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经文: 赐给你们的肉心。（以西结书三十六：26）
肉心就是对罪敏感。甚至只是短暂地纵容它作不正当的幻想或容许它有些许卑下的欲望，都足以使此肉心在上帝的面前忧伤。唯有石心才视极大的邪恶为无足轻重。肉心对上帝的旨意是善感的，肉心献给上帝后，每当天国向它呼气时，它就像白杨树叶般地颤动；每当上帝的灵向它吹出微风时，它便如垂柳低头。人与生俱来的本性就像冷硬的铁，不能经锤击成形；但是更新了的意愿却如熔融金属，可很快被恩典之手模制。在肉心内，有爱情的温柔。刚硬的心不爱救赎主，更新的心向祂燃烧着爱情。刚硬的心是自私的、冷酷的，它会问：“何以我要为罪哭泣？为何我当爱主？”但是肉心会答覆道：“主啊，祢知道我爱你。求助我爱祢更深！”这类更新的心已准备好去接受属灵的祝福，而祝福也必临到它。它会将每样从天而来的果子献给上帝，尊崇祂，赞美祂，以此讨主的喜悦。温柔的心是抵抗罪的最佳防御，也是为进天国的最佳准备。一颗更新的心站在它的守望台上，盼望等候主耶稣的再临。你是否有这的肉心。
Evening, August 15
Scripture: “And I will give you an heart of flesh.”(Ezekiel 36:26)
A heart of flesh is known by its tenderness concerning sin. To have indulged a foul imagination, or to have allowed a wild desire to tarry even for a moment, is quite enough to make a heart of flesh grieve before the Lord. The heart of stone calls a great iniquity nothing, but not so the heart of flesh.
“If to the right or left I stray,
That moment, Lord, reprove;
And let me weep my life away,
For having grieved thy love”
The heart of flesh is tender of God’s will. My Lord Will-be-will is a great blusterer, and it is hard to subject him to God’s will; but when the heart of flesh is given, the will quivers like an aspen leaf in every breath of heaven, and bows like an osier in every breeze of God’s Spirit. The natural will is cold, hard iron, which is not to be hammered into form, but the renewed will, like molten metal, is soon moulded by the hand of grace. In the fleshy heart there is a tenderness of the affections. The hard heart does not love the Redeemer, but the renewed heart burns with affection towards him. The hard heart is selfish and coldly demands, “Why should I weep for sin? Why should I love the Lord?” But the heart of flesh says; “Lord, thou knowest that I love thee; help me to love thee more!” Many are the privileges of this renewed heart; “’Tis here the Spirit dwells, ’tis here that Jesus rests.” It is fitted to receive every spiritual blessing, and every blessing comes to it. It is prepared to yield every heavenly fruit to the honour and praise of God, and therefore the Lord delights in it. A tender heart is the best defence against sin, and the best preparation for heaven. A renewed heart stands on its watchtower looking for the coming of the Lord Jesus. Have you this heart of flesh?
