1/8 English 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

主的話與禱告

經文: 「求祢照祢的話將我救活。」（詩篇一一九：107）

在密室與上帝相親的安靜時間，讀聖經與禱告是兩項不可或缺的功課。藉著讀經，上帝向我說話，藉著禱告，我向上帝說話，因為既是與上帝溝通親近，這溝通必須是雙向式的。若我只是禱告，而不讀上帝的話，我所思所想容易流於我行我素；反之，若我將上帝的話帶進禱告中，我的禱告就能按主的心意求，禱告也更為有力，因此在一個真實的禱告中，聖經的話語可使禱告內容更紮實。         當我祈禱時，我必須對上帝有更正確的認識，藉著聖經的話，聖靈能引領我對上帝有正確的認識；聖經像是一面鏡子，可以照出我的本相，讓我看到自己是何等的敗壞污穢；同時聖經也向我顯示，上帝對我有何等奇妙的愛，祂要賜我力量遵行祂的旨意。聖經的話也教導我如何禱告－－用堅定的信心，迫切的渴望，持續的恆心。並且聖經的話也讓我看到我是怎樣一個人，而上帝的恩典，又要模造我成為一個怎樣的人。最重要的，聖經每天提醒我，耶穌是最偉大的代禱者，祂也恩准我，靠著耶穌的名，我可以坦然無懼地來到上帝面前，向祂祈求。         喔，親愛的弟兄姐妹們，學好這樣功課，就是每天來到上帝面前讀祂的話語，汲取生命活水，並按著祂的心意祈禱。         現在來談談禱告，我們讀聖經時，需要禱告，好讓聖靈教導我們明白上帝的心意，並願照祂的心意去做，因為上帝是一切的一切，祂住在我們裡面。         那進入密室禱告的人有福了，因為藉著讀聖經和禱告，我可以親近上帝，和祂促膝談心，將自己獻給上帝，做義的肢體，與祂同工服事教會。聖靈也要藉著這段分別為聖的安靜時間，將上帝的愛充滿在我心中，讓我每天行在上帝的愛中。

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THE WORD AND PRAYER

Scripture: "Quicken me, 0 Lord, according to Thy Word."—PS. cxix. 107.

Prayer and the Word of God are inseparable, and should always go together in the quiet time of the inner chamber In His Word God speaks to me; in prayer I speak to God. If there is to be true intercourse, God and I must both take part. If I simply pray, without using God's Word, I am apt to use my own words and thoughts. This really gives prayer its power, that I take God's thoughts from His Word, and present them before Him. Then I am enabled to pray according to God's Word. How indispensable God's Word is for all true prayer！         When I pray, I must seek to know God aright. It is through the Word that the Holy Spirit gives me right thoughts of Him. The Word will also teach me how wretched and sinful I am. It reveals to me all the wonders that God will do for me, and the strength He will give me to do His will. The Word teaches me how to pray with strong desire, with a firm faith, and with con¬stant perseverance. The Word teaches me not only what I am, but what I may become through God's grace. And above all, it reminds me each day that Christ is the great Intercessor, and allows me to pray in His Name.         O Christian, learn this great lesson, to renew your strength each day in God's Word, and so pray according to His will.         Then we turn to the other side,—Prayer. We need prayer when we read God's Word,—prayer to be taught of God to understand His Word, prayer that through the Holy Spirit I may rightly know and use God's Word,—prayer that I may see in the Word that Christ is all in all, and will be all in me.         Blessed inner chamber, where I may approach God in Christ through the Word and prayer. There I may offer myself to God and His service, and be strengthened by the Holy Spirit, so that His love may be shed abroad in my heart and I may daily walk in that love.

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一月七日

經文: 我妹子，我新婦。（雅歌四：12）

細看這屬天的所羅門，以強烈的愛情，用如此甜美的稱謂向祂的新婦──教會說話。我的妹子，因自然的連結與我有親密的關係，與我享受相同的相恩典。我的新婦，是我最親近也是最親愛的，藉著最溫柔之愛的結合與我聯合。祂是我的親密伴侶，也是我自己的一部份。肉身的妹子是我骨中之骨，肉中之肉。屬天許配的新婦是在公義中嫁給了我。我的妹子，從出生之日，我已認識了她，在襁褓中，我已保護了她。我的新婦，是從眾女子中揀選出來的。我以熱烈的愛情擁抱她，她也永遠屬於我的。王的親人並不以我們為恥，這是何等真實！祂顯然喜悅這雙重關係。在這節經文中，我的這個字重覆了兩次。似乎基督因擁有祂的教會而充滿了極大的喜樂。「牧人」尋找羊，因為牠們屬於祂。祂來為要「尋找拯救失喪的人」（路十九：10），因為失喪的人遠在失喪以前就已屬祂。教會是主所獨有的產業。別無他人可以宣稱有份或企圖分享她的愛情。因著上述的關係，基督是與我們相近的。藉著婚姻的結合，基督於你是親愛的，你於祂也是親愛的。看哪，祂以自己的雙手緊握你的雙手，說道：「我的妹子，我的新婦。」祂永遠不會也永不願意讓你離開祂。快快回應祂那聖潔的愛焰吧！

