「然而神富於憐憫，因祂愛我們的大愛，竟然在我們因過犯死了的時候，便叫我們一同與基督活過來，…一同坐在諸天界裡。」－以弗所書2:4-6
然而能有幾個人有這樣的經歷呢？又有幾個果真相信，在這個人人自危的世界裡，我們能泰然自處的「安坐在天上」？
我們可能相信，當我們們來到主日，或難得靈裡高昂的時候，我們還有一些造訪屬天之地的可能。
但若是要我們每時每刻地與主安坐，卻完全是另外一回事了。然而按著真理，這個經歷卻不是僅在主日能適用的。
寧靜中，藏有無限的能力。
曾有一個偉大的聖徒說過：「一個能信靠又能安靜的人，必定無往不利。」這句話滿帶著啟示。
若我們真實明白這話，我們作工的方式必會徹底翻轉。我們不會繼續奮力掙扎，反而會安靜地安坐在主裡面，讓聖靈的大能在靜謐裡完成我們的工作。
也許你既看不見、也感受不到聖靈的運行，但你可以相信聖靈的確已開始默默地動工，只因為你已經靜靜地將自己投入這聖靈的流中。
－史哈拿
"But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ . . . and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:4-6).This is our rightful place, to be "seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus," and to "sit still" there. But how few there are who make it their actual experience! How few, indeed think even that it is possible for them to "sit still" in these "heavenly places" in the everyday life of a world so full of turmoil as this.
We may believe perhaps that to pay a little visit to these heavenly places on Sundays, or now and then in times of spiritual exaltation, may be within the range of possibility; but to be actually "seated" there every day and all day long is altogether another matter; and yet it is very plain that it is for Sundays and week-days as well.
A quiet spirit is of inestimable value in carrying on outward activities; and nothing so hinders the working of the hidden spiritual forces, upon which, after all, our success in everything really depends, as a spirit of unrest and anxiety.
There is immense power in stillness. A great saint once said, "All things come to him who knows how to trust and be silent." The words are pregnant with meaning. A knowledge of this fact would immensely change our ways of working. Instead of restless struggles, we would "sit down" inwardly before the Lord, and would let the Divine forces of His Spirit work out in silence the ends to which we aspire. You may not see or feel the operations of this silent force, but be assured it is always working mightily, and will work for you, if you only get your spirit still enough to be carried along by the currents of its power. --Hannah Whitall Smith
