七月九日

不可忘记他的一切恩惠。（诗103：2）诗篇 103:2 诗篇 103

察看神在古圣徒的生活上所行的事是一件很快乐、很有益的事，看他的慈爱怎样拯救了他们，他的恩典怎样赦免了他们，他的信实怎样坚守与他们所定的约。但察看神在我们的生活上所行的事，不更是一件有趣并有益的事吗？我们不当看我们自己的生活史中也满了神，满了神的慈爱和诚实，证明他的信实和不变一如过去在圣徒身上所施行的吗？我们认为神只向古时的圣徒行大事、显异能，而不在这时行奇事，以大能的膀臂拯救现在还活在地上的圣徒，这是很不公正的一件事。让我们回想一下自己的生活，当然我们可以发现一些快乐的事，使我们重新荣耀我们的神。你没有被拯救的经验吗？你不曾经江河因着神的同在而得平稳渡过吗？你不曾经过烈火而毫未受伤吗？你不曾看到过神向你显现吗？你不曾得过他的特殊恩惠吗？曾满足所罗门心愿的神，不也听允你的呼求吗？大卫曾歌颂丰盛的神说：“他用美物使你所愿的得以知足。”他不也以肥甘使你饱足吗？你不曾躺卧在青草地上吗？你不曾到可安歇的水边吗?神对我们的慈爱和古圣徒是一样的。因此我们也当把他的恩典编成一支歌。让我们用感恩的精金，用赞美的珍宝做成一个冠冕戴在耶稣头上。当我们称赞神的时候 ，愿我们的心所发出的的歌声像大卫的琴弦所发出的乐声一样地好听。他的恩典存到永远。

七月九日

经文: 上帝就把光、暗分开了。（创世记一：4）创世记 1:4 创世记 1

信徒的内心里面有两个原则在作工。按他的本性，他只服从一个原则──黑暗。现在光进来了，这两个原则发生了冲突。如同使徒保罗所描述的：“我觉得有个律，就是我愿意为善的时候，便有恶与我同在。因为按着我里面的意思，我是喜欢上帝的律。但我觉得肢体中另有个律，和我心中的律交战，把我掳去叫我附从那肢体中犯罪的律。”（罗七：21～23）这种状态是如何发生的呢？“上帝把光、暗分开了。”只有黑暗就只有静止，没有其它东西搅扰。当主羞遣光进入时就发生了冲突，因为两者互相敌对。冲突永不停止，直至信徒在主里变成完全光明。若在基督徒内心有一分离，必然在外面也有一分离。一旦主将光赐给人，他就开始使自己与围绕他的黑暗分离。他要从世界宗教的外在仪式中脱离出来，现在，缺少基督福音的事物不能再满足他。他从世界的社会和轻浮的娱乐中退出，转而寻求与圣徒作同伴。上帝所分开的，我们切勿全面使之联合。基督出到营外，忍受凌辱；让我们也离开不敬虔，成为特殊的子民，祂是圣洁的、不伤害人的、无污秽的，且与罪人有别的。我们要学像我们的主，与其他世人有所区别。

Evening, July 9

Scripture: “And God divided the light from the darkness.”(Genesis 1:4)

A believer has two principles at work within him. In his natural estate he was subject to one principle only, which was darkness; now light has entered, and the two principles disagree. Mark the apostle Paul's words in the seventh chapter of Romans: “I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my members.” How is this state of things occasioned? “The Lord divided the light from the darkness.” Darkness, by itself, is quiet and undisturbed, but when the Lord sends in light, there is a conflict, for the one is in opposition to the other: a conflict which will never cease till the believer is altogether light in the Lord. If there be a division within the individual Christian, there is certain to be a division without. So soon as the Lord gives to any man light, he proceeds to separate himself from the darkness around; he secedes from a merely worldly religion of outward ceremonial, for nothing short of the gospel of Christ will now satisfy him, and he withdraws himself from worldly society and frivolous amusements, and seeks the company of the saints, for “We know we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.” The light gathers to itself, and the darkness to itself. What God has divided, let us never try to unite, but as Christ went without the camp, bearing his reproach, so let us come out from the ungodly, and be a peculiar people. He was holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners; and, as he was, so we are to be nonconformists to the world, dissenting from all sin, and distinguished from the rest of mankind by our likeness to our Master.

《竭诚为主》 7月9日

你们不能事奉耶和华。（书二十四19）约书亚记 24:19 约书亚记 24

除了神以外，你对别的东西有没有丝毫的靠赖？对天然的德行，对环境等因素，是否仍有残余的倚恃？在这项新旨意中，你还有哪方面是靠赖自己的？这就是彻底清查的意思。是的，你可以说：“我无法过圣洁的生活。”这是真的；但你可以决志让耶稣基督使你圣洁。“你们不能事奉耶和华。”但你可以让神的大能透过你作工。你与神的关系是否美好和谐，以致他能在你身上彰显他奇妙的生命？

“我们定要事奉耶和华。”这不是一时的冲动，而是一个立定心意的交付。你会说：“神绝不会呼召我作这个，我太不配了，这不会是指着我说的。”实在是你，你愈软弱无能，便愈合适。一个仍有所倚恃的人不会说：“我定要事奉耶和华。”

我们常说：“若我真能信多好！”但问题却是“若我真肯信多好”。难怪耶稣基督这样强调不信的罪。若真相信神所言属实，我们会变成怎么样的人呢？我是否真正肯让神在我身上成为一位说什么就成就什么的神？

祈祷◆主啊，你的面容、你的感动、你的赐福，是我今天所寻求的。感动我，主啊，直至我的每一部分，都被你满有恩慈而带有能力的平安所震撼和振奋。

July 9 The Great Probing

“Ye cannot serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:19

Have you the slightest reliance on anything other than God? Is there a remnant of reliance left on any natural virtue, any set of circumstances? Are you relying on yourself in any particular in this new proposition which God has put before you? That is what the probing means. It is quite true to say – “I cannot live a holy life,” but you can decide to let Jesus Christ make you holy. “Ye cannot serve the Lord God”; but you can put yourself in the place where God's almighty power will come through you. Are you sufficiently right with God to expect Him to manifest His wonderful life in you?

“Nay, but we will serve the Lord.” It is not an impulse, but a deliberate commitment. You say – But God can never have called me to this, I am too unworthy, it can't mean me. It does mean you, and the weaker and feebler you are, the better. The one who has something to trust in is the last one to come anywhere near saying – “I will serve the Lord.”

We say – “If I really could believe!” The point is – If I really will believe. No wonder Jesus Christ lays such emphasis on the sin of unbelief. “And He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.” If we really believed that God meant what He said – what should we be like! Dare I really let God be to me all that He says He will be?

七月九日 信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

忠心又有用

经文: 「我眼要看国中的诚实人，叫他们与我同住。行为完全的，他要伺候我。」（诗篇101︰6）诗篇 101

若大卫曾说这些话，想必大卫的后裔，主耶稣，也必存同样的心思。耶稣看顾忠心的仆人，祂定睛在他们身上，要鉴察他们，带领他们，鼓励他们，奖赏他们。那向　神心存诚实心的，　神必不忽略，这位伟大君王亲自用眼目看顾他们。

蒙　神眷顾，有两个结果。其一：「叫他们与我同住」。耶稣要领那忠心的仆人住进祂的家，进入祂的殿，与祂为伴，享受同在的团契。我们若对主忠诚，祂就要向我们彰显祂自己。我们因忠心而牺牲得越多，　神奖赏我们也越多；人们越是逼迫我们，　神就越亲近我们。

其二：「行为完全的，他要伺候我。」耶稣为了自己的荣耀要使用这样的人，就是那些鄙视邪恶计谋，对耶稣、祂的话语和祂的十架忠心的人。这些人会成为耶稣高贵的随从、永生王尊贵的仆人。　神荣耀的同在和　神的使用是对忠心的人莫大奖赏。主啊，求祢让我对祢忠心，好使我享受与祢的同在，得以服侍祢！

Faithful and Useful

Scripture: "Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me"(Psalm 101:6).

If David spoke thus, we may be sure that the Son of David will be of the same mind. Jesus looks out for faithful men, and He fixes His eyes upon them, to observe them, to bring them forward, to encourage them, and to reward them. Let no true-hearted man think that he is overlooked; the King Himself has His eye upon him.

There are two results of this royal notice. First we read, "That they may dwell with me." Jesus brings the faithful into His house, He sets them in His palace, He makes them His companions, He delights in their society. We must be true to our LORD, and He will then manifest Himself to us. When our faithfulness costs us most, it will be best rewarded; the more furiously men reject, the more joyfully will our LORD receive us.

Next, he says of the sincere man, "He shall serve me." Jesus will use for His own glory those who scorn the tricks of policy and are faithful to Himself, His Word, and His cross. These shall be in His royal retinue, the honored servants of His Majesty. Communion and usefulness are the wages of faithfulness. LORD make me faithful that I may dwell with Thee and serve Thee.

七月九日

不信主的人，也能藉着痛苦而厌世，仿佛是向世界死去；他们到世外去隐居，不贪爱世界罪中之乐，他们的厌世并不彻底，他们是「邦无道则隐」；但情形一好转，马上又向著世界活了。还有人因为痛苦太大而自杀，肉身真的向著世界死去了；他们的死是被世界压死了，是因寻求世界而受了严重的打击。

　　但信徒向著世界的死与厌世、与自杀都是不同，信徒向著世界死，不是灰心、不是丧气、不是厌世、不是自杀，是因著在基督里的得著和丰富的享受而心从世界中被夺回来；虽然是向著世界已死，却仍旧站在神的立场爱世界，这个爱是怜爱而不是贪爱；是神的爱而不是肉体的爱。就象保罗终日为了人的灵魂在世界上奔跑，却是世界看他已经钉了十字架，他看世界也已经钉了十字架，世界看他是世上的污秽，万物中的渣滓，他看世界也如同粪土。这样才是真实的向著世界死，向神活著。

　　信徒当清楚了向著世界的死是从那里出发？若是和世人一样为受痛苦而厌世，这并不是向世界死去，这样的死也不是与基督同死，这样的死是没有甚么用处；他是因了在世界无立足之地而灰心，并不是甘心从世界中出来，也没有在基督里活过来，一旦机会来到，他就向著世界活了。但那真正在基督里活著的就不再向世界活著。就是主所说的：

　　「他们不属世界，正如我不属世界一样。」（约十七16）

《荒漠甘泉》7月9日

　　“你在苦难的炉中，我拣选你。”（赛48章10节）

　　感谢神，神给了我们多大的安慰! 这真像火焰中忽然来了一阵细雨，又像给我们穿上了一身耐火衣，使火势不能将我们焚伤。苦难啊，你尽管来吧，神已经拣选了我。贫穷啊，疾病啊，你们尽管来袭击我吧，神已经拣选了我。无论什么患难临到我的时候，我就知道神已经拣选了我。

　　信徒啊，不要惧怕；主是常与你同在的。在你一切猛烈的试炼中，他的同在是你的慰藉和平安。他决不会离开他为自己所拣选的。他曾允许过：“不要惧怕，因为我与你同在。。”（创26章24节）——司布真（C.H.Spurgeon）

七月十日

是与圣徒同国。（弗2：19）以弗所书 2:19 以弗所书 2

我们作天国的子民有什么意义呢？那就是说我们是在天国的治理之下。天国的王基督在我们心中掌权，我们天天的祷告乃是：“愿你的旨意行在地上如同行在天上。”我们甘心接受荣耀宝座所出的指示，我们乐意顺服大君王的命令。我们既是新耶路撒冷的子民，我们就有天上的尊荣，蒙福的圣徒所有的荣耀也是我们的，因为我们已经是神的儿子了，已经成为君王的后裔；我们已经穿上了耶稣洁白的义袍，我们已经有天使伺候；圣徒是我们的同伴，基督是我们的兄长，神是我们的父，并且永不朽坏的冠冕是我们的奖赏。我们有天国子民的尊荣，因我们的名既被录在天上，就得以参加诸长子所共聚的总会。既是子民，我们就有承受天上一切产业的权柄。珍珠门、碧玉墙是我们的；城内的荣光，并非日月的光，也是我们的；生命的河水和河边按月结十二样果子的生命树，都是我们的；天上没有一样不是属我们的。“现在的事或将来的事”都是我们的。我们既是天国的子民也得享受天上的欢乐。天使不是为悔改的罪人——回家的浪子欢喜快乐吗?我们也要这样；他们为得胜的恩主唱歌并将荣耀归给他吗？我们也要这样；他们把冠冕摘下在他的脚前俯拜吗？我们也有这样的荣幸；他们因他的慈面得到安慰吗?我们在地上的人也一样地尝到这滋味；他们也等待他再来吗？我们也盼望并切慕他快显现。这样，我们既是天国的子民，就当让我们的行动与我们的尊贵地位相符。