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Evening, January 7

Scripture: “My sister, my spouse.”(Song of Solomon 4:12)

Observe the sweet titles with which the heavenly Solomon with intense affection addresses his bride the church. “My sister, one near to me by ties of nature, partaker of the same sympathies. My spouse, nearest and dearest, united to me by the tenderest bands of love; my sweet companion, part of my own self. My sister, by my Incarnation, which makes me bone of thy bone and flesh of thy flesh; my spouse, by heavenly betrothal, in which I have espoused thee unto myself in righteousness. My sister, whom I knew of old, and over whom I watched from her earliest infancy; my spouse, taken from among the daughters, embraced by arms of love, and affianced unto me for ever. See how true it is that our royal Kinsman is not ashamed of us, for he dwells with manifest delight upon this two-fold relationship. We have the word “my” twice in our version; as if Christ dwelt with rapture on his possession of his Church. “His delights were with the sons of men,” because those sons of men were his own chosen ones. He, the Shepherd, sought the sheep, because they were his sheep; he has gone about “to seek and to save that which was lost,” because that which was lost was his long before it was lost to itself or lost to him. The church is the exclusive portion of her Lord; none else may claim a partnership, or pretend to share her love. Jesus, thy church delights to have it so! Let every believing soul drink solace out of these wells. Soul! Christ is near to thee in ties of relationship; Christ is dear to thee in bonds of marriage union, and thou art dear to him; behold he grasps both of thy hands with both his own, saying, “My sister, my spouse.” Mark the two sacred holdfasts by which thy Lord gets such a double hold of thee that he neither can nor will ever let thee go. Be not, O beloved, slow to return the hallowed flame of his love.

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一月五日

經文: 上帝看光。（創世記一：4）

請注意，主對光特別注意。「上帝看光」──祂仔細地看，以歡愉的心情注視，祂看光是好的，主若賜給你光，祂會以特殊的興趣觀察那光。不僅因為那是祂手所造的，所以祂會珍愛；更因為光像祂自己，因為祂就是光。信徒若加道上帝的眼目正溫柔地觀察祂親手開始的恩典工作，必要歡欣。對於這件放在瓦器中的寶貝，祂永不轉睛，而這瓦器就是我們。有時候，我們看不到光，但上帝永遠見到那光。我能知道自己是上帝子民中的一員，心中很得安慰。其實，我知道與否並不重要，只要上帝知道，我就平安穩妥了。「主認識誰是祂的人」（提後二：19），這就是基礎。你可能為自己的罪悲歎呻吟，為你的黑暗而哀傷，然而主看到你心中的光。祂已將光置於你心中，你靈裏的一切雲霧陰霾都不能遮蔽你的光，使祂恩典的眼睛不能看見。你可能沮喪，甚至絕望下沈。但是只要你的心尚存一絲對基督的渴望，並且尋求安息在祂已作成的工作中，上帝就看到了光。祂不僅見到光，也保守那光存於你心中。對於那些急切要保守自己、維護自己，卻感到無能為力的人，這想法無疑是十分珍貴的。藉上帝恩典所保守的光，有一日要發展成為如日中天之輝煌和完全的榮耀。在人心裏的光就是永恆日子的晨曦。

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Evening, January 5

Scripture: “And God saw the light.”(Genesis 1:4)

