Daily Devotion - Jan 29 - ¯îºz¥Ì¬u Streams in the Desert

荒漠甘泉 Streams in the Desert

在基督�必不動搖

經文: 「…上帝在其中，城必不動搖；到天一亮，上帝必幫助這城。」（詩四十六5）

「必不動搖」──這是何等的宣言！像我們這樣最容易給屬地的東西所搖動的人，竟可以到一個地步，沒有一件東西能夠搖動或是顛覆我們麼？是的，這是絕對可能的事。使徒保羅就懂得這一個秘訣，在他到耶路撒冷去的路上，他已經預見前面「有捆鎖與患難在等待」（徒廿23）。可是他能夠坦然說：「這些東西沒有一件可以動搖我」（徒廿24，直譯）。保羅一生中間，凡可以搖動的東西都已經搖動掉了；他並不以性命為念，也不以他所有的為寶貴。照樣，我們如果願意讓上帝按照祂的方法對付我們，如同對付保羅一般，我們也能夠達到同樣的地步：沒有一件瑣碎的事情，也沒有一件重大的試煉，能夠搖動我們離開平安了。只有完全安息在上帝裡面的人，我們纔有份的。

「得勝的，我要叫他在我上帝殿中作柱子，他也必不再從那裡出去。」（啟三12）在我上帝殿中作柱子是不能搖動的；這就是歡喜忍受一切環境的震動的結果──司密斯（Hannah Whitall Smith）

當上帝在一個城中，祂使那城像錫安山一般堅固，不能移動分毫。當祂在我們裡面，雖然四周有駭浪、怒濤、狂風、暴雨，可是在我們裡面仍有恆久的平安；這種平安，是世界所不能給我們的，也是世界所不能奪去我們的。在我們裡面是上帝，在世人裡面是世界；這就是為甚麼我們能有平安，而他們當風浪來的時候，就會像葉子那樣飄搖不定。──雷登（Archbishop Leighton）

「倚靠耶和華的人，好像錫安山永不動搖。」（詩一二五1）


Unshaken in Christ

Scripture: "God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early" (Ps. 46:2, 3, 5)

"Shall not be moved"--what an inspiring declaration! Can it be possible that we, who are so easily moved by the things of earth, can arrive at a place where nothing can upset us or disturb our calm? Yes, it is possible; and the Apostle Paul knew it. When he was on his way to Jerusalem where he foresaw that "bonds and afflictions" awaited him, he could say triumphantly, "But none of these things move me." Everything in Paul's life and experience that could be shaken had been shaken, and he no longer counted his life, or any of life's possessions, dear to him. And we, if we will but let God have His way with us, may come to the same place, so that neither the fret and tear of little things of life, nor the great and heavy trials, can have power to move us from the peace that passeth understanding, which is declared to be the portion of those who have learned to rest only on God.
"Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God; and he shall go no more out." To be as immovable as a pillar in the house of our God, is an end for which one would gladly endure all the shakings that may be necessary to bring us there! --Hannah Whitall Smith
When God is in the midst of a kingdom or city He makes it as firm as Mount Zion, that cannot be removed. When He is in the midst of a soul, though calamities throng about it on all hands, and roar like the billows of the sea, yet there is a constant calm within, such a peace as the world can neither give nor take away. What is it but want of lodging God in the soul, and that in His stead the world is in men's hearts, that makes them shake like leaves at every blast of danger? --Archbishop Leighton
"They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever."


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