11雅各拾起一块石头,当作枕头。……在我们得救以前,我们没有安息。……我们没有坚固的东西可抓住、支持或维持。虽然你也许是百万富翁,但你的钱财不能支持你;相反的,钱财夺去你的平安和安息。我们无论男女老幼,在得救以前,都没有坚固的支持。但有一天我们得救了,有件事情在我们深处发生;我们在深处所经历的,产生了一样东西,成了我们坚固的支持。在得救以后,我们也许有难处,但我们在里面深处却有把握,有一块坚固的磐石,我们可安息在其上。这块坚固的磐石就是基督那已经作到我们里面的性情、元素(创世记生命读经,一一二一页)。
11Jacob took a stone and made it his pillow…Before we were saved, we had no rest…We had nothing solid to hold, support, or sustain us. Although you might have been a millionaire, your money could not support you. Rather, it deprived you of peace and rest. Whether we were old or young, male or female, before we were saved, we had no solid support. But one day we were saved, and something happened deep within us. What we experienced deep within produced something that became our solid support. After being saved, we might have had troubles. Nevertheless, deep within, we had the assurance that there was a solid rock upon which we could rest. This solid rock is the very nature, the very element, of Christ that has been wrought into our being. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 924)