This morning we noticed the goodness of the light, and the Lord's dividing it from the darkness, we now note the special eye which the Lord had for the light. “God saw the light”—he looked at it with complacency, gazed upon it with pleasure, saw that it “was good.” If the Lord has given you light, dear reader, he looks on that light with peculiar interest; for not only is it dear to him as his own handiwork, but because it is like himself, for “He is light.” Pleasant it is to the believer to know that God's eye is thus tenderly observant of that work of grace which he has begun. He never loses sight of the treasure which he has placed in our earthen vessels. Sometimes we cannot see the light, but God always sees the light, and that is much better than our seeing it. Better for the judge to see my innocence than for me to think I see it. It is very comfortable for me to know that I am one of God's people—but whether I know it or not, if the Lord knows it, I am still safe. This is the foundation, “The Lord knoweth them that are his.” You may be sighing and groaning because of inbred sin, and mourning over your darkness, yet the Lord sees “light” in your heart, for he has put it there, and all the cloudiness and gloom of your soul cannot conceal your light from his gracious eye. You may have sunk low in despondency, and even despair; but if your soul has any longing towards Christ, and if you are seeking to rest in his finished work, God sees the “light.” He not only sees it, but he also preserves it in you. “I, the Lord, do keep it.” This is a precious thought to those who, after anxious watching and guarding of themselves, feel their own powerlessness to do so. The light thus preserved by his grace, he will one day develop into the splendour of noonday, and the fulness of glory. The light within is the dawn of the eternal day.

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一月四日

經文: 約瑟認得他哥哥們，他們卻不認得他。（創世記四十二：8）

我們都期望與主耶穌的關係能增長，也期望能更明白祂的旨意。今晚，讓我們來思考祂認識我們這一題目。遠在我們對祂有絲毫認識以前，祂就完完全全認識了我們。「我未成形的體質，祢的眼早已看見了。……我被造的肢體尚未有其一，祢都寫在祢的冊上了。」（詩一三九：16）我們存於世上以前，已經存於祂的心中。當我們尚與祂為敵的時候，祂已經認識我們，知道我們的愁煩、我們的狂妄和我們的邪惡。當我們還在悔罪中痛哭流涕，視祂為審判者、執政者時，祂就視我們為祂心愛的弟兄，並從祂心中向我們發出憐憫了。祂永不忘記祂所揀選的人，並視祂們為祂無限之愛的對象。「主認識誰是祂的人」（提後二：19），對在祂家中的兒女，這話是真實的，對餵醏的浪子而言，這話也是真實的。但是我們卻不認識這位作王的長兄，由於如此無知，便生出許多罪孽來。我們不將自己的心交給祂，不讓祂進入我們的愛中。我們不信任祂，不尊重祂的話。我們背叛祂，不以愛向祂效忠。祂如公義的太陽照亮，我們卻看不到祂。天國降臨在地上，世人卻不認識。願上帝得頌讚，那些日子對我們而言，已經成為過去！然而即使是現在，我們對耶穌的認識，較之祂認識我們，仍是何等地不足。我們只是開始去研究祂，祂卻已完全認識了我們。當祂再來要審判世界時，祂不會對我們說：「我不認識你們」，反要在父面前承認我們。

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Evening, January 4

Scripture: “And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.”(Genesis 42:8)

This morning our desires went forth for growth in our acquaintance with the Lord Jesus; it may be well to-night to consider a kindred topic, namely, our heavenly Joseph's knowledge of us. This was most blessedly perfect long before we had the slightest knowledge of him. “His eyes beheld our substance, yet being imperfect, and in his book all our members were written, when as yet there was none of them.” Before we had a being in the world we had a being in his heart. When we were enemies to him, he knew us, our misery, our madness, and our wickedness. When we wept bitterly in despairing repentance, and viewed him only as a judge and a ruler, he viewed us as his brethren well beloved, and his bowels yearned towards us. He never mistook his chosen, but always beheld them as objects of his infinite affection. “The Lord knoweth them that are his,” is as true of the prodigals who are feeding swine as of the children who sit at the table.         But, alas! we knew not our royal Brother, and out of this ignorance grew a host of sins. We withheld our hearts from him, and allowed him no entrance to our love. We mistrusted him, and gave no credit to his words. We rebelled against him, and paid him no loving homage. The Sun of Righteousness shone forth, and we could not see him. Heaven came down to earth, and earth perceived it not. Let God be praised, those days are over with us; yet even now it is but little that we know of Jesus compared with what he knows of us. We have but begun to study him, but he knoweth us altogether. It is a blessed circumstance that the ignorance is not on his side, for then it would be a hopeless case for us. He will not say to us, “I never knew you,” but he will confess our names in the day of his appearing, and meanwhile will manifest himself to us as he doth not unto the world.

