Daily Devotion - Feb 1 - ¼}¦w¼w¯P¨C¤éÆF­× God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

代禱

經文: 「要互相代求。」（雅各書五：16）

禱告藏有多麼榮耀的奧祕！一方面，我們體會到這位慈悲憐憫、聖潔公義的天父，不但等著親近我們，樂意施恩祝福我們；另一方面，我們這等不配的罪人，不過像地上的一條小蟲般微不足道，上帝仍將天上的愛與生命傾注在我們裡面。

而代禱的榮耀更是何等奇妙！信徒壯著膽子來到上帝面前，肯為一個人，有時甚至為上百上千的人說情，求上帝賜下永生及屬天的福份。

代禱！這是上帝的兒女在祂面前大膽、聖潔的操練，豈不是最高的特權與極大的享受？同時在與上帝相交時，經由禱告，上帝也要將那極浩大的能力運行在祂的兒女身上，好彰顯祂的旨意與榮耀。

教會更應視代禱為：得天上恩惠、福份的管道，鼓勵信徒多多祈禱，為這罪惡的世代，求上帝來憐憫、施恩典。

嚐過主恩滋味的信徒，明白密室禱告能力的上帝的兒女，更應該堅信引人歸主絕非靠勢力、才能，惟有在上帝面前迫切流淚禱告、晝夜懇求，上帝大能的膀臂，才能把你從痛苦絕望的深淵�救拔出來。上帝的兒女惟有在不向外界求援，只單單來到上帝的施恩寶座前，仰望祂的幫助，不斷的懇求代禱，求聖靈動工，祂奇妙的作為才會適時來到；祂的教會也能穿上聖潔的外袍，披上能力的外衣，戰勝來自世界的誘惑與罪惡。

「慈愛的天父：求您開我們的眼，使我們明白代禱有何等大的功效，能帶出何等榮耀的祝福！也讓我們看到代禱是您的心意，因這是您要將您的旨意計劃行在人身上的方法。同時，這也是蒙恩的罪人，在您面前行使祭司的特權，為教會的復興，為靈魂的得救，切切懇求，深信聖靈必因此大大動工，奉主耶穌的名，阿們。」


INTERCESSION

Scripture: "Pray one for another."—JAS. v. 16.

What a mystery of glory there is in prayer! On the one hand, we see God, in His holiness and love and power, waiting, longing to bless man; and on the other, sinful man, a worm of the dust, bringing down from God by prayer the very life and love of heaven to dwell in his heart.
But how much greater the glory of intercession!—when a man makes bold to say to God what he desires for others, and seeks to bring down on one soul, or it may be on hundreds and thousands, the power of the eternal life with all its blessings.
Intercession! Would one not say that this is the very holiest exercise of our boldness as God's children, the highest privilege and enjoyment connected with our intercourse with God—the power of being used by God as instruments for His great work of making men His habitation and showing forth His glory ?
Would one not think that the Church would count this one of the chief means of grace, and seek above everything to cultivate in God's children the power of an unceasing prayerfulness on behalf of the perishing world?
Would one not expect that believers, who have to some extent been brought into the secret, would feel what strength there is in unity, and what assurance there is that God will certainly avenge His own elect who cry day and night to Him? It is when Christians cease from looking for help in external union, and aim at all being bound together to the throne of God, by an unceasing devotion to Jesus Christ, and an unceasing continuance in supplication for the power of God's Spirit, that the Church will put on her beautiful garments, and put on her strength too, and overcome the world.
Our gracious Father, hear our prayer and (each Thy Church, and teach each of us, what is the glory, what the blessing, what the all-prevailing power of intercession. Give us, we pray Thee, the vision of what intercession means to Thee, as essential for carrying out Thy blessed purpose—what it means to ourselves as the exercise of our royal priesthood, and what it will mean to Thy Church, and to perishing men, in the bringing down of the Spirit in power—for Jesus' sake. AMEN.


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