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司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

十二月五日

經文: 耶和華又指四個匠人給我看。（撒迦利亞書一：20）

在本章所敍述之異象�，先知看到四個可怕的角。它們互相推撞，要將最有力者打敗。先知問道：「這是甚麼意思？」回答說：「這是打散猶大的角」（亞一：21）。呈現在他眼前的是一些壓迫教會的勢力代表。四個角代表了教會從四方八面受到攻擊。先知有理由感到驚慌；但是突然在他眼前出現了四位匠人。這四位是上帝找來要打碎這些角的。上帝總會尋找人來為祂作工，並且總在適當的時刻找到這些人。沒有工作需要時，先知並未見到匠人；一旦角出現了，匠人也就跟著出現。更重要的是，主找到足夠的人了。有四個角就必須有四匠人。上帝也找到了合適的人。並不是四位用筆寫作的文人，也不是四位設計藍圖的建築師，乃是四位能作艱辛工作的匠人。當角製造麻煩時，上帝就找到了匠人。你不必為教會的軟弱而煩躁激動。從看來不可能之處出現了使徒，從最幽暗的貧困中升起了先知。主曉得到何處去尋覓祂的僕人。祂已有眾多有能力的僕人隨時待命，只要祂發號施令，他們就會立刻出擊。爭戰是主的，祂必定得勝。但願我們能一直忠於基督，而祂，在適當的時刻，總會起來保衛我們。

Evening, December 5

Scripture: "And the Lord shewed me four carpenters."(Zechariah 1:20)

In the vision described in this chapter, the prophet saw four terrible horns. They were pushing this way and that way, dashing down the strongest and the mightiest; and the prophet asked, "What are these?" The answer was, "These are the horns which have scattered Israel." He saw before him a representation of those powers which had oppressed the church of God. There were four horns; for the church is attacked from all quarters. Well might the prophet have felt dismayed; but on a sudden there appeared before him four carpenters. He asked, "What shall these do?" These are the men whom God hath found to break those horns in pieces. God will always find men for his work, and he will find them at the right time. The prophet did not see the carpenters first, when there was nothing to do, but first the "horns," and then the "carpenters." Moreover, the Lord finds enough men. He did not find three carpenters, but four; there were four horns, and there must be four workmen. God finds the right men; not four men with pens to write; not four architects to draw plans; but four carpenters to do rough work. Rest assured, you who tremble for the ark of God, that when the "horns" grow troublesome, the "carpenters" will be found. You need not fret concerning the weakness of the church of God at any moment; there may be growing up in obscurity the valiant reformer who will shake the nations: Chrysostoms may come forth from our Ragged Schools, and Augustines from the thickest darkness of London's poverty. The Lord knows where to find his servants. He hath in ambush a multitude of mighty men, and at his word they shall start up to the battle; "for the battle is the Lord's," and he shall get to himself the victory. Let us abide faithful to Christ, and he, in the right time, will raise up for us a defence, whether it be in the day of our personal need, or in the season of peril to his Church.

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