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密室的交通

經文: 「你禱告的時候，要進你的內屋。」（馬太福音六：6）

你可曾想過，這是何等尊貴的特權，每天我們都可來到密室，與創造天地的主相會，並聽祂慈愛的叮嚀。我們基督徒理當每天快快樂樂、滿有信心地來到上帝面前。         「你禱告的時候，」耶穌說：「要進你的內屋，關上門，禱告你在暗中的父。」（太六：6）這有兩層深意——關起門來，意味著暫時拋開工作俗務的煩擾，卸下思慮愁煩的纏繞，單獨地與暗中的天父相處禱告，讓上帝的同在（摸著上帝）成為你禱告的主要目標。切記這提醒：單獨與上帝同在。         但這只是開始，我還得花時間感覺祂的同在，並確知祂明白我多麼需要祂的幫助與引導，祂且願意側耳傾聽我的祈禱。同時祂也應許：「那在暗處禱告主的，主必在明處報賞他。」上帝絕對會回應我們的禱告，而且奇妙地做工在我們心中。         這位樂意與人為友的上帝，祂會指示我們如何過密室的生活，並且教導我們如何禱告，並藉著祂來親近父上帝。讓我們單純如小孩子一般，完完全全地信賴耶穌，坦然無懼地向祂承認自己的過錯，並向祂傾吐內心一切的需要，靠著耶穌的名獻上一切的祈求。我們這樣做，絕對不是對空氣講話，因為上帝側耳垂聽我們的呼求。

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THE INNER CHAMBER

Scripture: "When thou prayest enter into thine inner chamber." —MATT. vi. 6, R. V.

Have you ever thought what a wonderful privilege it is that every one each day and each hour of the day has the liberty of asking God to meet him in the inner chamber, and to hear what he has to say? We should imagine that every Christian use such a privilege gladly and faithfully.         "When thou prayest," says Jesus, "enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret." That means two things. Shut the world out, withdraw from all worldly thoughts and occupations, and shut yourself in alone with God, to pray to Him in secret. Let this be your chief object in prayer, to realize the Presence of your heavenly Father. Let your watchword be: Alone with God.         This is only the beginning. I must take time to realize His presence with me, and pray to my Father who seeth in secret, in the full assurance that He knows how I long for His help and guidance, and will incline His ear to me. Then follows the great promise: "Thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." My Father will see to it that my prayer is not in vain. All through the occupations of a busy day, the answer to my prayer will be granted. Prayer in secret will be followed by the secret working of God in my heart.         As the Lord Jesus has given us the promise of His presence, and shows us the way to the inner chamber, He will assuredly be with us to teach us to pray. It is through Him that we have access to the Father. Be childlike and trustful in your fellowship with Christ. Confess each sin, bring your every need. Offer your prayer to the Father in the name of Christ. Prayer in fellowship with Jesus cannot be in vain.

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親近上帝

經文: 「我愛你們，正如父愛我一樣，你們要常在我的愛裡。」（約翰福音十五：9）

從上帝的角度來看，聖父、聖子、聖靈是截然不同，彼此獨立的位格，卻又是三位一體的上帝，祂樂意向人顯現祂自己，渴望人與祂相交來往。         正如同我們每一個人，都是獨立的個體，也知道自己與群體之間，彼此相屬的人倫關係，或親密、或疏遠。這位創造人的上帝，企盼與祂所造的人產生關係，因此能與這位造物主宰有連繫溝通，是我們一生最神聖的呼召。         雖然上帝極願與人溝通，但人的罪使得我們與上帝之間，有鴻溝相隔，無法跨越。甚至有些基督徒自以為頗認識上帝，其實他們對上帝還是很無知，個人與上帝的關係還是很疏遠。         很多人以為只要他們悔改，為上帝所接納，他們就可以上天堂，也可以行出上帝的旨意。他們不明白上帝盼望的是每天與我們有溝通，就像地上的父母，希望兒女們多多陪伴他們，與他們談話。         上帝賜下祂的兒子耶穌，好讓我們藉著耶穌，得以與祂親近，但條件是我們要與耶穌基督有親密的關係。我們愛耶穌，是因耶穌先以那無比的愛愛我們，我們才回應祂的愛。我們本身不會先愛耶穌，但聖靈可以在我們心中動工，幫助我們愛耶穌。但我們必須每天分別一段時間，安靜在上帝面前，讓祂將那豐盛的愛充滿在我們心中，如此我們也要以愛回應那慈愛的上帝。         親愛的弟兄姐妹們，默想這節經文：「愛我的必蒙我父愛他，我也要愛他。」（約十四：21）花時間培養與耶穌的關係，建立彼此的情誼，告訴祂你多麼愛祂，向祂說：「主啊，祢是這樣愛我，我也要將心歸祢，全然愛主！」

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FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD

Scripture: "As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love."—JOHN xv. 9

