Daily Devotion - Jan 29 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

一月二十九日

經文: 到了晚上，鴿子回到他那�。（創世記八：11）

雖然經過一天的勞碌，我現在疲倦了，但是仍要讚美主賜下一天的憐憫。保守人的上帝，我謳歌感謝你。除了方舟以外，鴿子沒有其它安息之處，因此牠飛回方舟。我的靈知道在屬世的事物中沒有滿足，唯有上帝才能賜我靈安息。我的事業、財產、家庭、成就，已經十分美好，但這些不能滿足我永恆本性中的願望。「我的心哪，你要仍歸安樂，因為耶和華用厚恩待你。」（詩一一六：7）。當一日將盡的安靜時刻，疲憊的鴿子回到牠的主人那�。主啊，讓我今晚也如這般回到耶穌的懷抱。祂是我心的安息，是我靈的家園。鴿子不是僅僅降落在方舟的頂上，牠「回到他那�。」我渴慕的心靈深究主的隱密，透入真理的內部，進入幔子的�面，直達我所愛的面前。我必須到耶穌那�。不能與祂有最接近最親密之相交，是我那喘息之靈所不能忍受的。萬福之主耶穌啊，與我同在，向我啟示您自己！求您整夜住在我�面，因此當我醒來時，我仍能與您同在。我的主啊，我向您獻上感謝，因您溫柔的恩慈每晨清新賜下，至傍晚仍然活潑有生氣。現在求您伸出手來，將您的鴿子接入您的懷中。

Evening, January 29

Scripture: "The dove came in to him in the evening."(Genesis 8:11)

Blessed be the Lord for another day of mercy, even though I am now weary with its toils. Unto the preserver of men lift I my song of gratitude. The dove found no rest out of the ark, and therefore returned to it; and my soul has learned yet more fully than ever, this day, that there is no satisfaction to be found in earthly things—God alone can give rest to my spirit. As to my business, my possessions, my family, my attainments, these are all well enough in their way, but they cannot fulfil the desires of my immortal nature. "Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee." It was at the still hour, when the gates of the day were closing, that with weary wing the dove came back to the master: O Lord, enable me this evening thus to return to Jesus. She could not endure to spend a night hovering over the restless waste, not can I bear to be even for another hour away from Jesus, the rest of my heart, the home of my spirit. She did not merely alight upon the roof of the ark, she "came in to him;" even so would my longing spirit look into the secret of the Lord, pierce to the interior of truth, enter into that which is within the veil, and reach to my Beloved in very deed. To Jesus must I come: short of the nearest and dearest intercourse with him my panting spirit cannot stay. Blessed Lord Jesus, be with me, reveal thyself, and abide with me all night, so that when I awake I may be still with thee. I note that the dove brought in her mouth an olive branch plucked off, the memorial of the past day, and a prophecy of the future. Have I no pleasing record to bring home? No pledge and earnest of lovingkindness yet to come? Yes, my Lord, I present thee my grateful acknowledgments for tender mercies which have been new every morning and fresh every evening; and now, I pray thee, put forth thy hand and take thy dove into thy bosom.

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