“向着标竿直跑，要得上帝在基督耶稣里从上面召我来得的奖赏”（腓3:14）。{FH.52 .1}
我们能拥有的最大福气就是正确地认识自己，看到自己品格上的缺陷，并靠着上帝的恩典予以弥补。……{FH.52 .2}
我们今天是不是比一年前离上帝更近了呢？我们若天天实行“我们不是自己的人，我们的光阴和才干都属于上帝，每一才能都要用来遵行祂的旨意并增进祂的荣耀”这个原则，我们的宗教经验就会有何等大的改变啊，我们的品格就会有何等大的变化啊！……{FH.52 .3}
我们可以笼罩在上帝的应许里。这些应许会象一道火墙环护在我们周围。我们应该知道如何运用信心。信心乃是“上帝所赐的”（弗2:8），但运用信心的能力却是我们的。信心若是静止不动，对我们就毫无益处。但若运用信心，它就会把握一切福气。它乃是人用来持住无穷上帝之力量的手，是被基督的恩典更新之人的心藉以与那伟大爱心共鸣的媒介。信心扎根于上帝的应许，以上帝的应许为保证，因为祂言出必行。耶稣来到有罪、无助、贫乏的人跟前说：“凡你们祷告祈求的，无论是什么，只要信是得着的，就必得着”（可11:24）。要相信，认领应许，并赞美上帝，因为你确实领受了你所求于祂的东西；而当你最需要时，就会体验到祂的祝福并得到特别的帮助。……{FH.52 .4}
许多人心中的问题是：我怎么才能得到幸福呢？我们不应以过得幸福为目标，但我们必然在谦卑顺从的路上得幸福。保罗是幸福的。尽管他蒙召要忍受苦难、斗争和考验，他却再三声称自己享有极大的安慰。他说：“我满得安慰；我们在一切患难中分外的快乐”（林后7:4）。这位大使徒的全部精力都用在为将来不朽的生命作准备上。而当他即将离世时，他能在圣洁的胜利中欢呼说：“那美好的仗我已经打过了，当跑的路我已经跑尽了，所信的道我已经守住了。从此以后，有公义的冠冕为我存留，就是按着公义审判的主到了那日要赐给我的”（林后4:7, 8）。——《时兆》，1884年5月22日。{FH.52 .5}
Faith Is the Victory, February 9 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.?Philippians 3:14.?{FH 52.1}[1]
The greatest blessing we can have is a correct knowledge of ourselves, that we may see our defects of character and by divine grace remedy them....?{FH 52.2}[2]
Are we nearer to God today than we were a year ago? What a change there would be in our religious experience, what a transformation in our characters, if day by day we carried out the principle that we are not our own, but that our time and talents belong to God, and every faculty should be used to do His will and advance His glory....?{FH 52.3}[3]
We may be shut in by the promises of God, which will be as a wall of fire about us. We want to know how to exercise faith. Faith “is the gift of God,” but the power to exercise it is ours. If faith lies dormant, it is no advantage to us; but in exercise it holds all blessings in its grasp. It is the hand by which the soul takes hold of the strength of the Infinite. It is the medium by which human hearts, renewed by the grace of Christ, are made to beat in harmony with the great Heart of love. Faith plants itself on the promises of God and claims them as surety that He will do just as He said He would. Jesus comes to the sinful, helpless, needy soul and says, “What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” Believe, claim the promises, and praise God that you do receive the things you have asked of Him, and when your need is greatest, you will experience His blessing and receive special help....?{FH 52.4}[4]
The inquiry in many hearts is, How shall I find happiness? We are not to make it our object to live for happiness, but we shall surely find it in the path of humble obedience. Paul was happy. He affirms repeatedly that notwithstanding the sufferings, conflicts, and trials that he was called to bear, he enjoyed great consolation. He says, “I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.” All the energies of the chiefest of the apostles were bent to a preparation for the future, immortal life, and when the time of his departure was at hand, he could exclaim in holy triumph, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day.”—Signs of the Times, May 22, 1884.?{FH 52.5}[5]
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