Daily Devotion - Dec 27 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

十二月二十七日

經文: 「蒲草沒泥，豈能發長呢？」（約伯記八：11）

蒲草中空、質軟，遇風則隨勢搖擺，沒有骨氣；偽君子也是如此，他們沒有定見，遇事妥協，有如牆頭草，兩面倒，結果兩面都不討好。

或許今天的經文，可以考驗我們是否像經上所提，是個見風轉舵的偽君子。蒲早長在水邊，根依附在沼澤地的溼泥。若這溼泥被太陽曬乾，蒲草也很快就枯乾。它的存活完全依賴著環境，沒有堅強的生命力。

我的情形，是不是也是這樣？是不是只有在有好同工配搭，或者福音推動沒有難處的環境，我才願意服侍上帝？或是只有在環境順利，有利可圖的情況下，我才願意愛上帝？那麼我就像根基脆弱的蒲草，是不折不古的偽君子。

我誠懇地捫心自問，若外在的環境惡劣，沒有充裕的物質享受，我是不是仍願堅持我的信仰，不改初衷？若是，我裡面才有純正、活潑的新生命。一個肯追求的人，坎坷的逆境，反而激發他更加長進。所謂「動心忍性，所以增益其所不能」，就是這個道理。猶大為了「利益」跟隨耶穌，但其他門徒是出於「愛耶穌」而跟隨主。我是屬於那一種？

主啊，讓我的信仰是深植在您的愛裡，有根有基，不受任何外界的影響，世界的苦難不能打倒我，世界的繁華不能誘惑我，無論什麼，都不能叫我們與上帝的愛隔絕。（羅八：39）


Morning, December 27

Scripture: "Can the rush grow up without mire?"(Job 8:11)

The rush is spongy and hollow, and even so is a hypocrite; there is no substance or stability in him. It is shaken to and fro in every wind just as formalists yield to every influence; for this reason the rush is not broken by the tempest, neither are hypocrites troubled with persecution. I would not willingly be a deceiver or be deceived; perhaps the text for this day may help me to try myself whether I be a hypocrite or no. The rush by nature lives in water, and owes its very existence to the mire and moisture wherein it has taken root; let the mire become dry, and the rush withers very quickly. Its greenness is absolutely dependent upon circumstances, a present abundance of water makes it flourish, and a drought destroys it at once. Is this my case? Do I only serve God when I am in good company, or when religion is profitable and respectable? Do I love the Lord only when temporal comforts are received from his hands? If so I am a base hypocrite, and like the withering rush, I shall perish when death deprives me of outward joys. But can I honestly assert that when bodily comforts have been few, and my surroundings have been rather adverse to grace than at all helpful to it, I have still held fast my integrity? then have I hope that there is genuine vital godliness in me. The rush cannot grow without mire, but plants of the Lord's right hand planting can and do flourish even in the year of drought. A godly man often grows best when his worldly circumstances decay. He who follows Christ for his bag is a Judas; they who follow for loaves and fishes are children of the devil; but they who attend him out of love to himself are his own beloved ones. Lord, let me find my life in thee, and not in the mire of this world's favour or gain.



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