Daily Devotion - Dec 23 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

十二月二十三日

經文: 黑夜也屬您。（詩篇七十四：16）

主，當夕陽西下時，您並沒有離開寶座，讓我們在漫長寒夜中孤苦無依地成為罪之獵物。您的眼睛猶如天上眾星看顧我們，您的雙臂猶如天空群星環抱我們。月亮的影響力在您的手中。當我午夜醒來，飽受痛苦煎熬時，您於我是何等甘甜。在主的管理下，苦難的夜晚也如同明亮的夏日一樣處處歡樂。耶穌在暴風雨之中，祂的愛如同斗篷將夜晚包裹，信心的眼睛就能見到�面的愛。從黃昏至破曉，永恆的守望者注視著祂的眾聖徒。為了祂百姓的最大好處，祂統管著永夜的陰影和露珠。我們聽到耶和華說：「我造光，又造暗。……造作這一切的是我耶和華。」（賽四十五：7）靈�冷漠和罪惡也是上帝所預知的。當真理的祭壇被污穢，上帝的道路被離棄時，主的僕人憂傷流淚卻不必沮喪，因為最黑暗的時刻也是在主的手中。黑夜不久就要過去。在我們看來是失敗的，在主可能是得勝的。

Evening, December 23

Scripture: "The night also is thine."(Psalm 74:16)

Yes, Lord, thou dost not abdicate thy throne when the sun goeth down, nor dost thou leave the world all through these long wintry nights to be the prey of evil; thine eyes watch us as the stars, and thine arms surround us as the zodiac belts the sky. The dews of kindly sleep and all the influences of the moon are in thy hand, and the alarms and solemnities of night are equally with thee. This is very sweet to me when watching through the midnight hours, or tossing to and fro in anguish. There are precious fruits put forth by the moon as well as by the sun: may my Lord make me to be a favoured partaker in them.

The night of affliction is as much under the arrangement and control of the Lord of Love as the bright summer days when all is bliss. Jesus is in the tempest. His love wraps the night about itself as a mantle, but to the eye of faith the sable robe is scarce a disguise. From the first watch of the night even unto the break of day the eternal Watcher observes his saints, and overrules the shades and dews of midnight for his people's highest good. We believe in no rival deities of good and evil contending for the mastery, but we hear the voice of Jehovah saying, "I create light and I create darkness; I, the Lord, do all these things."

Gloomy seasons of religious indifference and social sin are not exempted from the divine purpose. When the altars of truth are defiled, and the ways of God forsaken, the Lord's servants weep with bitter sorrow, but they may not despair, for the darkest eras are governed by the Lord, and shall come to their end at his bidding. What may seem defeat to us may be victory to him.

"Though enwrapt in gloomy night,

We perceive no ray of light;

Since the Lord himself is here,

'Tis not meet that we should fear."


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