信心的支票簿 Faith's check book
做討上帝喜悅的事
經文: ��「在你倉房裡，並你手所辦的一切事上，耶和華所命的福必臨到你。」（申命記廿八︰8）'X�Z汋媼稓�
若我們聽上帝的話，上帝就會祝福祂所賜給我們的一切，除去一切的咒詛。人所賺的若有剩餘，就會開始屯積，這算好的；而有些人會貪得無厭，或飽暖思淫慾，為非做歹行惡事。但這人若有上帝的祝福，就不致如此。他會以感恩的心領受上帝賜福，開源節流，謹慎用度，量入為出，享受自己勞力付出的結果。在自己的保險箱或銀行戶頭，有上帝的福，這是何等大的恩典。�
「並你手所辦的一切事上，耶和華所命的福必臨到你。」這句話是何等甜美。我們不敢向上帝開口求的東西，就不能伸手取，也不敢做那些沒有經過禱告的事。因為在我們所行的任何事上，能夠隨時尋求上帝的祝福，是何等的特權。常常我們以為得遇貴人，是難得的好運道，豈不知蒙上帝眷顧，更是永遠的福份；我們以為有高位者的提拔，是平步青雲之道，然而這與蒙上帝的垂憐青睞相比，那實在算不得什麼。能不仰賴別人，自求多福，當然很好，但是依靠上帝的祝福，百倍於依賴我們自己的天賦才能呢！�
Doing What God Can Bless
Scripture: "The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto" (Deuteronomy 28:8).
If we obey the LORD our God He will bless that which He gives us. Riches are no curse when blessed of the LORD. When men have more than they require for their immediate need and begin to lay up in storehouses, the dry rot of covetousness or the blight of hard-heartedness is apt to follow the accumulation; but with God's blessing it is not so. Prudence arranges the saving, liberality directs the spending, gratitude maintains consecration, and praise sweetens enjoyment. It is a great mercy to have God's blessing in one's iron safe and on one's banking account.
What a favor is made ours by the last clause! "The LORD shall bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand unto." We would not put our hand to anything upon which we dare not ask God's blessing, neither would we go about it without prayer and faith. But what a privilege to be able to look for the LORD's help in every enterprise! Some talk of a lucky man: the blessing of the LORD is better than luck. The patronage of the great is nothing to the favor of God. Self-reliance is all very well; but the LORD's blessing is infinitely more than all the fruit of talent, genius, or tact.
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