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经文: 你要认识上帝。（约伯记二十二：21）
我们若渴望认识上帝并得到平安，就必能认识祂，因为祂已将自己启示出来。上帝说：“我们要照着我们的形像造人。”（创一：26）人若不能认识他自己所出的这位“我们”，就不能满足。尽心努力去认识父上帝。将你的头深藏于祂的怀中，带着深深的悔罪，并且承认自己不配被称为祂的儿子。接受祂的爱吻，让祂将代表祂永远信实的戒指戴上你的指头。坐在祂的桌前，让你的心在祂的恩典中欢呼。然后，努力向前去寻求认识上帝的儿子，祂是父荣耀的明光。认识祂特殊复杂的本性。祂是永在的上帝，然而衪如常人般受苦。当祂以属上帝的脚步走在水面上时，跟随祂。当祂带着人类的疲惫坐在井旁时，跟随祂。永不满足，除非你认识耶稣基督是你的良友、你的兄弟、你的配偶、你的一切。不要忘记圣灵。寻求对祂的性格、祂的贡献和祂的工作有清楚观念。主的灵首先是在混乱中运行，然后带来次序（参创一：2）。祂现在造访你混乱的心，并要在其中创造圣洁的次序。仰望祂，祂是主，是属灵生命的赐予者，是照亮人心者、是导师、是安慰师、是使人成圣者。你若真认识上帝，你必知道这位智慧的、圣经信仰中的三位一体。这一认识将带给你深沉的、内住的平安。
Evening, May 8
Scripture: “Acquaint now thyself with him.”(Job 22:21)
If we would rightly “acquaint ourselves with God, and be at peace,” we must know him as he has revealed himself, not only in the unity of his essence and subsistence, but also in the plurality of his persons. God said, “Let us make man in our own image”－let not man be content until he knows something of the “us” from whom his being was derived. Endeavour to know the Father; bury your head in his bosom in deep repentance, and confess that you are not worthy to be called his son; receive the kiss of his love; let the ring which is the token of his eternal faithfulness be on your finger; sit at his table and let your heart make merry in his grace. Then press forward and seek to know much of the Son of God who is the brightness of his Father’s glory, and yet in unspeakable condescension of grace became man for our sakes; know him in the singular complexity of his nature: eternal God, and yet suffering, finite man; follow him as he walks the waters with the tread of deity, and as he sits upon the well in the weariness of humanity. Be not satisfied unless you know much of Jesus Christ as your Friend, your Brother, your Husband, your all. Forget not the Holy Spirit; endeavour to obtain a clear view of his nature and character, his attributes, and his works. Behold that Spirit of the Lord, who first of all moved upon chaos, and brought forth order; who now visits the chaos of your soul, and creates the order of holiness. Behold him as the Lord and giver of spiritual life, the Illuminator, the Instructor, the Comforter, and the Sanctifier. Behold him as, like holy unction, he descends upon the head of Jesus, and then afterwards rests upon you who are as the skirts of his garments. Such an intelligent, scriptural, and experimental belief in the Trinity in Unity is yours if you truly know God; and such knowledge brings peace indeed.