信心的支票簿 Faith's check book
屬天的護航
經文: 「我也與你同在，你無論往那裡去，我必保佑你。」(創世記廿八：15)
我們行走天路，需要上帝的恩典嗎﹖這兒有上帝應許的同在與保守，無論往何處去，我們都需要這兩者；只要我們是隨從上帝的呼召，而非隨從己意，都會有上帝的同在與保守。若是上帝的旨意要我們離開本地，搬到別國，我們不必把它視為痛苦，或是不得已的事。對信徒而言，無論何往，都是一趟朝聖之旅，只要有耶穌同在，那裡就是天堂，或許我們會嚮往一個強大的政府保護我們，但上帝說：「我必保守你。」我們大可高枕無憂，因著祂有福的應許，我們就像旅客有了護照一般，我們這趟天路之旅，必有上帝一路看顧。
雅各，不像他哥哥那樣勇於冒險，從小就是媽媽的乖寶寶，很少離開家。然而，他必須離開家園，他只拎著簡單的行李，也無侍從隨行，但上帝與他同在，即使當他睡在野外的時候，天使也照顧他，上帝也向他說話。假若上帝吩咐我們起行，讓我們對耶穌說：「主啊，我們一起走吧！」
A Heavenly Escort
Scripture: "And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest"(Genesis 28:15).
Do we need journeying mercies? Here are choice ones -- God's presence and preservation. In all places we need both of these, and in all places we shall have them if we go at the call of duty, and not merely according to our own fancy. Why should we look upon removal to another country as a sorrowful necessity when it is laid upon us by the divine will? In all lands the believer is equally a pilgrim and a stranger; and yet in every region the LORD is His dwelling place, even as He has been to His saints in all generations. We may miss the protection of an earthly monarch, but when God says, "I will keep thee," we are in no real danger. This is a blessed passport for a traveler and a heavenly escort for an emigrant.
Jacob had never left his father's room before; he had been a mother's boy and not an adventurer like his brother. Yet he went abroad, and God went with him. He had little luggage and no attendants; yet no prince ever journeyed with a nobler bodyguard. Even while he slept in the open field, angels watched over him, and the LORD God spoke to him. If the LORD bids us go, let us say with our LORD Jesus, "Arise, let us go hence."
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