The Three Persons in the Godhead are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each one knows himself as different from the others. God desires to reveal Himself as a Person.         Each one of us is an individual, knowing himself as distinct from others, and standing in certain relations to others. God will reveal Himself to us as a Person, and it is our holy calling to enter into fellowship with Him.         God greatly desires this intercourse with man. But sin has come between man and his God. Even in the Christian, who thinks he knows God, there is often great ignorance and even indifference to this personal relationship of love to God.         People believe that at conversion their sins are forgiven, that God accepts them so that they may go to heaven, and that they should try to do God's will. But the idea is strange to them that even as a father and his child on earth have pleasure in intercourse, so they may and must each day have this blessed fellowship with God.         God gave Christ His Son to bring us to Himself. But this is only possible when we live in close fellowship with Jesus Christ. Our relationship to Christ rests on His deep, tender love to us. We are not able of ourselves to render Him this love. But the Holy Spirit will do the work in us. For this we need to separate ourselves each day from the world, and turn in faith to the Lord Jesus, that He may shed abroad His love in our hearts, so that we may be filled with a great love to Him.         Dear soul, meditate quietly on this thought. Read the words of Christ in John xiv. 21, "He that loveth Me shall be loved of my Father. I will love Him" Take time to believe in this personal fellowship. Tell Him of your love. Say to Him: "Lord, Thou hast loved me dearly; most earnestly do I desire to love Thee above all."

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一月一日

經文: 我們必因祢歡喜快樂。（雅歌一：4）

我們必因上帝歡喜快樂。我們不必帶著一絲愁煩來開啟歲首之門，開始這新的一年。反之，我們要與歡樂豎琴之甜美旋律唱和，要與欣喜鈸之宏亮聲音共鳴。「來啊，我們要向耶和華歌唱，向拯救我門的磐石歡呼。」（詩九十五：1）。我們這些蒙召的、忠心的、被揀選的人啊，要以上帝的名驅除憂愁，高舉信心的旗幟。讓那些不信的人去為他們的煩惱哀傷吧！我們卻擁有使水變甜的樹，可不將它投入瑪拉的苦泉中，因此，我們要以歡樂讚美主。永恆之靈，完全的保惠師，我們要永不止息崇拜頌揚耶穌之名！耶穌必要獲得我們心中歡樂之冠冕。新郎來臨的時候，我們不能帶著哀傷的心情，因為那是對祂的羞辱。上帝任命我們作天上的歌頌者。讓我們在進入新耶穌撒冷的華廳向祂頌讚以前，預先演習這永恆之歌。我們必歡喜快樂──歡喜與快樂是同義詞──雙重之喜樂，頌讚加上頌讚！縱使在塵世中，有甚麼事物能限制我們在主裏的喜樂呢？在耶穌裏滿有豐盛！祂是無盡福樂河流之源頭，河中豐盛的每一滴水皆在祂裏面！甜美的主耶穌，祢是祢子民當今的產業。在這一年中，恩待我們，讓我們珍視祢的寶貴，從歲首至年終，讓我們能因祢而歡喜快樂。但願正月能始於在主裏的歡樂，讓臘月結束於在耶穌裏的欣喜。

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Evening, January 1

Scripture: “We will be glad and rejoice in thee.”(Song of Solomon 1:4)

We will be glad and rejoice in thee. We will not open the gates of the year to the dolorous notes of the sackbut, but to the sweet strains of the harp of joy, and the high sounding cymbals of gladness. “O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise unto the rock of our salvation.” We, the called and faithful and chosen, we will drive away our griefs, and set up our banners of confidence in the name of God. Let others lament over their troubles, we who have the sweetening tree to cast into Marah's bitter pool, with joy will magnify the Lord. Eternal Spirit, our effectual Comforter, we who are the temples in which thou dwellest, will never cease from adoring and blessing the name of Jesus. We WILL , we are resolved about it, Jesus must have the crown of our heart's delight; we will not dishonour our Bridegroom by mourning in his presence. We are ordained to be the minstrels of the skies, let us rehearse our everlasting anthem before we sing it in the halls of the New Jerusalem. We will BE GLAD AND REJOICE : two words with one sense, double joy, blessedness upon blessedness. Need there be any limit to our rejoicing in the Lord even now? Do not men of grace find their Lord to be camphire and spikenard, calamus and cinnamon even now, and what better fragrance have they in heaven itself? We will be glad and rejoice IN THEE . That last word is the meat in the dish, the kernel of the nut, the soul of the text. What heavens are laid up in Jesus! What rivers of infinite bliss have their source, aye, and every drop of their fulness in him! Since, O sweet Lord Jesus, thou art the present portion of thy people, favour us this year with such a sense of thy preciousness, that from its first to its last day we may be glad and rejoice in thee. Let January open with joy in the Lord, and December close with gladness in Jesus.