorb the riches of Christ as the soil, we need to have tender, new roots. Do not let yourself get old, but be fresh and renewed day by day. Pray to the Lord,”Lord, I want my consecration to be fresh, and I want to open to You anew. I want my roots to be tender that I may absorb Your riches. Lord, don't let my roots get old.” If our roots are tender and new to absorb the riches of Christ, we shall grow automatically with the riches we assimilate. This is to enjoy Christ and to experience Him subjectively daily and hourly. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 468-469, 487)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Colossians, msgs. 53, 55-57