七月十日

经文: 有晚上、有早晨，这是头一日。（创世记一：5）创世记 1:5 创世记 1

“暗”为夜，“光”为昼。但是这两样合在一起，就被认为日──那是单单给光的名字！在属灵的经验中，有恰恰相同的类比。每一信徒心中都有黑暗和光明，但是他并不因有罪而被称为罪人，反被称为圣徒，因为他有某种程度的圣洁。有人问：“在我里面有这么多的黑暗，我能被称为上帝的孩子吗？”对于这些人，以上的想法是最能使他得安慰的了。是的，像“日”，你并没有以夜晚命名，却从白昼得名。按上帝的话来说，似乎你现在已完全成圣了，正如你不久以后就要成圣那样。虽然在你里面有黑暗，你仍被称为光明的儿女。在上帝的眼光中，你根据占优势的品格被命名，它有一日也将成为唯一存留的品格。请注意是先有夜。按天性，我们也是先在黑暗中。在我们的悲惨的忧虑中，先有的总是幽暗，以致我们以深切卑微之声呼喊：“上帝啊，可怜我这个罪人！”白昼是次有的。恩典战胜恶时，天才破晓。本仁约翰说：“后来的，持续到永远。”时机成熟，首先的要让路给末后的，但是末后的后面不再有任何东西。虽然你的本性是黑暗的，在主里面，你成为光明以后，就不再有黑夜跟随。“日头不再下落。”（赛六十：20）这生命中的头一日是有黑夜、有白昼。但是第二日，当我们永远与上帝同在，不再有黑夜，唯有一个神圣的、高贵的、永远为正午的日子。

Evening, July 10

Scripture: “And the evening and the morning were the first day.”(Genesis 1:5)

The evening was “darkness” and the morning was “light,” and yet the two together are called by the name that is given to the light alone! This is somewhat remarkable, but it has an exact analogy in spiritual experience. In every believer there is darkness and light, and yet he is not to be named a sinner because there is sin in him, but he is to be named a saint because he possesses some degree of holiness. This will be a most comforting thought to those who are mourning their infirmities, and who ask, “Can I be a child of God while there is so much darkness in me?” Yes; for you, like the day, take not your name from the evening, but from the morning; and you are spoken of in the word of God as if you were even now perfectly holy as you will be soon. You are called the child of light, though there is darkness in you still. You are named after what is the predominating quality in the sight of God, which will one day be the only principle remaining. Observe that the evening comes first. Naturally we are darkness first in order of time, and the gloom is often first in our mournful apprehension, driving us to cry out in deep humiliation, “God be merciful to me, a sinner.” The place of the morning is second, it dawns when grace overcomes nature. It is a blessed aphorism of John Bunyan, “That which is last, lasts for ever.” That which is first, yields in due season to the last; but nothing comes after the last. So that though you are naturally darkness, when once you become light in the Lord, there is no evening to follow; “thy sun shall no more go down.” The first day in this life is an evening and a morning; but the second day, when we shall be with God, for ever, shall be a day with no evening, but one, sacred, high, eternal noon.

《竭诚为主》7月10日

又要彼此相顾，激发爱心，勉励行善。你们不可停止聚会。（来十24-25）希伯来书 10:24-25 希伯来书 10

我们都有属灵的惰性，就是不想面对生命的颠簸与艰难，只望安之乐之过退休的生活。希伯来书第十章的要点是我们彼此激励，齐集聚会——二者都需要积极自发。这是实现基督的自发，而非实现自我的自发。若离群独处，过着退隐的生活，这与主耶穌的属灵教导根本相违。

当我们遇见不义、诡诈、忘恩、扰乱时，灵性便受到考验。这些事很容易使我们陷入属灵的怠惰中。我们以读经祷告作为退隐的工具，利用神来取得平安喜乐。换言之，我们并不是要活出基督，而只想去享受他，这就是方向错误的第一步。其实这一切只是果效，我们却把它们变作目标。

彼得说：“我自以为应当……提醒你们，激发你们。”神用充满属灵活力的使者击打我们，是最不好受的。活跃的工作与属灵活力是两回事，但前者可以假冒后者。属灵惰性的危机在于不想被激发，只想过属灵退隐的生活。主耶穌从不鼓励退隐的思想，他说：“去告诉我的弟兄……”

祈祷◆噢，主啊，愿你的恩福今天在此地临到我们：使我们脱离怠惰和灵性上的懒散，让你所保证的全然成就。

July 10 The Spiritual Sluggard

“Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works; not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together.” Hebrews 10:24-25

We are all capable of being spiritual sluggards; we do not want to mix with the rough and tumble of life as it is, our one object is to secure retirement. The note struck in Hebrews 10 is that of provoking one another and of keeping together – both of which require initiative, the initiative of Christ-realization, not of self-realization. To live a remote, retired, secluded life is the antipodes of spirituality as Jesus Christ taught it.

The test of our spirituality comes when we come up against injustice and meanness and ingratitude and turmoil, all of which have the tendency to make us spiritual sluggards. We want to use prayer and Bible reading for the purpose of retirement. We utilize God for the sake of getting peace and joy, that is, we do not want to realize Jesus Christ, but only our enjoyment of Him. This is the first step in the wrong direction. All these things are effects and we try to make them causes.

“I think it meet,” said Peter, “. . . to stir you up by putting you in remembrance.” It is a most disturbing thing to be smitten in the ribs by some provoker of God, by someone who is full of spiritual activity. Active work and spiritual activity are not the same thing. Active work may be the counterfeit of spiritual activity. The danger of spiritual sluggishness is that we do not wish to be stirred up, all we want to hear about is spiritual retirement. Jesus Christ never encourages the idea of retirement – “Go tell My brethren . .”

七月十日 信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

爱教会

经文: 「祢必起来怜恤锡安，因现在是可怜她的时候，日期已经到了。祢的仆人原来喜悦她的石头，可怜她的尘土。」（诗篇102︰13，14）诗篇 102

我们为教会所做的祷告，　神必垂听，祂是不误事的　神，祂的时刻必会来到。我们喜爱祷告会、主日学以及　神家里各样的服侍。我们心里记挂着所有属　神的人，并能够真心地说︰祢的羊群中未曾有一只，我不屑于喂养；因敬畏祢的缘故，未曾有一个仇敌，我未到其面前辩论。

若这是我们真实情感的表达，我们很快定会被　神同在的喜乐复兴：会众增加、圣徒复兴、罪人悔改。这一切都仰赖主的恩典，这恩典必会来到，我们理应翘首企盼这日子，因这时辰，　神早已设定，必不耽延。

让我们彼此激励，爱锡安的每一块活石，即使这活石并不坚固。让我们珍惜每一项教导，遵守每一个仪式，爱护每一位肢体，即使世人视他们如尘沙般渺小。当我们爱锡安，　神对她的爱也将彰显。若我们以圣工为乐，主祂自己也必将这圣工视为美好。

Love the Church

Scripture: "Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come. For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof"(Psalm 102:13-14).

Yes, our prayers for the church will be heard. The set time is come. We love the prayer meetings, and the Sunday school, and all the services of the LORD's house. We are bound in heart to all the people of God and can truly say,

There's not a lamb in all thy flock

I would disdain to feed

There's not a foe before whose face

I'd fear thy cause to plead.

If this is the general feeling, we shall soon enjoy times of refreshing from the presence of the LORD. Our assemblies will be filled, saints will be revived, and sinners will be converted. This can only come of the LORD's mercy; but it will come, and we are called upon to expect it. The time, the set time, is come. Let us bestir ourselves. Let us love every stone of our Zion, even though it may be fallen down. Let us treasure up the least truth, the least ordinance, the least believer, even though some may despise them as only so much dust. When we favor Zion, God is about to favor her. When we take pleasure in the LORD's work, the LORD Himself will take pleasure in it.

七月十日

信徒与主同死、同埋葬，还要与主同复活，从坟墓中出来；世上的隐土却是如同长久埋在坟墓中的人。主耶稣埋葬了，三日之后就复活了，为期并不很长，我们也当于很短的时间中复活起来。虽然向著世界死了，又埋葬了，世界上再无此人了；但从坟墓中出来之后，在世界中仍要被人看见；虽然仍然被人看见，却是另一个人了，不是原来的旧人，乃是复活的新人。因为我们有基督的生命，坟墓不能拘留基督，也不能拘留我们。如保罗所说：「我已经与基督同钉十字架，现在活著的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著。」（加二20）

　　当主耶稣被钉十字架的时候，门徒真如同都被钉死了；主埋葬了，他们也如同埋葬了；门徒都隐藏起来，关上门，不敢露面；但主复活了，主向他们吹了灵气，复活的灵进入他们的心中，圣灵降临，保惠师和他们同在，他们都如同从坟墓中出来，不再隐藏，不再惧怕，靠著主复活的大能，为基督作复活的见证，天天在被众人看见。他们虽然仍在世界上被众人看见，他们却不属世界，他们乃是在世界中经过了死、埋葬而复活又进入世界，作救人的工作。

　　正如主在被卖的那一夜，为门徒祷告说：「世界又恨他们，因为他们不属世界，正如我不属世界一样。我不求祢叫他们离开世界，衹求祢保守他们脱离那恶者。」（约十七14至15）

　　「祢怎样差我到世上，我也照样差他们到世上。」（约十七18）

　　我们也当如此，藉着死、埋葬、复活与世界脱离关系，再进入世界拯救世人。

《荒漠甘泉》7月10日

　　“我呼叫他，他却不回答。”（歌5章5节）

　　神常常喜欢在赐给我们信心以后，用迟延的方法来试炼我们的信心，他常常容忍他的仆人们大声呼喊着，却不去回答他们。他们推着门，门却依然丝毫不动，好似门键上长满了铁锈一般。他们常像耶利米一样哀呼：“你以黑云遮蔽自己，以至祷告不得透入。”（哀3章44节）

　　许多忠信的圣徒都曾持久不变地耐心等候，可是他们还没有得到答复，这并不是因为他们的祷告不够迫切，也不是他们的祷告不蒙悦纳，乃是神喜欢这样！神是天地的主，他可以按照他自己的意旨赐恩给我们。如果他喜欢让我们忍耐经过试炼，为什么不可以呢？

　　没有一个祷告会虚耗。我们的祷告神从来不会不答应或者不注意；有许多事情我们以为被拒绝了，实在，只是迟延罢了。——彭纳(H.Bonar）

　　主有时延迟他的救助，为着要试炼我们的信心，催促我们的祈祷。船被波浪掩盖了，耶稣却仍睡着；但是在船沉以前，他自然会醒过来的。他睡是睡，却从来不会睡过度；在他没有“太迟了”的事情的。——马克拉伦（Alexander Maclaren）

