2013年4月30日 星期二

信心在黑暗中與神同行,它只求神緊緊握住它的手-5月1日

「那不能說謊的神...所應許。」-提多書1:2
心不是勉強意志確信所求的事情將會成就,而是清楚神必會實現祂所說過的話,並且因著祂的話喜樂不已,心裡充滿安息。

聖經中的應許需要我們信心的配合,因為信心能使應許成為預言。當信心宣告得著時,應許就要隨之應驗,我們確信這事必能成就,因為我們的神從不說謊。-屬天的日子

到處都聽見人為了得著更多的信心而禱告;但是當我細細傾聽他們的禱告時,我才發覺,他們向神所求的不是信心,他們求的乃是更多的眼見。

信心不會說:「我覺得這事與我有益,所以神必須將它給我。」 
信心乃是說:「既然神將這事擺給了我,必定是與我有益的。」
信心在黑暗中與神同行,而它只求神緊緊握住它的手。-布洛克斯

"God that cannot lie promised" (Titus 1:2).
Faith is not working up by will power a sort of certainty that something is coming to pass, but it is seeing as an actual fact that God has said that this thing shall come to pass, and that it is true, and then rejoicing to know that it is true, and just resting because God has said it.

Faith turns the promise into a prophecy. While it is merely a promise it is contingent upon our cooperation. But when faith claims it, it becomes a prophecy, and we go forth feeling that it is something that must be done because God cannot lie.
--Days of Heaven upon Earth

I hear men praying everywhere for more faith, but when I listen to them carefully, and get at the real heart of their prayer, very often it is not more faith at all that they are wanting, but a change from faith to sight.

Faith says not, "I see that it is good for me, so God must have sent it," but, "God sent it, and so it must be good for me."

Faith, walking in the dark with God, only prays Him to clasp its hand more closely.
--Phillips Brooks