Daily Devotion - Dec 20 - «H¤ßªº¤ä²¼Ã¯ Faith's check book

信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

把上帝當上帝，把人當人

經文: ��「惟有我，是安慰你們的。你是誰，竟怕那必死的人﹖怕那要變如草的世人？卻忘記鋪張諸天、立定地基、創造你的耶和華？又因欺壓者圖謀毀滅要發的暴怒，整天害怕，其實那欺壓者的暴怒在哪裡呢？」（以賽亞書五十一︰12，13）�']�

讓這節經文成為你今日的靈糧，我們無需誇大這經文的意思，只要你在上帝面前存敬畏的心，讀了它，就能相信它、享用它。你所畏懼的不過是人，然而那應許要賜你安慰的卻是上帝，天地的主，創造你的天父，祂的能力可以覆蔽你渡過一切的危險。�

「欺壓者的憤怒在那裡﹖」在上帝的手中，人只不過是必死的受造物，他鼻孔的氣息一停止，他的怒氣也隨之消失。因此，我們何須畏懼一個像我們一樣脆弱的人呢﹖讓我們不要對人過度崇拜或過度懼怕，把他當作上帝，卻輕慢創造我們的主，把祂看成一個稀鬆平常的一般神。弟兄們，讓我們把上帝當作上帝，把人當作人，如此，我們在盡本份度日時，就不畏懼人，只敬畏那掌管一切的上帝。�


Men as Men; God as God

Scripture: "I, even I, am He that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?" (Isaiah 51:12-13).

Let the text itself be taken as the portion for today. There is no need to enlarge upon it. Trembling one, read it, believe it, feed on it, and plead it before the LORD. He whom you fear is only a man after all; while He who promises to comfort you is God, your Maker, and the creator of heaven and earth. Infinite comfort more than covers a very limited danger.

"Where is the fury of the oppressor?" It is in the LORD's hand. It is only the fury of a dying creature; fury which will end as soon as the breath is gone from the nostril. Why, then, should we stand in awe of one who is as frail as ourselves? Let us not dishonor our God by making a god of puny man. We can make an idol of a man by rendering to him excessive fear as well as by paying him inordinate love. Let us treat men as men, and God as God; and then we shall go calmly on in the path of duty, fearing the LORD and fearing nobody else.


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