Daily Devotion - Feb 22 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

二月二十二日

經文: 「但他的弓箭仍舊堅硬，他的手健壯敏捷，這是因以色列的牧者，以色列的磐石，就是雅各的大能者。」(創世記四十九：24)

上帝給約瑟的力量是神聖的力量，約瑟如何能抗拒少年情慾的誘惑？是上帝幫助他。若沒有上帝的幫助，我們實在什麼都不能做；我們真實的力量，都來自於「雅各的全能上帝。」請注意，上帝給予約瑟幫助的方式，多麼熟悉：「他的手健壯敏捷是因雅各的大能者之手。」上帝以手臂環繞著約瑟，用手按在他的手上，就像父親教兒子那樣，上帝也用心教導那敬畏祂的人。這位全能的、永生的上帝，從寶座上彎身，伸手幫助約瑟，使他的手強壯，而這神聖的力量是屬乎上帝。
<BR> 現在，當你在聖經中讀到雅各的上帝，你要記得上帝與雅各立的約。所有的能力、恩典、慈悲、與祝福，都是藉著此約，從上帝賞賜給我們。若沒有這約，我們就無所依靠，因為一切恩典，都是從這位立約的上帝而來，就如同一切的光和熱，都從太陽而來一樣。


Morning, February 22

Scripture: "His bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob."(Genesis 49:24)

That strength which God gives to his Josephs is real strength; it is not a boasted valour, a fiction, a thing of which men talk, but which ends in smoke; it is true—divine strength. Why does Joseph stand against temptation? Because God gives him aid. There is nought that we can do without the power of God. All true strength comes from "the mighty God of Jacob." Notice in what a blessedly familiar way God gives this strength to Joseph—"The arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob." Thus God is represented as putting his hands on Joseph's hands, placing his arms on Joseph's arms. Like as a father teaches his children, so the Lord teaches them that fear him. He puts his arms upon them. Marvellous condescension! God Almighty, Eternal, Omnipotent, stoops from his throne and lays his hand upon the child's hand, stretching his arm upon the arm of Joseph, that he may be made strong! This strength was also covenant strength, for it is ascribed to "the mighty God of Jacob." Now, wherever you read of the God of Jacob in the Bible, you should remember the covenant with Jacob. Christians love to think of God's covenant. All the power, all the grace, all the blessings, all the mercies, all the comforts, all the things we have, flow to us from the well-head, through the covenant. If there were no covenant, then we should fail indeed; for all grace proceeds from it, as light and heat from the sun. No angels ascend or descend, save upon that ladder which Jacob saw, at the top of which stood a covenant God. Christian, it may be that the archers have sorely grieved you, and shot at you, and wounded you, but still your bow abides in strength; be sure, then, to ascribe all the glory to Jacob's God.

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