Daily Devotion - Feb 20 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

二月二十日

經文: 「但那安慰那喪氣之人的上帝。」(哥林多後書七：6)

有誰像耶穌那樣，是全能的安慰者？你去試試看，你走向貧病者、苦難　者，用甜美的應許鼓勵他們，用溫柔的話語安慰他們。根本沒用，他們覺得你在說風涼話，聽不進去。但是，且讓耶穌來向他們說話，你會發現原本低沈的心靈提昇了，原本憂愁的眼神亮起來了。你無法改變他消極悲觀的心態，但耶穌卻能帶給他希望、喜樂。「賜各樣安慰的上帝。」（林後一：3）在基列沒有乳香，但在耶穌裡卻有。在眾人中沒有真正的好醫生，但耶和華這位造物主卻是。這是多麼奇妙啊，上帝的話語有如精金，有如樂歌，可以讓信徒心情振奮，充滿信心。只要你支取上帝信實的應許，就無需在失望中憂愁發呆，上帝要伸大能的手幫助你，祂要安慰你；當你覺得心靈枯竭，喜樂全無時，來親近上帝，向祂傾心吐意，向祂輕聲讚美，你必能重新得力，再度以新的心境，面對困難。不要向世人訴苦，他們不能幫什麼忙，連君王都靠不住，因為世人都一樣，氣一斷，他們都歸回塵土。「安慰那喪氣之人的上帝。」（林後七：6）詩人也說：「我心裡多憂多疑，您安慰我，就使我歡樂」（詩九十四：19）

Morning, February 20

Scripture: "God, that comforteth those that are cast down."(2 Corinthians 7:6)

And who comforteth like him? Go to some poor, melancholy, distressed child of God; tell him sweet promises, and whisper in his ear choice words of comfort; he is like the deaf adder, he listens not to the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely. He is drinking gall and wormwood, and comfort him as you may, it will be only a note or two of mournful resignation that you will get from him; you will bring forth no psalms of praise, no hallelujahs, no joyful sonnets. But let God come to his child, let him lift up his countenance, and the mourner's eyes glisten with hope. Do you not hear him sing—

"'Tis paradise, if thou art here;
If thou depart, 'tis hell?"
You could not have cheered him: but the Lord has done it; "He is the God of all comfort." There is no balm in Gilead, but there is balm in God. There is no physician among the creatures, but the Creator is Jehovah-rophi. It is marvellous how one sweet word of God will make whole songs for Christians. One word of God is like a piece of gold, and the Christian is the gold beater, and can hammer that promise out for whole weeks. So, then, poor Christian, thou needest not sit down in despair. Go to the Comforter, and ask him to give thee consolation. Thou art a poor dry well. You have heard it said, that when a pump is dry, you must pour water down it first of all, and then you will get water, and so, Christian, when thou art dry, go to God, ask him to shed abroad his joy in thy heart, and then thy joy shall be full. Do not go to earthly acquaintances, for you will find them Job's comforters after all; but go first and foremost to thy "God, that comforteth those that are cast down," and you will soon say, "In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul."


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