Daily Devotion - Jan 26 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

一月二十六日

經文: 凡聽見的，就詫異牧羊之人對他們所說的話。（路加福音二：18）

對上帝所行的奇妙大事我們絕不能停止詫異。要在對上帝的詫異和真正的敬拜之間畫一條界線是十分困難的。當靈魂被上帝榮耀的威嚴懾服時，它可能無法以歌唱來表達，甚至無法以俯伏謙卑的禱告發出聲音，但是卻可以無聲地敬拜祂。人要尊道成肉身的上帝為「奇妙、策士、全能的上帝」（賽九：6）並來崇拜祂。上帝雖看到祂所創造的人墮落了，卻沒有掃除毀滅他，反而成為人的拯救者。這實是在奇妙！但是對每一個信徒而言，當他看到救贖與自己有關時，才是救贖的最大奇妙。耶穌撇下天國的寶座冠冕，為你受苦受死，這是何等奇妙的恩典。讓你的心靈沈浸在上帝的奇妙之中，並向祂獻上感激的敬拜與衷心的感恩。那會使你內心產生敬畏的儆醒，因為如此大愛使你不敢再犯罪去違背祂。同時你將產生榮耀的盼望。倘若耶穌為你的緣故作了如此奇妙的事，使你會對天國存著盼望，這並不過份。一個人見過救主以後，還有什麼是更奇妙的呢？若你是在安靜孤寂的生活中，恐怕就不可能學效伯利恆的牧羊人將所見到所聽到的向別人宣揚。但是當你思想上帝所成就的事時，你至少可以成為敬拜者中的一分子。

Evening, January 26

Scripture: "All they that heard it wondered at those things."(Luke 2:18)

We must not cease to wonder at the great marvels of our God. It would be very difficult to draw a line between holy wonder and real worship; for when the soul is overwhelmed with the majesty of God's glory, though it may not express itself in song, or even utter its voice with bowed head in humble prayer, yet it silently adores. Our incarnate God is to be worshipped as "the Wonderful." That God should consider his fallen creature, man, and instead of sweeping him away with the besom of destruction, should himself undertake to be man's Redeemer, and to pay his ransom price, is, indeed marvellous! But to each believer redemption is most marvellous as he views it in relation to himself. It is a miracle of grace indeed, that Jesus should forsake the thrones and royalties above, to suffer ignominiously below for you. Let your soul lose itself in wonder, for wonder is in this way a very practical emotion. Holy wonder will lead you to grateful worship and heartfelt thanksgiving. It will cause within you godly watchfulness; you will be afraid to sin against such a love as this. Feeling the presence of the mighty God in the gift of his dear Son, you will put off your shoes from off your feet, because the place whereon you stand is holy ground. You will be moved at the same time to glorious hope. If Jesus has done such marvellous things on your behalf, you will feel that heaven itself is not too great for your expectation. Who can be astonished at anything, when he has once been astonished at the manger and the cross? What is there wonderful left after one has seen the Saviour? Dear reader, it may be that from the quietness and solitariness of your life, you are scarcely able to imitate the shepherds of Bethlehem, who told what they had seen and heard, but you can, at least, fill up the circle of the worshippers before the throne, by wondering at what God has done.

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