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經文：「...神在其中，城必不動搖；到天一亮，神必幫助這城。」（詩46:5） 「必不動搖」--這是何等的宣言！像我們這最容易被地上事物所搖動的人，竟可到達一個境界；沒有任何事物能夠搖動或顛覆我們？是真的，這是絕對可能的事。 使徒保羅就懂得這個秘訣，在他往耶路撒冷的路上已經預見前面「有捆鎖與患難在等待」（徒20:23）。可是他能坦然說：「這些東西沒有一件可以動搖我」（徒20:24）。 保羅一生中凡可以動搖他的事物都已經脫落；他並不以性命為念，也不以擁有的為寶貴。照樣，我們若是願意讓神按照祂的方法對付我們，如同對付保羅一般，我們也能夠達到同樣的境界：沒有一件瑣碎的事項或重大的試煉，能夠搖動我們離開平安了。這是唯有完全安息在神裡面的我們才有份的。 「得勝的，我要叫他在我神殿中作柱子，他也必不再從那裡出去。」（啟3:12）在神殿中作柱子是不能搖動的，這就是歡喜忍受一切環境震動的結果--司密斯 Hannah Whitall Smith 當神在一個城中，祂使那城像錫安山那般堅固，不能移動分毫。當祂在我們裡面，雖然四周有駭浪、怒濤、狂風、暴雨，可是在我們裡面仍有恆久的平安。這份平安，是世界所不能給予，也不能奪去的。在我們的裡面是神，在世人的裡面是世界；這就是為甚麼我們能有平安，而每當風浪來襲，世人就會像葉子那樣飄搖不定。--雷登 Archbishop Leighton 「倚靠耶和華的人，好像錫安山永不動搖。」（詩125:1） 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early" (Ps. 46:2, 3, 5) "Shall not be moved"--what an inspiring declaration! Can it be possible that we, who are so easily moved by the things of earth, can arrive at a place where nothing can upset us or disturb our calm? Yes, it is possible; and the Apostle Paul knew it. When he was on his way to Jerusalem where he foresaw that "bonds and afflictions" awaited him, he could say triumphantly, "But none of these things move me." Everything in Paul's life and experience that could be shaken had been shaken, and he no longer counted his life, or any of life's possessions, dear to him. And we, if we will but let God have His way with us, may come to the same place, so that neither the fret and tear of little things of life, nor the great and heavy trials, can have power to move us from the peace that passeth understanding, which is declared to be the portion of those who have learned to rest only on God. "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God; and he shall go no more out." To be as immovable as a pillar in the house of our God, is an end for which one would gladly endure all the shakings that may be necessary to bring us there! --Hannah Whitall Smith When God is in the midst of a kingdom or city He makes it as firm as Mount Zion, that cannot be removed. When He is in the midst of a soul, though calamities throng about it on all hands, and roar like the billows of the sea, yet there is a constant calm within, such a peace as the world can neither give nor take away. What is it but want of lodging God in the soul, and that in His stead the world is in men's hearts, that makes them shake like leaves at every blast of danger? --Archbishop Leighton "They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever." ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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