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司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

三月二十四日

經文: 正當那時，耶穌被聖靈感動就歡樂。（路加福音十：21）

救主是「多受痛苦」（賽五十三：3）的人，但是在祂的心靈最深處，有屬天歡樂的無窮盡寶藏。從無一人如我們的主耶穌基督，有那麼深、那麼純和那麼永久的平安，因為上帝用喜樂油膏祂，勝過膏祂的同伴（參閱詩四十五：7）。祂寬廣的仁慈帶給祂最大的喜樂，因為仁慈就是喜樂。聖經中只有少數幾次記載這種喜樂從耶穌在世的生活中顯明出來。「正當那時，耶穌被聖靈感動就歡樂說，父阿，天地的主，我感謝您。」（路十：21）雖然黑暗四面環繞、基督仍歌唱。祂無美貌，祂的面容也無屬地歡樂的光彩，然而當他想到祂所作的最後必得賞賜時，祂臉上綻放出無比的滿足。在眾人聚集時，祂歌唱讚美上帝。就是這樣，主耶穌成為祂的教會在地上的祝福。在此時刻，教會要與她的主親密同在荊棘路上。背負十架是她呼召，遭受親人的藐視是她的命運。然而，教會的喜樂泉源可以支持屬上帝的聖徒。像救主一般，我們也有無比喜樂的時刻，因為「有一道河，這河的分汊使上帝的城歡喜。」（詩四十六：4）雖然我們不屬這個世界，卻能因我們的王而歡樂。

Evening, March 24

Scripture: "In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit."(Luke 10:21)

The Saviour was "a man of sorrows," but every thoughtful mind has discovered the fact that down deep in his innermost soul he carried an inexhaustible treasury of refined and heavenly joy. Of all the human race, there was never a man who had a deeper, purer, or more abiding peace than our Lord Jesus Christ. "He was anointed with the oil of gladness above his fellows." His vast benevolence must, from the very nature of things, have afforded him the deepest possible delight, for benevolence is joy. There were a few remarkable seasons when this joy manifested itself. "At that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth." Christ had his songs, though it was night with him; though his face was marred, and his countenance had lost the lustre of earthly happiness, yet sometimes it was lit up with a matchless splendour of unparalleled satisfaction, as he thought upon the recompense of the reward, and in the midst of the congregation sang his praise unto God. In this, the Lord Jesus is a blessed picture of his church on earth. At this hour the church expects to walk in sympathy with her Lord along a thorny road; through much tribulation she is forcing her way to the crown. To bear the cross is her office, and to be scorned and counted an alien by her mother's children is her lot; and yet the church has a deep well of joy, of which none can drink but her own children. There are stores of wine, and oil, and corn, hidden in the midst of our Jerusalem, upon which the saints of God are evermore sustained and nurtured; and sometimes, as in our Saviour's case, we have our seasons of intense delight, for "There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of our God." Exiles though we be, we rejoice in our King; yea, in him we exceedingly rejoice, while in his name we set up our banners.

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