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經文：「以色列的能力，是神所賜的。」（詩68:28） 神給我們的力量原是極其豐富的，總叫我們無論在工作上或生活上，都有夠用的能力和毅力去進行。以弗所書三章十六節說：「藉著祂的靈，叫你們心裡的力量剛強起來。」；因此可以看見：在我們力量後面的，乃是聖靈；所以我們的力量是從來不會止息的，因為它的儲藏是取之不盡，用之不竭的。哈利路亞！ 「你的日子如何，你的力量也必如何。」（申33:25） 「耶和華是我的力量」；是我前進的力量。祂給我力量踐踏死亡的平地，行走永不轉彎的長巷，忍受長期苦悶的單調生活。 「耶和華是我的力量」；是我向上的力量。祂是我攀登的力量，有了祂，我攀登的時候一點懼怕也沒有。 「耶和華是我的力量」；是我向下的力量。當我們離開流風習習的巔峰，開始下坡到沉悶酷熱的低處時，我們的心最容易沮喪。所以當我們向下走的時候，更需要神的力量。 「耶和華是我的力量」；是我靜止的力量。不要以為靜止是一件容易的事！當我們不得不安靜時，常會想說：「讓我作點事該有多好呢！」。當一個孩子生病得很嚴重，而做母親的卻只能無計可施地站在旁邊，這該是多麼難堪的處境！甚麽都不能作；只能靜靜地守望與等待；像這種時候，就需要神賜給我們靜止的力量。 感謝主！「我們所能承擔的，乃是出於神。」（林後3:5）--譯自銀襯 The Silver Lining 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "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 ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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