Daily Devotion - Nov 11 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

十一月十一日

經文: 「祂永久的膀臂在你以下。」（申命記三十二：27）

永生上帝是我們永遠的支柱，特別是我們落在苦難的深淵時。當基督徒自覺罪孽深重時，心情有時會低沈到一個地步，不知如何向上帝祈禱，覺得自己連一條蟲都不如。上帝的兒女們，當你落在此等光景中，切莫忘記有個永久的膀臂在你以下，要救拔你，扶持你。

雖然罪惡的力量，一直要把你拖下去。但上帝的膀臂會在你下面托住你。你或許會消極低沈，但不會低沈到上帝救不了你。即使地上的依靠都失去，但上帝的膀臂，仍然是你最有力的幫助。即使外在的環境逼迫你、打擊你，使你覺得生不如死，別灰心沮喪，上帝仍有辦法解決你的問題。你內心的矛盾掙扎，折磨得你輾轉難眠、不得安息，但上帝的全能膀臂，一直是你最好的倚靠。

因著上帝的扶持，撒旦的工作害不到我們。這是對忠心向著上帝，卻又疲累倦怠的工人，最佳的一帖安慰劑，因為上帝應許每天供應我們力量，每天賜下夠用的恩典，每天給我們需用的智慧與能力，來承擔我們的責任。尤其是生命臨終時，連死亡都奈何不了我們，當我們站在約旦河中時，我們也能像大衛那樣誇口：「我一無所懼，因為上帝與我同在。」


Morning, November 11

Scripture: "Underneath are the everlasting arms."(Deuteronomy 33:27)

God—the eternal God—is himself our support at all times, and especially when we are sinking in deep trouble. There are seasons when the Christian sinks very low in humiliation. Under a deep sense of his great sinfulness, he is humbled before God till he scarcely knows how to pray, because he appears, in his own sight, so worthless. Well, child of God, remember that when thou art at thy worst and lowest, yet "underneath" thee "are everlasting arms." Sin may drag thee ever so low, but Christ's great atonement is still under all. You may have descended into the deeps, but you cannot have fallen so low as "the uttermost"; and to the uttermost he saves. Again, the Christian sometimes sinks very deeply in sore trial from without. Every earthly prop is cut away. What then? Still underneath him are "the everlasting arms." He cannot fall so deep in distress and affliction but what the covenant grace of an ever-faithful God will still encircle him. The Christian may be sinking under trouble from within through fierce conflict, but even then he cannot be brought so low as to be beyond the reach of the "everlasting arms"—they are underneath him; and, while thus sustained, all Satan's efforts to harm him avail nothing.

This assurance of support is a comfort to any weary but earnest worker in the service of God. It implies a promise of strength for each day, grace for each need, and power for each duty. And, further, when death comes, the promise shall still hold good. When we stand in the midst of Jordan, we shall be able to say with David, "I will fear no evil, for thou art with me." We shall descend into the grave, but we shall go no lower, for the eternal arms prevent our further fall. All through life, and at its close, we shall be upheld by the "everlasting arms"—arms that neither flag nor lose their strength, for "the everlasting God fainteth not, neither is weary."


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