创二9　 耶和华神使各样的树从地里长出来，可以悦人的眼目，也好作食物；园子当中有生命树，还有善恶知识树。

　　耶十五16 ……我得着你的言语，就当食物吃了；你的言语成了我心中的欢喜快乐……。

　　摸生命树就是摸神；……一碰到善恶知识树，就是碰到火，碰到死亡。所以，一个基督徒学习事奉神，为主作工，不能与善恶知识树发生关系。……譬如一对夫妇彼此相争，我们天然的想法就是劝勉他们，叫他们和好。但是如果我们知道生命树的原则，就不会劝他们忍耐、谦卑等等。如果我们知道生命树的原则，我们就会把这一对夫妇带到生命里面。只有摸生命树的人，他们的生活和工作才能存留到新耶路撒冷。犯罪的要进入火湖，有道德的也要流入火湖。……在生命树里面也有爱心，也有谦卑。但是从善恶知识树出来的爱心和谦卑，它的结局乃是火湖；唯有从生命树发出来的美德，才能存到永远（李文集一九三二至一九四九年第二册，二七六至二七七页）。

　　Gen. 2:9 And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

　　Jer. 15:16 Your words were found and I ate them, and Your word became to me the gladness and joy of my heart…

　　To touch the tree of life is to touch God, and…to touch the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is to touch fire and death. In order to serve God and work for Him, a Christian must learn to stay away from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil… For example, a couple may be arguing. Our natural concept is to exhort them to be reconciled with each other, but if we know the principle of the tree of life, we will not exhort them to be patient or humble. If we are clear about the principle of the tree of life, we will lead this couple into life. Only those who touch the tree of life will see their life and work remaining in the New Jerusalem. Those who are sinful will go into the lake of fire. Those who are merely moral will also go into the lake of fire…Within the tree of life there is surely love and humility, but the love and humility that issue from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil end up in the lake of fire. Only the virtues that issue from the tree of life will last in eternity. (CWWL, 1932-1949, vol. 2, pp. 224-225)

　　默想神的话就是“反刍”，像牛吃草一样（利十一3）。……我们若太快接受这话，就不会有多少享受。但我们接受这话的时候，若是“反刍”，我们的享受就必加增。

　　当我们默想神的话，……我们自然而然就会祷告。……此外，我们会与自己交谈，或开始赞美主。我们也许被神的话感动，想要大声赞美主。

　　通常默想主的话会比祷读主的话还要缓慢，还要细致。譬如，我们默想出埃及二十章二节的时候，可能对自己说，“要记念耶和华是你的主。祂曾将你从埃及地，从为奴之家领出来。现在你出来了。阿们！主啊，我敬拜你，将我从捆绑中领出来！”我们默想神的话，对主说话，或是对自己说话，都该是自然的，并且该满了享受。我们也许低头敬拜主，思想主的话，有所记念，或责备自己。……任何真正寻求主，以活的方式默想十诫的人，都会享受主、敬拜主、祷告、在主面前与自己交谈并且赞美主。当然，这样接受神律法的人，不会把它当作死的字句来应用，乃是把它当作神活的话来接受。

　　默想神的话就是享受神的话作祂的呼出，这乃是在这话里接触神，与祂交通，敬拜祂，借着这话并用这话向祂祷告。我们这样默想神的话，就要被神注入，将祂吸入我们里面，并得着属灵的滋养。

　　论到默想神的话，诗篇一百一十九篇一百四十七节说，“我趁天未亮呼求；我仰望了你的言语。”在此，我们看见诗人天未亮就起来呼求，并仰望了神的言语。 ……默想神的话比仅仅思想神的话所含的意义更丰富。我们默想神的话，乃是借着与神谈话，敬拜祂，享受祂，从祂领受恩典，并在主面前与自己交谈。

　　我们若默想神的话，会以这话为乐。有时候我们会在主面前哭泣，或向祂唱赞美的诗歌（出埃及记生命读经，七七六至七七八页）。

　　参读：倪柝声恢复职事过程中信息记录，第十六篇；生命树，第一、八至九章。

　　To muse upon the Word is to “chew the cud,” like a cow eating grass (Lev. 11:3)… If we take in the Word too quickly, we shall not have very much enjoyment. But if we “chew the cud” as we take in the Word, our enjoyment will increase.

　　When we muse upon the Word of God,…we shall spontaneously pray… Furthermore, we may converse with ourselves or begin to praise the Lord. We may be so inspired by the Word that we want to shout our praises to the Lord.

　　Usually musing upon the Word will be slower and finer than pray-reading the Word. For example, in our musing upon Exodus 20:2 we may say to ourselves, “Remember that Jehovah is your Lord. He has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the slave house, the house of bondage. Now you are out. Amen! O Lord, I worship You for bringing me out of bondage!” In all our musing upon God’s Word, talking to the Lord or conversing with ourselves, we should be spontaneous and full of enjoyment. We may bow down to worship the Lord, ponder the Word, remember, or give ourselves a rebuke… Any genuine seeker of the Lord who muses upon the Ten Commandments in a living way will enjoy the Lord, worship Him, pray, converse with himself in the Lord’s presence, and also praise the Lord. Surely one who takes the law of God in such a way will not apply it as dead letters, but will take it as God’s living word.

　　To muse upon the Word of God is to enjoy His Word as His breath. It is to contact God in the Word and to have fellowship with Him, to worship Him, and to pray to Him through and with the Word. By musing upon the Word of God in this way, we shall be infused by God, breathe Him into us, and receive spiritual nourishment.

　　Concerning musing upon the Word, Psalm 119:147 says, “I anticipated the dawn and cried out; I hoped in Your words.” Here we see that the psalmist rose up before dawn, cried out, and hoped in God’s word… Musing upon the Word involves more than just meditating on it. We muse upon the Word by talking to God, worshipping Him, enjoying Him, receiving grace from Him, and conversing with ourselves in the Lord’s presence.

　　If we muse upon the Word of God, we shall delight ourselves in the Word. Sometimes we may weep before the Lord or sing hymns of praise to Him. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 670-671)

　　Further Reading: Messages Given during the Resumption of Watchman Nee’s Ministry, 2nd ed., vol. 1, ch. 16; CWWL, 1965, vol. 2, “The Tree of Life,” chs. 1, 8-9