Daily Devotion - Feb 2 - ¯îºz¥Ì¬u Streams in the Desert

荒漠甘泉 Streams in the Desert

手蔭下的功課

經文: 「祂…將我藏在祂手蔭之下；又使我成為磨亮的箭，將我藏在祂箭袋之中。」（賽四十九2）

「在祂手蔭之下」。我們常有到那裡去的需要。日光太炫耀了；我們的目光會受到損傷，使我們不能分辨相仿的顏色。所以上帝將我們暫時藏在疾病的蔭中，憂愁的蔭中，窮苦的蔭中，在那裡和日光隔絕。

但是不要怕！這是上帝的手蔭，祂正在引導你有許多功課只能夠在那邊學得的。

不要想上帝已經把你丟在一邊了。你仍舊在祂箭袋之中，祂並沒有把你當作無用之物拋去。

祂現在把你藏起，保守你直到相當的時候，祂要配你在弓弦上，送你出去，使仇敵受虧損，使上帝得榮耀。哦，在上帝手蔭之下的信徒阿，戰士如何寶貝他的箭，把它藏在貼身的箭袋中，上帝也如此寶貝你、愛護你，藏你在祂的蔭庇之下。──譯自梅爾（Meyer）著以賽亞書中的基督（Christ in Isaiah）

許多時黑蔭倒是生長必需的條件。美麗的玉蜀黍在夏夜的蔭下生長得最快。在炎熱的日光下它的葉子是捲著的，到了天上起黑雲的時候，葉子很快地開放了。也有許多美麗的花，日間藏起它們的美麗來，晚蔭降時，方纔開放。上帝手蔭也能幫助我們生命的長成，彰顯我們屬靈的美麗。──選


Lessons in the Shadow

Scripture: "In the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft: in his quiver hath he hid me" (Isa. 49:2).

"In the shadow." We must all go there sometimes. The glare of the daylight is too brilliant; our eyes become injured, and unable to discern the delicate shades of color, or appreciate neutral tints--the shadowed chamber of sickness, the shadowed house of mourning, the shadowed life from which the sunlight has gone.
But fear not! It is the shadow of God's hand. He is leading thee. There are lessons that can be learned only there.
The photograph of His face can only be fixed in the dark chamber. But do not suppose that He has cast thee aside. Thou art still in His quiver; He has not flung thee away as a worthless thing.
He is only keeping thee close till the moment comes when He can send thee most swiftly and surely on some errand in which He will be glorified. Oh, shadowed, solitary ones, remember how closely the quiver is bound to the warrior, within easy reach of the hand, and guarded jealously. --Christ in Isaiah, Meyer
In some spheres the shadow condition is the condition of greatest growth. The beautiful Indian corn never grows more rapidly than in the shadow of a warm summer night. The sun curls the leaves in the sultry noon light, but they quickly unfold, if a cloud slips over the sky. There is a service in the shadow that is not in the shine. The world of stellar beauty is never seen at its best till the shadows of night slip over the sky. There are beauties that bloom in the shade that will not bloom in the sun. There is much greenery in lands of fog and clouds and shadow. The florist has "evening glories" now, as well as "morning glories." The "evening glory" will not shine in the noon's splendor, but comes to its best as the shadows of evening deepen.


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