七月十一日

等你们暂受苦难之后，必要亲自成全你们，坚固你们，赐力量给你们。（彼前5：10）彼得前书 5:10 彼得前书 5

你看到蔚蓝的天空，它的颜色是多艳丽，多鲜明。它太美丽了，但霎时没有了！不，你看，它又出现了。轻云似絮遮没太空，长天的美色顿时消失。这并不是固定了的。那怎么能够呢？雨后的斜阳虽可带来美好的景色，但怎能长久呢？基督徒品格上的美德切莫像彩虹一样只有一忽儿的美景，而应固定、竖立、长久。信徒啊！要使你每一种美点都能长久。不要把你的品格写在沙土上，而要刻在磐石上！愿你的信心不要出于无根无据的幻想，而要用坚固的材料来建造，免得经不起那能烧去虚假之人的早木禾秸的可怕的烈火。愿你在爱中有根有基，愿你的信更深，你的爱更纯，人的望更真。愿你整个的生命都坚固牢靠，是地狱的火和地上的风所不能动摇摧毁的。要留意怎样才能在“已有的真道上坚固”呢？使徒告诉我们说：受苦难是一种方法——“等你们暂受苦难之后”。若暴风不吹打我们，我们就不能盼望我们的根能扎得更深。大树根上的疤瘤，错综交缠的叉根，都证明它们已经饱经风暴的击打，也证明它们曾争先恐后地奋力扎根。基督徒要强壮起来也得这样，须经人生的苦难和风暴才能把根扎好。所以当我们遇见苦难的风暴时不要畏缩不前，要坦然，要安静，要知道神必藉它们粗暴的手段赐福于你。神要在我们的身上满足他的心愿，所以他要我们在熬炼中增长壮大起来

七月十一日

经文: 你要将这事传与子、子传与孙、孙传与后代。（约珥书一：3）约珥书 1

藉上帝的恩典，直理的活见证以这种简单的方法在这世上活生生地保存下来。主的百姓要将福音的见证传给他们继承者。继而，这真理再分享给下一代。这是我门首要的责任。不从家庭开始服事的人，不是一个好的传道者。我们要以各种方法向异教徒见证，但是家庭是首先要得之处，将主所安排的次序颠倒的人有祸了。教导我们的儿女是个人的责任。我们不能将责任推卸给主日学教员或牧师。他们能帮助我们，但不能取代我们这个圣洁的职责。父母必须效法亚伯拉罕，教导家人敬畏上帝，并且与儿女谈论至高者的奇妙作为。父母的教导是一种天生的责任。谁能比孩童肉身父母更有资格去关心孩童的属灵的生命？忽略对后代的教导比凶暴对待他们更糟。家庭祈祷和研读圣经于民族、家庭、教会都是必须的。撒旦的王国企图不断侵占我们的领土。最有效阻挡它进入的方法却几乎常被忽略，就是在信心的功课上教导儿童。双亲必须明白此事的重要性。向我们的儿女谈论耶稣是一愉快的责任，也常被证明是一可以被接受的工作。藉着父母的祈求和训诫，上帝已拯救了孩童。

Evening, July 11

Scripture: “Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.”(Joel 1:3)

In this simple way, by God's grace, a living testimony for truth is always to be kept alive in the land－the beloved of the Lord are to hand down their witness for the gospel, and the covenant to their heirs, and these again to their next descendants. This is our first duty, we are to begin at the family hearth: he is a bad preacher who does not commence his ministry at home. The heathen are to be sought by all means, and the highways and hedges are to be searched, but home has a prior claim, and woe unto those who reverse the order of the Lord's arrangements. To teach our children is a personal duty; we cannot delegate it to Sunday school teachers, or other friendly aids; these can assist us, but cannot deliver us from the sacred obligation; proxies and sponsors are wicked devices in this case: mothers and fathers must, like Abraham, command their households in the fear of God, and talk with their offspring concerning the wondrous works of the Most High. Parental teaching is a natural duty－who so fit to look to the child's well-being as those who are the authors of his actual being? To neglect the instruction of our offspring is worse than brutish. Family religion is necessary for the nation, for the family itself, and for the church of God. By a thousand plots Popery is covertly advancing in our land, and one of the most effectual means for resisting its inroads is left almost neglected, namely, the instruction of children in the faith. Would that parents would awaken to a sense of the importance of this matter. It is a pleasant duty to talk of Jesus to our sons and daughters, and the more so because it has often proved to be an accepted work, for God has saved the children through the parents’ prayers and admonitions. May every house into which this volume shall come honour the Lord and receive his smile.

《竭诚为主》 7月11日

“使人认识基督。”（腓三10）腓立比书 3:10 腓立比书 3

圣徒的积极性并非朝着自我实现的方向，而是朝着认识基督进发。属灵的信徒绝不相信际遇出于偶然，也不会认为他的人生又属世又属神，他会视一切环境和际遇，领他更认识基督；也会不顾一切的弃绝。圣灵定意要使我们生命的每一方面都彰显基督。他曾一次又一次地把我们带到同一点，直至我们在那一点上彰显基督。自我实现叫人高举工作；圣徒却在工作上高举基督。或吃或喝或洗门徒的脚，不论是作什么，总要积极地在其中彰显基督。我们生命的每一阶段，都可在主耶稣的生命中找出互相对照之处。主就是在最低贱的工作上，也彰显与父神的关系。“耶稣知道自己是从神出来，又要归到神那里去，就……拿一条毛巾……洗门徒的脚。”

属灵圣徒的目标是要“认识基督”。我在今天的环境中认识基督吗？若不，就是叫他失望了。我不是要自我实现，乃是要认识基督。在属灵的工作中，原动力往往出于看见事工的需要，于是就去做。属灵的信徒却永不抱这种态度，他的目标是要在一切所处的环境中活出基督。

祈祷◆噢，主啊，凭着我单纯信靠那居住在我里面、又使我与你的属灵连结起来的圣灵，我仰望你；帮助我完全属你。

July 11 The Spiritual Saint

“That I may know Him.” Philippians 3:10

The initiative of the saint is not towards self-realization, but towards knowing Jesus Christ. The spiritual saint never believes circumstances to be haphazard, or thinks of his life as secular and sacred; he sees everything he is dumped down in as the means of securing the knowledge of Jesus Christ. There is a reckless abandonment about him. The Holy Spirit is determined that we shall realize Jesus Christ in every domain of life, and He will bring us back to the same point again and again until we do. Self-realization leads to the enthronement of work; whereas the saint enthrones Jesus Christ in his work. Whether it be eating or drinking or washing disciples feet, whatever it is, we have to take the initiative of realizing Jesus Christ in it. Every phase of our actual life has its counterpart in the life of Jesus. Our Lord realized His relationship to the Father even in the most menial work. “Jesus knowing . . . that He was come from God, and went to God . . . took a towel . . . and began to wash the disciples' feet.”

The aim of the spiritual saint is “that I may know Him.” Do I know Him where I am to-day? If not, I am failing Him. I am here not to realize myself, but to know Jesus. In Christian work the initiative is too often the realization that something has to be done and I must do it. That is never the attitude of the spiritual saint, his aim is to secure the realization of Jesus Christ in every set of circumstances he is in.

七月十一日 信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

与主永不分离

经文: 「凡活着信我的人必永远不死。你信这话吗？」（约翰福音11︰26）约翰福音 11

是的，主，我相信，我将永远不死。我们的灵魂或许会和我们身体分离，这是一种的死；但若我们的灵魂与　神分离，这才是真正的死——这死乃是罪的代价——再也没有比这种与　神分离的死的刑罚更可怕的了。

我们确知没有什么能将我们与　神的爱隔绝，这爱是在我们主基督耶稣里面的。我们连于元首基督，是祂的肢体，谁能让基督舍弃祂任何一部分的肢体呢？我们是基督的新妇，祂又怎会离弃我们呢？这是不可能的。在我们里面有　神的生命，那是无法和　神分离的；是的，圣灵也内住在我们里面，我们如何会死呢？耶稣祂自己就是我们的生命，因此，我们定不会死，因祂不会再死。在耶稣里面，我们向罪死了，只有一次，这样的极刑不会有第二次。现在我们活着，是向着　神永远活着。公义的奖赏是永生；而我们有的，就是　神的公义。因此，我们可以向　神要这最高的奖赏。

凡有气息的就当相信，我们有且必要享受永生。我们的生命因连于永生的元首而去危就安了。让我们就带着这样的笃定奋勇前行。

Never Separated from God

Scripture: "And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believeth thou this?"(John 11:26).

Yes, LORD, we believe it; we shall never die. Our soul may be separated from our body, and this is death of a kind; but our soul shall never be separated from God, which is the true death -- the death which was threatened to sin -- the death penalty which is the worst that can happen. We believe this most assuredly, for who shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our LORD? We are members of the Body of Christ; will Christ lose parts of His Body? We are married to Jesus; will He be bereaved and widowed? It is not possible. There is a life within us which is not capable of being divided from God: yea, and the Holy Spirit dwells within us, and how then can we die? Jesus, Himself, is our life, and therefore there is no dying for us, for He cannot die again. In Him we died unto sin once, and the capital sentence cannot a second time be executed. Now we live, and live forever. The reward of righteousness is life everlasting, and we have nothingless than the righteousness of God, and therefore can claim the very highest reward.

Living and believing, we believe that we shall live and enjoy. Wherefore we press forward with full assurance that our life is secure in our living Head.

七月十一日

哈曼为末底改预备了五丈高的木架，要把末底改悬挂其上；木架是仇敌给末底改预备的，要把有义有功的人悬挂起来。主耶稣的十字架也是仇敌给祂预备的，主耶稣更是那无罪的，但是仇敌把祂挂在上面。这十字架的道路就是为义受苦的道路，凡跟随主的人也都有自己的十字架，这个十字架不是强盗的十字架，我们所背的十字架乃是与主的十字架同类。我们若走主的道路，就有与主同样的十字架，我们若不走主的道路而有十字架，那么我们的十字架就与强盗的同类；不是为义受逼迫，乃是为自己的罪受苦。　　常听有人说：「我的十字架太沉重了！」不知道他的十字架是与主的十字架同类，还是与强盗的十字架同类？是为义受苦，还是为罪受苦？若是与主的同类，那是荣耀的十字架，是被记念的十字架，是得冠冕的十字架；若是与强盗的同类，不但没有荣耀，没有冠冕，反而羞辱了主的名。

　　主说：「若有人要跟从我，就当舍己，背起他的十字架，来跟从我。」主的话是叫人为祂的名不怕羞辱逼迫，为行义行善不怕受苦。主被举起在十字架上，就吸引了万人归向祂；我们若与基督一同受苦，死在我们身上发动，生却在别人身上发动；也要因我们的受苦而叫别人信耶稣得救。

　　「你们中间却不可有人，因为杀人、偷窃、作恶、好管闲事而受苦；若为作基督徒受苦，却不要羞耻；倒要因这名归荣耀给神。」（彼前四15至16）

《荒漠甘泉》7月11日

　　“过了些日子，溪水就干了，因为雨没有下在地上。”（王上17章7节）

　　一星期一星期地过去，以利亚带着坚忍不挠的精神，守着那日渐干涸的溪水；撒但常常诱惑他叫他发生疑惧，但是他始终不允许环境来插在他与神的中间。

　　一天一天过去了，那日渐干涸的溪水只剩下了一条银色的细线了；银色的细线不久又断成了小小的池沼；池沼又渐渐干涸。飞鸟逃去了；田间和林中的野兽也不再来取饮了；到了一天，溪水全然干涸了。以利亚忍耐坚持到那时候，才有“耶和华的话临到他，说，你起身往撒勒法去。”（8-9节）

　　如果是我们，一定早已急坏了。当水流潺潺的声音稍为减少了一些的时候，我们感谢赞美的歌声就定规会停止了；我们会将歌颂神的乐器丢在柳树枝上，自己却在枯黄的草地上踏来踏去，焦虑得象失去了魂一般。或许，在溪水干涸以前，我们早会想出些方法来求神祝福，然后出发往他处去了。

　　神常常按照他自己的时候来解放我们，因为他的慈爱是永远常存的；我们如果肯先等候看明神的旨意，我们便不会流落到不及解放的地步，我们也不会带着羞愧的泪眼走回头路了。——梅尔（F.B.Meyer）

