2013年6月21日 星期五

神已賜給我們豐盈的能力,足以應付這一生中將經歷的一切事-6月27日

「你的能力是你神所命定的。」-詩篇68:28
已賜給我們豐盈的能力,足以應付這一生中將經歷的一切事。

「藉著祂的靈」,我們已經被神「用大能使你們得以加強到裡面的人裡」(以弗所書3:16)。神所賜的大能是無窮無盡的,因為供應的源頭是永不枯竭的。

「你的日子如何,你的力量也必如何。」(申命記33:25)這裡的力量,是意志的力量、情愛的力量、決斷的力量,也是理想和成就的力量。

  • 「耶和華是我的力量。」(出埃及記15:2)是我們向前的力量。因祂的加力,我們得以行在死蔭之地,行在永無止盡的長巷中;得以忍受漫長單調的生活,忍受苦悶沮喪的日子。
  • 「耶和華是我的力量」,是我們向上突起的力量。靠著祂,我能橫越千山萬嶺。
  • 「耶和華是我的力量」,是我們向下扎根的力量。離開了心曠神怡的山巔,來到悶熱的平地,我們的心常因此消沉。一位時日無多的人曾說:「下坡的路最使我疲憊。」
  • 「耶和華是我的力量」,是我們靜下來的力量。這是多麼難擁有的力量啊!因為我們被迫安靜的時候,豈不常相互抱怨:「若是我能作點事該有多好。」當孩子病厭厭的時候,母親卻只能無能為力的等待,這是一件最艱難的考驗!我們需要極大的力量,才能一動也不動地靜靜等候。

「耶和華是我的力量」!「我們之所以夠資格,乃是出於神」(哥林多後書3:5)
-銀襯

"The Lord hath sent strength for thee" Ps. 68.28, PBV).
The Lord imparts unto us that primary strength of character which makes everything in life work with intensity and decision. We are "strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man." And the strength is continuous; reserves of power come to us which we cannot exhaust.

"As thy days, so shall thy strength be"--strength of will, strength of affection, strength of judgment, strength of ideals and achievement.

"The Lord is my strength" to go on. He gives us power to tread the dead level, to walk the long lane that seems never to have a turning, to go through those long reaches of life which afford no pleasant surprise, and which depress the spirits in the sameness of a terrible drudgery.

"The Lord is my strength" to go up. He is to me the power by which I can climb the Hill Difficulty and not be afraid.

"The Lord is my strength" to go down. It is when we leave the bracing heights, where the wind and the sun have been about us, and when we begin to come down the hill into closer and more sultry spheres, that the heart is apt to grow faint.

I heard a man say the other day concerning his growing physical frailty, "It is the coming down that tires me!"

"The Lord is my strength" to sit still. And how difficult is the attainment! Do we not often say to one another, in seasons when we are compelled to be quiet, "If only I could do something!"

When the child is ill, and the mother stands by in comparative impotence, how severe is the test! But to do nothing, just to sit still and wait, requires tremendous strength. "The Lord is my strength!" "Our sufficiency is of God." --The Silver Lining