Daily Devotion - Jan 6 - ¼}¦w¼w¯P¨C¤éÆF­× God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

上帝的話

經文: 「人活著，不是單靠食物，乃是靠上帝口�所出的一切話」。（馬太福音四：4）

主耶穌把上帝的話，比喻做麵包，這實在是極鮮明的比喻，因為麵包是生命的糧，是每日不可或缺的食物，無論你多麼強壯，若沒有營養供應，也會日漸衰弱，生命會逐漸萎縮。上帝的話，猶如生命的糧，它包含屬天的原則，在信的人身上，運作其大能大力。

麵包是用來吃的，才能被消化吸收，供應營養，若擱在桌上或把它送人，對你一點幫助都沒有。尤其當你生病時，若再沒有吸收營養，你就會病逝。若僅有聖經的知識，或僅會傳道，對我們本身並沒有什麼益處。對上帝的話光用想的還是不夠，必需把它放在心上反覆思想，並運用在生活中，藉著愛上帝而順服祂的命令，把我們自己變做上帝話語的樣式，如此上帝的話就能真實地成為生命之道。

麵包是要每天吃，上帝的話也是如此。「那晝夜思想上帝話語的，此人便為有福，」「我喜愛耶和華的律法，常常默想上帝的話。」這是詩篇作者大衛常常說的話。為要得著強壯活潑的屬靈生命，上帝的話是不可或缺的靈糧。

耶穌在世時，祂亦學習愛上帝，順服上帝的命令；若你想與上帝建立關係，也當從上帝的話語裡去尋找認識祂，耶穌會教導你如何親近上帝，藉著上帝的話啟示上帝的性情與位格，由此你將學會愛祂，單單地愛祂，為榮耀上帝，並實踐祂的話。


THE WORD OF GOD

Scripture: "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God,"—MATT, iv. 4.

The illustration that our Lord uses, in which the Word of God is compared to our daily bread, is most instructive. Bread is indispensable to life. We all understand this. However strong a person may be, if he takes no nourishment, he will grow weaker, and life will become extinct. Even so with the Word of God. It contains a heavenly principle, and works pow¬erfully in them that believe.
Bread must be eaten. I may know all about bread. I may have bread, and may give it to others. I may have bread in my house and on my table in great abundance, but that will not help me; if through illness I am unable to eat it, I shall die. And so a mere knowledge of God's Word and even the preaching of it to others will not avail me. It is not enough to think about it, I must feed on God's Word, and take it into my heart and life. In love and obedience I must appropriate the words of God, and let them take full possession of my heart. Then they will indeed be words of life.
Bread must be eaten daily. And the same is true of God's Word. The Psalmist says: "Blessed is the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night." "O how I love Thy law; it is my meditation all the day." To secure a strong and powerful spiritual life God's Word every day is indispensable.
When on earth the Lord Jesus learned, loved, and obeyed the word of the Father. And if you seek fellowship with Him. you will find Him in His Word. Christ will teach you to com¬mune with the Father, through the Word, even as was His custom. You will learn, like Him, to live solely for the glory of God and the fulfilment of His Word.


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