Daily Devotion - Nov 23 - «H¤ßªº¤ä²¼Ã¯ Faith's check book

信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

持之以恆

經文: ��「耶和華──你上帝必將這些國的民從你面前漸漸趕出。」（申命記七︰22）

我們不能期望只出擊一次，就能為上帝打漂亮的仗；謬誤的思想和惡劣的習慣，不是短時間可以改正過來的。有些地方，甚至要花上好幾年的功夫，才能把危害居民的一個仇敵趕走。所以，切莫以表面上一點點的勝利沾沾自喜，要盡全力與罪惡、老我爭戰，除惡務盡。�

我們在地上的工作，就是為耶穌打一場美好的仗，我們向罪惡挑戰，絕不妥協。我們不求人的歡心，只求公義伸張，罪惡消弭；舉凡不忠實、驕恣蠻橫、醉酒荒宴、欺善怕惡，與世俗為友，這些不敬虔的事，都要消除殆盡。�

上帝親自可做這樣的工作，但祂要與祂的僕人同工，祂的名才可被稱頌，祂應許說︰「耶和華要將這些國，從祂百姓面前趕出去。」祂會漸次地完成這工，但我們必須用信心警醒守望，勿體貼肉體，放縱私慾，乃要不屈不撓地攻克己身，叫身服我，感謝上帝，我們已有些微的進步，當繼續禱告，求上帝給我們更大的長進，完全的勝利，若不見全地收復，我們的刀就絕不入鞘。�

奮起吧，我的心！持之以恆地繼續往前行！羅馬不是一天造成的，滴水穿石，只要禱告的馨香點得久長，必能為上帝高唱勝利的凱歌。�


Acquiring Perseverance

Scripture: "The LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little" (Deuteronomy 7:22).

We are not to expect to win victories for the LORD Jesus by a single blow. Evil principles and practices die hard. In some places it takes years of labor to drive out even one of the many vices which defile the inhabitants. We must carry on the war with all our might, even when favored with little manifest success.

Our business in this world is to conquer it for Jesus. We are not to make compromises but to exterminate evils. We are not to seek popularity but to wage unceasing war with iniquity. Infidelity, popery, drink, impurity, oppression, worldliness, error; these are all to be "put out."

The LORD our God can alone accomplish this. He works by His faithful servants, and blessed be His name. He promises that He will so work. "Jehovah thy God will put out those nations before thee." This He will do by degrees that we may learn perseverance, may increase in faith, may earnestly watch, and may avoid carnal security. Let us thank God for a little success and pray for more. Let us never sheathe the sword till the whole land is won for Jesus.

Courage, my heart! Go on little by little, for many littles will make a great whole.


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