1月23日
標 題：真理必叫你們得自由
經 節：你們必曉得真理，真理必叫你們得以自由。（約翰福音八章32節）
神的真理永遠不會限制你，神的真理總是叫你得自由！你是否沮喪？生命中是否有任何被捆綁之處？是否無法勝過某些過犯？是否被毒癮所奴役？你可能尚未瞭解神某方面的真理，而這真理必叫你得到自由。
如果你覺得無力去面對前面的挑戰，要看看腓立比書四章13節的應許：「我靠著那加給我力量的，凡事都能做。」你將可得到激勵。如果你因環境受挫，要持守羅馬書八章28節的真理，就是上帝能使萬事互相效力，叫愛神的人得益處。如果你正被某項罪行所奴役，要將約翰一書一章9節應用在你的生命中。這段經文應許你，我們若認自己的罪，上帝是信實的，是公義的，必要赦免我們的罪，洗淨我們一切的不義。聖靈期待將所有真理實踐在你的生命中。
知道真理是一回事，在生命中經歷神的真理又是另一回事。除非接受並相信它，否則神的真理不會生成半點影響力。也許你讀過或聽過神在其他人身上的奇妙作為，但你是否容許神將這些真理實行在你的生命中？你想在你的生命中經歷神的哪一項真理？請祂今天就將這項真理實行在你的生命裏。
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.