七月十二日

被父神所分别为圣。（改译）（犹：1）；在基督耶稣里成圣。（林前1：2）；藉着圣灵得成圣洁。（彼前1：2）犹大书 1 哥林多前书 1:2 哥林多前书 1

要注意三位一体的神在一切恩工上是合作一致的。有一些信徒的说话常偏重三位中的一位，这是很不聪明的事；他们以为耶稣是全然可爱，满有恩惠的；他们认为父乃是严正的，所以忽略了他的恩慈。但那些只看重神的诫命、子的替赎，而忽视圣灵的人，也一样地犯了严重的错误。救恩的大功，三位一体中的任何一位都不能独成其事。他们在工作上联合一起，正像他们在存在上是一样的。他们对待被选之人的爱是一致的，而从他们流露出来的爱的行动，也是不可分割的。我们从成圣的工作上特别能看出这一点。我们若说成圣是圣灵的工作虽或没有错误，但是我们也必须出乎承认父和子也有份在这工作上。成圣的工作乃是父、子和圣灵共同所作的工作。耶和华说：“我们要照着我们的形象，按着我们的样式造人。”因此，“我们原是他的工作，在基督耶稣里造成的，为要叫我们行善，就是神所预备叫我们行的。”神很看重圣洁，所以三位一体的神共同使教会“毫无玷污、皱纹等类的病”。信徒啊！你既是跟从基督的人，也必须高看圣洁的价值——生活要清洁，话语要虔敬。要把基督的血当作你盼望的根源，但也不要忽视圣灵的工作，那是你在光明中与众圣徒所当得的基业。今天让我们在生活中能彰显出三位一体的神在我们心中所作的工作。“求你用真理使他们成圣，你的道就是真理。”

七月十二日

经文: 祂的天国。（提摩太后书四：18）提摩太后书 4:18 提摩太后书 4

伟大君王之城是服事活跃之处。被赎之灵在祂的圣殿中日夜事奉祂。他们永不停止满足君王之喜悦。就解除、脱离焦虑的方面而言，他们是得到永远的安息。但是从活动方面来看，他们永不休息。耶路撒冷是上帝所有子民相交之处。我们将与亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各有永恒的相交。我们能与尊贵的圣徒交谈，主以大爱和大能将他们安全地领回天家，并且与祂一同工作。我们不再独唱，而是在合唱中赞美我们的王。天国是真正得胜的地方。每次你胜过欲望，每次经过艰苦的挣扎，每次你将一试探置于脚下，你得预尝那等待你的喜乐经历，就是当主将撒旦践踏在足下的时候，你发现藉着爱你的主，成为征服者。乐园是一个完全的处所。当你成为天上耶路撒冷的公民时，就能享受信心的全部保证，也就有了荣耀的安全保障。哦，我甜美的家，耶路撒冷啊，你是我灵的喜乐港！我感谢上帝，祂的爱教导我渴望你。当我住在祂的天国时，在永恒中我要更大声感谢。

Evening, July 12

Scripture: “His heavenly kingdom.”(2 Timothy 4:18)

Yonder city of the great King is a place of active service. Ransomed spirits serve him day and night in his temple. They never cease to fulfil the good pleasure of their King. They always “rest,” so far as ease and freedom from care is concerned; and never “rest,” in the sense of indolence or inactivity. Jerusalem the golden is the place of communion with all the people of God. We shall sit with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in eternal fellowship. We shall hold high converse with the noble host of the elect, all reigning with him who by his love and his potent arm has brought them safely home. We shall not sing solos, but in chorus shall we praise our King. Heaven is a place of victory realized. Whenever, Christian, thou hast achieved a victory over thy lusts－whenever after hard struggling, thou hast laid a temptation dead at thy feet－thou hast in that hour a foretaste of the joy that awaits thee when the Lord shall shortly tread Satan under thy feet, and thou shalt find thyself more than conqueror through him who hath loved thee. Paradise is a place of security. When you enjoy the full assurance of faith, you have the pledge of that glorious security which shall be yours when you are a perfect citizen of the heavenly Jerusalem. O my sweet home, Jerusalem, thou happy harbour of my soul! Thanks, even now, to him whose love hath taught me to long for thee; but louder thanks in eternity, when I shall possess thee.“My soul has tasted of the grapes,And now it longs to goWhere my dear Lord his vineyard keepsAnd all the clusters grow.“Upon the true and living vine,My famish'd soul would feast,And banquet on the fruit divine,An everlasting guest.”

《竭诚为主》 7月12日

直等到我们众人……长大成人，满有基督长成的身量。（弗四13）以弗所书 4:13 以弗所书 4

整个人类要重新恢复与神的关系，这正是主耶稣的救赎所成就的。教会什么时候只顾发展本身的组织，就不再是一个属灵的团体了。主耶稣使人类恢复原位的计划，是要人不单个别地，也要在整体上彰显基督。主耶稣差遣使徒和教师，就是为此目的——叫神在教会整体中彰显。我们不是为发展自己属灵的生命，也不是为享受属灵的安静；我们乃是要活出基督，好叫基督的身体得以建立。我是在建立基督的身体吗？还是只求个人的发展？最重要的是我个人与耶稣的关系——“使我认识基督”。要完成神的计划就要完全把自己交付他。每当我要为自己求什么，与神的关系就有所偏差。我们若发现自己并不在乎彰显基督，而只追求彰显他为我所做的事，会为此感动极大羞愧。“我的目标是神自己，而不是喜乐，不是平安，也不是祝福。单是神自己，我的神。”我是否以此衡量自己的生命？还是以次一等的标准来衡量？

祈祷◆噢，主啊，我赞美你。因为当我想到你那奥妙的身体中的肢体，脑海中浮现那伟大的思想。我何等渴望迅速地更多认识到它的奥秘。

July 12 The Spiritual Society

“Till we all come . . unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.” Ephesians 4:13

Rehabilitation means the putting back of the whole human race into the relationship God designed it to be in, and this is what Jesus Christ did in Redemption. The Church ceases to be a spiritual society when it is on the look-out for the development of its own organization. The rehabilitation of the human race on Jesus Christ's plan means the realization of Jesus Christ in corporate life as well as in individual life. Jesus Christ sent apostles and teachers for this purpose – that the corporate Personality might be realized. We are not here to develop a spiritual life of our own, or to enjoy spiritual retirement; we are here so to realize Jesus Christ that the Body of Christ may be built up.

Am I building up the Body of Christ, or am I looking for my own personal development only? The essential thing is my personal relationship to Jesus Christ – “That I may know Him.” To fulfil God's design means entire abandonment to Him. Whenever I want things for myself, the relationship is distorted. It will be a big humiliation to realize that I have not been concerned about realizing Jesus Christ, but only about realizing what He has done for me.

“My goal is God Himself, not joy nor peace,

Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God.”

Am I measuring my life by this standard or by anything less?

七月十二日 信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

　神要搭救

经文: 「主知道搭救敬虔的人脱离试探，把不义的人留在刑罚之下，等候审判的日子。」（彼得后书2︰9）彼得后书 2

信心若未经过考验，就不知其真假；因此属　神的人会受到试探与考验。但　神必要拯救信徒脱离试探与考验，不是碰运气，或是靠他人，而是　神亲自要来拯救信靠祂的人。　神喜悦爱主的人，祂关心他们身处何境。

有时候信徒的景况，有如身陷迷宫，不知如何躲避迎面而来的危险；但我们不知道的，　神都知道；祂知道在什么时间，用什么方式，搭救哪一个人。在对我们最有利的时候，祂会给予仇敌致命的一击，好让祂得着最大的荣耀。我们大可放心地把自己交在　神的手中，尽情享受　神所赐的安息，知道无论如何，　神必会带领信徒经过难关，渡过险境，平安地走过这短暂寄居的客旅岁月去到祂荣耀的右手边。

我们无需急于窥视天机，只要耐性等候　神的时候。虽然我们对未来一无所知，但　神知道一切，祂必掌管明天。

Whom, When, How to Deliver

Scripture: "The LORD knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished"(2 Peter 2:9).

The godly are tempted and tried. That is not true faith which is never put to the test. But the godly are delivered out of their trials, and that not by chance, nor by secondary agencies, but by the LORD Himself. He personally undertakes the office of delivering those who trust Him. God loves the godly or godlike, and He makes a point of knowing where they are and how they fare.

Sometimes their way seems to be a labyrinth, and they cannot imagine how they are to escape from threatening danger. What they do not know, their LORD knows. He knows whom to deliver, and when to deliver, and how to deliver. He delivers in the way which is most beneficial to the godly, most crushing to the tempter, and most glorifying to Himself. We may leave the "how" with the LORD and be content to rejoice in the fact that He will, in some way or other, bring His own people through all the dangers, trials, and temptations for this mortal life to His own right hand in glory.

This day it is not for me to pry into my LORD's secrets but patiently to wait His time, knowing this, that though I know nothing, my heavenly Father knows.

七月十二日

保人必须有够用的力量来保证他所要保证的人、或事、或物，忠实的保人虽然自己吃亏，也必须保证他所保证的。就如大卫所说：「他发了誓，虽然自己吃亏，也不更改。」（诗十五4）

　　主耶稣作了神人两家的中保，祂保证人，祂必须有人一切所有的；祂保证神，祂也必须有神一切所有的；所以主耶稣必须有神人二性，祂才能作人的保证人，也作神的保证人。

　　作保人的必须立约，替所保证的两家立约；主耶稣用祂自己的血立了新约，这约关系神人两家，也是永远有功效的。主耶稣被卖的那一夜，拿起饼来、拿起杯来向神祝谢，就在神与人的面前凭自己的血立了约；这约既是关系神人两家，所以这约也是保证了神人两家互相关系的事情。主耶稣作人的保人，人所不能守的前约，就是神与亚当所立的约，和神在律法上向人所要求的，人所不能行的善，祂替人行了；人所不当作而作的罪，祂替人受了刑罚，祂所保证的关乎人的方面，祂完全付了代价。同时祂又保证神要赐给人的一切福都必须赐给人；但是神是信实的，祂保证神的，神都给了人；惟有人是虚谎的，所以我们连累了保人，叫保人吃了亏；但是我们的保人，发了誓虽然自己吃亏也不更改，祂情愿替人付了赎价，所以公义的神也必须把祂的福赐给我们。虽然我们在神面前不义、背约，但神因保人付的赎价，作了挽回祭。

　　「为此祂作了新约的中保；既然受死赎了人在前约之时所犯的罪过，便叫蒙召之人得著所应许永远的产业。」（来九15）

《荒漠甘泉》7月12日

　　“然而他知道我所行的路，他试炼我之后，我必如精金。”（伯23章10节）

　　“风雨生信心”——这不是很简单的五个字吗？但是这五个字，对于在风雨中的人是多么有意味啊！

　　信心是神所赐的，信心经过试炼之后，能行种种神奇的事——不可见的能变成可见，不可能的能变成可能。

　　最坚实的树木并不是生长在森林的庇护下的，乃是暴露在风雨打击得到的空旷之处；它们因着风雨的击打摇动，竟长得极其高大——工匠用来制作器具车辆的，就是这种木料。

　　所以，你应当常常记得你所当行的路，不是阳光闪耀，野花开放的那条，却是一条险阻狭窄的小路，在那里阴间的狂风险些会将你吹倒，尖锐的石子会割破你的皮肉，突出的荆棘会抓伤你的头额，恶毒的野兽会在你四面吼叫。

　　这是一条又悲伤又欢乐的道路，有痛苦，也有医治；有眼泪，也有眷顾；有试炼，也有胜利。路上时常会遇到困难危险，拳打掌击，逼迫误会和烦恼苦楚，然而靠着爱我们的主，在这一切的事上，已经得胜有余了。

