Daily Devotion - Dec 13 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

十二月十三日

經文: 「銀子直到一百也連得，……塩不計其數。」（以斯拉記七：22）

因著塩防腐殺菌的作用，它常用在獻給上帝的火祭上。同時，它也象徵著基督徒在世上作光作塩的作用。亞達薛西王給祭司以斯拉的塩是不計其數；同樣的，上帝給信徒的恩典也是無限無量。人的容量是有限的，但上帝的寶庫卻是取之不盡，用之不竭。

古時以色列民在曠野收集嗎哪，他們想要多少就可以有多少。耶路撒冷城內也沒有飢荒，人們可以吃得飽喝得足。「隨你向我求什麼，我必應允你。」（可六：22）父母須要把糖果罐收藏好，但卻不用把塩巴罐藏起來，因為很少小孩對對塩有興趣而吃個不停。

山珍海味吃多了會膩，沽名釣譽的事做多了，也索然無味，但上帝的恩典，卻是越多越好，永不嫌足。過多的財富會令人憂愁傷神，但厚重的恩典，卻給人帶來無限的喜樂。弟兄姐妹們，常常來到慈愛父上帝的施恩寶座前吧！祂等著要施恩給我們，讓我們靈裡大得飽足，滿溢著屬天的喜樂！


Morning, December 13

Scripture: "Salt without prescribing how much."(Ezra 7:22)

Salt was used in every offering made by fire unto the Lord, and from its preserving and purifying properties it was the grateful emblem of divine grace in the soul. It is worthy of our attentive regard that, when Artaxerxes gave salt to Ezra the priest, he set no limit to the quantity, and we may be quite certain that when the King of kings distributes grace among his royal priesthood, the supply is not cut short by him. Often are we straitened in ourselves, but never in the Lord. He who chooses to gather much manna will find that he may have as much as he desires. There is no such famine in Jerusalem that the citizens should eat their bread by weight and drink their water by measure. Some things in the economy of grace are measured; for instance our vinegar and gall are given us with such exactness that we never have a single drop too much, but of the salt of grace no stint is made, "Ask what thou wilt and it shall be given unto thee." Parents need to lock up the fruit cupboard, and the sweet jars, but there is no need to keep the salt-box under lock and key, for few children will eat too greedily from that. A man may have too much money, or too much honour, but he cannot have too much grace. When Jeshurun waxed fat in the flesh, he kicked against God, but there is no fear of a man's becoming too full of grace: a plethora of grace is impossible. More wealth brings more care, but more grace brings more joy. Increased wisdom is increased sorrow, but abundance of the Spirit is fulness of joy. Believer, go to the throne for a large supply of heavenly salt. It will season thine afflictions, which are unsavoury without salt; it will preserve thy heart which corrupts if salt be absent, and it will kill thy sins even as salt kills reptiles. Thou needest much; seek much, and have much.

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