Daily Devotion - Apr 6 - ?}|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 歡呼之聲 經文: 「知道向您歡呼的，那民是有福的，耶和華啊，他們在您臉上的光裡行走，他們因您的名終日歡樂，因您的公義得以高舉。」（詩篇八十九：15∼16） 「如潮水般的大喜樂」是天使們對「天堂美地」的描述，也就是我們所謂的「歡呼之聲」，這包括上帝的百姓在祂的面光中行走，且終日因祂的名歡呼；還有那與上帝永不間歇的溝通交誼，以及永不止息的喜樂。在舊約時代，某些聖徒曾有上述的經驗，卻不是持續性；但在新約時代，信徒卻能擁有這樣恆久的喜樂在心中。 在一個幸福正常的家庭中，親子關係融洽和睦，父慈子孝，彼此共享天倫之樂。這也是天堂樂地的寫照，上帝喜悅祂的百姓，祂的百姓也以天父上帝的同在為樂。 上帝曾應許祂的百姓：「在祂的面光中行走，且終日因祂的名歡呼」，而且藉著聖靈澆灌上帝的愛在我們心中，使祂的應許成為信徒實際的生活經驗；也是那些專心尋求上帝，願意擺上一切、全心全意愛上帝的信徒的傳承寶藏。 但可惜許多基督徒，直覺以為要整天享受上帝的同在是不可能的事，因此老早放棄「每天活在上帝面前」這念頭。但耶穌不是明確地應許我們：「這些事我不是早告訴你們了嗎？好叫你們有滿足的喜樂。」「我要再見到你，你的心要喜樂，而且這喜樂是世人奪不走的。」 讓我們了解上帝的心意，祂滿心渴望祂的兒女們，每天每時每刻以祂的同在為樂，上帝也有信心祂的兒女們會回應祂的愛。祂更要藉著聖靈的運行，耶穌的權能，將這樣「與上帝同在」的生命放在裡面，使我們在地上別無所戀，只單單地渴望：「行在祂的面光中，且終日以祂的名為樂，因為上帝榮耀的同在，是信徒力量的源頭。」 我們越深入了解上帝的心意，我們就越堅定相信，上帝最大的滿足與安慰，就是我們將心獻上，終日以祂的名為樂，並喜悅行在祂的面光中。因此上帝必親自保守，藉著耶穌與聖靈的幫助，將「與上帝同在」的「內在生活」，成為我們實際的經驗。親愛的弟兄姐妹們，讓我們以堅定的信心，緊緊抓住聖經的話——終日與上帝同在。 THE JOYFUL SOUND Scripture: "Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they walk, Q Lord, in the light of Thy countenance. In Thy name do they rejoice all the day."—Ps. Ixxxix. 15, 16. "God tidings of great joy," was what the angel calls the Gospel message. This is what is here spoken of as "the joyful sound." That blessedness consists in God's people walking in the light of God, and rejoicing in His name all the day. Undisturbed fellowship, never-ending joy, is their portion. Even in the Old Testament such was at times the experience of the saints. But there was no continuance; the Old Testament could not secure that. Only the New Testament can and does give it. In every well-ordered family one finds the father delighting in his children, and the children rejoicing in their father's presence. And this mark of a happy home on earth is what the Heavenly Father has promised and delights to work in His people; walking in the light of His countenance, and rejoicing in His Name all the day. It has been promised, it has been made possible in Christ through the Holy Spirit filling the heart with the love of God. It is the heritage of all who are seeking indeed to love God with all their heart and with all their strength. And yet how many there are of God's children who' simply think it impossible and have even given up, with the hope, the desire for a life of rejoicing in God's presence all the day. And yet Christ promised it so definitely: "These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be fulfilled." "I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you." Let us think of the Father's longing to have the perfect confidence and love of His children, of the children's need of the Father's presence every moment of the day for their happiness and strength. Let us think of the power of Christ by the Holy Spirit to maintain this life in us; and let us be content with nothing less than the blessedness of them that know the joyful sound: "They walk in the light of Thy countenance, and rejoice in Thy Name all the day; for Thou art the glory of their strength!" The deeper we seek to enter into God's will for us, the stronger our faith will be that the Father can be content with frothing less than this, His child walking in the light of His countenance, and rejoicing in His Name all the day; and the stronger will the assurance come that what the Father has meant for us will be wrought in us through Christ and the Holy Spirit. Let us just hold fast the word—all the day, all the day. www.glorypress.com