Daily Devotion - Mar 6 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

三月六日

經文: 敗壞之先，人心驕傲。（箴言十八：12）

古人曰：「事未成而影先至。」箴言的作者向我們指出，人心驕傲是罪惡之前奏。驕傲確是敗壞的記號。當大衛認為自己十分偉大時，也就是他的榮耀終止的時候，引發了他的自責（參閱撒下二十四：10）。巴比倫的偉大建造者尼布甲尼撒被貶為爬在地上吃草，如牛一般的人（參閱但四：33）。驕傲使誇口的人淪為一頭野獸，正如它使一位天使降為魔鬼。上帝憎惡驕傲，祂必要教他們降卑。上帝所有的箭瞄準驕傲的心。今天傍晚，你的心驕傲嗎？驕傲進入的罪人的心，也能進入基督徒的心。能迷惑人，使人進入夢境，以為自己「是富足，已經發了財，一樣都不缺。」（啓三：17）。你以自己的恩賜和才幹為傲嗎？你因自己有聖潔的外貌和甜美的經歷而驕傲嗎？毀滅也能臨到你。你那自負的罌粟將被連根拔起，你那恩賜將在燃燒的熱氣中凋謝，你的自滿將成為糞堆中的乾草。倘若我們忘卻要以心靈最深之謙卑活在十字架的腳下，上帝不會忘記以祂的杖教我們受苦。自高的信徒阿，敗壞會臨到你！雖然你的靈魂尚不至敗壞，你的歡樂和安逸將毀去。因此，「誇口的當指著主誇口。」（林前一：31）

Evening, March 6

Scripture: "Before destruction the heart of man is haughty."(Proverbs 18:12)

It is an old and common saying, that "coming events cast their shadows before them;" the wise man teaches us that a haughty heart is the prophetic prelude of evil. Pride is as safely the sign of destruction as the change of mercury in the weather-glass is the sign of rain; and far more infallibly so than that. When men have ridden the high horse, destruction has always overtaken them. Let David's aching heart show that there is an eclipse of a man's glory when he dotes upon his own greatness. 2 Sam. 24:10. See Nebuchadnezzar, the mighty builder of Babylon, creeping on the earth, devouring grass like oxen, until his nails had grown like bird's claws, and his hair like eagle's feathers. Dan. 4:33. Pride made the boaster a beast, as once before it made an angel a devil. God hates high looks, and never fails to bring them down. All the arrows of God are aimed at proud hearts. O Christian, is thine heart haughty this evening? For pride can get into the Christian's heart as well as into the sinner's; it can delude him into dreaming that he is "rich and increased in goods, and hath need of nothing." Art thou glorying in thy graces or thy talents? Art thou proud of thyself, that thou hast had holy frames and sweet experiences? Mark thee, reader, there is a destruction coming to thee also. Thy flaunting poppies of self-conceit will be pulled up by the roots, thy mushroom graces will wither in the burning heat, and thy self-sufficiency shall become as straw for the dunghill. If we forget to live at the foot of the cross in deepest lowliness of spirit, God will not forget to make us smart under his rod. A destruction will come to thee, O unduly exalted believer, the destruction of thy joys and of thy comforts, though there can be no destruction of thy soul. Wherefore, "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."

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