Daily Devotion - Dec 15 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

十二月十五日

經文: 以藍寶石立定你的根基。（以賽亞書五十四：11）

地基是人所看不見的，只要地基仍穩固，常常是不為人所注意的。但是在耶和華的工作中，每一樣都是重要的。恩典工作中的深厚根基如同藍寶石般珍貴。人的思想無法測度其榮耀。我們在恩典之約的根基上建造，這根基比混凝土更穩固，比珍珠更耐久。藍寶石的根基是永恆的，恩典之約隨著全能者的生命也是永遠的。另一個根基是主耶穌，祂是清潔、無瑕疵、永遠的，並且是美麗的，如同藍寶石一般。它將地球永遠翻騰之海洋的深藍與環抱一切之天空的蔚藍摻和成為我們的本體。我們的主以祂自己的寶血遮蓋罪惡時，我們也能以紅寶石來比喻祂，但此刻我們看見祂散發出來豐富的、深沈的、並永恆之愛的柔藍光輝。我們的盼望建立在上帝的公義和信實之上，那也是清澈無霧的，如藍寶石一般。主親自為祂百姓的盼望立下根基。善事與禮儀並不是藍寶石的根基，卻是草木禾稭。這些不是由上帝所立，乃是奠基在我們的自誇上。不久以後，所有根基都要受試驗。那些建造在藍寶石上的可以鎮靜地面對風暴或火焰，因為他必能忍受試驗。

Evening, December 15

Scripture: "And lay thy foundations with sapphires."(Isaiah 54:11)

Not only that which is seen of the church of God, but that which is unseen, is fair and precious. Foundations are out of sight, and so long as they are firm it is not expected that they should be valuable; but in Jehovah's work everything is of a piece, nothing slurred, nothing mean. The deep foundations of the work of grace are as sapphires for preciousness, no human mind is able to measure their glory. We build upon the covenant of grace, which is firmer than adamant, and as enduring as jewels upon which age spends itself in vain. Sapphire foundations are eternal, and the covenant abides throughout the lifetime of the Almighty. Another foundation is the person of the Lord Jesus, which is clear and spotless, everlasting and beautiful as the sapphire; blending in one the deep blue of earth's ever rolling ocean and the azure of its all embracing sky. Once might our Lord have been likened to the ruby as he stood covered with his own blood, but now we see him radiant with the soft blue of love, love abounding, deep, eternal. Our eternal hopes are built upon the justice and the faithfulness of God, which are clear and cloudless as the sapphire. We are not saved by a compromise, by mercy defeating justice, or law suspending its operations; no, we defy the eagle's eye to detect a flaw in the groundwork of our confidence—our foundation is of sapphire, and will endure the fire.

The Lord himself has laid the foundation of his people's hopes. It is matter for grave enquiry whether our hopes are built upon such a basis. Good works and ceremonies are not a foundation of sapphires, but of wood, hay, and stubble; neither are they laid by God, but by our own conceit. Foundations will all be tried ere long: woe unto him whose lofty tower shall come down with a crash, because based on a quicksand. He who is built on sapphires may await storm or fire with equanimity, for he shall abide the test.


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