Daily Devotion - Apr 10 - ¥q¥?‾u‥C?eAF-×(c]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening 四月十日 經文: 祂的使者昨夜站在我旁邊。（使徒行傳二十七：23） 黑暗加上狂風大浪，沈船之危險節節逼近，整船的人面臨極危急的時刻。只有一人完全鎮靜，他的話使其他人得以安心。保羅就是那位有勇氣的人，他說：「勸你們放心。」（徒二十七：21∼22）船上有身經百戰的羅馬老兵，也有勇敢經驗豐富的水手，但是只有那位可憐的猶太囚犯比他們更勇敢。主耶穌差遣天上的使者在祂忠僕的耳中微聲說出安慰的話，使他面容發光，說話時充滿信心。我們若敬畏上帝，在最危急的環境中就可以期待主及時介入。天使不會受暴風雨或黑暗的攔阻。雖然平時天使不常出現，但是在試探和顛簸的夜晚他們卻常常造訪。當我們處於壓力之下，朋友可能避不見面，但是我們與天使界之交往卻頻增。藉雅各的梯子，從寶座而來的愛之信息將加添我們的力量，我們從此有能力為上帝作大事。你是否困擾不已？耶穌是盟約的使者。你若迫切尋求祂的同在，祂必助你。在暴風雨之夜，當錨不再拋牢、附近出現礁石時，信徒可以像保羅一般，因為上帝的使者站在身旁而得到慰藉。 Evening, April 10 Scripture: "For there stood by me this night the angel of God."(Acts 27:23) Tempest and long darkness, coupled with imminent risk of shipwreck, had brought the crew of the vessel into a sad case; one man alone among them remained perfectly calm, and by his word the rest were reassured. Paul was the only man who had heart enough to say, "Sirs, be of good cheer." There were veteran Roman legionaries on board, and brave old mariners, and yet their poor Jewish prisoner had more spirit than they all. He had a secret Friend who kept his courage up. The Lord Jesus despatched a heavenly messenger to whisper words of consolation in the ear of his faithful servant, therefore he wore a shining countenance and spake like a man at ease. If we fear the Lord, we may look for timely interpositions when our case is at its worst. Angels are not kept from us by storms, or hindered by darkness. Seraphs think it no humiliation to visit the poorest of the heavenly family. If angel's visits are few and far between at ordinary times, they shall be frequent in our nights of tempest and tossing. Friends may drop from us when we are under pressure, but our intercourse with the inhabitants of the angelic world shall be more abundant; and in the strength of love-words, brought to us from the throne by the way of Jacob's ladder, we shall be strong to do exploits. Dear reader, is this an hour of distress with you? then ask for peculiar help. Jesus is the angel of the covenant, and if his presence be now earnestly sought, it will not be denied. What that presence brings in heart-cheer those remember who, like Paul, have had the angel of God standing by them in a night of storm, when anchors would no longer hold, and rocks were nigh. "O angel of my God, be near, Amid the darkness hush my fear; Loud roars the wild tempestuous sea, Thy presence, Lord, shall comfort me." www.glorypress.com