Daily Devotion - Apr 1 - ?}|w?w‾P‥C?eAF-× God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray 等候上帝 經文: 「我終日等候您。」（詩篇廿五：5） 在親近上帝的時候，我們要學習等候上帝，這是極重要的真理之一。想想看，在這段安靜的時間，上帝要顯現祂自己，不但教導我們明白祂的心意，而且要成就祂所應許的，在各樣的事上顯明上帝是無限偉大的上帝。� 這是信徒開始一天的生活應有的態度：一睜開眼睛，就進到內室，有段默想聖經的時間，然後向上帝陳明我們的心意，再聆聽上帝有什麽指示或交待；或是還有與上帝討價還價的事情，此時就要做個了斷，學習順服；或是有什麽罪或老我未對付，此時也要求上帝光照、割捨。總之，在這段等候的時間，我們要有顆柔軟的心，受教的耳朵，讓全能的上帝，在我們身上行大事，讓祂的旨意成就。 「那等候耶和華的，必重新得力，他們必如鷹展翅上騰。」等候上帝正是屬靈得勝的秘訣。「要等候耶和華，當壯膽堅固你的心。我再說，要等候耶和華。」� 「安靜在主面前，並耐性等候上帝。」屬靈定律的基礎是：完全仰賴上帝，離了祂就不能做什麽。當我們不斷操練這定律（也就是宣告這事實，並且全心仰賴上帝做工在每一樣事上。）就會越來越覺得自然，且印證這節經文：「上帝哪！我終日等候您。」� 這本書有否幫助你更加渴慕長時間，不受干擾地敬拜主呢？若有，那真要感謝主。或是你如今才恍然大悟，原來你對這真理竟了解得那麼少，爲此，也要感謝上帝。若你想要得著更豐盛的生命，再重新看一遍這書，複習所得著的亮光，且花時間實際操練，看看將有怎樣驚人的效果！天天等候上帝是我們生活中絕對必要的，但願滿有恩慈的上帝賜下這恩典。� 「我等候耶和華，我的心等候，我也仰望祂的話。」（詩篇一三○：5）� 「你當默然倚靠耶和華，耐性等候祂，祂就將你心�所求的賜給你。」（詩篇卅七：4，7） WAITING UPON GOD Scripture: "On Thee do I wait all the day."—Ps. xxv. 5. Waiting upon God—in this expression we find one of the deepest truths of God's Word in regard to the attitude of the soul in its intercourse with God. Waiting upon God. Just think—that He may reveal Himself in us; that He may teach us all His will; that He may do to us what He has promised; that in all things He may be the Infinite God. It is the attitude of soul with which each day should begin. On awaking in the morning, in the inner chamber, in quiet meditation, in the expression in prayer of our ardent longings and desires, in the course of our daily work, in all our striving after obedience and holiness, in all our struggles against sin and self-will—in everything there should be a waiting upon God to receive what He will bestow, to see what He will do, to allow Him to be the Almighty God. Meditate on these things, and they will help you truly to value the precious promises of God's Word. "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles." There we have the secret of heavenly power and joy. "Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord." "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him." The deep root of all Scriptural theology is this: Absolute dependence on God. As we exercise this spirit, it will become more natural and blessedly possible to say: "On thee do I wait all the day." There we have the secret of true, uninterrupted, silent adora¬tion and worship. Has this book helped to teach us the true worship of God? If so, the Lord's name be praised. Or have we only learned how little we know of it? For this, too, let us thank Him. If we long for a fuller experience of this blessing, let us read the book again with a deeper insight as to what is meant, and the absolute need of a life in which the soul each day and all the day waits upon God. May the God of all grace grant this. "I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope" (Ps. cxxx. 5). "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart" (Ps. xxxvii. 4, 7). www.glorypress.com