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經文：「我信神祂怎樣對我說，事情也要怎樣成就。」（徒27:25） 幾年前我曾搭船前往美國，船主是一位很熱心的基督徒。當船離開紐方蘭（Newfoundland）海岸的時候，他告訴我下述一段往事： 「上次我經過此地，是在五個星期前。當天船上發生了一件事，而這件事使我的靈命有很大的突破： 當時因為濃霧影響，渡輪已經停泊了二十四小時。有一位來自別斯脫城（Bristol）的乘客慕勒先生來找我討論，他說：『船主先生：這個星期六下午我一定要趕到桂拜城（Quebec）。』我說：『這是做不到的。』他說：『好的，如果你的船不能讓我按時到達，我的神必有祂的方法。五十七年以來我從來沒有對人失過約，就讓我們來禱告吧。』 「我呆望著這位信徒，心裡在想：這人不知是從那處精神病院出來的？我從來沒有聽過這樣的話語。我就問說：『慕勒先生，請問你知不知道霧有多麼厚？』他回說：『不，我的眼睛並不看霧的厚薄，我的眼睛只看活著的神，是祂看管我一生的處境的。』 「於是他跪下作了一個很簡單的禱告，當禱告結束，我正想接下去做的時候，他將手放在我的肩上，告訴我不用做了。他說：『第一，你不相信神會答應你；第二，我相信神已經答應，所以你就不用再求了。』」 「我呆望著他，他又對我說：『船主，我已經認識我的主五十七年了；在這五十七年中，祂從來沒有一次不垂聽我的祈求。起來，把門打開，你將看見霧已消散。』我立起身來觀看，濃霧竟已完全消散。星期六的下午，慕勒先生果然如約到達桂拜城。」 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me" (Acts 27:25). I went to America some years ago with the captain of a steamer, who was a very devoted Christian. When off the coast of Newfoundland he said to me, "The last time I crossed here, five weeks ago, something happened which revolutionized the whole of my Christian life. We had George Mueller of Bristol on board. I had been on the bridge twenty-four hours and never left it. George Mueller came to me, and said, "Captain I have come to tell you that I must be in Quebec Saturday afternoon." "It is impossible," I said. "Very well, if your ship cannot take me, God will find some other way. I have never broken an engagement for fifty-seven years. Let us go down into the chart-room and pray." I looked at that man of God, and thought to myself, what lunatic asylum can that man have come from? I never heard of such a thing as this. "Mr. Mueller," I said, "do you know how dense this fog is?" "No," he replied, "my eye is not on the density of the fog, but on the living God, who controls every circumstance of my life." He knelt down and prayed one of the most simple prayers, and when he had finished I was going to pray; but he put his hand on my shoulder, and told me not to pray. "First, you do not believe He will answer; and second I BELIEVE HE HAS, and there is no need whatever for you to pray about it." I looked at him, and he said, "Captain, I have known my Lord for fifty-seven years, and there has never been a single day that I have failed to get audience with the King. Get up, Captain and open the door, and you will find the fog gone." I got up, and the fog was indeed gone. On Saturday afternoon, George Mueller was in Quebec for his engagement.--Selected ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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