七月十三日

你……发怒合乎理吗？（拿4：9）约拿书 4:9 约拿书 4

怒气并不常，或者末必是犯罪的，但是当怒不可遏的时候，我们应当自问：“你发怒合乎理吗？”或许我们能回答说：“是。”怒气常是疯汉点火的火把，便有时也是以利亚自天所求下来的火，我们向罪发怒是很好的，因罪触犯了善良的和赐恩典给我们的神；向我们自己发怒原是很好的——因为当我们领受了神的教训之后，仍然愚昧不堪：而向别人发怒的惟一原因应当是因他们作了邪恶的事。凡不向罪发怒的人就是与罪同伙的人。罪是可憎可恨的，是新心所不能容忍的。神自己天天向恶人发怒，他说：“你们爱耶和华的，都当恨恶罪恶。”我们的怒却常是不对不正的，那么我们就当回答说：“不。”为什么我们要向小孩子暴躁，向工友生气，向朋友发火呢？这种怒气能使我们所信的基督得尊荣，或者使神得荣耀吗？这不是老我的恶心要想掌权吗？我们不当用新生的性情全力对付它吗？有很多人任凭他们的脾气发作，认为抵制是没有用的；但是信徒要知道他必须在每一件事上都作一个得胜的人，不然他是不能得冠冕的。若我们不能控制我们的脾气，那么恩典所为我们成就的是什么呢？有人告诉计先生说恩典常常是接在野苹果树上。他回答说：“是的，但是所结的果子却不是野苹果了。”我们不当以自然的软弱来给罪卫护，但我们要就到十字架之前，求主把我们的脾气钉在十字架上，按着他的形象使们在温和谦卑上有新生的样式。

七月十三日

经文: 我呼求的日子，我的仇敌都要转身退后。上帝帮助我，这是我所知道的。（诗篇五十六：9）诗篇 56

任何言词都不可能表达这喜乐的短句所含有的意思：“上帝是帮助我的”。在世界生出以前，祂是帮助我们的。祂若不是帮助我们的，就不会把爱子赐给我们。当祂将震怒的全部重量放在祂独一爱子身上以致祂受伤时，祂是帮助我们的。虽然祂违背自己，也是为了帮助我们。当我们因堕落而毁灭时，祂是帮助我们的，不论任何光景祂都爱我们。当我们大胆悖逆祂时，祂仍然帮助我们。祂是帮助我们的，否则祂不会带领我们谦卑地寻求祂的面。在许多挣扎中，祂也一向帮助我们。若不是祂一直都帮助我们，我们如何能保持至今、不被伤害呢？以祂所有无穷尽的本性、以祂所有全能的大爱、以祂所有绝对可靠的智慧，祂现在仍然帮助我们。以祂所有神圣品性之内涵，祂永远不变地帮助我们。因为祂是帮助我们的，向祂祈求，就能保证我们得到祂的帮助。“我呼求的日子，我的仇敌都要转身退后。”这是完全肯定的盼望，有充分根据的保证：“这是我所知道的”。我的祈求直接向上帝诉说，仰望祂的应允，并肯定必蒙答应。我的仇敌必败，因为上帝是帮助我的。信徒啊，有万王之王在你一方何等幸福啊！有这样一位保护者是何等安全啊！有如此一位中保的代求，你的目标是何等肯定啊！上帝若帮助你，谁能敌挡你呢？

Evening, July 13

Scripture: “When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.”(Psalm 56:9)

It is impossible for any human speech to express the full meaning of this delightful phrase, “God is for me.” He was “for us” before the worlds were made; he was “for us,” or he would not have given his well-beloved son; he was “for us” when he smote the Only-begotten, and laid the full weight of his wrath upon him－he was “for us,” though he was against him; he was “for us,” when we were ruined in the fall－he loved us notwithstanding all; he was “for us,” when we were rebels against him, and with a high hand were bidding him defiance; he was “for us,” or he would not have brought us humbly to seek his face. He has been “for us” in many struggles; we have been summoned to encounter hosts of dangers; we have been assailed by temptations from without and within－how could we have remained unharmed to this hour if he had not been “for us”? He is “for us,” with all the infinity of his being; with all the omnipotence of his love; with all the infallibility of his wisdom; arrayed in all his divine attributes, he is “for us,”－eternally and immutably “for us”; “for us” when yon blue skies shall be rolled up like a worn out vesture; “for us” throughout eternity. And because he is “for us,” the voice of prayer will always ensure his help. “When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies be turned back.” This is no uncertain hope, but a well grounded assurance－“this I know.” I will direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up for the answer, assured that it will come, and that mine enemies shall be defeated, “for God is for me.” O believer, how happy art thou with the King of kings on thy side! How safe with such a Protector! How sure thy cause pleaded by such an Advocate! If God be for thee, who can be against thee?

《竭诚为主》7月13日

当乌西雅王崩的那年，我见主坐在高高的宝座上。（赛六1）以赛亚书 6:1 以赛亚书 6

我们心灵与神的历程，往往是英雄人物式逝去的历程。神一次又一次地把我们的朋友挪开，使他自己可以代替他们的地位，我们却因此失败灰心。就个人经验来说：那年那个替代了神位置的人死了——我是否万念俱灰？病了？颓丧灰心？还是看见了主？

我对神的异象，有赖于我品性的状况。品性决定启示。我若要说“我看见了主”，就必先在品性上有了与神相呼应的成分。在我重生得见神的国以前，所看见的都随我的偏见而定；我需要接受手术，切除外在的事物，也需要内里的洁净。第一是神，第二、第三也是神，直到生命单单面对神，其他人都无关重要。“世上除你还有谁？我的神，只有你。”不断付代价，让神知道你甘愿达成异象。

祈祷◆主啊，我感谢你，因为我发现自己在盼望你再来时深感热切的喜乐！噢，由此我可以在你眼前蒙恩，并且，要让自己的行事为人，与你的伟大救恩更为相称！

July 13 The Price Of Vision

“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord.” Isaiah 6:1

Our soul's history with God is frequently the history of the “passing of the hero.” Over and over again God has to remove our friends in order to bring Himself in their place, and that is where we faint and fail and get discouraged. Take it personally: In the year that the one who stood to me for all that God was, died – I gave up everything? I became ill? I got disheartened? or – I saw the Lord?

My vision of God depends upon the state of my character. Character determines revelation. Before I can say “I saw also the Lord,” there must be something corresponding to God in my character. Until I am born again and begin to see the Kingdom of God, I see along the line of my prejudices only; I need the surgical operation of external events and an internal purification.

It must be God first, God second, and God third, until the life is faced steadily with God and no one else is of any account whatever. “In all the world there is none but thee, my God, there is none but thee.” Keep paying the price. Let God see that you are willing to live up to the vision.

七月十三日 信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

完全信赖

经文: 「我定要搭救你，你不至倒在刀下，却要以自己的命为掠物，因你依靠我。这是耶和华说的。」（耶利米书39︰18）

信靠　神是何等稳妥可靠。耶路撒冷的君王倒在刀下，但穷困的以伯米勒（古实人）却平安无恙，只因他信赖耶和华。耶和华是永生　神，造我们的主，除祂以外我们能信靠谁呢？若我们不选择信靠造物主，反倒选择其他的受造物，岂不至为愚蠢？愿我们在凡事上凭信心仰赖主，那么我们定可免于一切危险。那些信靠主的不曾枉然信靠，信实的主必保守他们永远平安。

主说︰“我必定要搭救你。”请看“必定”这两字：凡事都可能变化，但　神对信徒的爱是永远不变；　神是慈爱的守护者，在祂翅膀的荫疪下，即使灾祸临到，也定有稳妥安全。我们可愿照这应许的，接受这福份？那么在急难时，就会发现这应许的确有效。或许我们会因为自己的人脉广、能力强、运气好，而以为自己能渡过难关，但这些都远不及　神的应许：“我定要搭救你……因你倚靠我”。亲爱的朋友，来信靠主，你会发现这样的生活是何等的甘甜稳妥。

Implicit Trust

Scripture: "For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in Me, saith the LORD"(Jeremiah 39:18).

Behold the protecting power of trust in God. The great men of Jerusalem fell by the sword, but poor Ebed-melech was secure, for his confidence was in Jehovah. Where else should a man trust but in his Maker? We are foolish when we prefer the creature to the Creator. Oh, that we could in all things live by faith, then should we be delivered in all time of danger! No one ever did trust in the LORD in vain, and no one ever shall.

The LORD saith, "I will surely deliver thee." Mark the divine "surely." Whatever else may be uncertain, God's care of believers is sure. God Himself is the guardian of the gracious. Under His sacred wing there is safety even when every danger is abroad. Can we accept this promise as sure? Then in our present emergency we shall find that it stands fast. We hope to be delivered because we have friends, or because we are prudent, or because we can see hopeful signs; but none of these things are one-half so good as God's simple "because thou hast put thy trust in me." Dear reader, try this way, and, trying it, you will keep to it all your life. It is as sweet as it is sure.

七月十三日

涨溢的河水流入低洼之处，神的恩惠也是补满人的亏欠。人在甚么事上有软弱，神就在甚么事上有恩典；人在甚么地方有需要，神就在甚么地方有补足；惟有自高自满的，神的恩典不能流进。神是扶持软弱的，赐恩给谦卑的。

　　主对保罗说：「因为我的能力，是在人的软弱上显得完全。」（林后十二9）

　　圣经中所说的软弱不是犯罪，不是失败，不是冷淡，圣经中所说的软弱是一种受欺侮的地位。好象约押不通过大卫就杀了押尼珥，大卫说：「我虽然受膏为王，今日还是软弱；这洗鲁雅的两个儿子比我刚强。」（撒下三39）

　　还有亚述王西拿基立攻打犹大，拉伯沙基侮辱希西家，希西家就求以赛亚为他祷告，希西家说：「今日是急难、责罚、凌辱的日子，就如妇人将要生产婴孩，却没有力量生产。」（赛三十七3）这是希西家的软弱。

　　保罗的软弱是为基督所受的患难，保罗的软弱也是指凌辱、急难、逼迫、困苦……说的，他数了自己所受的苦之后，他说：「我若必须自夸，就夸那关乎我软弱的事便了。」（林后十一30）

　　如果我们这样软弱的时候，神就用祂的大能护庇我们，神的恩典要充满我们。可是我们常是不会软弱，遇有事的时候就靠著自己的力量刚强，这刚强若是从血气来的，神的恩典就不能流给我们。我们当在真理上刚强，当在属世的世上软弱。但我们常是相反的，在属世的事上就刚强，在真理上就软弱。惟愿主光照我们，使我们在当软弱的地方软弱，在当刚强的地方刚强。

《荒漠甘泉》7月13日

　　“亚伯拉罕所信的，是那叫死人复活，使无变为有的神，他在主面前作我们世人的父。如经上所记，我已经立你作多国的父。。”（罗4章17节）

　　亚伯拉罕为什么这样信靠神？照世人的眼光来看，亚伯拉罕到了这么大的年龄，是不能再有做父亲的希望了； 但是神却在他还没有一些生子的兆头以先，就叫他“多国的父”了；神既这样说，亚伯拉罕就这样信。

　　时候已经到了，你不该在栖息在怀疑的木杆上了，走出你自以为安全的巢窝来，披上信心的翅翼吧；小鸟儿必须出来学习飞了。学习的时候，它深怕自己会跌下去，可是事实上并没有跌——它的翅膀支住了它。读者啊，只要信靠神，“你必要站住。”（罗14章4节）。你也许要说：“我这样软弱的人，未必会得着能力吧！”神说：“你会。”你也许要说：“我这易受诱惑，易于降服的天性，未必会得着胜利吧！”神说：“你会。”你也许要说：“我这怯懦震颤的心魂，未必会得着安宁吧！”神说：“你会。”神既这样说过，你当然不能以神为说谎的！他说过了，难道会不去作吗？所以如果你已经得到了神一句话——一个确实的允许——你就当丝毫不疑完完全全地信任他，因为你不只有一句确实的话，也有一位说这话的信实的主。

