Daily Devotion - Feb 25 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

二月二十五日

經文: 「將來的忿怒。」(馬太福音三：7)

雨過天青，萬象更新，大地經過一番刷洗，處處洋溢著青草地的芬芳，景色更加怡人。基督徒也當有這樣的經歷，經過一番苦難的折騰，錘心的打擊，該有脫胎換骨的蛻變，與此生不再的覺悟。
<BR> 若你正經歷狂風暴雨的吹打，不要驚慌害怕，這是上帝恩典雲雨的疑聚，祂不是要置你於死地，乃是要磨鍊你如鋼鐵般屹立於苦難中，不動搖、不跌倒。當然，我們眼看暴風雨即將來臨，尤其你若像一葉孤舟，在波濤洶湧的海上漂蕩，想到待會兒有颱風的無情肆虐，誰能擔保小船不被惡浪所吞噬？這樣的憂慮意識是可理解的。
<BR> 然而，罪人們，這正是你目前的光景。你覺得自己正在水深火熱中嗎？更大的苦難還在後頭呢！你覺現在的強風勁雨已令你受不了了嗎？更可怕的災難還沒來呢！上帝的倉庫裡還存放著許多火球冰雹，當祂的忿怒累積一個地步，上帝就要在義怒中施行審判，到時候，你往那裡去躲藏？你往那裡去逃避？喔，上帝慈悲的手，正引你歸向耶穌，你知道你需要祂，趕緊來信靠祂吧，災難會掠過你，卻不至傷到你。


Morning, February 25

Scripture: "The wrath to come."(Matthew 3:7)

It is pleasant to pass over a country after a storm has spent itself; to smell the freshness of the herbs after the rain has passed away, and to note the drops while they glisten like purest diamonds in the sunlight. That is the position of a Christian. He is going through a land where the storm has spent itself upon his Saviour's head, and if there be a few drops of sorrow falling, they distil from clouds of mercy, and Jesus cheers him by the assurance that they are not for his destruction. But how terrible is it to witness the approach of a tempest: to note the forewarnings of the storm; to mark the birds of heaven as they droop their wings; to see the cattle as they lay their heads low in terror; to discern the face of the sky as it groweth black, and look to the sun which shineth not, and the heavens which are angry and frowning! How terrible to await the dread advance of a hurricane—such as occurs, sometimes, in the tropics—to wait in terrible apprehension till the wind shall rush forth in fury, tearing up trees from their roots, forcing rocks from their pedestals, and hurling down all the dwelling-places of man! And yet, sinner, this is your present position. No hot drops have as yet fallen, but a shower of fire is coming. No terrible winds howl around you, but God's tempest is gathering its dread artillery. As yet the water-floods are dammed up by mercy, but the flood-gates shall soon be opened: the thunderbolts of God are yet in his storehouse, but lo! the tempest hastens, and how awful shall that moment be when God, robed in vengeance, shall march forth in fury! Where, where, where, O sinner, wilt thou hide thy head, or whither wilt thou flee? O that the hand of mercy may now lead you to Christ! He is freely set before you in the gospel: his riven side is the rock of shelter. Thou knowest thy need of him; believe in him, cast thyself upon him, and then the fury shall be overpast for ever.

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