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歌罗西书生命读经 · 第55篇

不可让人骗取享受基督的奖赏

Not defrauded of your prize of the enjoyment of Christ
1读经：歌罗西书2:16-19;1:25-28。
1Scripture Reading: Col. 2:16-19; 1:25-28
2我们已多次指出，保罗的职事乃是完成神的话。他在歌罗西一章二十五节说，『我照神为你们所赐我的管家职分，作了召会的执事，要完成神的话。』如果把保罗的书信从圣经中删去，就会有很大的缺口，神的话就不完全。神圣的启示是藉著保罗的职事完成的。
2We have pointed out a number of times that Paul’s ministry was a ministry of completing the word of God. In 1:25 he says, “I became a minister according to the stewardship of God, which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God.” If the Epistles of Paul were removed from the Bible, there would be a great gap. The word of God simply would not be complete. The divine revelation was completed through the ministry of Paul
3在保罗所写的各卷书中，终极的书，完成的书，就是歌罗西书。这卷书满了又高又深奥的事。我们可以把歌罗西书比作一个金矿，满了待掘的丰富。
3Of all the books written by Paul, the ultimate book, the consummate book, is Colossians. This book is filled with matters which are high and profound. We may compare it to a gold mine filled with riches to be dug out
经历延展无限的基督
EXPERIENCING THE EXTENSIVE CHRIST
4歌罗西书不仅启示基督是包罗万有的一位，也启示基督是延展无限的一位。祂是宇宙般的延展无限。这是由二章十六至十七节说到祂是一切影儿的实体、实质这事实所指明。基督乃是宇宙中一切正面事物的实际，这使祂既包罗万有，又延展无限。
4In the book of Colossians, Christ is revealed not only as the all-inclusive One, but also as the extensive One. He is universally extensive. This is indicated by the fact that in 2:16 and 17 He is presented as the body, the substance, of all the shadows. Christ is the reality of all the positive things in the universe. This makes Him extensive as well as all-inclusive
5按照歌罗西书里的启示，这位延展无限、包罗万有的基督乃是我们的一切。基督虽是宇宙般的延展无限，但祂应当是我们每天的经历。我们该在日常生活和行事为人里经历祂。一天过一天，这位延展无限、包罗万有的基督，对我们必须成为真实、实际并可经历的。一面，保罗在歌罗西书中陈明这位延展无限之基督的启示。但另一面，他详细的说到我们对这样一位基督的经历。保罗论到基督的启示时，使用的辞句有：『那不能看见之神的像，』『一切受造之物的首生者，』『从死人中复活的首生者，』『神的奥秘』等。但论到我们每天对基督的经历时，保罗却说到像吃喝这样平常且普通的事。（二16。）甚至在这样普通的事上，我们也必须经历基督。譬如，你可以在享受一杯茶或一杯水的时候经历基督。如果我们问自己，有没有在日常生活的小事上享受基督，就会发觉我们缺少经历。如果你在吃喝上没有享受基督，在穿衣时没有享受基督作真正的衣服，你享受基督的奖赏就已经被骗取了。这是一件极严肃的事。
5According to the revelation in the book of Colossians, the extensive, all - inclusive Christ is everything to us. Although Christ is universally extensive, He should be our daily experience. We should experience Him in our daily living and in our daily walk. The extensive, all - inclusive Christ must become real, practical, and experiential to us day by day. On the one hand, in Colossians Paul presents the revelation of the extensive Christ. But on the other hand, he speaks of our experience of such a Christ in a detailed way. Concerning the reve lation of Christ, Paul uses terms such as “image of the invisible God,” “Firstborn of all creation,” “Firstborn from among the dead,” “the mystery of God.” But concerning our daily experience of Christ, Paul speaks of such common, ordinary matters as eating and drinking (2:16). Even in such matters we need to experience Christ. For example, you may experience Christ as you are enjoying a cup of tea or even a glass of water. If we ask ourselves whether or not we enjoy Christ in the small matters of our daily living, we shall realize that we are short of experience. If you do not enjoy Christ in your eating and drinking, and if you do not enjoy Christ as the real clothing while you are dressing yourself, you have been defrauded of your prize of the enjoyment of Christ. This is an extremely serious matter.
