司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening
三月二十七日
經文: 婦人說：「主啊，不錯。但是狗也吃牠主人桌子上掉下來的碎渣兒。」（馬太福音十五：27）
這位婦人想到基督的偉大時，雖在愁苦中也得了安慰。當主說到給兒女的餅時，她隨著思考：「因為您是恩典之桌的主人，我也知道您是一位慷慨的主人，在您的桌上必有豐富的食物。孩子們在享用豐盛的食物時必會有碎屑丟下餵狗，並不會因為狗吃到碎屑而導致孩子吃不飽。」她想到耶穌的豐盛賜予，而她所需要的相形之下只不過是一些碎屑而已。請記住，她要求的是趕出附在她女兒身上的鬼。對她而言是一件極大的事，但是她對基督的尊崇是如此高，因此她認為：「對基督，那不算什麼，只要祂給我一點碎渣兒就夠了。」常沈緬於你的罪會驅使你陷入絕望中，思想基督之偉大卻能領你入平安的避風港。我的罪雖眾多，但是耶穌僅以吹灰之力就可將它們全部除去。罪的重壓使我猶如被踩在巨人腳下將被壓碎的蟲。因為祂已經被掛在木頭上，親身擔當了罪的咒詛(參閱彼前二：24)，凡祂而言，給我們完全的赦免只是一件小事；然而對我而言，獲得赦免是無限祝福。這位婦人大大張開她屬靈的口，期望從耶穌接受大恩，而祂也以大愛充滿她。她的事蹟是蒙福的信心榜樣。倘若我們希望像她這般得勝，就必須仿效她的戰術。
Evening, March 27
Scripture: "And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table."(Matthew 15:27)
This woman gained comfort in her misery by thinking GREAT THOUGHTS OF CHRIST . The Master had talked about the children's bread: "Now," argued she, "since thou art the Master of the table of grace, I know that thou art a generous housekeeper, and there is sure to be abundance of bread on thy table; there will be such an abundance for the children that there will be crumbs to throw on the floor for the dogs, and the children will fare none the worse because the dogs are fed." She thought him one who kept so good a table that all that she needed would only be a crumb in comparison; yet remember, what she wanted was to have the devil cast out of her daughter. It was a very great thing to her, but she had such a high esteem of Christ, that she said, "It is nothing to him, it is but a crumb for Christ to give." This is the royal road to comfort. Great thoughts of your sin alone will drive you to despair; but great thoughts of Christ will pilot you into the haven of peace. "My sins are many, but oh! it is nothing to Jesus to take them all away. The weight of my guilt presses me down as a giant's foot would crush a worm, but it is no more than a grain of dust to him, because he has already borne its curse in his own body on the tree. It will be but a small thing for him to give me full remission, although it will be an infinite blessing for me to receive it." The woman opens her soul's mouth very wide, expecting great things of Jesus, and he fills it with his love. Dear reader, do the same. She confessed what Christ laid at her door, but she laid fast hold upon him, and drew arguments even out of his hard words; she believed great things of him, and she thus overcame him. SHE WON THE VICTORY BY BELIEVING IN HIM . Her case is an instance of prevailing faith; and if we would conquer like her, we must imitate her tactics.
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