信心的支票簿 Faith's check book
親近上帝
經文: 「你們親近上帝，上帝就必親近你們。」（雅各書四︰8）
我們越親近上帝，上帝也越向我們顯現祂自己。浪子回頭時，父親便展開雙臂歡迎他；漫遊的鴿子飛回方舟，挪亞就伸手接引它；溫柔的妻子向丈夫親暱示好，丈夫就投入她的懷抱。親愛的朋友，來親近上帝吧，祂等著要親近我們。
你可曾注意到以賽亞書五八︰9的經文？那兒上帝似乎像個慈母，一再地呼召我們︰「我在這裡，你要我為你做什麼？我等著要賜福給你。」我們還猶疑什麼？上帝總是等著要饒恕我們、安慰我們、幫助我們，要釋放我們的綑綁。只要親近上帝，一切就沒問題。若我們親近人，人或許會厭煩疲倦，離我們而去。但我們單單地尋求上帝，親近祂，祂就以不變的愛，向我們展現祂豐富榮耀的同在。
Drawing Near to God
Scripture: "Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you"(James 4:8).
The nearer we come to God, the more graciously will He reveal Himself to us. When the prodigal comes to his father, his father runs to meet him. When the wandering dove returns to the ark, Noah puts out his hand to pull her in unto him. When the tender wife seeks her husband's society, he comes to her on wings of love. Come then, dear friend, let us draw nigh to God who so graciously awaits us, yea, comes to meet us.
Did you ever notice that passage in Isaiah 58:9? There the LORD seems to put Himself at the disposal of His people, saying to them, "Here I am." As much as to say -- "What have you to say to me? What can I do for you? I am waiting to bless you." How can we hesitate to draw near? God is nigh to forgive, to bless, to comfort, to help, to quicken, to deliver. Let it be the main point with us to get near to God. This done, all is done. If we draw near to others, they may before long grow weary of us and leave us; but if we seek the LORD alone, no change will come over His mind, but He will continue to come nearer and yet nearer to us by fuller and more joyful fellowship.
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