彼前二25 你们好像羊走迷了路，如今却归到你们魂的牧人和监督了。

　　来十三20 但愿平安的神，就是那凭永约之血，领群羊的大牧人我们的主耶稣，从死人中上来的。

　　基督在木头上受死，乃是作我们的救赎主（彼前二24），现今祂在复活的生命里，在我们里面乃是作我们魂的牧人和监督，因此祂能指引我们，并以生命供应我们，使我们照着祂受苦的榜样跟随祂的脚踪行（21）。照着彼前二章二十五节，基督是我们魂的牧人和监督。我们的魂是我们内里的所是—真人位。主是我们魂的牧人和监督，借着顾到我们里面各部分的益处，并监督我们真人位的光景，而照其需要牧养我们（彼得前书生命读经，二二七页）。

　　1 Pet. 2:25 For you were like sheep being led astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

　　Heb. 13:20 Now the God of peace, He who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, in the blood of an eternal covenant.

　　Christ was our Redeemer in His death on the tree. Now He is our soul’s Shepherd and Overseer in the resurrection life within us. Therefore, He is able to guide us and supply us with life that we may follow in His steps according to the model of His suffering (1 Pet. 2:21). According to verse 25, Christ is the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls. Our soul is our inner being, our real person. Our Lord, as the Shepherd and Overseer of our soul, shepherds us by caring for the welfare of our inner being and by exercising His oversight over the condition of our real person. (Life-study of 1 Peter, p. 190)

　　我们的牧人基督照顾我们魂的需要。……祂是我们魂，我们里面之人的牧人。我们都有灵，而灵是我们里面的器官。但我们这人是魂。……祂照顾〔我们的魂，包括〕我们的心思、情感和意志。

　　不信的人是在魂里游荡的人，他们没有牧人照顾他们。但我们不一样，我们有一位牧人照顾我们的魂。我们不但有主的生命在我们里面，我们也有祂作我们的牧人。祂现今在我们的魂里牧养我们。

　　我要请你们照着你们的经历来看主的牧养这件事。……主的安慰在哪里，是在灵里还是在魂里？……许多时候我们说到转向灵，可能期望我们一转向灵，就会万事顺利。事实上，甚至我们转向灵以后，许多事可能也不顺利。彼得从经历知道，要说基督是我们魂的牧人。所以，彼得在彼前二章二十五节没有告诉我们，基督是我们灵或我们身体的牧人；他清楚地说，祂是我们魂的牧人。

　　因为受苦的是我们的魂，所以我们的魂需要主的牧养。需要这种照顾的，不是我们的身体，主要的也不是我们的灵。需要主作牧人的，乃是我们的魂—我们的心思、我们的情感和我们的意志。

　　在我们的经历中，有时候我们就是不知道要思考什么。我们不知道要指引我们的意念何去何从。这指明我们的心思需要主耶稣作牧人。我能见证，许多时候，在这种情况里，主耶稣作了我的牧人。祂牧养的结果，就使我们的心思受指引，摆在正路上。

　　我们的情感是复杂的，容易受搅扰。姊妹们的情感尤其是这样。所以，我们需要主耶稣在我们的情感里牧养我们。祂的牧养安慰我们的情感。

　　我们的意志也需要主的牧养。我们人常常发觉很难作正确的决定，有时候最难为的事就是作决定。不信的人没有人带领并引导他们作决定，但我们有牧人带领并引导我们。主的带领和引导主要与我们的意志有关。主是活的牧人，不断指引我们的意志。……主实在是我们魂的牧人。祂指引我们的心思，安慰我们的情感，带领并引导我们的意志。

　　照着我的经历，带领与引导之间有所不同。带领与目的地有关。假定你从家里开车到一个城市，公路地图可以带领你到目的地。但一旦你到达那城市，你会需要一个向导，指引你到你要去的准确地点。圣经里有些经文说到主的带领，有些说到祂的引导。一面，主带领祂的子民到圣地。但祂带领他们到了那里之后，就要引导他们到锡安山（彼得前书生命读经，二二七至二三○页）。

　　参读：神人的生活，第二章。

　　Christ our Shepherd takes care of the needs of our soul…He is the Shepherd of our soul, our inner being. We all have a spirit, and the spirit is our inward organ. But our being is a soul,…our mind, emotion, and will.

　　Unbelievers are wanderers in the soul, and they do not have a shepherd to take care of them. But our situation is different in that we have a Shepherd who takes care of our soul. Not only do we have the Lord’s life within us, but we also have Him as our Shepherd. He is now shepherding us in our soul.

　　Consider this matter of the Lord’s shepherding according to your experience…Where is the Lord’s comfort, in our spirit or in our soul?…Many times we speak of turning to the spirit, perhaps expecting that when we turn to the spirit, everything will be all right. Actually, even after we turn to the spirit, many things may not be all right. From experience Peter knew to say that Christ is the Shepherd of our souls. Therefore, Peter does not tell us in 1 Peter 2:25 that Christ is the Shepherd of our spirit or of our body; he clearly says that He is the Shepherd of our souls.

　　Because it is our soul that suffers, it is our soul that needs the Lord’s shepherding. It is not our body that needs this kind of care, nor is it mainly our spirit. It is our soul—our mind, our emotion, and our will—that needs the Lord as the Shepherd.

　　In our experience sometimes we just do not know what to think about. We do not know where to direct our thoughts. This is an indication that our mind needs the Lord Jesus as the Shepherd. I can testify that many times in this kind of situation the Lord Jesus has been a Shepherd to me. As a result of His shepherding, our mind is directed and set in the right way.

　　Our emotion, being complicated, is easily upset. This is especially true of the sisters’ emotion. Therefore, we need the Lord Jesus to shepherd us in our emotion. His shepherding comforts our emotion.

　　Our will also needs the Lord’s shepherding. As human beings, we often find it difficult to make the right decision. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to make a decision. Unbelievers have no one to lead them and guide them in making decisions. But we have a Shepherd to lead us and guide us. The Lord’s leading and guiding are primarily related to our will. As the living Shepherd, the Lord continually directs our will…The Lord is truly the Shepherd of our soul. He directs our mind, comforts our emotion, and leads and guides our will.

　　According to my experience, there is a difference between leading and guiding. Leading is related to a destination. Suppose you are driving from your home to a certain city. A road map may lead you to your destination. But once you arrive at that city, you will need a guide, someone to direct you to the exact place where you want to go. In the Bible some verses speak of the Lord’s leading, and others, of His guiding. On the one hand, the Lord will lead His people to the Holy Land. But once He has led them there, He will guide them to Mount Zion. (Life-study of 1 Peter, pp. 190-192)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The God-man Living,” ch. 2