日日、周周、月月、年年的享受
DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, AND YEARLY ENJOYMENT
6二章十六节说，『所以不拘在饮食上、或在节期、月朔、或安息日方面，都不可让人论断你们。』保罗写这些话时，很有智慧的说到我们日日、周周、月月、年年享受的事。饮食是每日的，守安息日是每周的，谨守月朔是每月的，而享受节期是每年的。保罗论到这些事，指明我们日日、周周、月月、年年所享受的，都该是基督自己。不然，我们就被骗取，并被掳去离开了基督。譬如，你用餐时必须看见，物质的食物乃是基督这真食物的影儿；基督是这影儿的实体、实质。我们不只该在道理上明白，也该在经历上认识。你应邀到餐馆吃饭时，不该只是到那里享受影儿，乃该去享受基督。
6Colossians 2:16 says, “Let no one therefore judge you in eating and in drinking or in respect of a feast or of a new moon or of Sabbaths.” In writing these words Paul wisely refers to matters related to our daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly enjoyment. Eating and drinking are daily matters, keeping the Sabbath is a weekly matter, observing the new moon is a monthly matter, and enjoying certain feasts is a yearly matter. In referring to these matters, Paul indicates that whatever we enjoy daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly should be the enjoyment of Christ. Otherwise, we are being defrauded of Christ and carried away from Him. For example, when you eat your lunch, you need to realize that your physical food is a shadow of Christ as the real food. Christ is the body, the substance, of this shadow. We should know this not only doctrinally, but also experientially. When you are invited to go to a restaurant for a meal, you should not go there only to enjoy the shadow, but go to enjoy Christ
7根据二章十六至十七节，物质的事物乃是基督的影儿。十七节里的『要来之事』，就是指基督作我们享受的事。因此，基督乃是一切影儿的实体、实质、实际。这样，祂必须是我们日日、周周、月月、年年享受的实际。保罗说了基督是影儿的实体之后，就继续说，『不可让人…骗取你们的奖赏，』（18，）这是很有意义的。根据上下文，奖赏就是享受基督作影儿的实体。享受基督的确是一个奖赏。
7According to 2:16-17, material things are a shadow of Christ. The “things to come” in verse 17 are the things concerning Christ as our enjoyment. Thus, Christ is the body, the substance, the reality, of all the shadows. As such, He must be the reality of our daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly enjoyment. It is significant that after speaking of Christ as the body of the shadows, Paul goes on to say, “Let no one purposely defraud you of your prize” (v. 18). According to the context, the prize is the enjoyment of Christ as the body of the shadows. The enjoyment of Christ is truly a prize
被骗取对基督主观的享受
DEFRAUDED OF THE SUBJECTIVE enjoyment of Christ
8在歌罗西，有些圣徒是犹太人，有些是希利尼人。这两班人归向基督时都出了代价。他们出了代价之后，就能享受基督作他们的奖赏。犹太信徒和外邦信徒都因著相信基督，受了许多苦。因此，他们能主观的享受基督作奖赏。今天我们也是这样。许多圣徒因著转向基督，并转到主恢复的路，而遭受逼迫。但现今他们能享受基督作赏赐，作奖赏。这奖赏不仅是客观的基督，也特别是对基督主观的享受。17歌罗西二章十六至十七节指明这事。这二节启示基督不仅是客观的，更是我们日日、周周、月月、年年所享受的那一位。我们每日在饮食上所经历的基督，乃是非常主观的基督。我们经历基督作每周的完成和安息（安息日），作黑暗中新的开始（月朔），并作每年的享受（节期），也是如此。所以，按照十八节，我们的奖赏被骗取，就是对基督主观的享受被夺去了。日日、周周、月月、年年，我们应当享受基督；我们不该让任何人骗取我们这个奖赏。
8Some of the saints in Colosse were Jews, and others were Greeks. Both paid a price in turning to Christ. Having paid a price, they could receive the enjoyment of Christ as their prize. Both the Jewish and Gentile believers had suffered much because of their faith in Christ. Therefore, they could have the subjective enjoyment of Christ as their prize. The same is true of us today. Many saints have suffered persecution because they have turned to Christ and to the way of the Lord’s recovery. But now they may enjoy Christ as their reward, as their prize. This prize is not only the objective Christ, but in particular it is the subjective enjoyment of Christ. Colossians 2:16 and indicate this. These verses reveal that Christ is not only objective, but that He is also the One for us to enjoy daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. The Christ we experience daily in matters of eating and drinking is a very subjective Christ. The same is true of the Christ we experience as our weekly completion and rest (the Sabbath), as a new beginning in darkness (the new moon), and as our yearly enjoyment (the feasts). There fore, according to verse 18, to be defrauded of our prize is to be deprived of the subjective enjoyment of Christ. Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly we should enjoy Christ. We should not allow anyone to defraud us of this prize.
