Daily Devotion - Mar 19 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

三月十九日

經文: 她吃飽了，還有餘剩的。（路得記二：14）

每當我們有幸吃耶穌所賜的食物時，就會像路得一樣地滿足於食物的豐富和甜美。當耶穌招徒客人時，沒有一人會飢餓地離開餐桌。我們的頭因基督所啓示的寶貴真理得到滿足；我們的心因耶穌──這位所愛的對象──而得到滿足；我們的盼望也得到滿足，因為在天堂中除了耶穌以外我們還有何求？同樣，我們的願望得實現，因為除了要認識基督和「為要得著祂」（腓三：8）以外，復有何求？耶穌充滿了我們的良知，因此良知�有完全的平安。有祂肯定的教導，我們的判斷是正確的。當憶起祂所行的事蹟時，我們的記憶就生輝；期望祂將行的事，令我們的想像歡欣。如同路得「吃飽了，還有剩餘的」，我們也將如此。我們以為可以完全容納基督，在主大愛的筵席上說：「除這位無限的以外，沒有任何事物可以滿足我；我是一個大罪人，必須要有無限的恩惠才能洗淨我的罪。」但是在上帝的話中，尚有某些甜蜜的事我們還未欣賞到。我們就像那些門徒，耶穌曾對他們說：「我還有好些事要告訴你們，但你們現在擔當不了。」（約十六：12）尚有許多恩典，我們未曾獲得；尚有更接近基督與祂交通的途徑，我們未到達；尚有一些高度的相交，我們的腳未攀登。在每個愛筵中，總有許多籃零碎的食物剩下來。讓我們來讚美榮耀主的慷慨。

Evening, March 19

Scripture: "And she did eat, and was sufficed, and left."(Ruth 2:14)

Whenever we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus gives, we are, like Ruth, satisfied with the full and sweet repast. When Jesus is the host no guest goes empty from the table. Our head is satisfied with the precious truth which Christ reveals; our heart is content with Jesus, as the altogether lovely object of affection; our hope is satisfied, for whom have we in heaven but Jesus? and our desire is satiated, for what can we wish for more than "to know Christ and to be found in him?" Jesus fills our conscience till it is at perfect peace; our judgment with persuasion of the certainty of his teachings; our memory with recollections of what he has done, and our imagination with the prospects of what he is yet to do. As Ruth was "sufficed, and left," so is it with us. We have had deep draughts; we have thought that we could take in all of Christ; but when we have done our best we have had to leave a vast remainder. We have sat at the table of the Lord's love, and said, "Nothing but the infinite can ever satisfy me; I am such a great sinner that I must have infinite merit to wash my sin away;" but we have had our sin removed, and found that there was merit to spare; we have had our hunger relieved at the feast of sacred love, and found that there was a redundance of spiritual meat remaining. There are certain sweet things in the Word of God which we have not enjoyed yet, and which we are obliged to leave for awhile; for we are like the disciples to whom Jesus said, "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now." Yes, there are graces to which we have not attained; places of fellowship nearer to Christ which we have not reached; and heights of communion which our feet have not climbed. At every banquet of love there are many baskets of fragments left. Let us magnify the liberality of our glorious Boaz.

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