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July 17
"I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling place." (Isa. 18:4, R. V.)
ＡSSYRIA was marching against Ethiopia, the people of which are described as tall and smooth. And as the armies advance, God makes no effort to arrest them; it seems as though they will be allowed to work their will. He is still watching them from His dwelling place, the sun still shines on them; but before the harvest, the whole of the proud army of Assyria is smitten as easily as when sprigs are cut off by the pruning hook of the husbandman.
Is not this a marvelous conception of God-being still and watching? His stillness is not acquiescence. His silence is not consent. He is only biding His time, and will arise, in the most opportune moment, and when the designs of the wicked seem on the point of success, to overwhelm them with disaster. As we look out on the evil of the world; as we think of the apparent success of wrong-doing; as we wince beneath the oppression of those that hate us, let us remember these marvelous words about God being still and beholding.
There is another side to this. Jesus beheld His disciples toiling at the oars through the stormy night; and watched though unseen, the successive steps of the anguish of Bethany, when Lazarus slowly passed through the stages of mortal sickness, until he succumbed and was borne to the rocky tomb. But He was only waiting the moment when He could interpose most effectually. Is He still to thee? He is not unobservant; He is beholding all things; He has His finger on thy pulse, keenly sensitive to all its fluctuations. He will come to save thee when the precise moment arrived.
─Devotional Commentary.
Whatever His questions or His reticences, we may be absolutely sure of an unperplexed and undismayed Saviour.
"O troubled soul, beneath the rod,
Thy Father speaks, be still, be still;
Learn to be silent unto God,
And let Him mould thee to His will.
"O praying soul, be still, be still,
He cannot break His plighted Word;
Sink down into His blessed will,
And wait in patience on the Lord.
"O waiting soul, be still, be strong,
And though He tarry, trust and wait;
Doubt not, He will not wait too long,
Fear not, He will not come too late."
「道成了肉身，住在我們中間，充充滿滿的有恩典，有真理，我們也見過祂的榮光，正是父獨生子的榮光，從祂豐滿的恩典裏我們都領受了，而且恩上加恩。」約翰福音一章14、16節
請一而再地讀這段經文，直到你完全為基督所充滿，讓聖靈教導你如何敬拜那位在神一切豐盛裏的基督。
比方說我得到一個僅僅可裝很少錢，或沒有任何錢的袋子，或者說我得到一個可裝很多金幣的袋子，這兩種的區別是何等的大！我們基督徒亦是如此，有些人接受基督只知道罪得赦免，有上天堂的希望，對於豐富的基督和祂裏面屬靈的產業只知道一點。另一種基督徒對這一點卻不滿足，只有所有的事統盤瞭解，才能滿足他們，那時他們要說：「從祂豐滿的恩典裏，我們都領受了，而且恩上加恩。」保羅說：「我也將萬事當作有損的，因我以認識我主耶穌基督當作至寶。」正如有個商人發現一粒名貴的珠子，雖然價錢很高但他變賣一切把它買下，所以我們基督徒也應急於領悟有關基督的豐盛，和滿足的愛心和喜樂，祂的聖潔和順服，對天父和世人完全的犧牲，我們基督徒應付上一切的代價，完全得著基督。請聽主的話：「這些事我已經對你們說了，是要我的喜樂，存在你們心裏，並且叫你們的喜樂可以滿足。」「你們的心喜樂，這喜樂沒有人能奪去。」「你們求就必得著，叫你們的喜樂可以滿足。」
親愛的讀者：你認識這位擁有一切的基督呢？或是你過著可憐的生活，仍然戀慕世界的享樂？神的意思是要充滿你的心和所戀慕的一切東西，願聖靈把我們今天所看的經文，深深刻在我們的心版上。
「我說的話，講的道，不是用智慧委婉的言語。」哥林多前書二章1—5節
保羅是個學者，也是第一流的演說家；他不說過分恭維的話，所說的卻在揭示神權能之一點。當其以流利的語言，宣傳主的福音，而感人相信者，其救贖的效力所產生的一種神蹟，不是從言語的感力，不是從好勝的心而來，卻是從神無所為而為的能力而來。救贖的創造力是從宣傳福音而來，但絕不是因為傳福音者的人格而來。傳道者所禁的食物，倒不是食品，卻是口才，感力，措詞，和阻擋神福音表現的事情。然則傳福音者便是代表神的了──「就好像神藉我們勸你們一般」。他在這裡是表現神的福音，不是表現人的理想。如果只藉著我之講道，而叫人做好人，則人們絕不來到接近耶穌基督的地步。我在傳福音這件事上，若動機是在諂媚我自己，其結果就是叫我成為賣耶穌的人；也阻止了救贖的創造力發生功效。
「我若從地上被舉起來，就要吸引萬人來歸我。」（約十二32）
「因為祂一次獻祭，便叫那得以成聖的人永遠完全。」希伯來書十章14節
你是否仍欠缺些什麼？耶穌已應許要潔淨你。祂親自來到你的生命中，不僅應許使你成聖，而且自己成為我們的聖潔。有了祂，我們就能順服、有安息、培養出耐性，並得著我們所需的一切。因祂是永活的神，時刻與我們同在的主！
如果你有耶穌，就沒有任何事能阻擋你。試探勝不過你，壞脾氣勝不過你，艱難的生活、險惡的處境，甚至撒但都無法勝過你。當惡者攻擊你時，牠只能使你更深地進到基督裡。從今起，你雖然想到獨處時會害怕，但是無論你面臨到任何困境，你總有耶穌可投靠。主會使萬事互相效力，叫我們的靈命得益處。神既然是幫助我們的，就沒有任何事能阻擋我們。
我屬天的良人有一天尋到了我，
並且快樂地呼喚：
「我的良人、我的最愛，
起來，與我同去。」
我接受了祂的邀請，
將自己的心全然獻給了祂。
而今，我們已合而為一，
永不分離。