真道的魅力

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请在祂的面前保持安静，即使无数的任务争相吸引你的注意力。没有什么比与祂共度时光更重要。当你在祂的面前等候时，祂会在你内心最好地工作——通过更新你的思想来改变你。如果你缩短了与祂在一起的时间，你可能会冲进错误的活动中，错过祂为你计划的丰盛。

不要仅仅因为祂能给你什么而寻找祂。请记住，作为给予者的祂，比祂所能赋予的任何事情都要大得多。虽然祂喜欢祝福祂的儿女，但当祂的祝福成为你心中的偶像时，祂会深深地悲伤。任何事情都可能成为偶像，如果它让你从祂作为你起初的爱中分心。当祂是你心中最终的渴望时，你就不会陷入偶像崇拜的危险中。当你在祂的面前等候时，享受最伟大的礼物：你里面的基督，荣耀的盼望！

Be still in His presence, even though countless tasks clamor for your attention. There is nothing more important than spending time with Him. As you wait in His presence, He will do His best work within you, transforming you by renewing your mind. If you skimp on this time with Him, you may plunge headlong into the wrong activities, missing the richness of what He has planned for you.

Do not seek Him primarily for what He can give you. Remember that He, the giver, is infinitely greater than anything He might impart to you. Although He delights in blessing His children, He is deeply grieved when His blessings become idols in their hearts. Anything can be an idol if it distracts you from Him as your first love. When He is the ultimate desire of your heart, you are safe from the danger of idolatry. As you wait in His presence, enjoy the greatest gift of all: Christ in you, the hope of glory!

改写自（Jesus Calling, Morning part by Sarah Young）