我還記得那個多夢的歲月，日子充滿活力。我有一個想要成為的我。我每天為了這個想要成為的我而努力，日子過得既興奮又充實。現在那個想要成為的我，已早不同於年輕時的想像了，而熱情也少了點稚氣的雀躍。然而，我有一個更渴想成為的我，每天為這個想要成為的我而努力，而禱告，而等候。
在基督裡我是一個新造的我，每天更新，要長成基督的身量。原來我體會了，這就是基督徒的靈修。基督徒的靈修，就是在基督裡看見了一個新我，一個渴想成為的我，每天就朝著這個渴想成為的我去努力。
我們今年的目標是要建造生命，但我們必須要認識這個生命將要成為的樣子，不然就無法建造了。每天讀聖經的時候，要讀出一個我想要成為的我方可。這是基督徒靈修的第一步。當我看見了在基督裡有一個我想要成為的我，我才能為這個我而努力。這樣，每天在努力朝向這個我的時候，我們就經歷聖靈的同在，也經歷著耶穌的應許，進入豐盛的生命中。
In those days when my life was full of dreams, I can still remember the enthusiasm that I had to create a life that I had always dreamed of. I worked extra hard to make my dream come true, and my days were full of excitement and satisfaction. But now the life that I am dreaming of is quite different from the old, and the passion has lost some of its childishness. However, I have adopted a new life for myself, and for this new life, I labor, I pray and I wait upon the Lord.
In Christ, I am a new being, and renewing my life everyday to attend to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. All of a sudden, I start to realize that it is the spiritual discipline of doing our daily devotion to God. In my devotion to God, I see a new self in Christ, a life that I dream of. In order to attend to this life, I am willing to offer my labor everyday.
Our goal for this year is to build up life, but we should first recognize the life that we are going to build, if otherwise we cannot build anything. Everyday when we read Bible, we must read out a new life that calls us to imitate. This is the first step of doing Christian devotion. Only if I can see a new life in Christ that I really want to be like, I will not experience any life transformation. But if we can see a new life in Christ that attracts us to it, we will experience the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, and realize that Jesus’ promise of giving us an abundant life is so tangible that we can actually enter into it daily.