七月十四日

因你在上头一动家具，就把坛污秽了。（出20：25）出埃及记 20:25 出埃及记 20

神的坛不可用凿成的石头来筑成，不能在神的坛上看出人的技巧和工作来。人们常喜欢用自己的智慧把十字架的道理加以整理和修饰，以期迎合堕落之人的口味；其实人的智慧常是画蛇添足的，他们不但不能使福音更趋完美，反而污秽了福音，使它成为“别的福音”，根本算不得是神的真道。因此凡把神自己的话加以修正或更改的，都是污秽肮脏的。人的骄傲的心常想在神使人称义的事上也有份儿，渴想为基督作种种的准备，依靠自己的谦卑和悔改，高兴自己的善行，夸耀自己的本领，这一切都是要在神的坛上动用人的家具。罪人应当记得若用人的信心和方法来完成救主的工作，那就是污秽并羞辱了那工作。主自己必在赎罪的事上被高举，其上毫无人锤凿的痕迹。凡要在基督耶稣临死时所宣告“成了”的事上再加添什么的，就是犯了亵渎的罪；要想修正主耶和华所看为美、所看为“甚好”的事也是如此。颤栗着的罪人哪！丢掉你的器具吧，双膝跪下谦卑地祈求吧，接受主耶稣作为赎你罪的坛，并且单单投靠他。有很多人或许能因今晨的话为自己所信的道理得到一个警戒。有很多基督徒颇有将启示的真道加以“扬弃”或“调和”的倾向，这是不敬不信的表示；我们却要完全领受所传于我们的真道，我们要快乐，因为主的话是未凿过的石头，因此才能用以筑成神的坛。

七月十四日

经文: 天快亮的时候，抹大拉的马利亚……来看坟墓。（马太福音二十八：1）马太福音 28:1 马太福音 28

让我们向抹大拉的马利亚学习与主耶稣相交的方法。请注意她是怎样去找寻祂的。她在清晨极早的时刻去找寻救主。你若等待，并且耐心的希望在某一遥远的时刻能与基督相交，你永远不可能等到。已经准备好相交的心是一颗饥渴的心。她带着极大的勇气去寻找祂。其他门徒都逃走躲藏了，但是马利亚站在坟墓旁（参阅约二十：11）约翰福音 20:11。你若渴望基督与你同在，不要让任何事物阻挠你。要不顾世界。当别人都逃跑时，努力前进。她忠诚地寻找基督──她站在坟墓旁。有人以为站在活的救主身旁甚为困难，但是她敢站在死人旁边。愿我们以这样方式去寻找基督，虽然别人都遗弃祂，我们却仍然忠诚。她迫切地寻找耶稣。她站在那里哭。那些眼泪引领救主前来，向她显现。你若渴望耶稣的同在，哭泣吧！若没有祂来对你说：“你是我所爱的”，你就无法决乐，那很快你就会听到祂的声音。她单单寻找救主。她不关心天使的出现。她要寻找的只是她的主。基督若是你唯一的爱人，你若已从心中排除所有匹对者，就必能得着有祂同在的安慰。抹大拉的马利亚寻找耶稣，因为她极爱祂。但愿我们能充满如此强烈的爱。但愿我们的心像马利亚的心，充满了基督。除祂没有任何别的事物可以满足我们的爱，就像马利亚一般。

Evening, July 14

Scripture: “As it began to dawn, came Magdalene, to see the sepulchre.”(Matthew 28:1)

Let us learn from Mary Magdalene how to obtain fellowship with the Lord Jesus. Notice how she sought. She sought the Saviour very early in the morning. If thou canst wait for Christ, and be patient in the hope of having fellowship with him at some distant season, thou wilt never have fellowship at all; for the heart that is fitted for communion is a hungering and a thirsting heart. She sought him also with very great boldness. Other disciples fled from the sepulchre, for they trembled and were amazed; but Mary, it is said, “stood” at the sepulchre. If you would have Christ with you, seek him boldly. Let nothing hold you back. Defy the world. Press on where others flee. She sought Christ faithfully－she stood at the sepulchre. Some find it hard to stand by a living Saviour, but she stood by a dead one. Let us seek Christ after this mode, cleaving to the very least thing that has to do with him, remaining faithful though all others should forsake him. Note further, she sought Jesus earnestly－she stood “weeping”. Those tear-droppings were as spells that led the Saviour captive, and made him come forth and show himself to her. If you desire Jesus’ presence, weep after it! If you cannot be happy unless he come and say to you, “Thou art my beloved,” you will soon hear his voice. Lastly, she sought the Saviour only. What cared she for angels, she turned herself back from them; her search was only for her Lord. If Christ be your one and only love, if your heart has cast out all rivals, you will not long lack the comfort of his presence. Mary Magdalene sought thus because she loved much. Let us arouse ourselves to the same intensity of affection; let our heart, like Mary's, be full of Christ, and our love, like hers, will be satisfied with nothing short of himself. O Lord, reveal thyself to us this evening!

《竭诚为主》 7月14日

只是我告诉你们，不要与恶人作对。有人打你的右脸，连左脸也转过来由他打。（太五39）马太福音 5

这经文说出作基督徒的谦卑。依常情来说，不还手是懦夫；但在属灵上，不还手表明有神的儿子在他里头。你被侮辱时，不但不要动怒，更要藉这机会表彰神的儿子。你无法模仿耶稣的性情，有就有，没有就没有。对一个圣徒来说，个人受辱是表彰主耶稣美妙的机会，这真令人难以置信。

登山宝训不是——做你当做的，而是——做非你分内的。你本不必走第二里路，不必转左脸，但耶稣说若我们是他的门徒，就必须这样行。我们不该存这样的心：“唉，我受这样的冤屈误会，再也无能为力了。”每次我坚持自己的权益，就伤害了神的儿子；我若接受那一击，就叫耶稣免受伤害。这正是补满基督患难缺欠的意思。主的门徒只知道主的荣耀，而非他自己的声誉，这是系于一生的目标。切勿从他人身上要求正义，自己也不可不去行义。我们往往寻找公义；但登山宝训却说不要找公义，要时常施行公义。

祈祷◆主啊，当我想起你的一切美善、奇妙和恩典，赞美和忧虑的心便在我里面此起彼落。噢，主啊，我所祈求的是：你在我里面最想寻见的一切，正是我必须在现实生活中实践出来的东西。

July 14 The Account With Persecution

“But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Matthew 5:39, etc

These verses reveal the humiliation of being a Christian. Naturally, if a man does not hit back, it is because he is a coward; but spiritually if a man does not hit back, it is a manifestation of the Son of God in him. When you are insulted, you must not only not resent it, but make it an occasion to exhibit the Son of God. You cannot imitate the disposition of Jesus; it is either there or it is not. To the saint personal insult becomes the occasion of revealing the incredible sweetness of the Lord Jesus.

The teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is not – Do your duty, but – Do what is not your duty. It is not your duty to go the second mile, to turn the other cheek, but Jesus says if we are His disciples we shall always do these things. There will be no spirit of – “Oh, well, I cannot do any more, I have been so misrepresented and misunderstood.” Every time I insist upon my rights, I hurt the Son of God; whereas I can prevent Jesus from being hurt if I take the blow myself. That is the meaning of filling up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ. The disciple realizes that it is his Lord's honour that is at stake in his life, not his own honour.

Never look for right in the other man, but never cease to be right yourself. We are always looking for justice; the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is – Never look for justice, but never cease to give it.

七月十四日 信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

将重担卸给　神

经文:「你要把你的重担卸给耶和华，祂必抚养你，祂永不叫义人动摇。」（诗篇55：22) 诗篇 55

若有重担，赶紧将它卸给全能的　神。这重担或许会将你压垮，但对　神而言，却算不得什么。若你被命定要接受这样的压力与遭遇，　神会替你承担，你不用单独承受这一切；有　神为你托住这重担，这压力将成为你的祝福。无论遇到任何苦恼麻烦，把它带到　神的面前，这重担将变得轻省。

我们最担心的，就是试炼会把我们击溃，叫我们无法正常度日，但　神绝不会如此。若我们在祂面前存无愧的心，　神不会让我们因受考验而站立不住。我们在耶稣里得以称义，　神也会在耶稣里保守我们。

你目前的光景如何？你正单独承受重担吗？你被压得喘不过气来吗？别傻了，把一切忧虑向　神倾诉，让祂为你解决问题。学习交托的功课，不要祷告交托后又重拾重担。把它卸给　神。如此，你就可成为快乐的信徒，自由自在毫无牵挂地，一路唱歌赞美那为你担负重担的伟大　神。

Burdens Cast on Him

Scripture: "Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain thee; He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved"(Psalm 55:22).

It is a heavy burden; roll it on Omnipotence. It is thy burden now, and it crushes thee; but when the LORD takes it, He will make nothing of it. If thou art called still to bear, "he will sustain thee." It will be on Him and not on thee. Thou wilt be so upheld under it that the burden will be a blessing. Bring the LORD into the matter, and thou wilt stand upright under that which in itself would bow thee down.

Our worst fear is lest our trial should drive us from the path of duty; but this the LORD will never suffer. If we are righteous before Him, He will not endure that our affliction should move us from our standing. In Jesus He accepts us as righteous, and in Jesus He will keep us so.

What about the present moment? Art thou going forth to this day's trial alone? Are thy poor shoulders again to be galled with the oppressive load? Be not so foolish. Tell the LORD all about thy grief and leave it with Him. Don't cast your burden down and then take it up again; but roll it on the LORD and leave it there. Then shalt thou walk at large, a joyful and unburdened believer, singing the praises of thy great Burden-bearer.

七月十四日

我们常不会软弱，常是太刚强，以致神的恩典不能加在我们身上。这种刚强是出于肉体的力量，自己的智慧，就如雅各一生处处用自己的方法要承受神的应许和神的赐福；欺骗了父亲又欺骗了兄长；福分没能先得著，却受了许多的痛苦；又在毘努伊勒和神较力，雅各实在太刚强了，直到神把他的大腿窝摸了一把，雅各的大腿窝正在摔跤的时候就扭了，雅各这时候才软弱下来，再无力与神较力；当他软弱了，就得著神的赐福，神赐给他一个新名。

　　我们在遇到事的时候，总不会安静在神的面前等一等，都是先用自己的力量，先用自己的方法，先用自己的智慧；自己总是刚强的。当我们自己刚强的时候，神不能帮助我们，直到我们自己的办法用尽了，自己的智慧用完了，自己的能力没有了，这才软弱下来求神的大能大力，这时候神才能在我们身上施展祂的大能。

　　哥林多的信徒就是太刚强了，保罗说他们：「你们已经饱足了，已经丰富了，不用我们，自己就作王了；我愿你们果真作王，叫我们也得与你们一同作王……我们软弱，你们倒强壮；你们有荣耀，我们倒被藐视……」（林前四8至13）我们的刚强常是和哥林多的信徒一样，这样的刚强不是在基督里的刚强，完全是出自肉体的自高自大，所以不能得神的赐福。我们的主耶稣是软弱的，因为软弱被钉了十字架。我们也当走主给我所留下的道路。

　　「为甚么不情愿受欺呢？为甚么不情愿吃亏呢？你们倒是欺压人，亏负人。」（林前六7至8）

《荒漠甘泉》7月14日

　　“用绳索把祭牲拴住，牵到坛角那里。”（诗118篇27节）

　　在一次野外聚会里，有一位弟兄，愿意把自己奉献给神。他每天晚上在祭坛旁边奉献自己；但是每天晚上在他离开聚会以前，魔鬼就来使他相信，他并没有感觉什么分别，一定是神没有接受他的奉献。

　　一次一次他这样被仇敌击退，最后一天晚上，他来赴会的时候，带了一把斧头和一根长大的木椿来。他把自己奉献了以后，就将木椿钉入他所跪的那块地上。当他走出会场的时候，魔鬼又来引诱他相信这一切都不过是一幕趣剧而已。

　　他立刻回到木椿那里，指着木椿说：“你看，魔鬼先生，你看见那根木椿吗？那就是我的证人——证明神已经永远接受了我。”魔鬼立即离开了他，这位弟兄对于这个问题，以后再没有什么疑惑了。 ——微小的声音（The still small Voice）　　亲爱的，如果你也受了引诱疑惑你的奉献的话，你也可以在一个地方钉下一根木椿，让它在神前，魔鬼前，做一个证人说，你已经永远解决了这个问题。

