Daily Devotion - Apr 15 - ?H?sao?a2?A‾ Faith's check book

信心的支票簿 Faith's check book 心願得償 經文: 「義人所願的，必蒙應允。」（箴言十︰24） 因為這是正當的心願，所以上帝會應允；否則不義之人，也支取這樣的應許，對個人或社會，都會帶來禍患。讓我們遵守上帝的命令，上帝也必尊重我們的心願。 若義人心存不軌，有不良企圖，他們的祈求將不被垂聽，因為他們已迷失方向，誤入歧途。反之，若他們的心思光明正大，祂也不會對他們說「不」。 曾否覺得上帝沒垂聽你禱告？讓這經節的應許，鼓勵你繼續懇求。上帝曾否全然否定你的禱告？那麼仍然感謝祂，因為祂知道這拒絕對你是好的。 若我們關切的是聖潔，願更像耶穌，或預備天國的事，這些是義人而非天然人的願望，神必加倍地賜福給我們，我們儘管大大張口，大膽地求。經上說︰「又要以耶和華為樂，祂就將你心裡所求的賜給你。」（詩篇卅七︰4） Desires of Righteous Granted Scripture: "The desires of the righteous shall be granted"(Proverbs 10:24). Because it is a righteous desire it is safe for God to grant it. It would be neither good for the man himself, nor for society at large, that such a promise should be made to the unrighteous. Let us keep the LORD's commands, and He will rightfully have respect to our desires. When righteous men are left to desire unrighteous desires, they will not be granted to them. But then these are not their real desires; they are their wanderings or blunders, and it is well that they should be refused. Their gracious desires shall come before the LORD, and He will not say them nay. Does the LORD deny us our requests for a time? Let the promise for today encourage us to ask again. Has He denied us altogether? We will thank Him still, for it always was our desire that He should deny us if He judged a denial to be best. As to some things, we ask very boldly. Our chief desires are for holiness, usefulness, likeness to Christ, preparedness for heaven. These are the desires of grace rather than of nature -- the desires of the righteous man rather than of the mere man. God will not stint us in these things but will do for us exceeding abundantly. "Delight thy self also in the LORD, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." This day, my soul, ask largely! www.glorypress.com