Daily Devotion - Nov 15 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

十一月十五日

經文: 上帝阿，求您堅固您為我們所成全的事。（詩篇六十八：28）

我們的智慧和缺乏會教我們求上帝不斷堅固祂在我們身上所作成的工作。許多信徒因為疏忽這一點，將試驗和苦難歸咎於自己的不信。撒但不斷尋找機會要將人的心園淹沒，使之成為荒場。許多基督徒將大門敞開，讓可怕的洪水進入，皆因他們的疏忽和缺乏禱告。我們常會忘記信心之創始者也是信心的保守者。殿中點燃的燈不可使之熄減，反而要每日添加新油。同樣的，我們的信心只能依靠恩典之油來維持，我們也只能從上帝自己獲得此油。創造世界的主親自托住這信心，不然早就粉碎滅絕了。祂使我們成為基督徒，也必以祂的靈堅固我們，不然我們早就毀滅了。但願我們每天晚上都到主前支取所需的恩典和力量。我們的懇求是強而有理的，因為我們求祂堅固的是祂自己恩典的工作。你以為祂會不保護、不維護祂的工作嗎？但願你的信心緊握住祂的能力，如此一切黑暗的權勢雖然受地獄惡魔的領導，也無法在你的喜樂與平安中投下一線黑影。為什麼應當剛強時反而軟弱了呢？為什麼應當得勝時反而被擊敗呢？將你動搖的信心和枯萎的心靈帶到主前，祂能復甦你並增添你的信心。

Evening, November 15

Scripture: "Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us."(Psalm 68:28)

It is our wisdom, as well as our necessity, to beseech God continually to strengthen that which he has wrought in us. It is because of their neglect in this, that many Christians may blame themselves for those trials and afflictions of spirit which arise from unbelief. It is true that Satan seeks to flood the fair garden of the heart and make it a scene of desolation, but it is also true that many Christians leave open the sluice-gates themselves, and let in the dreadful deluge through carelessness and want of prayer to their strong Helper. We often forget that the Author of our faith must be the Preserver of it also. The lamp which was burning in the temple was never allowed to go out, but it had to be daily replenished with fresh oil; in like manner, our faith can only live by being sustained with the oil of grace, and we can only obtain this from God himself. Foolish virgins we shall prove, if we do not secure the needed sustenance for our lamps. He who built the world upholds it, or it would fall in one tremendous crash; he who made us Christians must maintain us by his Spirit, or our ruin will be speedy and final. Let us, then, evening by evening, go to our Lord for the grace and strength we need. We have a strong argument to plead, for it is his own work of grace which we ask him to strengthen—"that which thou hast wrought for us." Think you he will fail to protect and sustain that? Only let your faith take hold of his strength, and all the powers of darkness, led on by the master fiend of hell, cannot cast a cloud or shadow over your joy and peace. Why faint when you may be strong? Why suffer defeat when you may conquer? Oh! take your wavering faith and drooping graces to him who can revive and replenish them, and earnestly pray, "Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us."

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