Daily Devotion - Dec 30 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

十二月三十日

經文: 「事情的終局，強如事情的起頭。」（傳道書七：8）

看看我們這位救主耶穌，在開始的時候，祂受人藐視、為人唾棄，來到祂所創造的世界，卻被那地的人所排斥、拒絕，真可謂「憂患之子」。但最終呢？祂卻坐在天父上帝的右邊，把仇敵當做腳凳，踩在腳下。「因為祂如何，我們在這世上也如此。」（約壹四：17）若你沒有經過十架的考驗與洗禮，你就不能戴上榮耀的冠冕；若你沒有歷經水火，經過死蔭的幽谷，就無法踏上高地，進到光明之境。

弟兄姐妹們，振作起來呢，別灰心！「事情的終局強如事情的起頭。」看看自然界給我們的啟示吧！毛毛蟲是怎樣變蝴蝶？它經過作繭自縛的隱藏階段，終於從醜陋的毛蟲，變成色彩斑斕的美麗蝴蝶。再想想夏日的嗚蟬，它經過七年在地底下蟄伏的歲月，終於登上樹梢，用嘹亮的歌喉，叫響一季的炎夏。

基督徒的一生，不也是如此，在世上或許你沒沒無聞，微不足道。但當耶穌再臨時，你有如天蠶再變、金蟬破殼，一種豐滿生命的榮耀身體，脫穎而出。

基督徒又像一顆待琢的璞玉，用一生的時間　讓這位造物主的妙手細心雕琢，去掉稜角，磨掉粗糙的表面，終於露出璀燦亮麗的鑽石，閃閃發光，可以鑲在國王的皇冠上。我們不妨自比為這顆璞玉，現在正經歷雕琢的階段，無論多痛苦難受，為了將來的榮耀，我們都願忍耐。

基督徒們！用信心耐心等候上帝完美的工作，成就在我們身上，想到將來我們可以做成耶穌華冠上的一粒寶石，與這極大無比的榮耀相比，我們這一生至暫至輕的苦楚，實在算不得什麼！「他們必屬我」主說：「特特歸我，我必憐恤他們，如同人憐恤服事自己的兒子。」（瑪三：17）


Morning, December 30

Scripture: "Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof."(Ecclesiastes 7:8)

Look at David's Lord and Master; see his beginning. He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Would you see the end? He sits at his Father's right hand, expecting until his enemies be made his footstool. "As he is, so are we also in this world." You must bear the cross, or you shall never wear the crown; you must wade through the mire, or you shall never walk the golden pavement. Cheer up, then, poor Christian. "Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof." See that creeping worm, how contemptible its appearance! It is the beginning of a thing. Mark that insect with gorgeous wings, playing in the sunbeams, sipping at the flower bells, full of happiness and life; that is the end thereof. That caterpillar is yourself, until you are wrapped up in the chrysalis of death; but when Christ shall appear you shall be like him, for you shall see him as he is. Be content to be like him, a worm and no man, that like him you may be satisfied when you wake up in his likeness. That rough-looking diamond is put upon the wheel of the lapidary. He cuts it on all sides. It loses much—much that seemed costly to itself. The king is crowned; the diadem is put upon the monarch's head with trumpet's joyful sound. A glittering ray flashes from that coronet, and it beams from that very diamond which was just now so sorely vexed by the lapidary. You may venture to compare yourself to such a diamond, for you are one of God's people; and this is the time of the cutting process. Let faith and patience have their perfect work, for in the day when the crown shall be set upon the head of the King, Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, one ray of glory shall stream from you. "They shall be mine," saith the Lord, "in the day when I make up my jewels." "Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof."

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