Daily Devotion - Dec 16 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

十二月十六日

經文: 你未曾聽見，未曾知道，你的耳朵從來未曾開通。（以賽亞書四十八：8）

雖然會很痛苦，但請記住。這個控告是針對那些常常在靈�遲鈍的信徒而發的。我們本應聽到上帝的聽音，但卻抱怨聽不到。心中聖靈細柔的感動常被我們忽略。上帝命令的微聲，屬天大愛之柔語，常不為我們的悟性所領會。我們常常粗心大意。有許多事情我們本應明白，但腐敗卻在不知不覺之中潛入我們的生命中。甜美的感情如寒霜中的花朵漸漸枯萎了。其實只要我們不在心靈之窗前築起高牆就能見到上帝閃亮之面容。但我們卻不曉得，我們若明白自己一切無知和疏忽皆為上帝所預知，就必會崇敬祂的大恩。然而，祂仍以憐憫待我們。我們雖然如此，祂仍然揀選了我們，為此，我們當稱頌祂那至高無上的宏恩！被掛於十字架上的主預見我們的不信、後退、冷酷、疏忽、漠不關心、懶於禱告，然而，祂仍說：「因為我是耶和華你的上帝，是以色列的聖者，你的救主……因我看你為寶為尊，又因我愛你，所以我使人代替你，使列邦人替換你的生命。」（賽四十三：3∼4）

Evening, December 16

Scripture: "Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened."(Isaiah 48:8)

It is painful to remember that, in a certain degree, this accusation may be laid at the door of believers, who too often are in a measure spiritually insensible. We may well bewail ourselves that we do not hear the voice of God as we ought, "Yea, thou heardest not." There are gentle motions of the Holy Spirit in the soul which are unheeded by us: there are whisperings of divine command and of heavenly love which are alike unobserved by our leaden intellects. Alas! we have been carelessly ignorant—"Yea, thou knewest not." There are matters within which we ought to have seen, corruptions which have made headway unnoticed; sweet affections which are being blighted like flowers in the frost, untended by us; glimpses of the divine face which might be perceived if we did not wall up the windows of our soul. But we "have not known." As we think of it we are humbled in the deepest self-abasement. How must we adore the grace of God as we learn from the context that all this folly and ignorance, on our part, was foreknown by God, and, notwithstanding that foreknowledge, he yet has been pleased to deal with us in a way of mercy! Admire the marvellous sovereign grace which could have chosen us in the sight of all this! Wonder at the price that was paid for us when Christ knew what we should be! He who hung upon the cross foresaw us as unbelieving, backsliding, cold of heart, indifferent, careless, lax in prayer, and yet he said, "I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour ... Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life!" O redemption, how wondrously resplendent dost thou shine when we think how black we are! O Holy Spirit, give us henceforth the hearing ear, the understanding heart!

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