15在约翰二十一章,主问彼得是否爱祂,彼得告诉主说,“你知道我爱你。”然后主回答说,“你喂养我的小羊。”“你喂养我的羊。”(15、17)说话不仅是造就或教导,也是喂养小羊和喂养羊。我们若要喂养主的羊,就必须说话。……我们要喂养主的羊,就必须爱主。……我们越爱祂,我们就越有资格,越受装备,甚至越受成全而说话。有一天,一位年轻的女子来到我的家乡。当时我十九岁,她二十五岁。那是六十多年前,在保守的中国大陆。那时一位年轻的女子对一千人说话,是件非常独特、不寻常的事。虽然我常参加基督徒的聚会,但我是满了好奇地去参加这个聚会,要看这位年轻的女子说话。在我的一生中,甚至到了今天,我从未听见一个人带着那么大的权柄说话。……我听她说话时,我一切的好奇都消失了。她所说的每一句话,都抓住我,我也完全被说服了。我原是在基督教里长大的年轻人,但那一天我被主说服并得着了。会后我走回家时,我祷告将自己的一生奉献给主。
15In John 21 the Lord asked Peter if he loved Him. Peter told the Lord, “You know that I love You.” Then the Lord answered, “Feed My lambs,” and “Feed My sheep” (vv. 15, 17). To speak is not only to edify or to teach but also to feed the lambs and to feed the sheep. If we are going to feed the Lord’s sheep, we have to speak…For us to feed the Lord’s sheep, we must love Him… The more that we love Him, the more we are qualified, equipped, and even perfected to speak. One day a young lady came to my hometown. I was nineteen years old, and she was twenty-five. That was over sixty years ago in conservative mainland China. For a young lady to speak to a thousand people was a unique and unusual event. Although I had been to Christian meetings quite often, I went to this meeting full of curiosity to see this young lady speak. In my whole life, even up to today, I never heard a person speaking with that much authority…As I listened to her, all my curiosity was taken away. Every word that she spoke caught me, and I was fully convinced. I was a young man raised up in Christianity, but that day I was convinced and caught by the Lord. After the meeting as I was walking home, I prayed and gave my entire life to the Lord.