Daily Devotion - Dec 21 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

十二月二十一日

經文: 「上帝卻與我立永遠的約。」（撒母耳記下廿三：５）

這約是神聖的約，但更重要的是，與我們立約的是上帝──天父。這位「說有就有」、「命立就立」的創造主，祂從高天寶座俯看世人，且伸手與他們立約啊！這位自有永有，全知全能、超越時空的上帝，願意與我們立約，這是怎樣一個恩寵！

還有一點我們要特別注意的是，祂不是與別人立約，乃是與「我」立。這是很重要切身的一環，我不管祂對別人怎樣，我在意的是祂對我怎樣。若聖靈給我這樣的確據，那麼救恩一定屬乎我，我屬祂，祂也屬我。永遠的約意味著無始無終，直到永遠，在這瞬息萬變的世代，有這樣確定的應許，是何等幸福的人生。「然而上帝堅固的根基立住了。」（提後二：19）在這動盪不安，不確定的時代，能有上帝永遠的約做我們的依靠，是何等的福份！「我必不背棄我的約，也不改變我口中所出的。」（詩八十九：34）


Morning, December 21

Scripture: "Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant."(2 Samuel 23:5)

This covenant is divine in its origin. "HE hath made with me an everlasting covenant." Oh that great word HE ! Stop, my soul. God, the everlasting Father, has positively made a covenant with thee; yes, that God who spake the world into existence by a word; he, stooping from his majesty, takes hold of thy hand and makes a covenant with thee. Is it not a deed, the stupendous condescension of which might ravish our hearts for ever if we could really understand it? "HE hath made with me a covenant." A king has not made a covenant with me—that were somewhat; but the Prince of the kings of the earth, Shaddai, the Lord All-sufficient, the Jehovah of ages, the everlasting Elohim, "He hath made with me an everlasting covenant." But notice, it is particular in its application. "Yet hath he made with ME an everlasting covenant." Here lies the sweetness of it to each believer. It is nought for me that he made peace for the world; I want to know whether he made peace for me! It is little that he hath made a covenant, I want to know whether he has made a covenant with me. Blessed is the assurance that he hath made a covenant with me! If God the Holy Ghost gives me assurance of this, then his salvation is mine, his heart is mine, he himself is mine—he is my God.

This covenant is everlasting in its duration. An everlasting covenant means a covenant which had no beginning, and which shall never, never end. How sweet amidst all the uncertainties of life, to know that "the foundation of the Lord standeth sure," and to have God's own promise, "My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips." Like dying David, I will sing of this, even though my house be not so with God as my heart desireth.


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