Daily Devotion - Apr 4 - ?}|w?w‾P‥C?eAF-× God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray 信靠順服 經文: 「耶和華向祂顯現，對他說：『我是全能的上帝，你當在我面前做完全人，我就與你立約，使你的後裔極其繁多。』」（創世記十七：1∼2） 這兒我們看到上帝不僅獎賞亞伯拉罕的信心，而且看到上帝滿有恩慈的訓練亞伯拉罕信心的功課。上帝第一次呼召他時，就給他這樣的應許：「地上的萬族都要因你得福。」（創十二：3）當他抵達迦南地時，上帝又向亞伯拉罕顯現應許他：「我要把這地賜給你的後裔。」（創十二：7）亞伯拉罕打敗諸王回來後，上帝又向他另立新約（創十五：5）——我要使你的後裔多如繁星。在以撒出生前，上帝一再重複祂的應許，以加強他的信心。（創十七章）在幔利橡樹那裡，上帝再次向亞伯拉罕顯現說：「在我豈有難成的事嗎？」上帝一步步帶領亞伯拉罕，直到他信心完全到一個地步，願意甘心樂意順服神旨，將以撒獻上為祭。從一開始亞伯拉罕順服上帝離開吾珥往應許之地去，經過四十年的歷練，亞伯拉罕最終能「絕對順服」，在沒有任何的應許下，甚至客觀環境完全與所應許相左的情況下，仍能順服到底。 亞伯拉罕的後裔，上帝的兒女們，天父要鍛鍊你的信心。若你願意跟隨亞伯拉罕的腳蹤，你也要撇下一切，單單地依靠上帝的話語，專心一致地往屬靈的迦南美地走去。同時你也需要更深更清楚的體會，知道住在我們心中的這位上帝，是一位全能的上帝，祂要將一切的豐盛賞賜給你。不要以為這是一件很輕鬆容易的事，它需要基督徒渴慕耶穌的同在，時時刻刻謙卑俯伏在上帝面前敬拜祂，直到祂對你說話。 當亞伯拉罕臉朝下俯伏於地，上帝就對他說話：「我是全能的上帝，你要在我面前做完全人，我就使你的後裔多如繁星。」在此我們看到亞伯拉罕如何能信靠上帝所應許的？原來這肇始的信心，是由根基一步步累進加增的。在本書中，我們期望讀者能發現何謂信心的力量，並經歷到上帝的應許：「在信的人身上，上帝要運行那浩大無比的能力。」當上帝呼召我們過信心生活，向祂的旨意完全順服到底時，我們必須學像亞伯拉罕，效法他的榜樣，並將上帝為亞伯拉罕所做的見證存記在心：「亞伯拉罕的信心是大的，他完全信服上帝所應許的，相信上帝必成就祂所答應的事，並將榮耀歸給耶和華上帝。」 THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH Scripture: "The Lord appeared to Abraham, and said unto him: 'I am God Almighty: walk before Me, and be thou perfect. And I wilt multiply thee exceedingly.'"—GEN. xvii. 1, 2. In Abraham we see how God not only asks for faith, and rewards faith, but also how He works faith by the gracious training that He gives. When God first called him, He at once gave the great promise, "In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed" (Gen. xii. 3). When he reached the land, God met him with the promise that the land should be his (Gen. xii. 7). When Abraham returned from the battle against the kings, God again met him to renew the promise (xv. 5). Before the birth of Isaac, in the words of our text, He sought to strengthen his faith (Gen. xvii.). And once more in the plains of Mamre, He spoke: "Is anything too hard for the Lord?" Step by step God led him until his faith was perfected for full obedience in the sacrifice of Isaac. As "by faith Abraham obeyed to go out," so by faith, at the close of forty years, he was able, without any promise, in fact in apparent conflict with all the promises to obey God's will to the very uttermost. Children of Abraham, children of God, the Father makes great demands on your faith. If you are to follow in Abraham's footsteeps, you too are to forsake all, to live in the land of spiritual promise, with nothing but His word to depend upon, separated unto God. For this you will need a deep and clear insight that the God Who is working in you is the Almighty Who will work all His good pleasure. Do not think that it is a little thing and easy, to live the life of faith. It needs a life that seeks to abide in His presence all the day. Bow before God in humble worship, until He speaks to you too: "I am God Almighty: walk before Me, and be thou perfect. And I will multiply thee exceedingly." When Abraham heard this, he "fell on his face: and God talked with him." There you have the secret birthplace of the power to trust God for everything that He promises. In this little book we desire to find out what the power of faith is, and what God is willing to work, "according to the exceeding greatness of His power in us who believe." So only can we go out like Abraham when we are called to a life of true consecration to God, and of the obedience of faith to the very uttermost. Walk in the footsteps of Abraham. Hide deep in your heart the testimony of God's Word: "He was strong in faith, giving glory to God; being fully persuaded, that what He had promised, He was able to perform." www.glorypress.com