第七十九天：祷告求主使用美国，好成全一个新人

祷告求主使用祂在美国的恢复，好成全一个新人，就是神在祂经纶里的心意（弗四22～24，西三10～11）。

弗四22-24 - 在从前的生活样式上，脱去了旧人，这旧人是照着那迷惑的情欲败坏的；而在你们心思的灵里得以更新，并且穿上了新人，这新人是照着神，在那实际的义和圣中所创造的。

西三10-11 - 并且穿上了新人；这新人照着创造他者的形像渐渐更新，以致有充足的知识；在此并没有希利尼人和犹太人、受割礼的和未受割礼的、化外人、西古提人、为奴的、自主的，惟有基督是一切，又在一切之内。

二十世纪开始以前，福音已经扩展到地上的每个角落。然而，神的定旨不仅是要传福音，更是要成全一个新人。英国不太适用于这个目的，所以神借着两次世界大战，多少抑制了英国，兴起了美国。这两次大战都是借着美国而结束。第一次世界大战结束，是因美国介入；在第二次世界大战中，美国是击败欧洲和亚洲轴心国势力的重要力量。这一切都在神的主宰下发生。借着这两次大战，美国被兴起，为着新人的成全。今天美国是全地的地理中枢，十字路口；又像大鹰，有两大洋作两个翅膀。

Geographically speaking, the Lord has raised up a country for His purpose in the very center of the inhabited earth. As an American citizen holding an American passport, you may travel throughout the whole world, in the same way that Paul, as a Jew with Roman citizenship, could travel throughout the Roman Empire (cf. Acts 22:25-29). When mainland China was lost to the Communists in 1949, I could not sleep or eat well. I was very sorrowful over the loss of that country and hundreds of churches. But now, since I have realized the situation today, I am happy that I am here in the United States. To be here is much better than to be in my hometown in mainland China. We all have to give thanks to the Lord that we are in the United States, in the center of the inhabited earth for the perfection of the new man that God intends to have in His economy. (李常受文集，一九七七，一个新人第三章）