Daily Devotion - Apr 16 - ¥q¥?‾u‥C?eAF-×(c]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening 四月十六日 經文: 他的手就穩住，直到日落的時候。（出埃及記十七：12） 摩西的祈求是如此有力量，以致每個人都依靠它。摩西的禱告，比約書亞的爭戰打敗更多的敵人。但是，二者不可缺一。在屬靈的爭戰中，力量與熱心，決定與專注，勇氣與激烈必須結在一起。你必須與自己的罪角力，但是角力中的主要部份，是單單由上帝作成的禱告，就像摩西一樣是在主前托住所立之約。主不會否認祂自己的宣告。舉起應許之仗，你就會得到應允。當摩西疲倦時，他的朋友幫助他。當你的禱告失去活力時，讓信心助你一臂之力，再讓屬上帝的盼望支撐你的另一手。如此一來，建立在我們救恩磐石上的禱告，就能堅持並得勝。小心不要失去專一投入的心。若連摩西都會有無力感，誰還能避免呢？在公開的場合與罪爭戰遠，比在私底下以禱告來抵擋更容易。約書亞在爭戰中沒有感到疲乏，摩西在禱告中卻疲累了。屬靈的操練越多，血肉之軀要持續就越難。願上帝的靈幫助我們克服軟弱，使我們能像摩西一樣繼續將手穩定，「直到日落的時候」。間歇之祈禱的效果甚小。我們必須徹夜角力，並舉起雙手「直到日落的時候。」我們必須堅定直至生命之暮過去，我們來到日出的另一邊為止，在那地讚美將代替懇求。 Evening, April 16 Scripture: "And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun."(Exodus 17:12) So mighty was the prayer of Moses, that all depended upon it. The petitions of Moses discomfited the enemy more than the fighting of Joshua. Yet both were needed. No, in the soul's conflict, force and fervour, decision and devotion, valour and vehemence, must join their forces, and all will be well. You must wrestle with your sin, but the major part of the wrestling must be done alone in private with God. Prayer, like Moses', holds up the token of the covenant before the Lord. The rod was the emblem of God's working with Moses, the symbol of God's government in Israel. Learn, O pleading saint, to hold up the promise and the oath of God before him. The Lord cannot deny his own declarations. Hold up the rod of promise, and have what you will. Moses grew weary, and then his friends assisted him. When at any time your prayer flags, let faith support one hand, and let holy hope uplift the other, and prayer seating itself upon the stone of Israel, the rock of our salvation, will persevere and prevail. Beware of faintness in devotion; if Moses felt it, who can escape? It is far easier to fight with sin in public, than to pray against it in private. It is remarked that Joshua never grew weary in the fighting, but Moses did grow weary in the praying; the more spiritual an exercise, the more difficult it is for flesh and blood to maintain it. Let us cry, then, for special strength, and may the Spirit of God, who helpeth our infirmities, as he allowed help to Moses, enable us like him to continue with our hands steady "until the going down of the sun;" till the evening of life is over; till we shall come to the rising of a better sun in the land where prayer is swallowed up in praise. www.glorypress.com