9然而，歌罗西的信徒被人骗取享受基督的奖赏。犹太信徒被热中犹太教者从基督岔出去，而外邦信徒被一些哲学观念掳去；这两班人都被骗取了每日对基督的经历和享受。不仅如此，他们也失去了周周、月月、年年对基督的享受。这指明犹太信徒和外邦信徒同样被引入歧途，被夺取了他们付上代价所得的奖赏。我们已经一再指明，这个奖赏就是日日、周周、月月、年年对基督主观的经历。我们需要核对是否日日、周周、月月、年年实际的经历并享受基督。我们很可能和歌罗西人一样，被人骗取了我们的奖赏。魔鬼撒但可能骗取我们的基督，而我们甚至没有觉察到。有一次我和航空公司的办事人员谈话时，装护照的行李箱从椅子旁被人偷了去。然而我当时没有觉察发生了甚么事。我的行李箱被偷了，但我完全不知道。照样，我们也可能不觉得我们对基督的享受被仇敌夺去了。我们也许失去了日日、周周、月月、年年对基督的享受，却没有觉察到。
9The Colossian believers, however, were being defrauded of their prize of the enjoyment of Christ. The Jewish believers were distracted from Christ by the Judaizers, whereas the Gentile believers were carried off by certain philosophical concepts. Both were defrauded of the daily experience and enjoyment of Christ. Furthermore, they had lost the weekly, monthly, and yearly enjoyment of Him. This indicates that the Jewish and Gentile believers alike had been led astray, deprived of the very prize for which they had paid such a price. As we have indicated again and again, this prize is the subjective experience of Christ daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. We need to check whether we experience and enjoy Christ in a practical way daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. It is very possible that we, like the Colossians, have also been defrauded of our prize. Satan, the Devil, may defraud us of Christ, and we may not even realize it. Once I had my briefcase, which contained my passport, stolen from beside my chair while I was talking to someone in an airline company office. However, at the time of the theft I did not realize what was happening. I was defrauded of my briefcase, but I was totally unconscious of the fact. In like manner, we may not be conscious of the fact that the enemy has deprived us of the enjoyment of Christ. We may have lost the daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly enjoyment of Christ and not even realize it
回到基督面前
BACK TO CHRIST
10在主的恢复里，主把我们从宗教和基督以外的一切事物带回到祂自己面前。神的经纶乃是要把祂自己分赐到我们里面，作我们的享受。神不仅要基督作我们的救主，甚至不仅要基督作我们的生命，神更要基督作我们日日、周周、月月、年年的享受。但我们考量今天绝大多数基督徒中间的光景，便看见这样的享受已经失去了。信徒没有享受基督，反而被宗教、所谓的敬拜仪式、和神学的教训所霸占，很少实际并活泼的来享受基督。无疑的，主需要有一个恢复。我们需要被带回到基督自己面前。我们尤其需要恢复日日、周周、月月、年年对基督不断的享受。
10In His recovery the Lord is bringing us back from religion and everything other than Christ to Himself. God’s economy is to dispense Himself into us for our enjoyment. God wants Christ to be not only our Savior and not even just our life, but also to be our daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly enjoyment. But as we consider the situation among the vast majority of Christians today, we see that this enjoyment has been lost. Instead of enjoying Christ, believers are occupied with religion, so- called worship services, and theological teaching. There is very little enjoyment of Christ in a practical and living way. No doubt it is necessary for the Lord to have a recovery. We need to be brought back to Christ Himself. In particular, we need to be recovered to the continual enjoyment of Christ in a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly way.
