人的破碎與靈的出來Release of the Spirit - by Watchman Nee

聖經把我們分作裏面的人和外面的人；我們這個人的靈就是裏面的人，一般人所感覺得到的就是外面的人。

　所有基督的僕人，都需要學習一個基本的功課—被主破碎外面的人，好讓裏面的靈能彀出來。正如一粒麥子必須落在地裏死了，外殼裂開，麥子纔能長出來；又如盛裝至貴真哪噠香膏的玉瓶，玉瓶不打破，香膏就不能出來。

　今天，主是盼望在我們這些屬祂的人身上，能有一條祝福的路，讓主的工作可以出去，讓世人能從我們身上蒙神的恩。

　願我們都作這樣的人！

This book is one of Watchman Nee's classic devotional Writings.

His spiritual exegesis of John 12:24-25 is one of the classic of his time and now, several decades later, still inspires many disciples of Jesus.

The Importance of Brokenness

Anyone who serves God will discover sooner or later that the great hindrance to his work is not others but himself. He will discover that his outward man and his inward man are not in harmony, for both are tending toward opposite directions. He will also sense the inability of his outward man to submit to the spirit's control, thus rendering him incapable of obeying God's highest commands. He will quickly detect that the greatest difficulty lies in his outward man, for it hinders him from using his spirit.

Many of God's servants are not able to do even the most elementary works. Ordinarily they should be enabled by the exercise of their spirit to know God's Word, to discern the spiritual condition of another, to send forth God's messages under anointing and to receive God's revelations. Yet due to the distractions of the outward man, their spirit does not seem to function properly. It is basically because their outward man has never been dealt with. For this reason revival, zeal, pleading and activity are but a waste of time. As we shall see, there is just one basic dealing which can enable man to be useful before God: brokenness.