I lie upon Thy altar and dare not move away(E280) 我今躺臥在祭壇， 不敢稍為動彈(C228)

True consecration is never compelled by God; it is of our voluntary will. God takes nothing by force; everything is offered up by men willingly. Likewise, our consecration today must be made out of our voluntary will; it is we who willingly lie on the altar and dare not move off. Others may move about freely, but we dare not act in a casual way. Others may calculate and choose between the sweet and the bitter, but when we encounter a difficulty, we dare not consider escape. Others can reason and argue with God; we dare not say even one sentence. Others can evade God's will and avoid being bound and limited; we would rather be restricted by His will and willing to be imprisoned in His hand. All this, because we have already offered ourselves to God and have been laid on the altar. We are already a consecrated people. We should be able to say continually to God, “O God, I have no choice; I have already consecrated myself to Thee; I am in Thy hand.” Whenever anything happens to us, we must express ourselves in this way to God. We must remain thus in God's hand and actually be a sacrifice unto God. Only this is the true meaning of consecration. (The Experience of Life)

真實的奉獻，都不是神逼的，乃是我們自甘情願的。沒有一樣是神自己伸手奪去的，都是人樂意獻上的。照樣，今天我們的奉獻，也該是自願獻上的，自願地躺在祭壇上，不敢動彈。別人可以自由行動，我們不敢隨便動作；別人可以計較甘苦，我們不敢遇難思遷；別人可以與神講理，與神爭執，我們不敢對神多說一句；別人可以避開神的旨意不談，免得受捆綁，受限制，我們卻寧可受神旨意的約束，甘心被囚禁在神的手中。這都是因為我們已經獻給神了，已經放在祭壇上了，已經是一個奉獻的人了。我們要一直能向神說，『神阿，我沒有揀選，我已經奉獻給你了，我是在你的手中。』每當有事情臨到我們身上，我們都要這樣表示，都要這樣把自己留在神手中，實際地作了神的一個祭。這才是奉獻真實的意義。《生命的經歷》

A truly consecrated man 一個真奉獻的人

A truly consecrated man is a man who has given up his future. He abandons not only his future in the world, but also his so-called spiritual future. He no longer has hopes for himself in anything; all his hope is in God. He lives purely and simply in the hand of God; he is what God wants him to be and does what God wants him to do. Whatever the outcome may be, he does not know and does not care. He only knows that he is a sacrifice, wholly belonging to God. The altar is forever the place where he stands, and a heap of ashes is forever the result. His future has been utterly abandoned. (The Experience of Life)

一個真奉獻的人，就應該是一個斷送了前途的人，不只世界的前途斷送了，就連所謂屬靈的前途也斷送了。他不再為自己盼望什麼，他所有的盼望都在神那裡。所以他乃是單純地活在神手裡，神要他怎樣，他就怎樣；神要他作什麼，他就作什麼；結果如何，他不知道，也不顧慮。他只知道他是一個祭物，是完全歸給神的，祭壇永遠是他所該站的地位，一堆灰永遠是他所該有的結果，他的前途是完全斷送了。《生命的經歷》