11我的负担不是要给人更多道理方面的信息；我所关心的乃是圣徒实际的经历基督。如果我们的光景不是这样，我们就已经被仇敌狡诈的骗取了基督作我们的奖赏。我们必须在日常生活所有的细节上享受基督。
11My burden is not to give more messages on doctrine. My concern is that the saints experience Christ in a practical way. If such is not our situation, then we have subtly been defrauded of Christ as our prize by the enemy. We need to enjoy Christ in all the small details of our daily living
神圣启示的完成
THE COMPLETION OF THE DIVINE REVELATION
12因著主的怜悯，我们能过著非常正当的生活。但是就算我们远离罪，我们可能仍然非常缺少基督。我们的日常生活在许多方面也许都很不错，但我们还必须问一个重要的问题：我们经历基督、享受基督有多少？我们的目标不是仅仅有合式的日常生活；我们的目标必须是基督。我们在这里是要赢得基督、经历基督。我宝贵我们日常行事为人的标准非常高。如果在这个国家里，人人都有这样的标准，整个国家的情形就会大大改进。但我们不能满足于仅仅有正当的日常生活，这不是神的目标。为著神的目的，我们必须经历基督，并享受祂。你在日常生活中享受基督到底有多少？倘若你对基督没有多少享受，那么在你的经历中，神的话就还没有完全完成。你需要保罗的职事，尤其是歌罗西书。
12By the Lord’s mercy, we may live a very upright life. But although we may be kept from sin, we may still be very much short of Christ. In many respects, our daily living may be excellent. But still we must ask a crucial question: How much do we experience Christ and enjoy Him? It is not our goal only to have a proper daily life. Our goal must be Christ. We are here to gain Christ and to experience Him. I appreciate the fact that the standard of our daily walk is quite high. If everyone in this country had such a standard, the situation of the whole nation would be much improved. But we cannot be satisfied simply to have an upright daily life. This is not God’s goal. For the sake of God’s purpose, we need to experience Christ and enjoy Him. How much enjoyment of Christ do you have in your daily life? If you do not have much enjoyment of Christ, then in your experience the word of God has not been completed in full. You stand in need of the ministry of Paul, in particular of the book of Colossians
13根据一章二十六节，藉著保罗的职事所完成之神的话，乃是『历世历代以来所隐藏的奥秘，但如今向祂的圣徒显明了』。这奥秘就是基督在我们里面，成了荣耀的盼望。（27。）虽然我们可能对圣经有相当的认识，但我们若没有日日、周周、月月、年年充分的经历基督，就没有神圣启示的完成。我们的需要乃是主观的基督成为我们的享受，在我们里面完成神圣的启示。如果我们缺少对基督的经历和享受，我们也就缺少神的启示。神的启示需要经历上的基督作为其完成。
13According to 1:26, the word of God completed through the ministry of Paul was “the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but now has been manifested to His saints.” This mystery is Christ in us, the hope of glory (v. 27). Although we may have considerable knowledge of the Bible, we do not have the completion of the divine revelation unless we adequately experience Christ daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. Our need is for the subjective Christ to become our enjoyment to complete the divine revelation within us. If we are short in the experience and enjoyment of Christ, we are also short concerning God’s revelation. His reve lation needs the experiential Christ as its completion.
