Daily Devotion - Nov 26 - «H¤ßªº¤ä²¼Ã¯ Faith's check book

信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

天堂的煉金術

經文: ��「你們的憂傷要變為喜樂。」（約翰福音十六︰20）

門徒的憂傷，是因著主的死亡，永遠與祂隔絕；但當主從死亡裡復活，並在他們當中顯現時，他們的憂傷就變為喜樂。信徒所有的憂傷，無論是多深沈，表面上
看起來像是苦毒的泉源，都可轉變成為喜樂。�

憂傷越多，喜樂也會越多。若你覺得你的十字架最重，上帝要賜給你的喜樂也越大；你所承受的壓力越沈重，後來經歷的快樂會越多；就像鐘擺的擺動，幅度越大，彈回來的力量也越大。葡萄不經過壓榨，就無法成為美酒，橄欖不經過破碎，香味就無法出來。凡事都要經過對比，才能對照出兩者之間的懸殊，就像鑽石放在黑絨布上，才更顯出它的光彩耀眼！�

來，我的心，莫再沮喪氣餒，過一會兒，你就會脫胎換骨，全人煥然一新。耶穌告訴我們，藉著屬天的煉金術，我們的憂傷能轉變成為喜樂，我不懂這變化是如何產生，但我就是相信，並用期待的心，唱出快樂歌聲，低潮已離我遠去，我要加入晝夜讚美耶和華的行列，我更要高唱，上帝的慈悲救拔我脫離痛苦與折磨。�


Heavenly Alchemy

Scripture: "Your sorrow shall be turned into joy" (John 16:20).

Their particular sorrow was the death and absence of their LORD, and it was turned into joy when He rose from the dead and showed Himself in their midst. All the sorrows of saints shall be thus transmuted, even the worst of them, which look as if they must forever remain fountains of bitterness.

Then the more sorrow, the more joy. If we have loads of sorrow, then the LORD's power will turn them into tons of joy. Then the bitterer the trouble the sweeter the pleasure: the swinging of the pendulum far to the left will cause it to go all the farther to the right. The remembrance of the grief shall heighten the flavor of the delight: we shall set the one in contrast with the other, and the brilliance of the diamond shall be the more clearly seen because of the black foil behind it.

Come, my heart, cheer up! In a little while I shall be as glad as I am now gloomy. Jesus tells me that by a heavenly alchemy my sorrow shall be turned into joy. I do not see how it is to be, but I believe it, and I begin to sing by way of anticipation. This depression of spirit is not for long; I shall soon be up among the happy ones who praise the LORD day and night, and there I shall sing of the mercy which delivered me out of great afflictions.



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