结三四13~14 我必把他们从万民中领出来，从各国聚集他们，引导他们归回自己的地，也必在以色列山上，一切溪水旁边，在那地一切可居之处牧养他们。我必在美好的草场牧养他们，他们的住处必在以色列高处的山上……。

　　主在以西结三十四章十三节下半……说，祂要引导祂的子民归回自己的地。他们原被掳到异邦之国，但主应许要领他们归回自己的地，回到迦南美地。我们的美地是基督。我们得救以前，或在冷淡退后之后，都是与基督隔离的。但主把我们寻见，并领我们归向祂自己，甚至带我们进入祂自己，以祂自己为我们的美地。今天我们是在基督这美地里。美地今天也是在召会生活中。因此，当我们被领回归向基督时，我们也被领回到召会生活，在其中我们得着美地的丰富和享受（以西结书生命读经，二一九页）。

　　Ezek. 34:13-14 And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them into their own land, and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the streams and in all the inhabited places of the land. I will feed them with good pasture, and their dwelling place will be upon the mountains of the heights of Israel…

　　In Ezekiel 34:13b the Lord [said] that He would bring His people back to their own land. They were in captivity in heathen countries, but the Lord promised to bring them back to their own country, to the good land of Canaan. Our good land is Christ. Before we were saved or after we backslid, we were separated from Christ. But the Lord sought us out and brought us back to Himself and even into Himself as our good land. Today we are in Christ as the good land. The good land today is also in the church life. Thus, when we were brought back to Christ, we were also brought to the church life, where we have the riches and the enjoyment of the good land. (Life-study of Ezekiel, p. 177)

　　主……说，祂要带祂的子民回到溪水旁边（结三四13）。这些溪水表征赐生命的灵，就是那灵的活水。从高山，就是从复活、升天的基督，流出那灵的活水。生命的灵在基督的复活并升天里，从祂流出来。主把我们寻见并把我们带回归向祂自己之后，我们不仅归向在升天超越地位上的基督，我们也开始喝那灵作为活水。

　　基督作我们的牧人照管我们，包括顾到我们一切的难处，担负我们一切的责任。祂不仅在属灵的事上照管我们，也在一切与人生需要有关的事上照管我们。这意思是说，按照诗篇二十三篇，祂在我们生活的每一面都照管我们。主耶稣既是我们的牧人照管我们，我们就不该挂虑我们的难处或我们的生活。我们该学习信靠祂。在一天的末了，能向主我们的牧人祷告，是多么的好。我们不必长篇大论、形式宗教的祷告。只要简单地说，“主耶稣，感谢你，我在你的照管之下。现在我要睡了，求你来照管我。”这样简单的祷告就够了。你在早晨醒来时，可以说，“主，我感谢你，我仍然在你的照管之下。”你不必宗教式地求主保护你，为你作许多事。你若宗教式地祷告，主可能说，“孩子，我知道你的需要。不要浪费你的时间，也不要用这种祷告加重我的负担。你只管享受我的照顾。”主耶稣真是我们的牧人。……无论我去哪里，在哪里作工，我都在祂牧养的照顾之下。……在祂的恢复里，我们是祂的群羊，常在祂的牧养之下。祂照管我们，喂养我们，我们实在有诗篇二十三篇的经历：“耶和华是我的牧者；我必不至缺乏。”〔1〕愿我们都经历基督作我们的牧人。

　　当主耶稣来作牧人时，祂也来作王。主作牧人照料我们，结果使我们顺从祂为我们的王，服在祂的君王职分之下。主是我们的牧人，来作我们的王；祂也是我们的王，来作我们的牧人。一面，祂牧养我们；另一面，祂管理我们。当我们接受主的牧养时，我们就认识主的宝座、国度和权柄。祂牧养我们，顾到我们并供应我们，使我们服从祂的王权，而使祂在我们里面设立祂的宝座和祂的国度（以西结书生命读经，二二○、二二四至二二六页）。

　　参读：耶利米书生命读经，第六至七、十一、十九、二十七篇；神人的生活，第二篇；真理课程三级卷二，第三十课。

　　The Lord also said that He would bring His people back to the streams (Ezek. 34:13). These streams or rivers signify the life-giving Spirit, the living water of the Spirit. From the mountains, the resurrected and ascended Christ, the living water of the Spirit flows. The Spirit of life flows forth from Christ in His resurrection and ascension. After the Lord sought us out and brought us back to Himself, we not only returned to Christ in the transcendent position of His ascension, but we also began to drink of the Spirit as the living water.

　　As our Shepherd Christ takes care of us, including all our problems and responsibilities. He takes care of us not only in spiritual things but in all things related to our human needs. This means that, according to Psalm 23, He takes care of us in every aspect of our living. Since the Lord Jesus is our Shepherd taking care of us, we should not worry about our problems or about our living. Instead, we need to learn to put our trust in Him. At the end of the day, it is very good to pray to the Lord as our Shepherd. There is no need to pray at length in a formal, religious way. Simply say, “Lord Jesus, I thank You that I am under Your care. Now I am going to sleep, and I ask You to come and take care of me.” Such a simple prayer is good enough. When you wake up in the morning, you say, “Lord, I thank You that I am still under Your care.” There is no need to be religious, asking the Lord to protect you and do many other things for you. If you pray in a religious way, the Lord might say, “Child, I know what you need. Do not waste your time and do not burden Me with this kind of prayer. Simply enjoy My care.” The Lord Jesus truly is our Shepherd….Wherever I have gone and wherever I have worked, I have been under His shepherding care….In His recovery we, as His flock, are under His constant shepherding. As He cares for us, He feeds us, and we have the real experience of Psalm 23: The Lord is our Shepherd, and we have no want. May we all learn to experience Christ as our Shepherd.

　　When the Lord Jesus comes as the Shepherd, He comes also as the King. The issue of the Lord’s caring for us as our Shepherd is that we obey Him as our King and come under His kingship. The Lord is our Shepherd to be our King, and He is our King to be our Shepherd. On the one hand He shepherds us; on the other hand, He governs us. As we receive the Lord’s shepherding, we understand the Lord’s throne, kingdom, and authority. He is shepherding us with His care and supply so that we may be subject to His kingship and that He may set up His throne and His kingdom within us. (Life-study of Ezekiel, pp. 177, 180-181)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Jeremiah, msgs. 6-7, 11, 19, 27; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The God-man Living,” ch. 2; Truth Lessons—Level Three, vol. 2, lsn. 30