Daily Devotion - Mar 7 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

三月七日

經文: 「你們當信服上帝。」（馬可福音十一：22）

基督徒的人生，是有信、有望、有愛的人生。奔跑這條天路，我們有個永生的盼望擺在前頭。除此之外，信心和愛心有如兩根枴杖，幫助我們跑得更順賜。信心也像潤滑油，不但滋潤人心，也能讓信徒屬靈的生活運轉得更有活力。若沒有信心，就像機器的齒輪，缺乏油的潤滑，我們的生活也會過得很疲累，沒有喜樂，更不用說有服事主的心情。若你找得到一個殷勤服事主，而且又大有喜樂的人，那麼他一定是個很有信心的人。信心不大的人，倒是可以自求多福、平安渡日：但要為上帝做大事，則非大有信心不可，否則就成就不了什麼大事。信心小的人，遇事就眼淚婆娑，在患難的河流載沈載浮；信心大的人卻不是如此，即使遇到洪濤大浪，他仍能在暗夜唱出信心之歌：「我雖經過大水，您必與我同在，縱使河水高漲，也必不漫過我頭。」
<BR> 你目前的光景是怎樣？你平安喜樂嗎？還是憂愁多慮？快快把信心放在上帝身上。若你耽於自憐自艾，且覺得這也沒有什麼不好，那麼就保有小小的信心就好。但你若嚮往燦爛的陽光、滿足的喜樂，那麼就要渴慕極大的恩賜──大的信心。


Morning, March 7

Scripture: "Have faith in God."(Mark 11:22)

Faith is the foot of the soul by which it can march along the road of the commandments. Love can make the feet move more swiftly; but faith is the foot which carries the soul. Faith is the oil enabling the wheels of holy devotion and of earnest piety to move well; and without faith the wheels are taken from the chariot, and we drag heavily. With faith I can do all things; without faith I shall neither have the inclination nor the power to do anything in the service of God. If you would find the men who serve God the best, you must look for the men of the most faith. Little faith will save a man, but little faith cannot do great things for God. Poor Little-faith could not have fought "Apollyon;" it needed "Christian" to do that. Poor Little-faith could not have slain "Giant Despair;" it required "Great-heart's" arm to knock that monster down. Little faith will go to heaven most certainly, but it often has to hide itself in a nut-shell, and it frequently loses all but its jewels. Little-faith says, "It is a rough road, beset with sharp thorns, and full of dangers; I am afraid to go;" but Great-faith remembers the promise, "Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; as thy days, so shall thy strength be:" and so she boldly ventures. Little-faith stands desponding, mingling her tears with the flood; but Great-faith sings, "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee:" and she fords the stream at once. Would you be comfortable and happy? Would you enjoy religion? Would you have the religion of cheerfulness and not that of gloom? Then "have faith in God." If you love darkness, and are satisfied to dwell in gloom and misery, then be content with little faith; but if you love the sunshine, and would sing songs of rejoicing, covet earnestly this best gift, "great faith."

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