Daily Devotion - Jan 26 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

一月二十六日

經文: 「我們在天上的父」(馬太福音六：9)

上帝的百姓有兩種身份：一者、上帝是創造我們的天父，二者、靠耶穌我們得以稱為上帝的兒女。所以，我們有這樣的特權，得以稱上帝「阿爸天父」。喔，這是何等寶貴甜美的名字！然而，天父也有祂的權威，身為兒女者，又要如何來表現他的順從，答案就是他們之間的愛，使得上帝的兒女，願意順服上帝的權威，而毫無怨言，不致認為上帝是用威權來壓制他們，或覺得自己是在當奴隸，做苦工。相反地，我們樂意將身體獻上，當作活祭，做為義的器具，知道上帝的旨意是最美好的，祂引導我們走正路。
<BR> 喔，上帝對祂兒女的愛，是何等地大，祂一心一意就是為我們的好處在設想，祂每時每刻都做兒女們隨時的幫助，常常至親好友會愛莫能助，或力不能逮，但天父全能的膀臂，卻能完全地拯救我們。若地上的父親，都能盡心地照顧兒女，更何況我們天上的父親！宇宙萬物都屬於祂，祂對我們也有無限的恩典，信徒們，全心仰賴這位奇妙的阿爸天父吧！


Morning, January 26

Scripture: "Your heavenly Father."(Matthew 6:26)

God's people are doubly his children, they are his offspring by creation, and they are his sons by adoption in Christ. Hence they are privileged to call him, "Our Father which art in heaven." Father! Oh, what precious word is that. Here is authority: "If I be a Father, where is mine honour?" If ye be sons, where is your obedience? Here is affection mingled with authority; an authority which does not provoke rebellion; an obedience demanded which is most cheerfully rendered—which would not be withheld even if it might. The obedience which God's children yield to him must be loving obedience. Do not go about the service of God as slaves to their taskmaster's toil, but run in the way of his commands because it is your Father's way. Yield your bodies as instruments of righteousness, because righteousness is your Father's will, and his will should be the will of his child. Father!—Here is a kingly attribute so sweetly veiled in love, that the King's crown is forgotten in the King's face, and his sceptre becomes, not a rod of iron, but a silver sceptre of mercy—the sceptre indeed seems to be forgotten in the tender hand of him who wields it. Father!—Here is honour and love. How great is a Father's love to his children! That which friendship cannot do, and mere benevolence will not attempt, a father's heart and hand must do for his sons. They are his offspring, he must bless them; they are his children, he must show himself strong in their defence. If an earthly father watches over his children with unceasing love and care, how much more does our heavenly Father? Abba, Father! He who can say this, hath uttered better music than cherubim or seraphim can reach. There is heaven in the depth of that word—Father! There is all I can ask; all my necessities can demand; all my wishes can desire. I have all in all to all eternity when I can say, "Father."

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