七月十五日

在坛上必有常常烧着的火，不可熄灭。（利6：13）利未记 6

我们要使私人祷告的坛上有常常烧着的火，这是敬神之人的生命。教会和家庭之坛上的火也是从这里来的。因此我们要叫这坛上的火好好地烧着；私下的灵修是活泼的、有功效的灵命的真谛、证据和温度计。你要在这里献上你的脂油。若是可能，要使你在密室中的灵修成为常规，并且要不受什么搅扰，这样的祷告很有功效。你没有什么事情祷告吗?那么就为教会，为牧师，为你自己的心、你的孩子、你的亲友、你的邻居、你的国家，并为神的真道传遍全地的事祷告吧！我们要在这一件重大的事上省察一下。我们个人的灵修是否不冷不热呢？我们心中的火是不明不灭吗？车轮沉重得不易往前行进吗？如果是这样，我们要知道这是败坏的先兆。我们要痛哭流泪，追求赐恩和代求的圣灵吧！让我们找一个特别的时间为这一件非常的事祷告。因为若再不从世俗的灰烬当中挑旺我们的火，家庭坛上的火也要熄灭了！并且也减少了我对教会和社会的影响力。这一节也是指着心中的坛说的。这实在是一个金坛。神喜欢看到他民的心中向也发出热烈的火焰来。让我们把我们的心给神，用火热的心爱他并寻求他的恩典，好叫这火不熄灭；因为神若不使它燃烧，它是不会燃烧起来的；许多仇敌要想吹灭它，但那看不见的手却时时往里倾倒圣油，使它的火焰高而又高，旺而又旺。愿我们用圣经的话作为我们心中的燃料，它们乃是活炭；愿我们常听道，但最要紧的是多多独自与耶稣常在一起。

七月十五日

经文: 祂先向抹大拉的马利亚显现。（马可福音十六：9）马可福音 16:9 马可福音 16

耶稣“先向抹大拉的马利亚显现”，可能不仅因为她对主的爱和坚持，也因为她对基督释放的大能有特殊的经历。悔改以前重大的罪并不能决定以后我们能享受的相交是在什么等级。马利亚撇下一切成为救主形影不离的跟随者。祂是她首先的、主要的目标。许多站在基督一方的人并没有背起基督的十字架，但是她作到了。她以自己的一切来服事祂。我们若渴望能更明白基督，让我们来服事祂。那些坐在祂爱的旌旗下，深饮与她相交之杯的人是那些付出最多、服事最佳，与他们亲爱的主流血的心最贴近的人。请注意基督如何向这位忧伤的人显现祂自己──藉祂的话，“马利亚”。祂所发出的声音，让她立刻知道祂是谁。她只用另一句话回答：“夫子。”她的心涨满了，不能多说。当你的心灵被天上的火燃亮时，你会说：“我是祢的仆人，……祢已经解开我的绑索。”（诗一一六：16）你若能说：“我的主”，你若能感到祂的旨意就是你的意思，那么你已站在喜乐、圣洁之处。基督尊重那些尊崇祂的人，爱吸引了我们所至爱的。只需要祂口出一言，就能化我们的哀哭为喜乐，祂的同在使我们心中充满阳光。

Evening, July 15

Scripture: “He appeared first to Mary Magdalene.”(Mark 16:9)

Jesus “appeared first to Mary Magdalene,” probably not only on account of her great love and persevering seeking, but because, as the context intimates,she had been a special trophy of Christ's delivering power. Learn from this, that the greatness of our sin before conversion should not make us imagine that we may not be specially favoured with the very highest grade of fellowship. She was one who had left all to become a constant attendant on the Saviour. He was her first, her chief object. Many who were on Christ's side did not take up Christ's cross; she did. She spent her substance in relieving his wants. If we would see much of Christ, let us serve him. Tell me who they are that sit oftenest under the banner of his love, and drink deepest draughts from the cup of communion, and I am sure they will be those who give most, who serve best, and who abide closest to the bleeding heart of their dear Lord. But notice how Christ revealed himself to this sorrowing one－by a word, “Mary.” It needed but one word in his voice, and at once she knew him, and her heart owned allegiance by another word, her heart was too full to say more. That one word would naturally be the most fitting for the occasion. It implies obedience. She said, “Master.” There is no state of mind in which this confession of allegiance will be too cold. No, when your spirit glows most with the heavenly fire, then you will say, “I am thy servant, thou hast loosed my bonds.” If you can say, “Master,” if you feel that his will is your will, then you stand in a happy, holy place. He must have said, “Mary,” or else you could not have said, “Rabboni.” See, then, from all this, how Christ honours those who honour him, how love draws our Beloved, how it needs but one word of his to turn our weeping to rejoicing, how his presence makes the heart's sunshine.

竭诚为主》 7月15日

无论是希腊人，化外人……我都欠他们的债。（罗一14）罗马书 1:14 罗马书 1

保罗深觉自己欠了耶稣基督的债，他被这个感觉完全淹没，以致要把自己耗尽来偿还。保罗的生命给每一个尚未蒙拯救的人，有没有一种欠了基督的感觉？作为一个圣徒，我生命的属灵尊荣在于偿还我欠基督的债。我生命中每一点一滴有价值之处，全因主耶稣的救赎大工；我有没有作任何事，使他的大工在别人身上得以实际彰显？只有当圣灵在我里面，使我有这欠债的感觉时，我才能作这工。我在人类中并非超凡的人，乃是主耶稣的奴仆。“你们不是自己的人。”保罗把自己卖了给耶稣基督。他说：“我因着耶稣的福音，欠了全世界人的债；我唯一的自由，就是做一个十足的奴仆。”人一旦体验了这份属灵的尊荣，生命就有这个特质。不要再为自己祈祷，而要作耶稣基督的奴仆，为别人把自己燃烧。作擘开的饼、倒出来的酒，实际上就是这个意思。

祈祷◆主啊，愿你再次感动我的灵、魂、体。倘若我的饮食妨碍了你在我里面的工作，或阻碍了你透过我所行的事，请向我显示，并保守我属于你，以致无论我或吃或喝，或做任何的事情，都可以荣耀你。

July 15 The Point Of Spiritual Honour

“I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians.” Romans 1:14

Paul was overwhelmed with the sense of his indebtedness to Jesus Christ, and he spent himself to express it. The great inspiration in Paul's life was his view of Jesus Christ as his spiritual creditor. Do I feel that sense of indebtedness to Christ in regard to every unsaved soul? The spiritual honour of my life as a saint is to fulfil my debt to Christ in relation to them. Every bit of my life that is of value I owe to the Redemption of Jesus Christ; am I doing anything to enable Him to bring His Redemption into actual manifestation in other lives? I can only do it as the Spirit of God works in me this sense of indebtedness.

I am not to be a superior person amongst men, but a bondslave of the Lord Jesus. “Ye are not your own.” Paul sold himself to Jesus Christ. He says – I am a debtor to everyone on the face of the earth because of the Gospel of Jesus; I am free to be an absolute slave only. That is the characteristic of the life when once this point of spiritual honour is realized. Quit praying about yourself and be spent for others as the bondslave of Jesus. That is the meaning of being made broken bread and poured out wine in reality.

七月十五日 信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

哀恸者得安慰

经文:「哀恸的人有福了！因为他们必得安慰。」（马太福音5︰4）马太福音 5

流泪谷是我们抵达锡安的必经之路。或许有人以为，哀恸与蒙福是背道而驰的两回事，但无限智慧的　神，却把这两件事在属天的福分中巧妙地配合在一起。为自己的罪，也为别人的罪忧伤痛悔，是　神忠心仆人的标志。当　神的慈悲怜悯，临到大卫的家，或任何人家，他们都要忧伤痛悔。借着为罪为义自己责备自己，我们得着属灵的上好福分。忧伤痛悔的人不是等到未来才蒙福，基督说这人现在就在祝福之中。

圣灵确实安慰那些为罪忧伤痛悔的心灵；籍着耶稣宝血的涂抹和圣灵的洁净能力，这些心灵得着释放与平安。不论这地、这世代之人的罪恶怎样大，因着　神的应许，说祂要荣耀自己的名，这些心灵就必得安慰。尤其想到过不久，他们就可完全脱离罪恶，永远住在　神同在的荣光中，这样的盼望，让哀恸的心更得安慰。

The Mourner Comforted

Scripture: "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted"(Matthew 5:4).

By the valley of weeping we come to Zion. One would have thought mourning and being blessed were in opposition, but the infinitely wise Savior puts them together in this Beatitude. What He has joined together let no man put asunder. Mourning for sin -- our own sins, and the sins of others -- is the LORD's seal set upon His faithful ones. When the Spirit of grace is poured upon the house of David, or any other house, they shall mourn. By holy mourning we receive the best of our blessings, even as the rarest commodities come to us by water. Not only shall the mourner be blessed at some future day, but Christ pronounces him blessed even now.

The Holy Spirit will surely comfort those hearts which mourn for sin. They shall be comforted by the application of the blood of Jesus and by the cleansing power of the Holy Ghost. They shall be comforted as to the abounding sin of their city and of their age by the assurance that God will glorify Himself, however much men may rebel against Him. They shall be comforted with the expectation that they shall be wholly freed from sin before long and shall soon be taken up to dwell forever in the glorious presence of their LORD.

七月十五日

生命在祂里头；这生命就是人的光。」「那光是真光，照亮一切生在世上的人。」（约一4、9）约翰一书 1

　　基督未来以前，人都看守在律法之下，人都行走在律法的光中；基督未来以前律法是惟一的亮光，确乎没有别的比以色列人的律法更有光亮。

　　摩西曾赞美律法说：「那一大国有这样公义的律例、典章，象我今日在你们面前所陈明的这一切的律法呢？」（申四8）作诗的人也赞美律法说：「祢口中的律法，与我有益，胜于千万的金银。」又说：「祢的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。」又说：「我因祢公义的典章，一天七次赞美祢。」（诗一一九72、105、164）诗篇 119

　　但基督来了，成了普照世界的大光，律法的光就熄灭在基督的光中，所以我们不再用律法来光照我们，如今我们所用的乃是基督的光，基督的光是生命的光，「生命在祂里头，这生命就是人的光。」生命进入我们的心中，就有光照耀；这生命在我们里面发展，从里面直照到外面，不象律法衹在外面照亮，衹是管理行为，而不能管理思想；生命的光却是照进了人的生命，使内部的生命中没有黑暗；若是生命中没有黑暗，生命中没有罪恶，思想上就没有罪恶，行为上也就自然成义了。

　　保罗说：「我们众人既然敞著脸，得以看见主的荣光，好象从镜子里返照，就变成主的形状，荣上加荣，如同从主的灵变成的。」（林后三18）保罗在这里说到基督之光的能力，这光有无穷之生命的大能，能叫这接受光照的人变成主的形状，荣上加荣。不象律法之下的光，在摩西的脸上渐渐退去了。我们当活在基督的光中。

《荒漠甘泉》7月15日

　　“使我们胜了世界的，就是我们的信心。”（约一5章4节）

　　什么叫作胜了世界呢？胜了世界就是说，虽然你的环境告诉你神已经弃绝了你，你对于神的信赖，却仍然丝毫不移；虽然你的祷告得不着答应，好似神并没听见一般，你却仍然继续呼喊；虽然你看见世上充满了残忍，毫不顾惜人类的生命，也不顾念人类的恳求，你却仍然相信神是醒着的，并且是全然慈爱的。除神亲手给你的东西以外，并不愿望别的；忍耐等候，宁愿饿死，也不愿失去丝毫信心——这就是胜了世界，这就是真实的信心。——麦唐纳(George MacDonald)

