但你无论往哪里去，我必使你以自己的命为掠物。（耶四十五5）
主对信靠他的人，有一个坚定不移的秘密，就是“我要把你的生命给你”。除了生命，人还要什么呢？生命是最重要的。“以自己的命为掠物”，意思是不论你到哪里去，甚至进入地狱，你仍然能够带着生命出来，没有任何事物能害你的。我们多半被事物的荣美所吸引；其实受吸引的不该是属物质的产业，而是所蒙的祝福。一切都会过去；但有一样比这些更荣美，且永不过去－－就是“与基督一同藏在神里面的生命”。
你是否愿意与神联合，不再注目于你所谓的“大事”上？你愿否尽弃所有，付之东流？放弃一切就是不再问：“那么，这个又怎么办？”要提防一切的假设。一旦容让“怎么办”，就是意味着你仍未肯放弃一切，仍未肯完全信靠神。只要你肯放下一切，就不再担心神会怎样办。你若完全撇下给神，他就立即说：“我必使你以自己的命为掠物。”人对生命厌倦的原因，是神没有赏给他们什么，他们并未得着生命的掠物。要脱离这景况，就要完全向神降服。若向神完全顺服，你会成为地上最惊喜的人；神完全得着你，是把生命赐给你。但如果你尚未到达这地步，可能是你不肯顺服，也可能是你不够单纯。
祈祷◆噢，主啊，我的灵魂因着信靠你而发出赞美，愿我的灵魂紧随着你的抚摸和笑容，除去我任何混乱的思想或幻想，免致我在基督里的真纯遭受污染。
April 28 What You Will Get
“Thy life will I give thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.” Jeremiah 45:5
This is the unshakable secret of the Lord to those who trust Him – “I will give thee thy life.” What more does a man want than his life? It is the essential thing. “Thy life for a prey” means that wherever you may go, even if it is into hell, you will come out with your life, nothing can harm it. So many of us are caught up in the shows of things, not in the way of property and possessions, but of blessings. All these have to go; but there is something grander that never can go – the life that is “hid with Christ in God.”
Are you prepared to let God take you into union with Himself, and pay no more attention to what you call the great things? Are you prepared to abandon entirely and let go? The test of abandonment is in refusing to say – “Well, what about this?” Beware of suppositions. Immediately you allow – What about this? – it means you have not abandoned, you do not really trust God. Immediately you do abandon, you think no more about what God is going to do. Abandon means to refuse yourself the luxury of asking any questions. If you abandon entirely to God, He says at once, “Thy life will I give thee for a prey.” The reason people are tired of life is because God has not given them anything, they have not got their life as a prey. The way to get out of that state is to abandon to God. When you do get through to abandonment to God, you will be the most surprised and delighted creature on earth; God has got you absolutely and has given you your life. If you are not there, it is either because of disobedience or a refusal to be simple enough.