Daily Devotion - Mar 3 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

三月三日

經文: 「你在苦難的爐中，我揀選你。」（以賽亞書四十八：10）

在熬煉中的信徒們，想想這節經文：「你在苦難的爐中，我揀選你，」或許你會好過些，會澆熄些你前熬的烈焰，會減低你受折磨的苦楚。無論怎樣不利的環境臨到你，你知道上帝揀選了你。若這仍不能平靜你的心，再想想但以理的三個朋友，上帝的使者是怎樣和他同行於火窑中。
<BR> 當你獨處斗室，自怨自艾自己的苦況，想想有一位看不見的朋友，是你所愛的，祂正在你身旁，為你舖平&#29248;榻，使你舒坦安穩，你感覺到祂的同在嗎？你聽到祂的聲音嗎？即使你正行過死蔭的幽谷，祂說：「別怕，我與你同在。」祂絕不會撇下你不管，因為「祂必與你同在。」（賽四十三：5）這是祂給在苦難中受熬煉的朋友最佳的保證。


Morning, March 3

Scripture: "I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."(Isaiah 48:10)

Comfort thyself, tried believer, with this thought: God saith, "I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." Does not the word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yea, is it not an asbestos armour, against which the heat hath no power? Let affliction come—God has chosen me. Poverty, thou mayst stride in at my door, but God is in the house already, and he has chosen me. Sickness, thou mayst intrude, but I have a balsam ready—God has chosen me. Whatever befalls me in this vale of tears, I know that he has "chosen" me. If, believer, thou requirest still greater comfort, remember that you have the Son of Man with you in the furnace. In that silent chamber of yours, there sitteth by your side One whom thou hast not seen, but whom thou lovest; and ofttimes when thou knowest it not, he makes all thy bed in thy affliction, and smooths thy pillow for thee. Thou art in poverty; but in that lovely house of thine the Lord of life and glory is a frequent visitor. He loves to come into these desolate places, that he may visit thee. Thy friend sticks closely to thee. Thou canst not see him, but thou mayst feel the pressure of his hands. Dost thou not hear his voice? Even in the valley of the shadow of death he says, "Fear not, I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God." Remember that noble speech of Caesar: "Fear not, thou carriest Caesar and all his fortune." Fear not, Christian; Jesus is with thee. In all thy fiery trials, his presence is both thy comfort and safety. He will never leave one whom he has chosen for his own. "Fear not, for I am with thee," is his sure word of promise to his chosen ones in the "furnace of affliction." Wilt thou not, then, take fast hold of Christ, and say—

"Through floods and flames, if Jesus lead,
I'll follow where he goes."


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