Daily Devotion - Mar 10 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

三月十日

經文: 「至於我，我凡事平順，便說，我永不動搖。」（詩篇三十：6）

若讓一個人身體健康，工作順利，家庭美滿、經濟無虞，凡他所做的盡都亨通，以致他心情暢快，兩眼有神，即使很好的基督徒，在這樣一個風調雨順、五穀豐收的情況下，也很容易視上帝的恩典為理所當然，以致逐漸滑跌退後而不自知。即使是大衛，他也說：「我永不搖動。」可見他也擔心會動搖，何況我們沒有像合神心意的大衛一半好，更須小心在平順的路上跌跤。
<BR> 若境遇不順，為此感謝上帝；若我們凡事平順，一路未曾遭遇任何挫折逆竟，就像人生在平坦的高速公路上開車，久而久之，就會覺得無聊單調，而容易入睡。因此，我們感謝上帝給我們坎坷的人生，給我們不同的變化，即使我們生意失敗，失去健康，遇到不如意，我仍然高舉祂的名，為此感謝祂。因為若非如此，我們就容易不儆醒，以致入了迷惑。世人所謂的平順佳境，反而是基督徒極大的考驗。


Morning, March 10

Scripture: "In my prosperity I said I shall never be moved."(Psalm 30:6)

"Moab settled on his lees, he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel." Give a man wealth; let his ships bring home continually rich freights; let the winds and waves appear to be his servants to bear his vessels across the bosom of the mighty deep; let his lands yield abundantly: let the weather be propitious to his crops; let uninterrupted success attend him; let him stand among men as a successful merchant; let him enjoy continued health; allow him with braced nerve and brilliant eye to march through the world, and live happily; give him the buoyant spirit; let him have the song perpetually on his lips; let his eye be ever sparkling with joy—and the natural consequence of such an easy state to any man, let him be the best Christian who ever breathed, will be presumption; even David said, "I shall never be moved;" and we are not better than David, nor half so good. Brother, beware of the smooth places of the way; if you are treading them, or if the way be rough, thank God for it. If God should always rock us in the cradle of prosperity; if we were always dandled on the knees of fortune; if we had not some stain on the alabaster pillar; if there were not a few clouds in the sky; if we had not some bitter drops in the wine of this life, we should become intoxicated with pleasure, we should dream "we stand;" and stand we should, but it would be upon a pinnacle; like the man asleep upon the mast, each moment we should be in jeopardy.
We bless God, then, for our afflictions; we thank him for our changes; we extol his name for losses of property; for we feel that had he not chastened us thus, we might have become too secure. Continued worldly prosperity is a fiery trial.

"Afflictions, though they seem severe,
In mercy oft are sent."


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