Daily Devotion - Jan 23 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

一月二十三日

經文: 「我高舉那從民中所揀選的。」(詩篇八十九：19)

為什麼在萬人中，耶穌揀選我們做基督徒？豈不是上帝要我們成為上帝家中的人？想想哪，這是何等大的恩寵，我們何德何能，居然有這等尊貴的身份，與耶穌的血統有份，我們可以很自豪地向人誇口：「我雖貧寒卑微，但我有一位貴如君王的兄長，坐在天堂寶座上，當我有需要的時候，祂豈會袖手旁觀，拒我於千里之外？喔，不會的，祂是愛我的。」親愛的弟兄姐妹們，深深地將這思想印在你的心版上吧。
<BR> 耶穌降世為人，生於貧寒之家，飽經憂患，歷經滄桑，嚐過被誤解，被誣陷，被出賣，甚至冤屈地被釘十架而死。祂是我們的兄長，祂了解我們的苦楚，祂同情我們的難處。「祂也曾凡事受過試探，與我們一樣，只是祂沒有犯罪。」（來四：15）是的，祂明白我們各樣的憂愁，無論是失望、痛苦、軟弱、誘惑，心靈的疲憊、物質的匱乏，祂都能與你同理心，因為這些祂都親嚐過。朋友們，請記得這段話，無論你的日子是多麼痛苦無奈，無論你的道路是多麼漫長崎嶇，一切似乎都毫無指望，出頭的日子也遙遙無期。向上看，頭上自有一片藍天，耶穌必會替你開一出路；莫灰心，莫沮喪，讓耶穌親自來安慰你，為你包裹受創的心，回顧所來之路，戴著荊棘的救主，血跡斑斑的一步步伴你同行，與你一起流淚、一起受苦，即使是死蔭的幽谷，有主與你同行、分擔痛苦，必有苦盡甘來，夜盡天明的一天。


Morning, January 23

Scripture: "I have exalted one chosen out of the people."(Psalm 89:19)

Why was Christ chosen out of the people? Speak, my heart, for heart-thoughts are best. Was it not that he might be able to be our brother, in the blest tie of kindred blood? Oh, what relationship there is between Christ and the believer! The believer can say, "I have a Brother in heaven; I may be poor, but I have a Brother who is rich, and is a King, and will he suffer me to want while he is on his throne? Oh, no! He loves me; he is my Brother." Believer, wear this blessed thought, like a necklace of diamonds, around the neck of thy memory; put it, as a golden ring, on the finger of recollection, and use it as the King's own seal, stamping the petitions of thy faith with confidence of success. He is a brother born for adversity, treat him as such.
Christ was also chosen out of the people that he might know our wants and sympathize with us. "He was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin." In all our sorrows we have his sympathy. Temptation, pain, disappointment, weakness, weariness, poverty—he knows them all, for he has felt all. Remember this, Christian, and let it comfort thee. However difficult and painful thy road, it is marked by the footsteps of thy Saviour; and even when thou reachest the dark valley of the shadow of death, and the deep waters of the swelling Jordan, thou wilt find his footprints there. In all places whithersoever we go, he has been our forerunner; each burden we have to carry, has once been laid on the shoulders of Immanuel.

"His way was much rougher and darker than mine
Did Christ, my Lord, suffer, and shall I repine?"
Take courage! Royal feet have left a blood-red track upon the road, and consecrated the thorny path for ever.


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