七月十六日

他们每日早晨……收取（吗哪）。（出16：21）出埃及记 16:21 出埃及记 16

我们要殷勤工作好保持并继续丰享神的喜悦和欢喜。不要吃陈腐的吗哪，不要寻求埃及的帮助。一切都必须来自耶稣，否则你便不能生存下去。陈旧的膏油不能滋润你的灵；你的头必须常受金角里的新鲜的油所浇灌。今天或许你上到神的山顶，但那使你升到山顶的神也必保守你，不然你必迅速地滚下来。他使你的山稳固屹立；若他掩面，你马上就有了难处。若救主看为合宜，他能在顷刻之间使天空变成乌黑，一线光亮也不会透出来。约书亚使日头停止不动，但耶稣能完全用黑暗把它遮蔽起来。他能撤去你心中的快乐、你眼中的亮光和你生命的力量；他手中有你的安慰，他能按着他的旨意使它们离开你。我们时时都得依赖神，这是我们所感到、所承认的。因为他叫我们求“日用的饮食”，也只应许我们说：“你的日子如何，你的力量也必如何。”我们这样常常到他的宝座前面，时时得到他爱的激励，不是很好的一件事吗？他不断地赐我们丰富的恩，并不因我们忘恩负义而中止！恩雨永不停止，福云常覆盖我们的居处。主耶稣啊！我们要跪拜在你的脚前，因为我们知道若没有你，我们在一切事上，并在一切所领受的恩典上就必失败。我们要敬拜你可称颂的名，并宣扬你无穷的大爱。神不叫我们把他的恩典积蓄起来慢慢使用，因为他时时都有特别为我们所预备的新鲜而足够的恩典。

七月十六日

经文: 祢必起来怜恤锡安，因现在是可怜他的时候。日期已到了。祂的仆人原来喜悦他的石头，可怜他的尘土。（诗篇一○二：13～14）诗篇 102

在困难中，自私的人很难得到安慰，因为他安慰的源头完全藏在他自己里面。但是基督徒除了那些藏在里面的以外，尚有供应安慰的其他源头。他能到上帝面前寻得丰富的帮助。他能从与广阔的世界有关、与他的国家有关的事物中得到安慰。但是在这一切之上，他可以从与教会有关的事物中获得慰藉。当大卫写下：“我如同旷野的鹈鹕。我好像荒场的鸮鸟。我儆醒不睡。我像房顶上孤单的麻雀。”（诗一○二：6～7）时，他是处于极大忧伤之中。唯一能安慰他的方法反映在上帝怜恤锡安的景像中。虽然他忧伤，然而锡安繁荣；不论他自己的景况是何等可悲，锡安将要复兴。学习藉上帝向教会所显的恩典来安慰你自己。虽然你前途暗澹无光，仍能因祂十字架的得胜和祂真理的广传而欢呼。当我们转晴，不仅看到上帝已经为锡安作的和祂正在为锡安所作的事，更看到祂尚要为祂教会作荣耀的事，我们就会忘记个人的难处。每当你心忧愁，你灵沉重时，忘记你自己和你微小的焦虑，去寻求上帝子民的好处和幸福。当你屈膝向上帝祈祷时，不要只限于为自己生活的狭小圈子祈求。为了教会的兴旺发出你的祷告吧。“你们要为耶路撒冷求平安。”（诗一二二：6）你自己的心灵也能得到复苏。

Evening, July 16

Scripture: “Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time is come. For thy servants rake pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.”(Psalm 102:13, 14)

A selfish man in trouble is exceedingly hard to comfort, because the springs of his comfort lie entirely within himself, and when he is sad all his springs are dry. But a large-hearted man full of Christian philanthropy, has other springs from which to supply himself with comfort beside those which lie within. He can go to his God first of all, and there find abundant help; and he can discover arguments for consolation in things relating to the world at large, to his country, and, above all, to the church. David in this Psalm was exceedingly sorrowful; he wrote, “I am like an owl of the desert. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.” The only way in which he could comfort himself, was in the reflection that God would arise, and have mercy upon Zion: though he was sad, yet Zion should prosper; however low his own estate, yet Zion should arise. Christian man! learn to comfort thyself in God's gracious dealing towards the church. That which is so dear to thy Master, should it not be dear above all else to thee? What though thy way be dark, canst thou not gladden thine heart with the triumphs of his cross and the spread of his truth? Our own personal troubles are forgotten while we look, not only upon what God has done, and is doing for Zion, but on the glorious things he will yet do for his church. Try this receipt, O believer, whenever thou art sad of heart and in heaviness of spirit: forget thyself and thy little concerns, and seek the welfare and prosperity of Zion. When thou bendest thy knee in prayer to God, limit not thy petition to the narrow circle of thine own life, tried though it be, but send out thy longing prayers for the church's prosperity, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem,” and thine own soul shall be refreshed.

《竭诚为主》 7月16日

何况你们在天上的父，岂不更把好东西给求他的人吗？（太七11）马太福音 7:11 马太福音 7

耶稣为那些有他的灵在心中的人，设下一些行为的法则。他藉这几句简单的辩论，要我们满心相信神是控制一切事情的。意思就是：门徒必须完全信靠，同时渴切寻找祈求。

你的心思要牢扣神在这里的意念，这样，困难一旦临到，你就像呼吸一样，记得：“嗨，我的父完全知道！”你不必费力，这个意念是在困惑压逼之中自然出来的。以往你会去找这个人那个人帮忙，如今你既对神至高的掌管如此坚信，你就去找神。耶稣在此为有他灵的人奠下行为的法则，原则就是——神是我的父，他爱我，没有忘记我的每一件事，那么我何必忧虑呢？

耶稣说神有时候不把黑幕挪开，你仍要信靠他。神似乎像个狠心的朋友，他其实不是。他似乎像个不合理的父亲，他实在不是。他似乎像不公正的审判官，他绝非如此。要记住，神实在一切事的背后。这观念要加强且不住的增长。除非神的旨意在背后，否则没有任何事可以发生，因此你大可以完全信靠安息。祈祷不光是祈求，更是一种生发自然祈求气氛的心态。“你们祈求，就给你们。”

祈祷◆噢，主啊，以你充沛的能力、恩慈和美善，来激励我的生命；让它有机会显露你的面容。这似乎便是我全部的祷告。

July 16 The Notion Of Divine Control

“How much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?” Matthew 7:11

Jesus is laying down rules of conduct for those who have His Spirit. By the simple argument of these verses He urges us to keep our minds filled with the notion of God's control behind everything, which means that the disciple must maintain an attitude of perfect trust and an eagerness to ask and to seek.

Notion your mind with the idea that God is there. If once the mind is notioned along that line, then when you are in difficulties it is as easy as breathing to remember – Why, my Father knows all about it! It is not an effort, it comes naturally when perplexities press. Before, you used to go to this person and that, but now the notion of the Divine control is forming so powerfully in you that you go to God about it. Jesus is laying down the rules of conduct for those who have His Spirit, and it works on this principle – God is my Father, He loves me, I shall never think of anything He will forget, why should I worry?

There are times, says Jesus, when God cannot lift the darkness from you, but trust Him. God will appear like an unkind friend, but He is not; He will appear like an unnatural Father, but He is not; He will appear like an unjust judge, but He is not. Keep the notion of the mind of God behind all things strong and growing. Nothing happens in any particular unless God's will is behind it, therefore you can rest in perfect confidence in Him. Prayer is not only asking, but an attitude of mind which produces the atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural. “Ask, and it shall be given you.”

七月十六日 信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

向跛子讲的话

经文:「又拯救你瘸腿的……」（西番雅书3︰19）西番雅书 3:19 西番雅书 3

信徒当中，无论男女，瘸腿的很多；你会发现，他们是走在正确的路上，也有心想勤力跑好这段路，却一跛一跛地，无法有效地克尽全程。在奔跑属灵的天路上， 有许多这样的跛子，或许他们的内心常常在想，自己也许会被撒但打倒，会被罪胜过。我们常常胆怯退后，这是老我的天性；　神无法使用这样的人做精兵，即使做个跑腿的信使也不称职。但　神要拯救我们，这可不是一件小事。祂说，“我要拯救那瘸腿的。”祂要因着这拯救，荣耀祂自己的名。每个人都会惊奇问道，这个瘸腿的女人，怎么可能跑完全程，赢得冠冕？她因着　神的拯救而得胜，于是众人会把荣耀颂赞都归给全能的　神！

主啊，我信心不够，祷告无力，赞美不足，事奉欠缺，而且耐性有限，求祢拯救我！只有祢能帮助像我这样跛脚的人。主啊，别让我遥遥落后，以致灭亡；求祢以恩典扶持我，走这条朝圣之路。看哪！祂已经应许要拯救我这软弱瘸腿的，所以，让我们像雅各那样，虽然大腿筋扭到了，仍然在祷告中奋力走完天路！

Word to Him Who Halts

Scripture: "I will save her that halteth"(Zephaniah 3:19).

There are plenty of these lame ones, both male and female. You may meet "her that halteth" twenty times in an hour. They are in the right road and exceedingly anxious to run in it with diligence, but they are lame and make a sorry walk of it. On the heavenly road there are many cripples. It may be that they say in their hearts -- What will become of us? Sin will overtake us; Satan will throw us down. Ready-to-halt is our name and our nature; the LORD can never make good soldiers of us, nor even nimble messengers to go on His errands. Well, well! He will save us, and that is no small thing. He says, "I will save her that halteth." In saving us He will greatly glorify Himself. Everybody will ask -- How came this lame woman to run the race and win the crown? And then the praise will all be given to almighty grace.

LORD, though I halt in faith, in prayer, in praise, in service, and in patience, save me, I beseech Thee! Only Thou canst save such a cripple as I am. LORD, let me not perish because I am among the hindmost, but gather up by Thy grace the slowest of Thy pilgrims -- even me. Behold He hath said it shall be so, and therefore, like Jacob, prevailing in prayer, I go forward though my sinew be shrunk.

七月十六日

圣洁、公义、良善、慈爱、智慧，各样属灵的美德，都有形有体地居住在基督里面，我们在基督里面也得了神性的一切丰富，这些丰富若从我们透出来，就是善行，是圣经上所说「圣徒的义」。圣经中以衣服代表义行，因为衣服穿在身体外面。信徒虽然外面有义行，但信徒所追求的却不是外面的义行，而是在基督里的丰富；有了里面各样的美德，外面的义行乃是自然的流露；若不追求在基督里生命中的丰富，而衹追求义行，就走了律法的道路，衹从外面著手，和犹太人在律法之下没有分别，所得的义仍如同污秽的衣服。

　　但在基督里所得的义，乃如同光明洁白的细麻衣。信徒若是进入了基督的丰富，就没有人再愿在律法之下追求义了。

　　保罗说：「我们靠著圣灵，凭著信心，等候所盼望的义。原来在基督耶稣里，受割礼不受割礼，全无功效；惟独使人生发仁爱的信心，才有功效。」（加五5至6）

　　在基督里的义是生命的表现，在律法之下的义是圣经中所说的死行。基督为我们所成全的救恩，就是基督不但要从罪中救赎我们，也要把我们从律法之下救赎出来；祂救我们脱离律法的咒诅，也救我们脱离那从行律法而来的义，是因信而来的义。

　　「但你们得在基督耶稣里，是本乎神，神又使祂成为我们的智慧、公义、圣洁、救赎；如经上所记：『夸口的当指著主夸口。』」（林前一30至31）

《荒漠甘泉》7月16日

　　“你既行了这事,不留下你的儿子,就是你独生的儿子…我必叫你的子孙多起来,如同天上的星,海边的沙…因为你听从了我的话。”(创22章16-18节)

　　从这几节圣经里,我们知道：凡照着神的要求,将我们心中最宝贵的那件东西献给神的,神仍要将那件东西还给我们, 并且加上千倍.亚伯拉罕因着神的命令甘心舍弃他的独生子,那时,他对于孩子的生命和成人的希望,都同时消失了；他高贵的种族也将从此绝代了。但是结果怎样呢？不但孩子归还了他,他的子孙竟多得如星沙一般；并且到了指定的日期，我们的主耶稣基督也出世在这个家族里。

　　我们有时候好像忘记了神拣选我们,是要在苦难的炉中拣选的(赛48章10节)。我们也忘记了复活的生命，和升天的荣耀，是从客西马尼，十字架和坟墓里来的。

　　亲爱的读者啊,不要想亚伯拉罕的经历是一件绝无仅有的奇事。我告诉你,这正是神对待一切愿出代价来顺服他的人们的一个样品,一个模型。牺牲最大的一刹那, 就是祝福最大的一刹那。神对于一个胆敢为着他向烟雾中前进的人,是没有一件东西不肯给的。——梅尔(F.B.Meyer)