林后十一2　 我以神的妒忌，妒忌你们，因为我曾把你们许配一个丈夫，要将一个贞洁的童女献给基督。

　　诗一一九147~148 我趁天未亮呼求；我仰望了你的言语。我趁夜更未换，将眼睁开，为要默想你的话语。

　　主耶稣不是道理，也不是一些恩赐或一种能力；祂乃是一个人位，需要我们的爱、我们的珍赏和我们的感情。我们多么需要对主耶稣有甜美的感情和爱意。

　　我们可能谈论基督是我们的生命，但我们若对祂没有真实的爱，祂是我们的生命就只是道理。……我们若要享受耶稣作生命，就必须爱祂。只要我们爱祂，即使我们不知道“生命”这辞，我们也会享受生命。我们不懂得道理，但我们会享受耶稣这活的人位作我们的生命。……我们也许有许多教训，有各样恩赐和能力，却不愿意接受基督的个性。主耶稣……需要一个像彼得那样爱祂的人，能对祂说，“哦，主耶稣，我爱你！我跟从你。我以你作我的人位。我接受你的个性作我的个性。我接受你的意愿作我的意愿。我接受你的愿望作我的愿望。我不在意教训、恩赐和能力，我只在意你自己。我爱你，我跟从你，接受你作我的人位。”（李文集一九七二年第一册，三○七至三一○页）

　　2 Cor. 11:2 For I am jealous over you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

　　Psa. 119:147-148 I anticipated the dawn and cried out; I hoped in Your words. My eyes anticipated the night watches, that I might muse upon Your word.

　　The Lord Jesus is not a doctrine; He is not a set of gifts or a power; He is a person who needs our love, our appreciation, and our affection. How we need the sweet affection and love toward the Lord Jesus!

　　We may talk about Christ being our life, but if we do not have the real love toward Him, He is only life to us in doctrine…If we would enjoy Jesus as life, we must love Him. As long as we love Him, even if we do not know the term life, we will enjoy life. We will not know a doctrine, but we will enjoy Jesus, a living person, as our very life. We may have many teachings with all the gifts and power, and yet we would not take the personality of Christ. The Lord Jesus… needs someone like Peter to love Him, someone to tell Him, “O Lord Jesus, I love You! I follow You. I take You as my person. I take Your personality as my personality. I take Your will as my will. I take Your desire as my desire. I do not care for teachings, gifts, and power. I just care for You. I love You, and I follow You, taking You as my person.” (CWWL, 1972, vol. 1, “Life and Building as Portrayed in the Song of Songs,” pp. 234-236)

　　在约翰二十一章，主问彼得是否爱祂，彼得告诉主说，“你知道我爱你。”然后主回答说，“你喂养我的小羊。”“你喂养我的羊。”（15、17）说话不仅是造就或教导，也是喂养小羊和喂养羊。……我们要喂养主的羊，就必须爱主。我们应当告诉主：“主，我爱你。所以我喜欢向人述说你。”我们越爱祂，我们就越有资格，越受装备，甚至越受成全而说话。

　　我们也必须每日清晨在话中享受主，有新的起头（诗一一九　147~148）。照着神在祂创造里的原则，祂命定有新的一年、新的一月和新的一日。每一年我们能有三百六十五个新的开始；我们若三百六十四天都失败了，仍有一次机会过成功的一天。今天我们可能失败了，但感谢主，明天仍然在这里等着我们。明天早晨我们将会有另一次机会，有一个新的开始。每二十四个小时就有一个新的机会，让我们有新的开始，并让我们得更新。

　　有新的开始不是很困难，而是很容易的。只要早一点起床，说，“哦，主耶稣。哦，主耶稣。”你不必大声呼喊吵到别人。只要说，“哦，主耶稣。”这样说就会有很大的不同。有时我醒来后，忘记马上呼求主；这成为我的一个大亏损。我一发现这个，就说，“主耶稣，赦免我忘记了你。”……然后我们需要祷读一小段主的话，任何一处圣经，二节至四节。我们能借着祷读，用主的话并在祂的话里享受主。我们每天早晨应该这样作，好有美好的新起头。我们能对自己、对主，甚至对天使说主的话。我们能对我们的宠物，甚至对家具说主的话。当我们这样说主的话，我们将是第一个被我们的说话滋养的人。在清晨，我们不必花很长的时间在话中享受主。十到十五分钟就足够得滋养，在新的一天有新的起头。我们需要实行这个（李文集一九八八年第一册，二四二、二四六至二四七页）。

　　参读：享受基督活而实际的路，第三章；李文集一九六九年第三册，享受并供应基督，以完成神的定旨，第一章。

　　In John 21 the Lord asked Peter if he loved Him. Peter told the Lord, “You know that I love You.” Then the Lord answered, “Feed My lambs,” and “Feed My sheep” (vv. 15, 17). To speak is not only to edify or to teach but also to feed the lambs and to feed the sheep… For us to feed the Lord’s sheep, we must love Him. We should tell the Lord, “Lord, I love You, so I like to speak You forth to others.” The more that we love Him, the more we are qualified, equipped, and even perfected to speak.

　　We also must enjoy the Lord in the Word every day early in the morning to have a new start each day (Psa. 119:147-148). According to God’s principle in His creation, He ordained to have a new year, a new month or a new moon, and a new day. Within every year we can have three hundred sixty-five new starts. If we failed for three hundred sixty-four days, we still have one more opportunity to have a successful day. We may have failed today, but thank the Lord tomorrow is still here waiting for us. Tomorrow morning we will have another chance to have a new start. Within every twenty-four hours, there is a new chance for us to have a new start and be renewed.

　　To have a new start is not hard. It is so easy. Just rise up a little earlier and say, “O Lord Jesus. O Lord Jesus.” You do not need to shout loudly and bother others. Just say, “O Lord Jesus.” To say this makes a big difference. Sometimes I forgot to call on the Lord immediately after I woke up. That became a big loss to me. As soon as I realized this, I said, “Lord Jesus, forgive me for forgetting You.” Then we need to pray-read a short portion of the Word, anywhere from two to four verses. We can enjoy the Lord with His Word and in His Word through pray-reading. We should do this every day in the morning to have a good, new start. We can speak the Word to ourselves, to the Lord, and even to the angels. We can speak the Word to our pets and even to our furniture. When we speak the Word in such a way, we will be the first ones nourished by our speaking. We do not need to spend a long time to enjoy the Lord in the Word early in the morning. Ten to fifteen minutes is sufficient to get nourished and have a good start of a new day. We need to practice this. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Speaking Christ for the Building Up of the Body of Christ,” pp. 172, 175-176)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1972, vol. 1, “The Living and Practical Way to Enjoy Christ,” ch. 3; CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, pp. 474-475