1月23日
标 题：真理必叫你们得自由
经 节：你们必晓得真理，真理必叫你们得以自由。（约翰福音八章32节）
神的真理永远不会限制你，神的真理总是叫你得自由！你是否沮丧？生命中是否有任何被捆绑之处？是否无法胜过某些过犯？是否被毒瘾所奴役？你可能尚未了解神某方面的真理，而这真理必叫你得到自由。
如果你觉得无力去面对前面的挑战，要看看腓立比书四章13节的应许：“我靠着那加给我力量的，凡事都能做。”你将可得到激励。如果你因环境受挫，要持守罗马书八章28节的真理，就是上帝能使万事互相效力，叫爱神的人得益处。如果你正被某项罪行所奴役，要将约翰一书一章9节应用在你的生命中。这段经文应许你，我们若认自己的罪，上帝是信实的，是公义的，必要赦免我们的罪，洗净我们一切的不义。圣灵期待将所有真理实践在你的生命中。
知道真理是一回事，在生命中经历神的真理又是另一回事。除非接受并相信它，否则神的真理不会生成半点影响力。也许你读过或听过神在其他人身上的奇妙作为，但你是否容许神将这些真理实行在你的生命中？你想在你的生命中经历神的哪一项真理？请祂今天就将这项真理实行在你的生命里。
Truth Sets You Free
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32)
God’s truth never restricts you; it always sets you free! Are you discouraged? Is there a sense of in a particular area of your life? A lack of victory over a certain sin? A harmful addiction? It is possible that you do not yet understand a truth about God that can release you.
If you feel powerless to meet the challenges before you, take encouragement from the promise of Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” If you are defeated by circumstance, hold on to the truth of Romans 8:28 that God can work your most difficult situation into His good. If you are enslaved to a particular sin, work the truth of 1 John 1:9 into your life, which promises that if you confess your sin, God is faithful to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. All of these truths await the Holy Spirit’s implementation into your life.
It is one thing to know about the truth. It is yet another thing to experience the truth of God being worked out in your life. God’s truth will have no effect upon you unless you accept it and believe it. Perhaps you have already read and heard accounts of God working mightily in the lives of others. But have you allowed God to implement those truths into your life? What truth about God would you like to be experiencing in your life? Ask Him to implement that truth into your life today.
