Daily Devotion - Mar 24 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

三月二十四日

經文: 「基督……大聲哀哭、流淚禱告……因祂的虔誠，蒙了應允。」（希伯來書五：7）

耶穌大聲哀哭，流淚禱告，懇求那能救祂免死的主，難道祂怕被上帝拋棄嗎？一定有比這更嚴厲的考驗，但被上帝拋棄確實是極悲慘的事情之一。撒旦會在旁邊取笑：「你看，您現在一個朋友也沒有，上帝掩面不看您，天使也不伸手救援您，天堂之門與您無緣。馬利亞之子啊！看看您的兄弟雅各，看看您所愛的門徒約翰，還有那勇敢的門徒彼得！他們正睡得香甜，而您卻一個人孤苦伶仃地被遺棄在這兒，天上地下都沒有人要您。地獄的幽靈更是傾巢而出，在今夜要擊打您，我也召告所有的黑暗勢力，在今夜要出力與您作對。您完蛋了！」然而，因祂害怕而懇切禱告，所以祂的禱告蒙垂聽，祂不再孤單，上帝要與祂同在。朋友，您在害怕憂懼中的祈禱，上帝也必垂聽。

Morning, March 24

Scripture: "He was heard in that he feared."(Hebrews 5:7)

Did this fear arise from the infernal suggestion that he was utterly forsaken. There may be sterner trials than this, but surely it is one of the worst to be utterly forsaken? "See," said Satan, "thou hast a friend nowhere! Thy Father hath shut up the bowels of his compassion against thee. Not an angel in his courts will stretch out his hand to help thee. All heaven is alienated from thee; thou art left alone. See the companions with whom thou hast taken sweet counsel, what are they worth? Son of Mary, see there thy brother James, see there thy loved disciple John, and thy bold apostle Peter, how the cowards sleep when thou art in thy sufferings! Lo! Thou hast no friend left in heaven or earth. All hell is against thee. I have stirred up mine infernal den. I have sent my missives throughout all regions summoning every prince of darkness to set upon thee this night, and we will spare no arrows, we will use all our infernal might to overwhelm thee: and what wilt thou do, thou solitary one?" It may be, this was the temptation; we think it was, because the appearance of an angel unto him strengthening him removed that fear. He was heard in that he feared; he was no more alone, but heaven was with him. It may be that this is the reason of his coming three times to his disciples—as Hart puts it—

"Backwards and forwards thrice he ran,
As if he sought some help from man."
He would see for himself whether it were really true that all men had forsaken him; he found them all asleep; but perhaps he gained some faint comfort from the thought that they were sleeping, not from treachery, but from sorrow, the spirit indeed was willing, but the flesh was weak. At any rate, he was heard in that he feared. Jesus was heard in his deepest woe; my soul, thou shalt be heard also.


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