在基督里长大成熟
FULL GROWN IN CHRIST
14二十八节保罗说，他宣扬基督，『是用全般的智慧警戒各人，教导各人，好将各人在基督里成熟的献上。』在基督里成熟的路，就是日日、周周、月月、年年经历基督并享受祂。这样经历基督并享受祂的人，就会长大成熟。他们会得了丰满、完备和完全；他们甚么都不缺。
14In verse 28 Paul said that he announced Christ, “warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom” in order to “present every man full grown in Christ.” The way to be full grown in Christ is to experience Christ and enjoy Him daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. Those who experience Christ and enjoy Him in this way will become full grown. They will be full, complete, and perfect; they will not lack anything
没有间断的享受基督
the continual enjoyment of Christ
15我们在日常生活中，很容易关心我们的行为过于享受基督。我们爱主、追求主的人，有一个天然的愿望，想要拔高我们的行为。我们巴望能有正当的日常生活。每当我们日常行事为人搆不上主，我们就满了懊悔，向主认罪，求祂赦免我们，并洁净我们。虽然我们可能在这样的事上非常老练，但我们可能不彀关心对基督的享受。哦，我们需要在日常生活里享受基督！我们已经看见，我们需要在每天饮食的事上享受主。我们在一天之中吃喝好几次，这事实指明，我们不该满意于每天只享受基督一次。吃喝乃是影儿。倘若我们每天吃喝不只一次，那么我们每天享受基督也该不只一次。我们不仅该每日经历基督，也该在一天之中多次经历基督。
15In our daily living it is easy for us to be more concerned about our behavior than about the enjoyment of Christ. As those who love the Lord and seek Him, we have a natural desire to uplift our behavior. We earnestly desire to have an upright daily life. Whenever we fail the Lord in our daily walk, we are full of regret and we confess to the Lord and ask Him to forgive us and cleanse us. Although we may be very exercised in matters like this, we may not care adequately for the enjoyment of Christ. Oh, we need to enjoy Christ in our daily living! We have seen that we need to enjoy Christ in the daily matters of eating and drinking. The fact that we eat and drink a number of times during the day indicates that we should not be content to enjoy Christ just once a day. Eating and drinking are shadows. If we eat and drink more than once a day, then we should also enjoy Christ more than once a day. We should experience Christ not only daily, but many times throughout every day
16保罗在帖前五章十七节说，『不住的祷告。』真正的祷告乃是享受基督。我很遗憾的说，我们许多的祷告不是真正的祷告，因为我们常常在祷告的时候，没有享受基督。每当我们在灵里有正确的祷告，我们就享受到基督。不住的祷告，事实上意思是不住的享受基督。我们需要没有间断的享受基督。然而，我们很少人得著帮助，过一个没有间断享受基督的属灵生活。为此我们需要祷告，求主给我们恩典，每日并终日的享受祂。
16In 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Paul says, “Pray without ceasing.” To pray in a genuine way is to enjoy Christ. I regret to say that much of our prayer is not genuine, for we often do not enjoy Christ as we pray. Whenever we pray properly in the spirit, we enjoy Christ. To pray unceasingly actually means to enjoy Christ without ceasing. We need to enjoy Christ continually. However, not many of us have been helped to live a spiritual life in the way of constantly enjoying Christ. For this we need to pray that the Lord would grant us the grace to enjoy Him daily and throughout every day
关于基督的题醒
REMINDERS OF CHRIST
17保罗论到影儿的话，含示我们怎样能实际的享受基督。饮食这样的事既然是影儿，而基督是实质和实际，每当我们吃喝的时候，就必须被题醒，真食物、真饮料乃是基督。你吃食物的时候，同时也该吃基督。你喝饮料的时候，同时也该喝基督。你穿衣服的时候，应当记得基督才是真衣服，你应当经历祂作真衣服。当你穿上物质的衣服，你也应该穿上基督。这样来享受基督乃是容易的。我们每天无论作甚么，都该题醒我们，基督乃是那件事情的实际。连我们的呼吸也该题醒我们，需要在属灵方面吸入基督。
17In Paul’sword about shadows we have a hint as to how we may enjoy Christ in a practical way. Since such things as eating and drinking are shadows of which Christ is the substance and reality, we need to be reminded whenever we eat and drink that the real food and the real drink are Christ. When you eat your food, you should simultaneously eat Christ. When you drink some beverage, you should also drink Christ. As you put on your clothing, you should be reminded that Christ is the real clothing, and you should experience Him as such. As you put on your material clothing, you should also put on Christ. It is easy to enjoy Christ in this way. Whatever we do day by day should remind us of Christ as the reality of that thing. Even our breathing should remind us of the necessity of breathing Christ spiritually
