我们跟从雅各，可能会一再被摸，因为在我们身上这摸不是一次永远的。主总是在某个关键点上摸我们。甚么时候祂摸了某一特别的部分，我们就瘸了，里面的人再也不能和以前一样了。从此以后，我们就瘸了，不再完整了。
在教会生活成千的人中间，有许多不同的类型：聪明的、智慧的、诡诈的，骄傲的、自大的。按宗教说，正确的方法是改变我们外面的行为，但神的方法，生命的方法，却不一样。神没有对雅各说，“从现在起，你不可运用你的诡诈或用你天然的力量去面对与你哥哥以扫之间的局面。不要再诡诈了。信靠我，让我处理这件事。”圣经没有这样的记载。只有雅各被摸的简单记载。主摸了他的大腿，改了他的名，并将祂的祝福给了他－如此而已。没有对他讲道，给他教导。此后，无论雅各作甚么，就如将家人分为三组，都由着他。常常主摸了我们以后，并没有告诉我们要作甚么。祂听凭我们，让我们作自己喜欢的事。
那些照顾别人的人，喜欢教导别人。他们经常说，“弟兄，你错了。主既祝福了你，你就不该像以前一样对待你的妻子。当然，为着主荣耀的缘故，你必须改变。”从事牧养的姊妹可能嘱咐别人说，“姊妹，你不该再和你丈夫争吵了。你不该作这，你不该作那。”这是我们的方法，但不是主的方法。主摸了雅各的大腿并给他祝福以后，没有给他教导。祂甚至一句话也没有说。反之，在那一摸之后，雅各仍然自己努力。他但是当他走向以扫时，他是一拐一拐的走。我们天然的观念和神的方法是何等不同！宗教的实行和主的一摸是何等不同！一摸胜于各种教导。主摸我们天然的生命，胜过一百篇信息。
创世记三十二章三十一节说，“雅各经过毗努伊勒的时候，日头在他上面升起，他的大腿就瘸了。”（另译。）在那一摸之后，日头在雅各上面升起。他虽然瘸了，却在光中。在主的恢复里，任何有光的人必定是个瘸子。没有一个在光下的人仍旧是完整的，每一个在属天光照下的人都是瘸腿的。在黑夜里，雅各很强壮，他的每一部分都是完整的。但在他被摸之后，日头在他上面升起，他就满了光。他是在属天的光照之下，但他是个瘸子。我们很多人都有这种经历，因为我们真是在主手中，并且跟从祂的道路。
信息重点：被神摸过的人，虽然软弱，却活在神的光中。
应用祷告：主耶稣，感谢你在我身上的制作。愿我宁可成为一个瘸腿却活在光中的人，也不愿凭天然的能力而活。求你继续变化我。阿们。
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Jacob’s Experience – Being Broken (6) — Gen. 32:31-32
As we follow Jacob, we may be touched again and again, because with us this touch is not once for all. The Lord always touches us at some crucial point. Whenever He touches a particular part of us, we become lame, and the inner man can never again be as it was before. From then on we are lame — no longer whole.
Among the thousands in the church life, there are many different types of people: the clever, the wise, the crafty, the proud, the arrogant. According to religion, the proper way is to change our outward conduct, but God’s way, the way of life, is different. God did not say to Jacob, “From now on, you must not use your cunning or your natural strength to face the situation with your brother Esau. Stop being crafty. Trust Me, and let Me handle this matter.” The Bible has no such record. There is only the simple record of Jacob being touched. The Lord touched his thigh, changed his name, and gave him His blessing — that is all. There was no preaching to him, no teaching given to him. After that, whatever Jacob did — such as dividing his family into three groups — was left entirely up to him. Often, after the Lord touches us, He does not tell us what to do. He leaves it to us, letting us do as we please.
Those who care for others like to teach others. They often say, “Brother, you are wrong. Since the Lord has blessed you, you should no longer treat your wife as you did before. Of course, for the Lord’s glory, you must change.” A sister engaged in shepherding might tell someone, “Sister, you should no longer argue with your husband. You should not do this, you should not do that.” This is our way, but it is not the Lord’s way. After the Lord touched Jacob’s thigh and blessed him, He gave him no teaching. He did not even speak a single word. Instead, after that touch, Jacob still made his own efforts. But when he approached Esau, he walked with a limp. How different our natural concepts are from God’s way! How different religious practice is from the Lord’s touch! One touch is worth more than all kinds of teaching. The Lord’s touch upon our natural life surpasses a hundred messages.
Genesis 32:31 says, “Now the sun rose upon him just as he crossed over Penuel, and he was limping on his thigh.” After that touch, the sun rose upon Jacob. Though he was lame, he was in the light. In the Lord’s recovery, anyone who has light must be someone who is lame. No one under the light remains whole; everyone under heavenly illumination is lame. In the darkness of the night, Jacob was strong, and every part of him was whole. But after he was touched, the sun rose upon him, and he was filled with light. He was under heavenly illumination, yet he was lame. Many of us have this kind of experience, because we are truly in the Lord’s hand, following His way.
Message Main Points: The one whom God has touched, though weak, lives in the light of God.
Daily Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank You for Your work in me. May I rather be a person who is lame yet lives in the light, than live by my own natural ability. Continue to transform me. Amen.