Daily Devotion - Feb 17 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

二月十七日

經文: 「以撒靠近庇耳拉海萊居住。」(創世記廿五：11)

夏甲曾在此地得著上帝的拯救，以實瑪利（亞伯拉罕與夏甲之子）也曾藉看顧世人的上帝指引，在此地喜獲甘霖。但這些只是他們在苦難中，需要時，上帝偶發性地即時伸援手，然而他們在逆境中求告上帝，在順境中卻忘記上帝。以撒卻不同，他住在井邊，他把永生上帝放在心中，做為一口活水的泉源。在平淡、平實的生活中，仍然保守自己的心，常與上帝同在，對這沒有經過驚濤駭浪的以撒而言，確是個蠻真實的考驗。
<BR> 或許夏甲口述的奇妙見證，讓他對這口井印象深刻，也對這井抱著敬畏、神秘的態度；同時，他經常流連在井旁，也使他對這熟悉之地，覺得依戀；還有，他在此散步時，望見老僕人帶著一女子遠遠走來，這是他初見利百加之地，也使得他對此地倍感親切。但更重地的，他常常在此地默想上帝、親近上帝，所以他選擇這塊空曠之地，做為他居住之所。
<BR> 讓我們學習常常活在上帝面前，祂像一口活水的泉源，在我們腹中不斷湧出恩典，永不枯竭。住在這活泉井邊的人是有福的，因為上帝是我們永遠的、隨時的幫助。住在耶穌裡，就像靈魂找著了可以停泊的磐石或港口，也像女子找著可以委以終生的良人。我們不再飄蕩、漫遊，我們生命、氣息，動作存留都在乎祂。朋友們，我們既找著這位永生上帝，我們還跟隨誰呢？讓我們與上帝更加親近，關係更加密切，緊緊牽著祂手，走完今生路程。


Morning, February 17

Scripture: "Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi."(Genesis 25:11)

Hagar had once found deliverance there and Ishmael had drank from the water so graciously revealed by the God who liveth and seeth the sons of men; but this was a merely casual visit, such as worldlings pay to the Lord in times of need, when it serves their turn. They cry to him in trouble, but forsake him in prosperity. Isaac dwelt there, and made the well of the living and all-seeing God his constant source of supply. The usual tenor of a man's life, the dwelling of his soul, is the true test of his state. Perhaps the providential visitation experienced by Hagar struck Isaac's mind, and led him to revere the place; its mystical name endeared it to him; his frequent musings by its brim at eventide made him familiar with the well; his meeting Rebecca there had made his spirit feel at home near the spot; but best of all, the fact that he there enjoyed fellowship with the living God, had made him select that hallowed ground for his dwelling. Let us learn to live in the presence of the living God; let us pray the Holy Spirit that this day, and every other day, we may feel, "Thou God seest me." May the Lord Jehovah be as a well to us, delightful, comforting, unfailing, springing up unto eternal life. The bottle of the creature cracks and dries up, but the well of the Creator never fails; happy is he who dwells at the well, and so has abundant and constant supplies near at hand. The Lord has been a sure helper to others: his name is Shaddai, God All-sufficient; our hearts have often had most delightful intercourse with him; through him our soul has found her glorious Husband, the Lord Jesus; and in him this day we live, and move, and have our being; let us, then, dwell in closest fellowship with him. Glorious Lord, constrain us that we may never leave thee, but dwell by the well of the living God.

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