Daily Devotion - Mar 26 - ¼}¦w¼w¯P¨C¤éÆF­× God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

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上帝的慈愛

經文: 「你們要稱謝耶和華，因祂本爲善。祂的慈愛永遠長存。」（詩篇一三六：1）�

這篇詩篇幾乎都在稱頌上帝的慈愛，從二十六節經文當中，我們得到這樣的印象：「上帝的慈愛是永遠長存，絕不改變。」我們也當像詩人大衛一樣全心充滿這樣快樂的確據，並且因著上帝永不止息的慈愛滿心感謝讚美。�
<BR> 讓我們再看看詩篇一○三篇，如何描述上帝的愛：�
<BR> 「以仁愛和慈悲&#29234;您的冠冕。」（四節）
<BR> 在上帝的屬性當中，祂以慈悲&#29234;冠冕，願我們的一生也能以上帝的慈悲&#29234;冠冕。�
<BR> 「耶和華有憐憫，有恩典，不輕易發怒，且有豐盛的慈愛。」（八節）上帝不但全知全能，更有豐盛的慈愛。
<BR> 「天離地何等的高，祂的慈愛向敬畏祂的人，也是何等的大。」（十一節）這譬喻是何等傳神地描述出上帝無限的大愛，願我們都能享受這樣的福份。�
<BR> 「耶和華的慈愛，歸於敬畏祂的人。」（十七節）此處詩人再次重申上帝無限的大愛。
<BR> 喔，多少時候我們就這樣讀過經文，卻沒有留下任何印象，我們應該細嚼默想這經文的深意，直到我們的心能回應上帝的愛，就像詩人大衛所說：�
<BR> 「上帝哪！您的慈愛，何其寶貴。世人投靠在您翅膀的蔭下。」（詩篇三十六：7）
<BR> 「願您常施慈愛給認識您的人。」（詩篇三十六：10）
<BR> 但願我們常花時間思想上帝的慈愛，並歡呼：�
<BR> 「您的慈愛比生命更好。」（詩篇六十三：3）


THE MERCY OF GOD

Scripture: &quot;Oh, give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever.&quot;—Ps. cxxxvi. 1.

This Psalm is wholly devoted to the praise of God's mercy. In each of the twenty-six verses we have the expression; "His mercy endureth for ever." The Psalmist was full of this glad thought. Our hearts too should be filled with the blessed assurance. The everlasting, unchangeable mercy of God is cause for unceasing praise an thanksgiving.
Let us read what is said about God's mercy in the well-known Psalm ciii.
"Bless the Lord, O my soul: who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies" (ver. 4).
Of all God's other attributes, mercy is the crown. May it be a crown upon my head and in my life!
"The Lord is merciful and gracious, and plenteous in mercy" (ver. 8). As wonderful as God's greatness is, so infinite is His mercy.
"As the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him" (ver. 11).
What a thought! As high as the heaven is above the earth, so immeasurably and inconceivably great is the mercy of God waiting to bestow His richest blessing.
"The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him" (ver. 17).
Here again the psalmist speaks of God's boundless loving-kindness and mercy.
O my soul, how frequently we have read these familiar words without the least thought of their immeasurable greatness! Be still, and meditate until the heart responds in the words of Psalm xxxvi.:
"Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens."
"How excellent is Thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings."
"Oh, continue Thy loving-kindness unto them that know Thee."
O my soul, take time to thank God with great joy for the wonderful mercy with which He crowns thy life, and say:
"Thy loving-kindness is better than life."


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