Daily Devotion - Jan 26 - «H¤ßªº¤ä²¼Ã¯ Faith's check book

信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

上帝除去恐懼

經文: 「斷沒有法術可以害雅各，也沒有占卜可以害以色列。」(民數記廿三：23)

這句話多麼能截斷我們對迷信的恐懼。即使巫術法力或有幾分真實性，但絕對不會影響信徒分毫；那些上帝祝福的，魔鬼是無法咒詛的。

像巴蘭那樣的先知，詭詐的想設法顛覆以色列，但其陰謀巧計終必失敗。仇敵想要振作圖強，但因上帝不與之同在，以致劍斷刀鈍，網羅空設，上帝所保守的人們並未落入陷阱。雖然他們想求助於巴蘭的法術，但卻一無所獲，不但咒語失效，反倒害己。

上帝的祝福多麼好，多麼能安慰人心。雅各與上帝摔跤角力，但仇敵無法勝過屬上帝的人；在上帝保守下的以色列，仇敵是莫可奈何的。陰險的仇敵，口中充滿謊言，腹中充滿狠毒詭計，但信靠真神的信徒，無需害怕，即使仇敵猛烈攻擊，在上帝眷顧下，你仍毫髮無損。


God Routs Fear

Scripture: "Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel"(Numbers 23:23).

How this should cut up root and branch all silly, superstitious fears! Even if there were any truth in witchcraft and omens, they could not affect the people of the LORD. Those whom God blessed, devils cannot curse.
Ungodly men, like Balaam, may cunningly plot the overthrow of the LORD's Israel; but with all their secrecy and policy they are doomed to fail. Their powder is damp; the edge of their sword is blunted. They gather together; but as the LORD is not with them, they gather together in vain. We may sit still and let them weave their nets, for we shall not be taken in them. Though they call in the aid of Beelzebub and employ all his serpentine craft, it will avail them nothing: the spells will not work, the divination will deceive them.
What a blessing this is! How it quiets the heart! God's Jacobs wrestle with God, but none shall wrestle with them and prevail. God's Israels have to prevail against them. We need not fear the fiend himself, nor any of those secret enemies whose words are full of deceit and whose plans are deep and unfathomable. They cannot hurt those who trust in the living God. We defy the devil and all his legions.


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