Daily Devotion - Apr 1 - ¥q¥?‾u‥C?eAF-×(?e) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning 四月一日 經文: 「願祂用口與我親嘴。」（雅歌一：2） 在月初之際，讓我們對主懷著如情人般的戀慕之情。看這位女子是多麼大膽熱情，甚至還沒有提到祂名字，她就迫不及待地跳過去依偎著祂。對耶穌而言，這是何等的降尊紆貴。讓一個哭泣的婦人撲倒在祂腳前，用頭髮擦拭祂的腳；這又是何等大的慈愛，讓安靜的馬利亞坐在祂腳前聽祂講道；以斯帖膽戰心驚地求見亞哈隨魯王，但這位女子因著知道她良人對她的愛情，就毫無所懼地貼近靠近主。 若我們也有像這位女子般的愛情，我們也會向主做出同樣的要求，藉著親吻擁抱，享受與主之間的綿綿情意。與主關係之建立，始於起初我們的認罪悔改，接著我們認知上帝已接納我們，並藉著每日的靈修禱告親近主，直到與主之間的溝通毫無隔閡，甚至可以被提昇到一種極為喜樂的境界，在地彷彿在天。 信心若是一條路，與主相親交談，就是路旁的井水。我們靠著信心奔走天路，但偶而也需要歇息，飲用井裡沁涼的甘泉，滋潤靈魂，為走更長遠的路。 Morning, April 1 Scripture: "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth."(Song of Solomon 1:2) For several days we have been dwelling upon the Saviour's passion, and for some little time to come we shall linger there. In beginning a new month, let us seek the same desires after our Lord as those which glowed in the heart of the elect spouse. See how she leaps at once to him; there are no prefatory words; she does not even mention his name; she is in the heart of her theme at once, for she speaks of him who was the only him in the world to her. How bold is her love! it was much condescension which permitted the weeping penitent to anoint his feet with spikenard—it was rich love which allowed the gentle Mary to sit at his feet and learn of him—but here, love, strong, fervent love, aspires to higher tokens of regard, and closer signs of fellowship. Esther trembled in the presence of Ahasuerus, but the spouse in joyful liberty of perfect love knows no fear. If we have received the same free spirit, we also may ask the like. By kisses we suppose to be intended those varied manifestations of affection by which the believer is made to enjoy the love of Jesus. The kiss of reconciliation we enjoyed at our conversion, and it was sweet as honey dropping from the comb. The kiss of acceptance is still warm on our brow, as we know that he hath accepted our persons and our works through rich grace. The kiss of daily, present communion, is that which we pant after to be repeated day after day, till it is changed into the kiss of reception, which removes the soul from earth, and the kiss of consummation which fills it with the joy of heaven. Faith is our walk, but fellowship sensibly felt is our rest. Faith is the road, but communion with Jesus is the well from which the pilgrim drinks. O lover of our souls, be not strange to us; let the lips of thy blessing meet the lips of our asking; let the lips of thy fulness touch the lips of our need, and straightway the kiss will be effected. www.glorypress.com