Daily Devotion - Dec 6 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

十二月六日

經文: 胸間束著金帶。（啓示錄一：13）

在拔摩島上的約翰見到「有一位好像人子」這位主所愛的門徒注意到祂束了一條金帶。對耶穌來說，束上帶子代表的就是隨時準備服事。現在，在永恆的寶座前，祂繼續著祂的神聖職事，穿上祭司的袍子，並且束上「巧工織的帶子，要和以弗得一樣的作法」（出二十八：8）。我們是蒙福的，因為祂並未停止為我們去完成那愛的工作，我們最大的安全乃是「祂是長遠活著，替他們祈求。」（來七：25）。祂繼續不斷地為祂的百姓服務，祂的服事並沒有停止，祂的外袍並沒有脫下。金腰帶彰顯了祂桌越的服事、祂高貴的位格、祂神子的地位、祂所得的榮耀。祂不再於塵世上大聲疾呼，卻以權柄來為世人代求，祂既是君王又是祭司。我們的主為祂百姓立下一個楷模。現在不是休息的時刻，是服事與爭戰的時刻。我們更需要用真理把腰緊緊束住。我們的心若不以耶穌的真理和聖靈的聲音為支柱很容易會被今生的事務纏累，落人試探誘惑之網羅。除非我們能以上帝的話束腰，用祂的話圍住我們全人、管理我們的性情，否則即使讀聖經也枉然。「所以要站隱了，用真理當作帶子束腰。」（弗六：14）

Evening, December 6

Scripture: "Girt about the paps with a golden girdle."(Revelation 1:13)

"One like unto the Son of Man" appeared to John in Patmos, and the beloved disciple marked that he wore a girdle of gold. A girdle, for Jesus never was ungirt while upon earth, but stood always ready for service, and now before the eternal throne he stays not is holy ministry, but as a priest is girt about with "the curious girdle of the ephod." Well it is for us that he has not ceased to fulfil his offices of love for us, since this is one of our choicest safeguards that he ever liveth to make intercession for us. Jesus is never an idler; his garments are never loose as though his offices were ended; he diligently carries on the cause of his people. A golden girdle, to manifest the superiority of his service, the royalty of his person, the dignity of his state, the glory of his reward. No longer does he cry out of the dust, but he pleads with authority, a King as well as a Priest. Safe enough is our cause in the hands of our enthroned Melchizedek.

Our Lord presents all his people with an example. We must never unbind our girdles. This is not the time for lying down at ease, it is the season of service and warfare. We need to bind the girdle of truth more and more tightly around our loins. It is a golden girdle, and so will be our richest ornament, and we greatly need it, for a heart that is not well braced up with the truth as it is in Jesus, and with the fidelity which is wrought of the Spirit, will be easily entangled with the things of this life, and tripped up by the snares of temptation. It is in vain that we possess the Scriptures unless we bind them around us like a girdle, surrounding our entire nature, keeping each part of our character in order, and giving compactness to our whole man. If in heaven Jesus unbinds not the girdle, much less may we upon earth. Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth.


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