18如果我们在日常生活中，操练接受基督作一切物质事物的实际，我们日常的行事为人就会大大革新且变化。我们的生活会满了基督。我们吃喝的时候，要接受基督作我们属灵的食物和饮料。我们所作的每一件事，都要题醒我们来接触基督、享受基督、经历基督，并且以基督作一切。天天这样实行，就是真正享受基督。
18If we follow the practice of taking Christ as the reality of all the material things in our daily life, our daily walk will be revolutionized and transformed. It will be full of Christ. When we eat and drink, we shall take Christ as our spiritual food and drink. Everything we do will remind us to contact Christ, to enjoy Christ, to experience Christ, and to have Christ as our everything. To practice this day by day is truly to enjoy Christ
在基督里生根，
ROOTED IN CHRIST TO ABSORB
吸取祂的丰富
HIS RICHES
19歌罗西二章七节进一步帮助我们实际的享受基督。根据这一节，我们在基督里已经生根。这话含示土壤的存在；基督乃是我们在其中生根的丰富土壤。我们在前一篇信息指出，这丰富的土壤含有许多奇妙的元素：神格的丰满、基督的作头身分、基督的割礼、祂的埋葬、与基督一同复活、规条的涂抹、以及执政掌权者的脱下。二章七节里『已经生根』这句话含示土壤，二章九至十五节乃是这土壤之元素的描述。我们已经在基督这丰富、肥沃的土壤里生了根。我们既在祂里面生根，就应当继续吸取祂的丰富。树木如何经由根从土壤里吸取滋养的元素，我们也该把基督的丰富吸收进来。从土壤里吸收到树里面的元素，使树能长大。因此，一棵树的长大在于经由根所吸收的养分。我们既已生根到基督里面，就该天天实际的留在祂里面。我们在经历中，必须一直在基督里生根。然而，我们若在饮食这样的事上忘了基督，在经历上就没有生根于基督。我们进餐的时候，也许忘了基督。饭后，我们可能花一点时间祷告。但甚至在祷告的开头，我们还没有在实际并经历上在基督里生根，因为我们可能祷告许多不必要的事物。但在主的怜悯和忍耐里，祂一直等到我们开始真正的祷告；然后我们就在经历上吸取基督的丰富。然而，我们祷告的时间结束之后，也许没有继续消化我们从祂所吸收的。照著主在约翰十五章所说的，就是我们可能没有住在祂里面。
19Further help concerning the practical enjoyment of Christ is found in 2:7. According to this verse, we have been rooted in Christ. This word implies the existence of soil. Christ is the rich soil in which we are rooted. In a foregoing message we pointed out that this rich soil contains many marvelous elements: the fullness of the Godhead, the headship of Christ, Christ’s circumcision, His burial, being raised up with Christ, the wiping out of the ordinances, and the stripping off of the rulers and authorities. Colossians 2:9-15 is a description of the elements of the soil implied by the words “having been rooted” in 2:7. We are rooted in Christ, who is the rich, fertile soil. Having been rooted in Him, we should go on to absorb His riches. As a tree absorbs nourishing elements from the soil through its roots, we also should absorb the riches of Christ in to us. The elements absorbed into a tree from the soil enable the tree to grow. Thus, a tree’s growth depends upon the nourishment it absorbs through its roots. Since we have been rooted into Christ, we should remain in Him in a practical way day by day. In our experience, we need to stay rooted in Christ. However, if we forget Christ in matters such as eating and drinking, we are not rooted in Him in our experience. When we eat our food, we may not remember Christ. After our meal, we may spend some time in prayer. But even at the beginning of our prayer, we may not actually and experientially be rooted in Christ, for we may pray many unnecessary things. But in His mercy and patience, the Lord waits until we begin to pray in a genuine way. Then in our experience we absorb Christ’s riches. However, when our time of prayer is finished, it may happen that we do not go on to assimilate what we have absorbed of Him. According to the Lord’swords in John 15, it could be that we do not abide in Him.
