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經文：「亞伯拉罕因著信，蒙召的時候，就遵命出去，往將來要得為業的地方去。出去的時候，還不知往那裡去。」（來11:8） 這就是不憑眼見的信心；若要憑眼見，就不是憑信心，乃是憑理由了。輪船橫渡大西洋也是本著信心原則的；我們在海面上看不見任何途徑，也看不見海岸在哪，卻能日復一日地在航海圖上畫著標記，當輪船前行多少海里以後，我們立刻知道已經到達哪個位置。 那麼究竟是如何來測量所畫的行程呢？船長每天拿著測量儀，望著天，藉著太陽來設定行程。原來他是藉著天上，並非地上的光；來航行的。 信心也是這樣；望著天，藉著神的光；來行動。雖然看不到航線、燈塔、或路徑。雖然許多時候，信心的腳步似乎牽引我們進入了黑暗和危險中，但是神開了道路，深夜就轉為黎明。所以讓我們今天也這樣前行吧；不是因著知道，乃是因著相信。--譯自地上的天上生活 Days of Heaven upon Earth 我們中間有許多人，常常要先清楚路程才肯起行，這樣要怎麼在基督裡成長呢？信、望、愛，是不能像長熟的蘋果那樣從樹上摘下來的。創世記第一章一節的「起初」後面接著就說「神」。神是全能的，祂不單帶領那可以幫助自己的人，祂也帶領那無法幫助自己的人，全部只需要全心倚賴祂就是了。 「良好的機會，常常是因為審慎過度失去的。」--選 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "He went out, not knowing whither he went" (Heb. 11:8). It is faith without sight. When we can see, it is not faith, but reasoning. In crossing the Atlantic we observed this very principle of faith. We saw no path upon the sea, nor sign of the shore. And yet day by day we were marking our path upon the chart as exactly as if there had followed us a great chalk line upon the sea. And when we came within twenty miles of land, we knew where we were as exactly as if we had seen it all three thousand miles ahead. How had we measured and marked our course? Day by day our captain had taken his instruments and, looking up to the sky, had fixed his course by the sun. He was sailing by the heavenly, not the earthly lights. So faith looks up and sails on, by God's great Sun, not seeing one shore line or earthly lighthouse or path upon the way. Often its steps seem to lead into utter uncertainty, and even darkness and disaster; but He opens the way, and often makes such midnight hours the very gates of day. Let us go forth this day, not knowing, but trusting.--Days of Heaven upon Earth "Too many of us want to see our way through before starting new enterprises. If we could and did, from whence would come the development of our Christian graces? Faith, hope and love cannot be plucked from trees, like ripe apples. After the words 'In the beginning' comes the word 'God'! The first step turns the key into God's power-house, and it is not only true that God helps those who help themselves, but He also helps those who cannot help themselves. You can depend upon Him every time." "Waiting on God brings us to our journey's end quicker than our feet." The opportunity is often lost by deliberation. ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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