「耶和華對摩西說：你曉諭以色列人說：無論男女許了特別的願，就是拿細耳人的願（拿細耳就是歸主的意思；下同），要離俗歸耶和華。他就要......」 （民六:1~21）
聖經上記載的拿細耳人有參孫（士一三）、撒母耳（撒上一9～11）、施洗約翰（路一15,80）和保羅（徒一八18）。這幾位當中，只有撒母耳，是他的母親哈拿向神許願後，歸給神作為拿細耳人。(其他幾位都是神親自揀選)
那天你們提了一個好問題，哈拿向神求兒子，求到了又獻給神做拿細耳人，那何必向神求呢?
我們會覺得，我向神求一樣祝福(成績、工作、財富、健康、婚姻、產業...)，神應允並給我後，這就是「我的」 。如果我要把「我的」祝福獻給神，從結果來看，跟我從來都沒有得到這個祝福，看似一樣，這樣我何必向神求呢? 神又何必應允我的禱告呢?
換句白話說，也是姊很常軟弱的切身例子。如果神祝福我的工作，讓我的存款增加，但某一天神又要我把存款全部奉獻出來，那我那麼辛苦工作賺錢卻又花不到我身上，豈不白忙一場??
這是個弔詭的問題，但對哈拿來說，好像不是個二選一的難題，反倒是豐盛的祝福。
神透過哈拿的心志，教導我們甚麼呢??
今天的My utmost for His Highest ，好像有給我們一點線索。和你們分享!
摘錄自 「竭誠為主」
09 月 04 日 他的！
他們本是你的，你將他們賜給我。（約十七 6）
傳道者就是得到聖靈啟迪，知道 「你不是自己 」的人。能夠說「我不屬於自己 」，就是靈命達到了一個高峰。生命的真正本質，是故意把主權放棄，一心尊尚另一位為主，這另一位就是耶穌基督。聖靈把耶穌的本性向我解明，是要叫我與主合一，而不是要我成為可誇耀的展覽品。主從不單憑他為門徒所作的事，而差派他們出去，直到他復活了，因聖靈的能力，門徒認識耶穌是誰，然後他才說：「去」
人到我這裡來，人到我這裡來，若不愛我勝過愛（愛我勝過愛：原文是恨）自己的父母、妻子、兒女、弟兄、姊妹，和自己的性命，就不能作我的門徒。 (Luke14:26).
不是說他不能做個正直良善的人，而是不能稱為 「我的」。每一個主所說的關係，都可以是與主爭競的。我若選擇屬於母親，或妻子，或自己，這樣耶穌會說：「 你不能作我的門徒。」這不是說我並不得救，而是我不能成為 「 他的」。主視門徒為他的產業，不是渴望為耶穌做甚麼，乃是渴望要成為耶穌所喜悅的。作傳道人的秘訣是——我屬他，透過我成就他的大工。
我們要完全屬他。
His!
They were Yours, You gave them to Me… —John 17:6
A missionary is someone in whom the Holy Spirit has brought about this realization: “You are not your own” (1 Corinthians 6:19). To say,“I am not my own,” is to have reached a high point in my spiritual stature. The true nature of that life in actual everyday confusion is evidenced by the deliberate giving up of myself to another Person through a sovereign decision, and that Person is
Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit interprets and explains the nature of Jesus to me to make me one with my Lord, not that I might simply become a trophy for His showcase. Our Lord never sent any of His disciples out on the basis of what He had done for them. It was not until after the resurrection, when the disciples had perceived through the power of the Holy Spirit who Jesus really was, that He said,“Go”(Matthew 28:19; also see Luke 24:49 and Acts 1:8).
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple” (Luke14:26). He was not saying that this person cannot be good and upright, but that he cannot be someone over whom Jesus can write the word Mine. Any one of the relationships our Lord mentions in this verse can compete with our relationship with Him. I may prefer to belong to my mother, or to my wife, or to myself, but if that is the case, then, Jesus said, “[You] cannot be My disciple.” This does not mean that I will not be saved, but it does mean that I cannot be entirely His.
Our Lord makes His disciple His very own possession, becoming responsible for him. “…you shall be witnesses to Me…” (Acts 1:8). The desire that comes into a disciple is not one of doing anything for Jesus, but of being a perfect delight to Him. The missionary's secret is truly being able to say, “I am His, and He is accomplishing His work and His purposes through me.”
Be entirely His!
愛旅行 (58)