亚伯拉罕—与主在一里实际的生活
照着这段记载，有一个人老年得了一个儿子，在这儿子三十七岁的时候，那作妻子和母亲的死了，作父亲的将她埋葬，那个葬法非常有意义。现在父子二人都是独身孤单的，在这种可怜的光景中共同生活了三年。儿子也许说，“父亲，我的母亲在那里？”父亲也许回答说，“儿子，你的妻子在那里？”父亲有负担照顾儿子。也许他说，“我失去了我的妻子，而我的儿子现在四十岁了。这当然是他结婚的适当时候。但我们周围都是迦南人，他们没有一个是神所悦纳的。”圣经没有记载神说，“亚伯拉罕，我吩咐你差人到你自己的家乡，为以撒找一个妻子。我绝不允许你为儿子娶迦南女子为妻。”圣经没有记载神这样说，但亚伯拉罕确有这种领会。他从那里得来这种领会？乃是从他照着神的观念生活得来的。
亚伯拉罕乃是与神在一里生活的人。我若天天与一位弟兄在一里生活，许多事情就无须他来告诉我。我会知道他喜欢甚么，不喜欢甚么，甚么会使他高兴，甚么会使他生气。倘若我爱他，并且与他在一里生活，我所说所作的，就会照着他的好恶。我很遗憾的说，许多基督徒没有与神在一里生活。当重大事件发生时，他们就跪下祷告说，“主阿，你的旨意如何？”然而至终，他们不是跟从神的旨意，乃是跟从自己的观念。我们要认识神的旨意，不是藉着这样的祷告。我们若要认识神的旨意，就必须与祂在一里生活。倘若我们与祂在一里生活，祂就无须告诉我们祂要甚么，因为我们藉着与祂是一，已经知道祂要甚么了。
亚伯拉罕虽然急切关心他儿子的婚姻，但他不愿接纳迦南人作以撒的妻子。我们若是亚伯拉罕，也许会走容易的路，说，“迦南地这里有许多女子，我为甚么不能挑选一个给我儿子作妻子？也许紧靠着就有一个。”亚伯拉罕没有这样思想，反而差遣最老的仆人远至他所来自的家乡，为以撒找一个妻子。神从来没有告诉亚伯拉罕要这样作，亚伯拉罕却能照着神里面的意旨和观念这样作。我们已经看见，亚伯拉罕认识神的意旨和心思，因为他与神在实际的一里生活。
亚伯拉罕不是惟一有这样生活的人。本章所题到的那些人，都在与神是一的气氛里生活。亚伯拉罕、那最老的仆人、利百加、拉班、彼土利和以撒，都是与神在一里生活。我盼望在教会中每个人都看见，今天我们需要这样的生活，以达成神的目的。我们无须祷告寻求神的旨意，我们需要与神在一里生活。当我们与祂在一里生活，我们就同有祂的观念，我们所想所作的就会照着祂的感觉。神无须说甚么，我们自然觉得祂所觉得的，知道祂里面的感觉，因为我们与祂在一里生活。
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Isaac’s Marriage (2) – Gen. 24:4
Abraham — A Practical Living in Oneness with the Lord
According to this record, there was a man who obtained a son in his old age. When this son was 37 years of age, the one who was the wife and mother died, and the father buried her. That way of burial was very significant. Now the father and son were both single and lonely, and they lived together in this pitiful situation for three years. The son might have said, “Father, where is my mother?” The father might have answered, “Son, where is your wife?” The father was burdened for the son. Perhaps he said, “I have lost my wife, and my son is now 40 old. This is certainly the proper time for him to marry. But we are surrounded by Canaanites, and not one of them is pleasing to God”. The Bible does not record that God said, “Abraham, I charge you to send someone to your own country to find a wife for Isaac. I will never allow you to take a Canaanite woman as a wife for your son” . The Bible does not record that God spoke this way, but Abraham definitely had this concept. Where did he get such a concept? It came from his living according to God’s concept.
Abraham was a person living in oneness with God. If I live in oneness with a brother day by day, many things will not need to be told to me. I will know what he likes and what he dislikes, what makes him happy and what makes him angry. If I love him and live in oneness with him, whatever I say and do will be according to his likes and dislikes. I regret to say that many Christians do not live in oneness with God. When a major event occurs, they kneel down and pray, saying, “O Lord, what is Your will?” However, ultimately, they do not follow God’s will but their own concept. To know God’s will is not by such a prayer. If we would know God’s will, we must live in oneness with Him. If we live in oneness with Him, He does not need to tell us what He wants, because by being one with Him, we already know what He wants.
Although Abraham was anxious about his son’s marriage, he would not accept a Canaanite as a wife for Isaac. If we were Abraham, we might have taken the easy way, saying, “There are many girls here in Canaan. Why can I not pick one to be a wife for my son? Perhaps there is one close by”. Abraham did not have such a thought; instead, he sent his oldest servant all the way to the country from which he had come to find a wife for Isaac. God never told Abraham to do this, yet Abraham could do this according to God’s inner will and concept. We have seen that Abraham knew God’s will and mind because he was living in practical oneness with God.
Abraham was not the only one living such a life. All the persons mentioned in this chapter lived in an atmosphere of being one with God. Abraham, the oldest servant, Rebekah, Laban, Bethuel and Isaac were all living in oneness with God. I hope that everyone in the church can see that today we need such a living for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. We do not need to pray to seek God’s will; we need to live in oneness with God. When we live in oneness with Him, we will have His concept, and whatever we think and do will be according to His feeling. God does not need to say anything; we will spontaneously feel what He feels and know His inner sense because we are living in oneness with Him.