Daily Devotion - Apr 30 - ¥q¥?‾u‥C?eAF-×(c]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening 四月三十日 經文: 上帝阿！您的意念向我何等寶貴。（詩篇一三九：17） 上帝全知的意念對不敬畏祂的人是毫無意義可言，但是向上帝的兒女卻滿溢慰藉。上帝是常顧念我們的。不在我們天父的注視之下，即使只是一瞬之間，我們都難以生存。祂的意念總是溫柔的、仁慈、智慧的、謹慎的、廣遠的，為我們帶來無窮的裨益。上帝在過去常顧念祂的百姓。祂賜下恩典之約以保障百姓的救恩。現在，在他們的忍耐中，祂給予力量使他們能安全地抵達最終之安息。當我們徘徊不定時，永恆守望者之眼目不離開我們。我們雖流浪，但從未離開牧者的看顧。我們憂傷時，祂不斷地注視，沒有一樣悲苦能逃過祂的雙眼。我們勞苦時，祂明白我們的疲倦，祂記錄下忠心者所經歷的掙扎。上帝的這些意念在我們行經的途徑上圍繞著我們，滲透到我們的內心深處。我們身體中沒有一條神經或 一絲纖維，沒有一辯膜或一條血管不是在祂看顧之下的。渺小世界中的一切困難皆受偉大的上帝所顧念。永遠不要受哲理之愚弄而被引入歧途，因為哲理說，上帝是無位格的，人必須自立自治。主是永活的，上帝是顧念我們的。不要讓人奪去你這個確據。國王的恩寵，其價何高，凡得著的人視之為一生之財富。能受萬王之王的顧念，其價更是無可比擬！主若顧念我們。凡事皆美好，我們要永遠歡欣。 Evening, April 30 Scripture: "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God."(Psalm 139:17) Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking upon us, never turns aside his mind from us, has us always before his eyes; and this is precisely as we would have it, for it would be dreadful to exist for a moment beyond the observation of our heavenly Father. His thoughts are always tender, loving, wise, prudent, far-reaching, and they bring to us countless benefits: hence it is a choice delight to remember them. The Lord always did think upon his people: hence their election and the covenant of grace by which their salvation is secured; he always will think upon them: hence their final perseverance by which they shall be brought safely to their final rest. In all our wanderings the watchful glance of the Eternal Watcher is evermore fixed upon us—we never roam beyond the Shepherd's eye. In our sorrows he observes us incessantly, and not a pang escapes him; in our toils he marks all our weariness, and writes in his book all the struggles of his faithful ones. These thoughts of the Lord encompass us in all our paths, and penetrate the innermost region of our being. Not a nerve or tissue, valve or vessel, of our bodily organization is uncared for; all the littles of our little world are thought upon by the great God. Dear reader, is this precious to you? then hold to it. Never be led astray by those philosophic fools who preach up an impersonal God, and talk of self-existent, self-governing matter. The Lord liveth and thinketh upon us, this is a truth far too precious for us to be lightly robbed of it. The notice of a nobleman is valued so highly that he who has it counts his fortune made; but what is it to be thought of by the King of kings! If the Lord thinketh upon us, all is well, and we may rejoice evermore. www.glorypress.com