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經文：「到那時候，凡求告耶和華名的就必得救。」（珥2:32） 為甚麼我不求告神的名呢？為甚麼我還要跑東跑西去請教我的親朋鄰舍呢？祂不是就在這裡麼？祂不是聽禱告的神麼？為甚麼我要呆坐著設計籌劃？為甚麼不立刻把自己和重擔一起交給祂？直跑，是最近也最快的一條路。為甚麼我不立刻跑到活的神那裡去呢？除祂以外，天下人間，別無拯救 ! 我不必先考慮自己是否有資格去求告神，因為那個「凡」字已經足以包括我在內了。「凡」字既指著我，也指著任何每一個人。所以我要憑著經上的話，立刻去求告那賜應許的主。 當我的事情非常緊急，或不知道如何才能得著拯救；但這不是我的事，乃是主的事。祂既然應許，也必定會遵守祂的應許。順服祂的命令是我的事；替祂規劃卻不是我的事。我是祂的奴隸，不是祂的參謀。我只需要求告祂的名，祂必施行拯救。--司布眞 C. H. Spurgeon 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會 |
◇◇◇ Scripture: "And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered" --(Joel 2:32). Why do not I call on His name? Why do I run to this neighbor and that when God is so near and will hear my faintest call? Why do I sit down and devise schemes and invent plans? Why not at once roll myself and my burden upon the Lord? Straightforward is the best runner--why do not I run at once to the living God? In vain shall I look for "deliverance anywhere else; but with God I shall find it; for here I have His royal shall to make it sure. I need not ask whether I may call on Him or not, for that word "Whosoever" is a very wide and comprehensive one. Whosoever means me, for it means anybody and everybody who calls upon God. I will therefore follow the leading of the text, and at once call upon the glorious Lord who has made so large a promise. My case is urgent, and I do not see how I am to be delivered; but this is no business of mine. He who makes the promise will find ways and means of keeping it. It is mine to obey His commands; it is not mine to direct His counsels. I am His servant, not His solicitor. I call upon Him, and He will deliver.--C. H. Spurgeon ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman |