太九38 所以要祈求庄稼的主，催赶工人收割祂的庄稼。

　　十一29~30 我心里柔和谦卑，因此你们要负我的轭，且要跟我学，你们魂里就必得安息；因为我的轭是容易的，我的担子是轻省的。

　　属天的王认为以色列人是羊，祂自己是他们的牧人〔太九36〕。基督第一次临到以色列人时，他们如同患麻风的、瘫痪的、鬼附的和各样可怜的人，因为他们没有牧人照顾。现今基督为着建立祂属天的国度，在祂君尊的职事里不仅作医生，也作牧人服事他们，正如以赛亚五十三章六节和四十章十一节所预言的。……属天的王认为百姓不仅是羊，也是庄稼〔太九37〕。羊需要牧养，庄稼需要收割。……属天国度的王认为自己不仅是羊的牧人，也是庄稼的主〔38〕。祂的国是用能长大并繁衍的生命之物建立的。祂是拥有这庄稼的主。我们是羊群，也是庄稼。羊群是由活的动物组成，庄稼是由活的植物组成。在主耶稣手下，没有一样是无生命的。……在这属天之王照顾之下的一切，都是活的（马太福音生命读经，四○一至四○三页）。

　　Matt. 9:38 Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest.

　　11:29-30 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.

　　The heavenly King considered the Israelites as sheep and Himself as the Shepherd [Matt. 9:36]. When Christ came to the Jews the first time, they were like lepers, paralytics, the demon-possessed, and all manner of pitiful persons because they had no shepherd to care for them. Now in His kingly ministry for the establishing of His heavenly kingdom, He ministered to them not only as a Physician but also as a Shepherd, as prophesied in Isaiah 53:6 and 40:11. The heavenly King considered the people not only sheep but also the harvest [Matt. 9:37]. The sheep needed shepherding, and the harvest needed reaping. The King of the heavenly kingdom considered Himself not only the Shepherd of the sheep but also the Lord of the harvest [v. 38]. His kingdom is established with things of life that can grow and multiply. He is the Lord who owns this crop. We are both the flock and the crop. The flock is made up of living animals, and the crop, of living vegetation. Under the hand of the Lord Jesus, nothing is lifeless…Everything under the care of this heavenly King is living. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 340-341)

　　我们都需要看见主耶稣是庄稼之主的异象。在马太九章三十八节主告诉我们，要祈求庄稼的主，催赶工人收割祂的庄稼。……许多时候我们觉得需要工人，就发出求助的呼声。但从现在起，每当你觉得需要工人，你必须先向庄稼的主祷告说，“主啊，这里有你的庄稼。你是庄稼的主，我们呼求你催赶一些收割的人。主啊，差遣更多的人收割你的庄稼。”……这样祷告的意思是我们看见了异象，我们的基督，君王，牧人，乃是庄稼的主。每当你祷告主差遣人收割祂的庄稼，你就极其尊荣祂。这与请人帮助你的工作有何等的不同！你这样作，并没有尊荣基督为庄稼的主。……你成了那工作的主人，你不认为祂是庄稼的主。

　　在十一章二十八节，主发出一个呼召：“凡劳苦担重担的，可以到我这里来，我必使你们得安息。”……这真是恩典的话！二十八节所提的劳苦，不仅是指为了遵守律法诫命和宗教规条而努力的劳苦，也是指为了工作成功而奋斗的劳苦。……安息不仅是指从律法与宗教，或工作与责任的劳苦并重担中得着释放，也是指完全的平安和完满的满足。

　　负主的轭〔29~30〕就是接受父的旨意。这不是受律法或宗教义务的规律或支配，也不是受任何工作的奴役，乃是受父旨意的约束。主过这样的生活，并不在意别的，只在意祂父的旨意（约四34，五30，六38）。祂将自己完全降服于父的旨意（太二六39、42）。因此，祂要我们跟祂学。神的旨意就是我们的轭。因此，我们不能为所欲为；我们乃是负轭的。……主的轭是父的旨意，祂的担子是将父旨意实行出来的工作。这样的轭是容易的，不是痛苦的；这样的担子是轻省的，不是沉重的。容易，原文表明合用；因此是美好、亲切、柔和、温良、容易、愉快，与艰难、严酷、尖锐、痛苦相对。

　　主说，我们若负祂的轭，且跟祂学，我们魂里就必得安息〔十一29〕。负主的轭，跟主学，就叫我们的魂得安息。这是里面的安息，不是任何仅仅在本质上是外面的事物（马太福音生命读经，四○三、四三九至四四一页）。

　　参读：马太福音生命读经，第二十九至三十一篇。

　　We all need to see a vision of the Lord Jesus as the Lord of the harvest. In Matthew 9:38 the Lord told us to beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest…Many times when we sense the need for workers, we sound out the call for help. But from now on, whenever you sense the need for workers, you must first pray to the Lord of the harvest, saying, “Lord, here is Your harvest. You are the Lord of the harvest. We call on You to thrust out some reapers. Lord, send more reapers into Your harvest.”… To pray like this means that we have seen a vision that our Christ, the kingly One, the Shepherd, is the Lord of the harvest. Whenever you pray that the Lord would send reapers into His harvest, you honor Him very much. How different this is from inviting people to help you in your work! When you do that, you do not honor Christ as the Lord of the harvest…You become the master of that work, and He is not considered as the Lord of the harvest.

　　In 11:28 the Lord sounded out a call: “Come to Me all who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest.”…What a gracious word! The toil mentioned in verse 28 refers not only to the toil of striving to keep the commandments of the law and religious regulations but also to the toil of struggling to be successful in any work…Rest refers not only to being set free from the toil and burden under the law or religion or under any work or responsibility but also to perfect peace and full satisfaction.

　　To take the Lord’s yoke [vv. 29-30] is to take the will of the Father. It is not to be regulated or controlled by any obligations of the law or religion or to be enslaved by any work but to be constrained by the will of the Father. The Lord lived such a life, caring for nothing but the will of His Father (John 4:34; 5:30; 6:38). He submitted Himself fully to the Father’s will (Matt. 26:39, 42). Hence, He asks us to learn from Him. God’s will is our yoke. Thus, we are not free to do as we please; rather, we are yoked… The Lord’s yoke is the Father’s will, and His burden is the work to carry out the Father’s will. Such a yoke is easy, not bitter, and such a burden is light, not heavy. The Greek word rendered “easy” means “fit for use”; hence, good, kind, mild, gentle, easy, pleasant, in contrast to hard, harsh, sharp, and bitter.

　　The Lord said that if we take His yoke upon us and learn from Him, we will find rest for our souls [11:29]. The rest we find by taking the Lord’s yoke and learning from Him is for our souls. It is an inward rest; it is not anything merely outward in nature. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 341, 371-373)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Matthew, msgs. 29—31