The Divine Eye神圣的眼睛

The Divine eye!
神圣的眼睛！

(J. R. Miller, “Come with Me” Daily Bible Readings in the Life of Christ, 1890)
(J. R. 米勒，《与我同行》基督生平每日读经，1890年)

“Zechariah and Elizabeth were upright in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commandments and regulations blamelessly.” Luke 1:6
“撒迦利亚和伊丽莎白在神面前都是义人，遵行主的一切诫命礼仪，没有可指责的。”路加福音1:6

This is a beautiful thing to have said of them. Yet, after all, that is the test which every life must endure. It is not enough to have human commendation. The question is — how do we stand before God? How does our life appear — to Him?
这是对他们的一个美好评价。然而，这终究是每个生命都必须经受的考验。仅有人的称赞是不够的。问题是——我们在神面前如何站立？我们的生命在祂眼中如何显现？

It does not matter how men praise and commend us — if God sees that we are living wrong. The Pharisees were righteous before men; but if you would see how they stood in God’s eye, read the twenty-third chapter of Matthew.
如果神看到我们活得不对，人们如何称赞我们都无关紧要。法利赛人在人前是义人；但如果你想知道他们在神眼中如何，请读马太福音第二十三章。

We are in reality — just what we are before God — nothing less, nothing more. The question we should always ask ourselves is, “What does God think of me?” If we would meet His approval, we must first have our hearts right, and then we must be blameless and true in every part of our life.
实际上，我们在神面前是什么样子，我们就是什么样子——不多也不少。我们应该经常问自己的问题是：”神如何看我？”如果我们要得到祂的认可，我们必须首先端正我们的心，然后在生活的每个方面都要无可指责和真诚。

We should live just as purely and beautifully in secret — as in the glare of the world’s gaze.
我们在隐秘处的生活应该像在世人注视下一样纯洁美好。

There really is no such thing as secrecy in this world. We imagine that no eye is looking — when we are not in the presence of men. But really, we always have a spectator; we are living all our life in the presence God Himself! We should train ourselves, therefore, to work for the Divine eye in all that we do, that our work may stand the Divine inspection, and that we may have the approval and commendation of God Himself.
这个世界上实际上并不存在秘密。当我们不在人前时，我们以为没有眼睛在看——但实际上，我们始终有一位观察者；我们的一生都在神的面前度过！因此，我们应该训练自己，在所做的一切事上都为神圣的眼睛而工作，使我们的工作能经得起神圣的检验，使我们能得到神自己的认可和称赞。