|
經文：「你們雖不見風、不見雨、這谷必滿了水，使你們和牲畜有水喝。」（王下3:17） 照人看來，這是絕對不可能的事，但是在神卻沒有難成的事；雖然沒有風、沒有雨、沒有聲響也沒有徵兆；但是次日早晨，有水從以東而來，溝中就滿了澄清的水。 我們常常喜歡依靠徵兆或感覺；似乎沒有現象，我們的心就無法滿足；但是最大的信心的得勝，乃是在安靜中知道祂是神；最大的信心的得勝，乃是站在不能通行的紅海面前，聽神說：「只管站住，看耶和華....的救恩。」（出14:13）和「往前走。」（出14:15）。 質問不是信心的行為，服從才是。他們必須先挖溝，然後才會有水來；他們必須先順服，然後神才賜祝福。這就是信心的功課！ 親愛的讀者，你是不是也渴望屬靈的祝福？挖出溝來，神會用你想不到的方法將它們填滿。是的，真希望我們的行事能只憑信心，不憑眼見；我們雖然不見風也不見雨，仍當仰望神來工作！--信宣 A. B. Simpson 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
|
|
◇◇◇
Scripture: "Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hands" (2 Kings 3:16-18). To human thinking it was simply impossible, but nothing is hard for God. Without a sound or sign, from sources invisible and apparently impossible, the floods came stealing in all night long; and when the morning dawned, those ditches were flooded with the crystal waters, and reflecting the rays of the morning sun from the red hills of Edom. Our unbelief is always wanting some outward sign. The religion of many is largely sensational, and they are not satisfied of its genuineness without manifestations, etc.; but the greatest triumph of faith is to be still and know that He is God. The great victory of faith is to stand before some impassable Red Sea, and hear the Master say, "Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord," and "Go forward!" As we step out without any sign or sound--not a wave-splash--and wetting our very feet as we take the first step into its waters, still marching on we shall see the sea divide and the pathway open through the very midst of the waters. If we have seen the miraculous workings of God in some marvelous case of healing or some extraordinary providential deliverance, I am sure the thing that has impressed us most has been the quietness with which it was all done, the absence of everything spectacular and sensational, and the utter sense of nothingness which came to us as we stood in the presence of this mighty God and felt how easy, it was for Him to do it all without the faintest effort on His part or the slightest help on ours. It is not the part of faith to question, but to obey. The ditches were made, and the water came pouring in from some supernatural source. What a lesson for our faith! Are you craving a spiritual blessing? Open the trenches, and God will fill them. And this, too, in the most unexpected places and in the most unexpected ways. Oh, for that faith that can act by faith and not by sight, and expect God to work although we see no wind or rain. --A. B. Simpson ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
|