20许多圣徒早晨花时间与主同在。然而，虽然他们花了一点时间与主同在，却没有吸取多少祂的丰富；原因在于他们太匆忙了。我们若要把基督的丰富吸收进来作养分，就不该匆匆忙忙的。我们如果匆匆忙忙，就吸收不到甚么。我们不仅该在早晨吸取主，也该像树一样，不断的吸取土壤的丰富。这意思是说，我们必须学习实行不断的享受基督。我们该让各样物质的事物成为关于基督的题醒，因为这些事物都是影儿，基督才是实质。我们每天所穿的衣服该使我们想起基督，我们应当在灵里，用灵来穿上祂。喝一杯水也该题醒我们藉著操练灵来喝基督。这样实行就是在基督里生根，并吸取祂的丰富。
20In the morning many saints spend time with the Lord. However, even though they spend a certain amount of time with Him, they may not absorb much of His riches. The reason is that they are in too much of a hurry. If we would absorb the riches of Christ into us as our nourishment, we should not be rushed. We cannot absorb anything if we are in a hurry. We should not only absorb the Lord in the morning, but we should be like trees continually absorbing the riches of the soil. This means that we must learn to practice the continual enjoyment of Christ. We should let every physical thing be a reminder of Christ, for all these things are shadows of which Christ is the substance. The clothing we put on each day should remind us of Christ. We should put Him on in our spirit and by our spirit. Drinking a glass of water should remind us to drink Christ by the exercise of our spirit. To follow this practice is to be rooted in Christ and to absorb His riches
细嫩的根
TENDER ROOTS
21我们若要吸取作为土壤之基督的丰富，就需要有细嫩的新根。不要让自己老化了，乃要天天新鲜而更新。要向主祷告：『主，我要让我的奉献是新鲜的，我要重新向你敞开。我要我的根是细嫩的，好吸取你的丰富。主，不要让我的根老化。』如果我们的根细嫩新鲜，吸取基督的丰富，我们就自然会因著所吸取的丰富而长大。这就是天天、时时主观的享受基督并经历祂。这会保守我们不被骗取奖赏。但如果我们不是一直在祂里面生根而吸取祂的丰富，仇敌就会狡猾的骗取我们对基督实际且不断的享受。
21If we would absorb the riches of Christ as the soil, we need to have tender, new roots. Do not let yourself get old, but be fresh and renewed day by day. Pray to the Lord, “Lord, I want my consecration to be fresh, and I want to open to You anew. I want my roots to be tender that I may absorb Your riches. Lord, don’t let my roots get old.” If our roots are tender and new to absorb the riches of Christ, we shall grow automatically with the riches we assimilate. This is to enjoy Christ and to experience Him subjectively daily and hourly. This will keep us from being defrauded of our prize. But if we do not remain rooted in Him to absorb His riches, in a subtle way the enemy will defraud us of the practical and continual enjoyment of Christ
留意保罗的警告
HEEDING PAUL’S WARNING
22今天地上虽然有成百万的基督徒，但他们享受基督的奖赏几乎都被骗取了。他们相信基督，接受了祂，或许也付了代价跟随祂，但就像歌罗西人一样，他们对基督的享受已经被夺取了。所有的基督徒，包括我们在内，都必须留意保罗的警告，不可让人骗取我们的奖赏。我们不该让任何人把我们从对基督的享受中掳去。基督乃是宇宙一切正面事物的实体、实际。我们享受正面物质的事物时，应当受题醒来享受基督。如果我们这样作，我们每天的生活就会满了对基督的享受。我们就会在祂里面生根，吸取祂的丰富，并在祂里面长大。
22Although there are millions of Christians on earth today, almost all of them have been defrauded of their prize of the enjoyment of Christ. They believe in Christ, have received Him, and perhaps have even paid a price to follow Him, but, like the Colossians, they have been deprived of the enjoyment of Christ. All Christians, including us, need to heed Paul’s warning not to allow anyone to defraud us of our prize. We should not allow anyone to carry us away from the enjoyment of Christ. Christ is the body, the reality, of all the positive things in the universe. As we enjoy the positive physical things, we should be reminded to enjoy Christ. If we do this, our daily living will be full of the enjoyment of Christ. Then we shall be rooted in Him, absorb His riches, and grow in Him.