Daily Devotion - Nov 12 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

十一月十二日

經文: 「你們的信心既被試驗。」（彼得前書一：7）

沒有經過試驗的信心，一定是很小的信心，猶如發育不良的樹苗，永遠長不大。若沒有風霜嚴寒的淬鍊，樹木無法長成堅靭挺拔的大樹；人生若沒有風暴和挫折的考驗，信心也無法增長。風平浪靜的海面，無論你如何張帆待發，船隻還是不會動。反之，有風浪的海面，飽滿的帆漲滿了風，就可以向目的地疾駛。

經過逆境考驗終於得勝的信心，猶如經火鍛鍊的金子，更顯珍貴。若你沒經過風浪考驗，你不知道你的耐力有多少，你也不知道你的弱點在那裡。若你沒涉過漫漫洪水，你也不能親身經歷上帝的信實與權能，惟有在苦難困境中，你的信心才會操練得更加堅定，且有根有基，不致動搖。

但願這些「必經水火」的話，不會把初信的基督徒嚇倒。對於「苦難」的態度，我們不必急切地去求它，上帝必會按我們靈性的程度，把該有的「考驗」給我們。若我們正落在考驗試煉中，要格外的喜樂，因為上帝看重你，認為你配得這樣的試煉，祂且要賜你夠用的恩典，助你渡過難關，使你信心倍增，為此感謝讚美上帝吧！

苦難是學習信心功課最好的學校，對於苦難我們不必去求，但碰到了也不躲避，只要感謝著接受，靠著上帝的大能，得勝有餘，秉持著這原則，我們的信心就可不斷成長，大到可以挪山，把不可能變為可能。


Morning, November 12

Scripture: "The trial of your faith."(1 Peter 1:7)

Faith untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be little faith, and it is likely to remain dwarfish so long as it is without trials. Faith never prospers so well as when all things are against her: tempests are her trainers, and lightnings are her illuminators. When a calm reigns on the sea, spread the sails as you will, the ship moves not to its harbour; for on a slumbering ocean the keel sleeps too. Let the winds rush howling forth, and let the waters lift up themselves, then, though the vessel may rock, and her deck may be washed with waves, and her mast may creak under the pressure of the full and swelling sail, it is then that she makes headway towards her desired haven. No flowers wear so lovely a blue as those which grow at the foot of the frozen glacier; no stars gleam so brightly as those which glisten in the polar sky; no water tastes so sweet as that which springs amid the desert sand; and no faith is so precious as that which lives and triumphs in adversity. Tried faith brings experience. You could not have believed your own weakness had you not been compelled to pass through the rivers; and you would never have known God's strength had you not been supported amid the water-floods. Faith increases in solidity, assurance, and intensity, the more it is exercised with tribulation. Faith is precious, and its trial is precious too.

Let not this, however, discourage those who are young in faith. You will have trials enough without seeking them: the full portion will be measured out to you in due season. Meanwhile, if you cannot yet claim the result of long experience, thank God for what grace you have; praise him for that degree of holy confidence whereunto you have attained: walk according to that rule, and you shall yet have more and more of the blessing of God, till your faith shall remove mountains and conquer impossibilities.


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